Three-dimensional wellbore analysis and visualization
US7596481B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 23, 2006 |
| Grant date | Sep 29, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 25, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V1/34
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A visualization system for a wellbore environment includes a graphics processor for creating a computer rendered visual model of a well, and optionally a drill string, based on data sets of depth-varying and/or time-varying parameters of the well. The model is then displayed on a graphics display. A user interface facilitates user navigation along the length of the well to any selected region therein, and further permits user adjustment of orientation of the displayed renderings as well as a temporal selection of the time-varying data to be displayed. Simulated, real, or a combination of simulated and real wellbore data, which may be steady state, transient, or real-time data, may be visually depicted at any selected region. This provides the user with a visual indication of the wellbore environment as the user navigates the visualization spatially and temporally.
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