CALIBRATION OF DRILLSTRING WEIGHT WITH DRAG FOR FRICTION FACTOR ESTIMATION

    公开(公告)号:US20230054050A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-23

    申请号:US17445582

    申请日:2021-08-20

    Inventor: Robello Samuel

    Abstract: A method comprises determining a value of at least one oppositional force for a drillstring at multiple depths in the wellbore, determining a value of a drag force for the drillstring at the multiple depths, determining a value of hook load for the drillstring at the multiple depths based on the value of the at least one opposition force and the value of the drag force at the multiple depths, and determining a calibrated drillstring weight based on a change in the value of the hook load over the multiple depths. From the calibrated drillstring weight, an adjusted estimated hook load can be determined. The drag force can be calculated based on a drag per centralizer and the number of centralizers in the wellbore. A centralizer friction factor can be determined and used to calibrate the value of the drag per centralizer.

    Adjusting well tool operation to manipulate the rate-of-penetration (ROP) of a drill bit based on multiple ROP projections

    公开(公告)号:US11448057B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-20

    申请号:US16345368

    申请日:2018-07-18

    Abstract: Multiple projected rate of penetration (ROP) values can be determined for purposes of adjusting well tools and well characteristics. For example, surface data can be determined based on a surface sensor signal. Downhole data can be determined based on a downhole sensor signal. A first value indicating a first projected ROP of a drill bit can be determined by providing the surface data as input to a first machine-learning model. A second value indicating a second projected ROP of the drill bit can be determined by providing the downhole data as input to a second machine-learning model. A third value indicating a third projected ROP of the drill bit can be determined by providing the first value and the second value input to a third machine-learning model. An operating characteristic of a well tool can be adjusted based on the third value.

    PREDICTING A DRILL STRING PACKOFF EVENT

    公开(公告)号:US20220282610A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-08

    申请号:US17242526

    申请日:2021-04-28

    Abstract: The disclosure presents processes and methods for determining a packoff event at a location in a borehole undergoing a drilling operation. The packoff event can be represented by a packoff risk indicator (PRI) that presents, for example, a percentage risk of the packoff event occurring. The PRI can be utilized to initiate a remediation operation prior to the packoff event becoming more severe, such as a stuck drill string. In some aspects, the generation of the PRI can utilize an uncertainty model to provide a range of input parameters and an uncertainty parameter used by other systems to evaluate the risk of the potential packoff event has on borehole operations. In some aspects, the generation of the PRI can utilize machine learning algorithms or deep neural network algorithms to pre-process the input parameters to improve the accuracy of the PRI and of the models used to generate the PRI.

    Method and apparatus for optimized underbalanced drilling

    公开(公告)号:US11428076B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-30

    申请号:US15035479

    申请日:2013-11-27

    Abstract: The invention concerns a computer implemented method for underbalanced drilling. In one embodiment, the method includes determining a plurality of gas injection rate versus bottom hole pressure curves for a plurality of liquid injection rates for a specified minimum and maximum gas injection rate and a minimum and maximum liquid injection rate. Next, the method determines a set of four interception curves including a minimum motor equivalent liquid rate interception curve, a minimum vertical liquid velocity intercept curve, a minimum horizontal liquid velocity intercept curve, and a maximum motor equivalent liquid rate intercept curve for a specified minimum and maximum mud motor rate range and a minimum horizontal and vertical annulus velocity.

    MECHANICAL AND HYDROMECHANICAL SPECIFIC ENERGY-BASED DRILLING

    公开(公告)号:US20220259968A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-18

    申请号:US17597831

    申请日:2019-08-26

    Abstract: A method comprises drilling a borehole and capturing data during drilling of the borehole, wherein the data comprises at least one value of at least one operational parameter of the drilling. A specific energy formula is modified and used to determine at least one of an efficiency and a quality of drilling of a borehole. Modifying the specific energy formula is based on data captured during drilling of the borehole. The specific energy formula comprises at least one of a mechanical specific energy formula and a hydromechanical specific energy formula. An adjusted specific energy value for the drilling is calculated based on the modified specific energy formula. At least one of the efficiency and the quality of the drilling of the borehole is determined based on the adjusted specific energy value. Also disclosed is a system comprising a machine-readable medium having program code executing the method.

    CONVEYANCE DEPLOYMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DEPLOY CONVEYANCES

    公开(公告)号:US20220251911A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-11

    申请号:US17628883

    申请日:2019-10-30

    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include well operation evaluation systems and methods to analyze a broomstick chart of a well operation. The method includes receiving data indicative of a well operation involving deploying a conveyance to a predetermined location. The method also includes determining one or more conditions that impact deployment of the conveyance to the predetermined location. The method further includes determining a likelihood of occurrence of the one or more conditions. The method further includes determining one or more operations which, when performed by one or more tools used during the well operation, overcome the one or more conditions.

    PREDICTIVE TORQUE AND DRAG ESTIMATION FOR REAL-TIME DRILLING

    公开(公告)号:US20220243576A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-04

    申请号:US17729545

    申请日:2022-04-26

    Abstract: Certain aspects and features relate to a system that includes a drilling tool, a processor, and a non-transitory memory device that includes instructions that are executable by the processor to cause the processor to perform operations. The operations include receiving input data that corresponds to characteristics of at least one of drilling fluid, a drillstring, or a wellbore. The operations also include calculating at least one dynamic sideforce and at least one dynamic, hydraulic force based at least in part on the input data. The operations also include determining an equilibrium solution for an output value using the at least one dynamic sideforce and at least one dynamic, hydraulic force. The operations also include applying the output value to the drilling tool for controlling operation of the drilling tool.

    STRESS ANALYSIS FOR PLASTIC MATERIAL LINED TUBULAR STRUCTURES FOR BOREHOLES

    公开(公告)号:US20220229951A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-21

    申请号:US17152335

    申请日:2021-01-19

    Abstract: The disclosure presents processes for improving the design phase of plastic material lined tubular structures used downhole of a borehole. A plastic material lined tubular structure model is utilized for tubular structures that have a metal layer, a grout layer, and a plastic material layer. The model can use a modified wall thickness for the metal layer. A strength model can be applied to the modified critical dimensions, e.g., wall thickness parameters. A thermal model can be applied to the tubular structure to determine pressure and temperature parameters. The strength model and the thermal model outputs can be utilized by a stress analyzer to determine loads, safety factors, and design limit parameters. The plastic material lined tubular structure model can enable more efficient use of tubular structures, designing a longer operational lifetime, such as in acidic environments, or the use of thinner structures while maintaining a satisfactory operational lifetime.

    Casing wear calculation
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11365621B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-21

    申请号:US16758027

    申请日:2019-06-06

    Abstract: A method for calculating wellbore casing wear is provided that includes determining a wellbore boundary for an open hole wellbore segment, calculating a casing shape within the open hole wellbore segment based on one or more casing attributes, determining whether or not the casing shape exceeds the wellbore boundary, calculating casing wear based on the boundary of the open hole wellbore segment if the casing shape is determined to exceed the wellbore boundary, otherwise calculating the casing wear parameter based on the casing shape if the casing shape is determined not to exceed the wellbore boundary, and storing the casing wear parameter on a computer readable medium.

    UTILIZING MICRO-SERVICES FOR OPTIMIZATION WORKFLOWS OF BOREHOLE OPERATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20220188712A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-16

    申请号:US17117910

    申请日:2020-12-10

    Abstract: The disclosure presents processes and methods for utilizing one or more micro-services to generate a calibration of a factor of a borehole operation or to generate an optimization adjustment to the borehole operation. The micro-services selected for execution can be selected by an optimization workflow, where each type of borehole operation can have its own set of micro-services. The micro-services can be part of one or more computing systems, such as a downhole system, a surface system, a well site controller, a cloud service, a data center service, an edge computing system, other computing systems, or various combinations thereof. Also disclosed is a system for implementing micro-services on one or more computing systems to enable a light weight and fast response, e.g., real-time or near real-time response, to borehole operations.

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