公开(公告)号：US10472893B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-12

申请号：US15068222

申请日：2016-03-11

申请人： MOTIVE DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ,  BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM

发明人： Todd W. Benson ,  Teddy Chen ,  Sashmit Bhaduri

IPC分类号： E21B7/06 ,  E21B7/04 ,  E21B44/00 ,  E21B47/022 ,  E21B7/10 ,  G05B15/02 ,  E21B47/026 ,  E21B47/09 ,  G05B13/04 ,  E21B47/024 ,  E21B45/00 ,  E21B47/06 ,  E21B47/10 ,  E21B47/12 ,  E21B47/18

摘要： A surface steerable system coupled to a drilling rig receives BHA information from a bottom hole assembly (BHA) located in a borehole. The BHA information corresponds to a first location of the BHA with respect to a target drilling path and geological formation drift information. The surface steerable system calculates a toolface vector to create a convergence path from the first location of the BHA to the target drilling path that accounts for geological formation drift defined by the geological formation drift information such that the BHA will converge with the target drilling path by drilling in accordance with the toolface vector. The surface steerable system causes at least one control parameter to be modified in order to alter a drilling direction of the BHA based on the calculated toolface vector and transmits the at least one control parameter to the drilling rig to target the BHA in accordance with the calculated toolface vector.

公开(公告)号：US20190226336A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-25

申请号：US16252439

申请日：2019-01-18

申请人： Motive Drilling Technologies, Inc.

发明人： Todd W. Benson ,  George Michalopulos ,  Richard Kulavik ,  Jarrod Shawn Deverse

IPC分类号： E21B49/10 ,  E21B44/00 ,  E21B44/02 ,  E21B47/00 ,  E21B47/12 ,  E21B49/00 ,  E21B7/04 ,  E21B43/25

摘要： Analysis and control of drilling mud and additives is disclosed using a mud analysis system and a mud additive system that may automatically monitor and control the drilling mud during drilling of a well. The mud analysis system may acquire measurements on a sample of the drilling mud during drilling, and may send signals indicative of the drilling mud to a steering control system enabled to control the drilling. The steering control system may receive user input or may make decisions regarding additives to be added to the drilling mud and the timing thereof. The mud additive system may be enabled to receive commands from the steering control system and mix and add additives to the drilling mud.

公开(公告)号：US20190145240A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-16

申请号：US16248573

申请日：2019-01-15

申请人： Motive Drilling Technologies, Inc.

发明人： Todd W. Benson ,  Teddy C. Chen ,  David Lee Simpson

IPC分类号： E21B44/00 ,  E21B7/04 ,  E21B47/024 ,  E21B45/00 ,  E21B47/00 ,  E21B47/06 ,  E21B47/10 ,  E21B47/04 ,  E21B47/12

摘要： A system and method for surface steerable drilling are provided. In one example, the method includes monitoring operating parameters for drilling rig equipment and bottom hole assembly (BHA) equipment for a BHA, where the operating parameters control the drilling rig equipment and BHA equipment. The method includes receiving current inputs corresponding to performance data of the drilling rig equipment and BHA equipment during a drilling operation and determining that an amount of change between the current inputs and corresponding previously received inputs exceeds a defined threshold. The method further includes determining whether a modification to the operating parameters has occurred that would result in the amount of change exceeding the defined threshold and identifying that a problem exists in at least one of the drilling rig equipment and BA equipment if no modification has occurred to the operating parameters. The method includes performing a defined action if a problem exists.

公开(公告)号：US20190136682A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-09

申请号：US16242564

申请日：2019-01-08

申请人： MOTIVE DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

发明人： Todd W. Benson ,  Teddy Chen

IPC分类号： E21B44/00 ,  E21B7/06 ,  E21B7/10 ,  E21B47/09 ,  E21B7/04

摘要： A system and method for surface steerable drilling are provided. In one example, the system receives toolface information for a bottom hole assembly (BHA) and non-survey sensor information corresponding to a location of the BHA in a borehole. The system calculates an amount of incremental progress made by the BHA based on the non-survey sensor information and calculates an estimate of the location based on the toolface information and the amount of incremental progress. The system repeats the steps of receiving toolface information and non-survey sensor information and calculating an amount of incremental progress to calculate an estimate of a plurality of locations representing a path of the BHA from a first survey point towards a second sequential survey point.

公开(公告)号：US20180283159A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-04

申请号：US16002851

申请日：2018-06-07

申请人： Motive Drilling Technologies, Inc.

发明人： Todd W. Benson ,  Teddy C. Chen

IPC分类号： E21B44/00 ,  E21B7/04 ,  E21B47/024 ,  E21B45/00 ,  E21B47/00 ,  E21B47/06 ,  E21B47/10 ,  E21B47/04 ,  E21B47/12

摘要： A system and apparatus for displaying toolface orientation data including a surface steerable system for controlling drilling direction of a bottom hole assembly (BHA). The surface steerable system configured to receive toolface orientation data from the BHA and generate display data responsive thereto. A circular chart display is generated responsive to the display data responsive to the display data from the surface steerable system, the circular chart display representing current and historical toolface orientation data. The current and historical toolface orientation data is represented as an arc indicator defined on the circular chart illustrating a range in degrees of the current and historical toolface orientations.