Logging and correlation prediction plot in real-time
In one embodiment, a method includes facilitating a real-time display of drilling-performance data for a current well. The method further includes receiving new channel data for the current well from a wellsite computer system. The method also retrieving input data including historical drilling-performance data for an offset well relative to the current well. In addition, the method includes computing calculated data for the current well based on the channel data and the input data. Moreover, the method includes updating the real-time display with the calculated data.
1. A method comprising:
on a central computing system comprising a server computer, collecting channel data in real-time as the channel data is generated, the channel data comprising measured physical properties determined by sensors in use at a site of a current well;
the central computing system providing, over a network interface, a real-time display of drilling-performance data for the current well;
retrieving input data comprising historical drilling-performance data for an offset well relative to the current well, wherein the historical drilling-performance data comprises a drilling event for the offset well;
updating the real-time display with the drilling event for the offset well; and
generating an alert responsive to a determination that a measured depth for the current well is within a preconfigured distance of a depth associated with the drilling event for the offset well.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the drilling-performance data comprises casing-point data for the current well and the offset well.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the drilling event for the offset well comprises event data for an adverse drilling event that previously occurred with respect to the offset well.
4. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
computing data for the current well based on the channel data comprising measured physical properties determined by sensors in use at the site of the current well and input data comprising the historical drilling-performance data for the offset well; and
updating the real-time display with the computed data.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the real-time display comprises a comparative display of at least a portion of the historical drilling-performance data for the offset and at least a portion of the drilling-performance data for the current well relative to depth.
6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the computed data comprises pore pressure.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein:
the input data comprises resistivity data for the offset well;
the channel data comprises resistivity data for the current well; and
the computing comprises computing the pore pressure using the resistivity data for the current well and the resistivity data for the offset well.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the computed data comprises a fracture gradient.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the retrieving comprises retrieving at least a portion of the input data from settings maintained by a calculation engine resident on the central computing system.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the at least a portion of the input data comprises at least one of a matrix stress coefficient and a Poisson ratio.
11. A system comprising a processor and memory, wherein the processor and memory in combination are operable to implement a method comprising:
collecting channel data in real-time as the channel data is generated, the channel data comprising measured physical properties determined by sensors in use at a site of a current well;
providing, over a network interface, a real-time display of drilling-performance data for the current well;
retrieving input data comprising historical drilling-performance data for an offset well relative to the current well, wherein the historical drilling-performance data comprises a drilling event for the offset well;
updating the real-time display with the drilling event for the offset well; and
generating an alert responsive to a determination that a measured depth for the current well is within a preconfigured distance of a depth associated with the drilling event for the offset well.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the drilling-performance data comprises casing-point data for the current well and the offset well.
13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the drilling event for the offset well comprises event data for an adverse drilling event that previously occurred with respect to the offset well.
14. The system of claim 11 , the method comprising:
computing data for the current well based on the channel data comprising measured physical properties determined by sensors in use at the site of the current well and input data comprising the historical drilling-performance data for the offset well; and
updating the real-time display with the computed data.
15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the real-time display comprises a comparative display of at least a portion of the historical drilling-performance data for the offset and at least a portion of the drilling-performance data for the current well relative to depth.
16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the computed data comprises pore pressure.
17. The system of claim 16 , wherein:
the input data comprises resistivity data for the offset well;
the channel data comprises resistivity data for the current well; and
the computing comprises computing the pore pressure using the resistivity data for the current well and the resistivity data for the offset well.
18. The system of claim 16 , wherein the computed data comprises a fracture gradient.
19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the retrieving comprises retrieving at least a portion of the input data from settings maintained by a calculation engine resident on the system.
20. A computer-program product comprising a non-transitory computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein, the computer-readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method comprising:
collecting channel data in real-time as the channel data is generated, the channel data comprising measured physical properties determined by sensors in use at a site of a current well;
providing a real-time display of drilling-performance data for the current well;
retrieving input data comprising historical drilling-performance data for an offset well relative to the current well, wherein the historical drilling-performance data comprises a drilling event for the offset well;
updating the real-time display with the drilling event for the offset well; and
generating an alert responsive to a determination that a measured depth for the current well is within a preconfigured distance of a depth associated with the drilling event for the offset well.