System and console for monitoring and managing well site drilling operations
A well advisor system and console for monitoring and managing drilling operations at a well site. The system may be accessed through one or more workstations, or other computing devices, which may be located at a well site or remotely. The system is in communication with and receives input from various sensors. It collects real-time sensor data sampled during operations at the well site. The system processes the data, and provides nearly instantaneous numerical and visual feedback through a variety of graphical user interfaces (“GUIs”), which are presented in the form of an operation-specific console. The input and data provides information related to drilling operations at a well site, including, but not limited to, hole cleaning status and wellbore stability.
1. A system for improving computer-based processing and monitoring of drilling operations at a well site, comprising:
a plurality of sensors to sample or detect parameters related to drilling operations at a well site, said plurality of sensors comprising surface sensors or downhole sensors or a combination thereof;
one or more computing devices adapted to receive parameter information in real time from said plurality of sensors during a drilling operation, said one or more computing devices each further comprising a processor or microprocessor, said processor or microprocessor adapted to process the received parameter information to calculate derived parameter information related to the drilling operation, wherein said received parameter information and derived parameter information include pick up weight, slack off weight, and free rotating weight;
at least one computer-readable storage medium for storing some or all of said received parameter information and said derived parameter information; and
a visual display, coupled to said one or more computing devices, for displaying in real time some or all of the received parameter information and said derived parameter information.
2. The system of claim 1 , said one or more computing devices further comprising at least one software smart agent having one or more formulations applicable to said drilling operations.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the visual display shows a two-dimensional wellbore schematic with wellbore stability status and wellbore hole cleaning status indicators.
4. The system of claim 1 , said one or more computing devices further comprising one or more software widgets.
5. The system of claim 4 , wherein said one or more software widgets comprise an operational depth vs. time widget adapted to determine and display formation marker picks and well events on an operational depth curve with time.
6. The system of claim 4 , wherein said one or more software widgets comprise a pore pressure fracture gradient widget adapted to create and display a visual comparison of pre-drill calculated pore pressure fracture gradient with real-time pore pressure fracture gradient.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the visual display comprises an automated breakover torque display showing breakover torque in real time compared to a pre-drill calculated trend line.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the visual display comprises an automated cleaning status chart including a plurality of tracks indicating hole cleaning status for a section of a wellbore over a period of time, and a track showing overall cleaning status for the entire wellbore.
9. A method for improving computer-based processing and monitoring of drilling operations at a well site, comprising the steps of:
receiving in real time drilling operations parameter information from a plurality of sensors, said plurality of sensors comprising surface sensors or downhole sensors or a combination thereof;
calculating in real time, using said processor or microprocessor, one or more parameter information from the received drilling operations parameter information, wherein said received parameter information and derived parameter information include pick up weight, slack off weight, and free rotating weight; and
displaying in real time, on a visual display, some or all of the received parameter information and the one or more parameter information.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the drilling operations parameter information comprises pore pressure fracture gradient.
11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the step of displaying comprises displaying a two-dimensional wellbore schematic with wellbore stability status and wellbore hole cleaning status indicators.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the step of displaying comprises displaying an automated drag chart display showing one or more of pick up weight, slack off weight, and free rotating weight in real time.
13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the step of displaying comprises displaying an automated breakover torque display showing breakover torque in real time compared to a pre-drill calculated trend line.
14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the step of displaying comprises displaying an automated cleaning status chart with a plurality of tracks indicating hole cleaning status for a section of a well bore over a period of time, and a track showing overall cleaning status for the entire well bore.