US 11,790,320 B2
Approaches to creating and evaluating multiple candidate well plans
Shaoyu Chen, Beijing (CN); Ping Lyu, Beijing (CN); Kevin Hermansen, Asker (NO); Qingrui Li, Beijing (CN); Diego Medina, Beijing (CN); Yingfei Hu, Beijing (CN); Petter Laurentius Eide, Asker (NO); and Lucian Johnston, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/304,813.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/705,408, filed on Jun. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0406833 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); G06Q 50/08 (2012.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/0637 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 10/101 (2023.01); G06Q 30/018 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/103 (2013.01) [E21B 41/00 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06313 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06375 (2013.01); G06Q 10/101 (2013.01); G06Q 30/018 (2013.01); G06Q 50/08 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving an initial well plan for a planned well;
receiving a request from a user to create an alternate well plan for the planned well;
creating the alternate well plan by:
in response to the request, creating a copy of the initial well plan; and
receiving a plurality of changes to the alternate well plan;
executing a plurality of validation routines on the alternate well plan, wherein the plurality of validation routines determines a risk level of whether the plurality of changes to the alternate well plan are achievable based on whether individual aspects of a plurality of aspects of the alternate well plan are outside of an approved range, and wherein the plurality of validation routines automatically calculates at least:
an estimated time to complete the planned well using the alternate well plan;
an estimated cost to complete the planned well using the alternate well plan; and
an emissions footprint for the planned well using the alternate well plan;
displaying the estimated time and the estimated cost of the initial well plan and one or more alternate well plans including the alternate well plan;
receiving, from the user:
a selection of one of the initial well plan and the alternate well plan as a master well plan to be used in drilling the planned well;
a selection of one of the one or more alternate well plans as a contingency well plan; and
an identification of one or more events in response to which a team constructing the planned well will use the contingency well plan in drilling the planned well;
based on the selection, generating an operational plan including a series ofinstructions executable by drilling equipment to drill the planned well; and
providing the operation plan to the drilling equipment, wherein, upon providing the operational plan to the drilling equipment, the drilling equipment executes the operational plan in accordance with the instructions in the operational plan.