US 11,808,132 B2
Integrated end-to-end well construction automation system
Barry Braniff, Houston, TX (US); Jason Baker, Houston, TX (US); Michael Coady, Houston, TX (US); Shane McClaugherty, Houston, TX (US); Scott McKaig, Houston, TX (US); Luis R. Pereira, Houston, TX (US); Craig McCormick, Houston, TX (US); Kenny Thomson, Houston, TX (US); and Darrel Pelley, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited, Grand Cayman (KY)
Filed by TRANSOCEAN OFFSHORE DEEPWATER DRILLING INC., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/860,753.
Application 17/860,753 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/053357, filed on Oct. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/086,660, filed on Oct. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0341309 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 44/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 44/00 (2013.01) [G08B 21/187 (2013.01); E21B 2200/20 (2020.05)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An end-to-end well construction system for planning and performing well construction operations, the system comprising:
an e-program configured to:
receive a first input including historical well data, and well input data, the well input data being selected from well planning data, rig historical performance data, rig parameters, drilling engineering input, management of change, and a combination thereof;
produce a first output selected from a machine and/or human readable sequence, a time depth curve, a drilling program, and a combination thereof; and
produce a second output that includes analytics data;
a drilling control layer configured to receive the first output from the e-program, and to produce a third output by translating the received first output into an automated sequence including specific operational instructions to rig equipment; and
a smart well analytics system configured to receive the analytics data from the second output of the e-program and a second input selected from drilling data, downhole data, base data from the e-program, a modeling software, and a combination thereof, and to produce a fourth output to the drilling control layer for automated adjustment to operating parameters of the rig equipment.