US 12,241,357 B2
Dynamic control system for field operations using tiered construction activities
Jean-Marc Pietrzyk, Cambridge (GB); and Richard John Harmer, Cambridge (GB)
Assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/340,232.
Application 18/340,232 is a continuation of application No. 17/504,013, filed on Oct. 18, 2021, granted, now 11,725,493.
Application 17/504,013 is a continuation of application No. 16/448,213, filed on Jun. 21, 2019, granted, now 11,149,542, issued on Oct. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/687,838, filed on Jun. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0332494 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. E21B 44/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/00 (2012.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); H04L 67/125 (2022.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01)
CPC E21B 44/00 (2013.01) [E21B 47/00 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06313 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving information and analyzing the information with respect to tiered well construction activities;
determining at least one constraint associated with the tiered well construction activities based on the information;
generating a workflow, based on the at least one constraint, to be performed by field equipment, wherein the workflow includes at least a series of tiered well construction activities;
generating a digital well plan for the workflow;
executing the digital well plan by a control system to control the field equipment; and
monitoring performance of at least one of the series of tiered well construction activities using one or more sensors to ensure that the at least one constraint is adhered to by control of the field equipment, wherein the at least one constraint includes a dynamic constraint that arises in response to the monitoring of the performance of the at least one of the series of tiered well construction activities, wherein the dynamic constraint is based on at least one change in circumstances.