Method and System and Program Storage Device For Storing Oilfield Related Data in a Computer Database and Displaying a Field Data Handbook on a Computer Display Screen

Abstract

A computerized handbook known as an ‘i-Handbook’ is adapted to be stored in a memory of a computer system and displayed on a display screen of the computer system for assisting field personnel in the performance of their respective job related responsibilities. The ‘i-Handbook’, when displayed, has the appearance of a real handbook and it includes a database and a plurality of calculators for calculating a plurality of oilfield or wellbore related data in response to a first plurality of data in the database and a second plurality of data input by a user. The plurality of calculators are adapted for calculating: unit conversions, triplex pump volumes, tank volumes, tubular stretch and free point, annulus volumes, slurry density, gate percentage, screen out, cement slurry, casing lift, HCL density, oil gravity and API, and salt requirements. The ‘i-Handbook’ has a wellbore diagram feature which will allow a user to draw and create differing types of downhole tubular, packers and perforations in the tubular adapted to be disposed in a wellbore. In addition, the ‘i-Handbook’ can display: tubular capacities and displacement volumes, and tubular data based on suppliers which will enable a user to search through a database of the tubular data to locate the suppliers. This abstract is provided for the sole purpose of aiding a patent searcher; it is provided with the understanding that this abstract shall not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This Application Claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60 / 404,015, filed on Aug. 16, 2002.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The subject matter of the present invention relates to the art of wellbore services, and, more particularly, to a method and system and program storage device adapted for displaying a user-friendly ‘i-handbook’ which can be displayed on a personal computer adapted for retrieving and / or calculating and displaying a set of field data for the user that can used for constructing and stimulating subterranean wellbores utilized for water or hydrocarbon production.[0003]Hand held handbooks containing relevant field data are currently being used in the water and gas industry. Industry personnel would rather flip through the pages of a convenient sized hand-held handbook than browse endlessly through word / pdf files to find an answer to a particular technical question. Technical handbooks typically conta...

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Benefits of technology

"The present invention provides a method and system for displaying and determining data from a handbook on a computer screen. The handbook includes a left page, a right page, and at least one binder ring interconnecting the left page to the right page. The method involves displaying the handbook on the computer screen and locating a page in the handbook. The data from the page is then determined and displayed on the screen. The invention also includes a system for constructing a wellbore diagram by displaying a handbook on the computer screen and drawing the wellbore diagram on the handbook. The technical effects of the invention include improved access to information and more efficient learning and training."

Problems solved by technology

Although the above mentioned hand-held handbooks have long been recognized as being extremely useful and convenient tools, they have several limitations.

However, this practice of converting from one set of units to another set of units may increase the number of errors generated during the conversion.

Second, it is almost impossible to provide all users with updated versions of the hand-held handbook and ensure that they all use the correct version of the handbook, especially when the users are physically located throughout the world.

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