Adaptable Digital Execution Plans for Real-Time Wellbore Conveyance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional wellbore conveyance systems lack real-time data integration and historical memory, leading to inefficiencies, increased risk of toolstring sticking, and economic losses due to delays and the variability of skilled personnel availability.
Innovation Solution
An adaptable digital execution plan (DEP) system that automatically monitors and updates future operations based on real-time events and historical data, leveraging existing telemetry and caliper data to optimize tool conveyance by identifying positive and negative events, and providing real-time risk assessment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional manual DEP creation process is used, then the plan can be prepared before operation, but the system lacks real-time updates and historical memory
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-loads historical operational data and wellbore characteristics into the DEP before operations begin. Previous runs' events, caliper data, and operational parameters are automatically incorporated into the execution plan in advance, so operators start with a comprehensive historical context already integrated into their workflow.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors operational events during conveyance runs and automatically updates the DEP with real-time feedback. Historical data from previous runs is systematically stored and fed back into future DEP creations, creating a closed-loop system where each operation informs and improves subsequent operations without requiring complex manual intervention.
2Productivity
If manual DEP updates are performed infrequently, then the system remains simple to operate, but operational efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically monitors operational parameters, detects events during conveyance runs, and updates the DEP without requiring manual intervention. The system self-updates by automatically incorporating new operational data and historical information, eliminating the time operators would spend on manual plan revisions while continuously improving operational efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The DEP creation and update process transitions from discrete manual actions to a continuous automated process. The system continuously monitors operations, accumulates data, and progressively refines the execution plan throughout the operational campaign, ensuring the DEP remains current and optimized without interrupting field operations for plan updates.
3Reliability
If real-time monitoring and automatic updates are implemented, then operational risk is reduced, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system integrates multiple functions into a single unified platform: real-time event monitoring, historical data storage, automatic DEP generation, and continuous plan updates all operate through one integrated system. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate specialized systems while comprehensively addressing risk mitigation needs through coordinated operation of diverse capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The DEP serves as an intelligent intermediary between historical data, real-time operational parameters, and decision-making processes. The system automatically processes raw operational data through the DEP framework, which synthesizes information from multiple sources and presents actionable insights, mediating between complex data streams and operational decisions without requiring operators to directly manage system complexity.
4Productivity
If experienced crews are deployed to leverage historical knowledge, then operational efficiency improves, but cost increases due to personnel variability
Solution Approach 1:
The system captures and stores the implicit knowledge and experience of skilled operators within the automated DEP system. By systematically recording operational events, successful strategies, and historical outcomes from experienced crews' previous runs, the system creates a digital repository of expert knowledge that can be automatically applied to guide any operator, effectively copying and preserving expert judgment without requiring the physical presence of experienced personnel.
Data Source
AI summary
An adaptable digital execution plan system that is configured to perform method steps of automatically monitoring a well during an operation, identifying events of the well during the operation; and updating one or more future DEP based on the identified events. The system may further include the steps of importing caliper data from one or more sources and overlaying the imported caliper data on a user interface.