Borehole Data Visualization System with Fly-Through Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current data visualization methods for drilling operations lack effective organization and visualization, requiring high expertise and lengthy processing to extract meaningful information from large datasets, hindering efficient drilling processes and productivity analysis.
Innovation Solution
A visualization system utilizing a processor to process user-input data and display it on a device, including commands for outputting multiple parameter values at various depth values, providing perspective fly-through displays, and associating photographic images of rocks with corresponding parameters for enhanced data representation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional data visualization methods are used for drilling operations, then data can be displayed, but the data lacks effective organization and meaningful visualization, requiring high expertise and lengthy processing
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments drilling data by spatial location (borehole, formation, reservoir, wellbore) and temporal/depth parameters, organizing vast datasets into hierarchical categories that can be selectively visualized. This segmentation allows users to access specific data portions without processing entire datasets, reducing time while maintaining interpretability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transforms traditional 2D data displays into 3D visualizations that incorporate spatial depth, lateral position, and temporal dimensions simultaneously. This dimensional enhancement provides intuitive spatial context for drilling parameters, reducing the expertise needed to interpret complex relationships without increasing processing time.
2Ease of operation
If traditional data visualization methods are used, then data can be displayed, but extensive expertise is required to ascertain meaningful information
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces automated processing intermediaries that translate raw drilling data into visually organized representations with embedded contextual information. These intermediaries automatically correlate parameters across different borehole elements, reducing the expertise burden while the underlying system complexity is managed through automated algorithms rather than manual analysis.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates simplified visual copies and representations of complex drilling data, using graphical metaphors and standardized symbols that convey meaningful information without requiring users to understand the full complexity of the underlying measurement systems and data acquisition processes.
3Loss of information
If comprehensive drilling data is collected, then complete information is available, but the data sets are not organized and visualized in a meaningful way
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments comprehensive drilling data into organized hierarchical categories (borehole, formation, reservoir, wellbore) while maintaining complete information within each segment. This segmentation preserves all collected data without loss while providing automated organization structures that make the information easily accessible and visually meaningful.
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AI summary
A visualization system for visualizing data obtained in a borehole includes a processor configured to process the data based on user input and instructions and provide output for display on a display device. The system may also include a computer-readable medium configured to store the instructions, the instructions including commands to output values of two or more types of parameters at two or more depth values. The instructions may include commands to provide a perspective top-down or bottom-up fly-through display of the borehole including a zoomed-in image of values closest to a user. The processor may also output a display of a photographic image at each of the two or more depth values based on a correspondence between the values of the two or more types of parameters and the plurality of parameters associated with the photographic image.