Digital Well Planning for Constraint-Driven Field Equipment Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current methods for controlling field equipment in resource field operations lack efficiency and precision, particularly in managing tiered well construction activities and generating effective digital well plans.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that involve receiving and analyzing information for tiered well construction activities, determining constraints, generating a workflow, and creating a digital well plan to control field equipment effectively.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If traditional methods are used for controlling field equipment, then operational simplicity is maintained, but efficiency and precision of well construction activities deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveefficiency of well construction activitiesVSAvoidcomplexity of control system

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces traditional mechanical/manual control methods with an automated digital system that uses processors, memory, and executable instructions to control field equipment. This substitution of mechanical control with electronic/digital control enables automated workflow generation, digital well plan creation, and intelligent constraint management, thereby improving efficiency and precision without requiring proportional increases in physical system complexity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables field equipment to control itself through automated workflows and digital plans generated by the control system. The processor executes instructions autonomously to manage well construction activities, reducing the need for constant human intervention and manual adjustments, thus improving operational efficiency while the system manages its own complexity internally

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Manufacturing precision

If detailed analysis of tiered well construction activities is performed, then precision of operational control is improved, but time required for planning and execution increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprecision of well construction controlVSAvoidtime for workflow generation

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis and generates workflows and digital well plans in advance before field equipment execution. By pre-processing the analysis of tiered well construction activities and preparing control instructions beforehand, the system enables detailed precision control to be implemented without incurring time delays during actual field operations, as the planning is completed proactively prior to execution

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces time-consuming manual analysis and planning processes with automated digital processing. The processor rapidly analyzes well construction activities, determines constraints, and generates workflows using electronic computation, which is significantly faster than traditional manual methods while maintaining or improving the precision of operational control through comprehensive digital analysis

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Reliability

If comprehensive information is collected and analyzed for constraint determination, then reliability of well plan execution is improved, but quantity of data processing increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvereliability of digital well plan executionVSAvoidvolume of information to be processed

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts and focuses on only the critical constraints and key parameters from the comprehensive information received from field equipment and well construction activities. Rather than processing all available data equally, the processor identifies and extracts the most relevant constraints that directly impact well plan execution reliability, thereby maintaining high reliability while reducing the volume of data that requires intensive processing

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The system applies different levels of analysis and processing to different portions of the information based on their importance. Critical constraints and key operational parameters receive detailed analysis and processing to ensure reliability, while less critical data receives streamlined processing. This localized quality approach ensures that reliability is maintained for essential elements without uniformly processing all data at maximum intensity, thus managing the overall data processing volume

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS20250188830A1Dynamic system for field operations

Publication Date: 2025.06.12 SCHLUMBERGER TECH CORP

AI summary

A system and method that may include receiving information and analyzing the information with respect to tiered well construction activities. The system and method may also include determining at least one constraint associated with the tiered well construction activities based on the information. The system and method may additionally include generating a workflow that includes at least a series of tiered well construction activities based on the at least one constraint. The system and method may further include generating a digital well plan that is to be executed to control field equipment to perform at least one of the series of tiered well construction activities of the workflow.