Downhole Tool Gesture Monitoring for Cross-Vendor Efficiency Evaluation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The variability of data collection formats and types maintained by different vendors in downhole operations makes it difficult to compare and evaluate the performance of well interventions and other subterranean operations effectively.
Innovation Solution
A detecting system is secured to an operating tool, comprising first and second sensors that provide different types of sensor data, processed by a device to identify tool gestures and determine efficiency by comparing actual and expected time periods.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If different vendors use different data collection formats and types, then each vendor can maintain their own operational preferences and equipment specifications, but it becomes difficult to compare and evaluate performance across vendors and jobs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a standardized data collection format as an intermediary layer between different vendors' equipment and the performance evaluation system. This standardized format acts as a mediator that translates diverse vendor-specific data into a common structure, enabling consistent comparison while preserving the ability to collect vendor-specific operational details.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a universal data collection framework that can accommodate multiple vendor formats and equipment types through a single standardized interface. This multi-functional approach allows the same evaluation system to process data from various sources without requiring separate evaluation methodologies for each vendor.
2Measurement precision
If comprehensive sensor data is collected from multiple sensors to accurately evaluate tool gestures, then measurement precision improves, but data processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the complex data processing task into distinct phases: data collection from multiple sensors, preliminary filtering and validation, gesture pattern recognition, and efficiency calculation. This segmentation allows each processing stage to be optimized independently, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high measurement precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary processing of sensor data immediately upon collection, including filtering, validation, and initial pattern recognition. By preparing the data in advance before full analysis, the system reduces the computational burden on subsequent processing stages and simplifies the overall data flow management.
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AI summary
Systems and methods are discussed for characterizing usage of an operating tool configured for use within a wellbore. As an example, a system is discussed that includes detecting system and a processing device. The processing device receives information from the detecting systems and may use the information to, for example, determine an efficiency using the time period for each of a plurality of tool gestures and a respective expected time period for each of the plurality of tool gestures.