Drilling Operation Fingerprinting via Time-Aligned Data Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional drilling performance analytics tools provide limited actionable insights, failing to directly impact productive and nonproductive times, as they do not effectively translate drilling operation data into actionable information.
Innovation Solution
A system that automatically evaluates drilling operations by time-aligning operating information across operation time windows, performing multi-dimensional analysis, and generating visualizations to facilitate procedural compliance and recommended practices, using a computing system with processors and electronic storage to obtain, align, analyze, and visualize drilling operation data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional drilling performance analytics tools are used, then data collection is performed, but actionable insights are not generated effectively
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments drilling operations into distinct time windows corresponding to specific operations of interest (e.g., drilling, tripping, connecting). This segmentation allows for targeted analysis of each operation type, transforming raw data into actionable insights by comparing actual performance against ideal performance for each specific operation, thereby reducing information loss and improving drilling productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces time-alignment as an additional dimension for analyzing drilling data. By aligning operating information across multiple time windows and dimensions (different operations, different wells, different conditions), the system generates comprehensive actionable insights that go beyond conventional single-dimensional analysis, enabling better decision-making for drilling productivity.
2Loss of information
If drilling operations are analyzed without time-alignment, then data processing is simpler, but multi-dimensional comparison and actionable insights are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary time-alignment of operating information before conducting multi-dimensional analysis. By pre-processing the data to align time windows and operation types, the system prepares the data structure in advance, making subsequent analysis more effective. This preliminary action enables comprehensive actionable insights while managing system complexity through structured preprocessing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces time-alignment as an intermediary process between raw data collection and final analysis. This intermediary step transforms unaligned operating information into aligned, comparable data structures, enabling effective multi-dimensional analysis and actionable insights without overwhelming system complexity. The time-alignment acts as a mediator that bridges raw data and meaningful analysis.
3Productivity
If real-time data is collected and analyzed, then drilling efficiency can be improved, but data processing time and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and focuses analysis only on specific time windows corresponding to operations of interest, rather than processing all drilling data continuously. By taking out only the relevant portions of data for analysis and comparing them against ideal performance benchmarks, the system improves drilling efficiency through targeted insights while minimizing data processing time and computational resource requirements.
Data Source
AI summary
Real-time data of drilling operations may be utilized to automatically fingerprint and evaluate their values to create enhanced information of interest. Enhanced information of interest may be comparable to given procedure and may facilitate generation of actionable insight and validation of procedural compliance. Real-time data of drilling operations may be analyzed to generate analysis and graphical comparison of specific sub-step operations that make up activities of interest. These operations may correspond to specific actions a driller on a rig may take to manipulate equipment and may be documented as procedural steps.