Multi-Domain Drilling Planning for Real-Time Geosteering Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing drilling operations lack efficient multi-domain planning and control systems that integrate real-time data and geosteering capabilities to optimize well trajectory and resource extraction in complex subsurface environments.
Innovation Solution
A multi-domain planning controller that utilizes a planning domain definition language planner to generate and execute actions across multiple domains, including geologic, operational, and equipment domains, enabling real-time decision-making and geosteering for optimal well trajectory and resource extraction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional single-domain control systems are used for drilling operations, then the system complexity is low, but the ability to integrate real-time data and optimize well trajectory across multiple domains (geologic, operational, equipment) is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The control system is segmented into multiple independent domains (geologic domain, operational domain, equipment domain), each handled by separate planners and controllers. This allows each domain to be managed independently while integrating through a unified planning framework, resolving the contradiction between multi-domain integration capability and system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The planning controller is designed with universal multi-functionality to handle diverse drilling operations across different domains. It can perform geosteering, trajectory optimization, operational planning, and equipment control through a single integrated system, enabling adaptability without proportionally increasing complexity.
2Productivity
If real-time data integration and geosteering capabilities are implemented, then drilling efficiency and accuracy are improved, but the computational requirements and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary planning and trajectory optimization before drilling operations begin. By pre-computing optimal paths and preparing domain-specific plans, the system reduces real-time computational requirements during actual drilling, thereby improving efficiency without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The planning controller implements continuous feedback mechanisms that monitor real-time drilling data and adjust operations dynamically. This feedback loop enables real-time optimization of well trajectory and drilling parameters, improving drilling efficiency and accuracy while managing computational complexity through iterative refinement rather than exhaustive real-time computation.
3Productivity
If adaptive planning and control are used to maximize resource recovery, then productivity increases, but the difficulty of detecting and measuring subsurface conditions and optimizing parameters increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces intermediary models and algorithms that translate complex subsurface measurements into actionable planning parameters. These intermediaries process and interpret difficult-to-measure subsurface conditions, converting them into usable information for adaptive planning, thereby enabling increased resource recovery without directly facing the full complexity of subsurface detection.
Solution Approach 2:
The planning controller dynamically changes operational parameters based on real-time data and domain-specific models. By adjusting drilling parameters, trajectory angles, and operational settings according to measured subsurface conditions, the system optimizes resource recovery while managing the difficulty of subsurface assessment through continuous parameter adaptation rather than requiring perfect initial knowledge.
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AI summary
A method can include, in a runtime environment of compiled multi-domain code for multiple different domains that describe physical operations performed using equipment, responsive to input, issuing a call to a planning domain definition language planner, responsive to the call, receiving a plan that includes at least one action; and dispatching at least one of the at least one action to call for performance of at least a portion of at least one of the physical operations.