Well Construction Control System Iterative Job Plan Updates
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current well construction systems face challenges in efficiently managing and controlling the drilling process as the depth of the wellbore increases, leading to complexities in monitoring and updating operations in real-time, which can result in deviations from the planned job execution.
Innovation Solution
A processing system with a network infrastructure that allows for the development, implementation, and iterative updating of job plans by transmitting commands to equipment controllers, enabling real-time monitoring and adaptation based on current conditions, thereby ensuring precise control of well construction operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If real-time monitoring and iterative updating of job plans is implemented, then operational efficiency and alignment with planned objectives are improved, but device complexity and network infrastructure requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the well construction control into multiple independent processing systems (first processing system for monitoring and updating, second processing system for command generation, equipment controllers for execution). Each segment handles specific functions, allowing real-time adaptive control without requiring complete system redesign, thus improving operational efficiency while managing complexity through modular architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-develops job plans before drilling operations begin. These job plans contain predetermined commands and parameters for equipment control. During execution, the system iteratively monitors conditions and updates the job plan by generating new commands based on current conditions, allowing adaptive control while maintaining structured planning ahead of time.
2Adaptability or versatility
If iterative monitoring and updating of commands is performed, then adaptability to changing conditions is improved, but loss of time for processing and transmitting updated commands increases
Solution Approach 1:
The first processing system continuously monitors current conditions of the well construction system and compares them against the job plan. When deviations are detected, the system generates updated commands and transmits them to equipment controllers. This closed-loop feedback mechanism enables real-time adaptability to changing drilling conditions while maintaining efficient command processing through automated monitoring and update generation.
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AI summary
Apparatus and methods regarding a first processing system operable to receive a job plan developed by a second processing system, and implement the job plan, including generating commands for an equipment controller based on the job plan. The first processing system is operable to transmit, through a network, the commands to the controller for execution by the controller. The first processing system is operable to iteratively (i) monitor, through the network, current conditions of the well construction system during execution of commands by the controller; (ii) update the implementation of the job plan, including generating updated commands for the controller based on the job plan and the current well construction system conditions when the current well construction system conditions indicate a deviation from the implementation; and (iii) transmit, through the network, the updated commands to the controller for execution by the controller.