Patent ID: 11965405
Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  G | IPC E  G

Claim 17:
18. An apparatus comprising:
a control workstation directly connected with a communication network and operable to control each of a plurality of control devices to control an integrated well construction system, wherein each of the plurality of control devices is directly connected with the communication network, wherein each control device controls a corresponding component of the integrated well construction system, wherein the control workstation comprises a display, a processor, and a memory, and wherein:
the memory stores:
a construction program that, when executed by the processor, controls each of the plurality of control devices; and
an analysis-while-drilling (AWD) program;

inputs for the AWD program comprise:
intended configuration of a well being constructed by the well construction system during the well construction;
configuration of a drill string being used by the well construction system during the well construction operation;
signals from drilling parameter sensors; and
drilling equipment parameters; and

when executed by the processor, the AWD program:
automatically analyzes data in real-time to determine a plurality of parameters based on the data, wherein one of the determined plurality of parameters is a kick determination, and wherein the kick determination is based on measured depth, true vertical depth, measured shoe depth, vertical shoe depth, original drilling fluid weight, leak off test drilling fluid weight, leak off test pressure, shut in casing pressure, shut in drill pipe pressure, kick gain volume, kill pump selection, kill pump capacity, kill pump speed, slow circulation rate pressure, safety margin, and selected choke/kill line; and
generates, in real-time, and displays in real-time in an AWD screen on the display, a graphic display of the intended configuration and/or an actual configuration including depths of the well and at least one of: a graphic display of a shoe in the well; an animation of the intended and actual configurations of the well; an animation of the drill string in the well; value textual and/or graphic display of drilling fluid front tracking and/or depth; annular velocity per section; open hole volume; total strokes and minutes, strokes and minutes-to-go, and volume for one or more of: surface to bit; bit to shoe; bit to blow-out preventer; bit to surface; well circulation; full circulation; drill string displacement, open end and closed end; drill string weight; number of tubulars in the well; active volume; drilling fluid flow into the well; bit revolutions; or bit runtime.