Patent ID: 8794353
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: E21B,G11B

Abstract:
1. A method for identifying potential issues while drilling comprising: monitoring, by a surface steerable system coupled to a drilling rig, a plurality of operating parameters for drilling rig equipment that is part of the drilling rig and bottom hole assembly (BHA) equipment for a BHA coupled to the drilling rig and positioned in a borehole that is being drilled, wherein the operating parameters control the drilling rig equipment and BHA equipment; receiving, by the surface steerable system, a plurality of current inputs corresponding to performance data of the drilling rig equipment and BHA equipment during a drilling operation of the borehole; determining, by the surface steerable system, that an amount of change between any of the plurality of current inputs and a corresponding plurality of previously received inputs exceeds a defined threshold; determining, by the surface steerable system, whether a modification to the operating parameters has occurred that would result in the amount of change between the plurality of current inputs and the corresponding plurality of previously received inputs exceeding the defined threshold; identifying, by the surface steerable system, that a failure has potentially occurred in at least one of the drilling rig equipment and BHA equipment if no modification has occurred to the operating parameters; and performing, by the surface steerable system, a defined action if the failure has potentially occurred, wherein the defined action includes activating additional monitoring that includes performing the monitoring more frequently and performing the monitoring at a higher level of detail.