Patent ID: 8695692
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
1. An alert system for a downhole operation, comprising: a drill string in a borehole, the drill string having at least one sensor positioned in the borehole for measuring one or more parameters during a drilling operation of the drill string, the one or more parameters related to movement of the drill string in one or more selected directions relative to the borehole during the drilling operation; a unit in data communication with the drill string and operatively arranged to enable an operator to obtain information regarding the drilling operation of the drill string; a work area positioned proximate to the unit and including a seat operatively arranged to receive the operator when the operator is interfacing with the unit; and a module operatively arranged to move the seat in a first heading corresponding to a first selected direction of the one or more selected directions in response to the one or more parameters being outside of a first predetermined range set by a first threshold value and in a second heading corresponding to a second selected direction of the one or more selected directions in response to the one or more parameters being outside of a second predetermined range set by a second threshold value, wherein the first heading is different than the second heading and the first selected direction is different than the second selected direction.