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A method and related apparatus are disclosed for drilling a well including providing drilling data, which can include drilling rig parameters, geological parameters, wellbore parameters, and drillstring parameters, on a real time basis from at least one well into a database associated with a program

A method and related apparatus are disclosed for drilling a well including providing drilling data, which can include drilling rig parameters, geological parameters, wellbore parameters, and drillstring parameters, on a real time basis from at least one well into a database associated with a programmable digital computer. The drilling data can be provided via telephone lines, hard wire connections, radio transmissions, microwave transmissions or fiber optical transmissions into the database. Associated with the database is a monitoring facility where drilling activities are monitored and, if desired, future drilling actions are simulated utilizing the drilling data within the database.

대표청구항 ▼

A system for use in the drilling of a well, comprising: means for providing, on a real time basis, drilling data from at least one well being drilled into a database associated with a digital computer, and means for simulating future drilling actions for the well utilizing the digital computer and t

A system for use in the drilling of a well, comprising: means for providing, on a real time basis, drilling data from at least one well being drilled into a database associated with a digital computer, and means for simulating future drilling actions for the well utilizing the digital computer and the drilling data within the database. A method of drilling a well, comprising: (a) collecting at the well, on a real time basis, a plurality of signals indicative of drilling-related parameters; (b) transmitting, on a real time basis, a portion or all of the plurality of signals from at least one well to a remotely located database associated with a programmable digital computer; (c) loading, on a real time basis, the plurality of signals into the database associated with the programmable digital computer; (d) selecting an initial set of parameter changes that will affect drilling results; (e) simulating future drilling utilizing the initial set of parameter changes; (f) determining if the drilling results are acceptable, if not selecting an additional set of parameter changes; (g) simulating future drilling utilizing the additional set of parameter changes; (h) selecting the optimum set of parameter changes; and (i) initiating the optimum set of parameter changes at the well.