System and method for drilling a borehole

Abstract

Systems and methods for drilling a wellbore in accordance with an event occurrence, which may comprise receiving an indication of an event occurrence, the indication is based at least in part on data related to drilling operations associated with a wellbore; determining a predicted impact of the event occurrence, the predicted impact based at least in part on data related to drilling parameters and the event occurrence; and modifying the drilling parameters based at least in part on the predicted impact of the event occurrence. The method may further comprise sending the modified drilling parameters to a control system of a drilling rig to drill the wellbore based at least in part on the modified drilling parameters responsive to a deviation between the modified drilling parameters and the drilling parameters being below a predetermined value therefor.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A drilling system comprising:
 a computer system comprising a processor, a memory, and instructions stored in the memory that are capable of execution by the processor, the instructions comprising instructions for performing the following operations:
 receive, by the computer system, an indication of an event occurrence, wherein the indication is based at least in part on data related to one or more drilling operations associated with a wellbore, wherein the event occurrence comprises at least one of an equipment malfunction, a path difference between a measured borehole and a planned borehole, an upcoming maintenance period, and an unplanned geological reading; 
 determine, by the computer system, a predicted impact of the event occurrence, wherein the predicted impact is based at least in part on data related to one or more drilling parameters and the event occurrence; 
 modify, by the computer system, the one or more drilling parameters based at least in part on the predicted impact of the event occurrence; and 
   a drilling rig control system configured to receive the modified one or more drilling parameters and control a drilling rig to drill the wellbore based at least in part on the modified one or more drilling parameters responsive to a deviation between the modified one or more drilling parameters and the one or more drilling parameters being below a predetermined value therefor.   
     
     
         2 . The drilling system of  claim 1 , wherein the data related to the one or more drilling operations comprises at least one of a rate of penetration (ROP) and GAMMA data. 
     
     
         3 . The drilling system of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 send, by the computer system, an alert signal to the drilling rig control system responsive to the deviation between the modified one or more drilling parameters and the one or more drilling parameters being above the predetermined value therefor.   
     
     
         4 . The drilling system of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more drilling parameters comprises at least one of weight on bit (WOB), flow rate of mud, toolface orientation, and bit selection. 
     
     
         5 . The drilling system of  claim 1 , wherein the event occurrence comprises at least one of an unplanned geological reading, an equipment malfunction, and a maintenance period. 
     
     
         6 . The drilling system of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 compare, by the computer system, a projected well path drilled in accordance with the modified one or more drilling parameters and a planned well path for the wellbore.   
     
     
         7 . A method of drilling a wellbore in accordance with an event occurrence, the method comprising:
 receiving, by a computer system, an indication of an event occurrence, wherein the indication is based at least in part on data related to one or more drilling operations associated with a wellbore, wherein the event occurrence comprises at least one of an equipment malfunction, a path difference between a measured borehole and a planned borehole, an upcoming maintenance period, and an unplanned geological reading;   determining, by the computer system, a predicted impact of the event occurrence, wherein the predicted impact is based at least in part on data related to one or more drilling parameters and the event occurrence;   modifying, by the computer system, the one or more drilling parameters based at least in part on the predicted impact of the event occurrence; and   sending, by the computer system, the modified one or more drilling parameters to a control system of a drilling rig to drill the wellbore based at least in part on the modified one or more drilling parameters responsive to a deviation between the modified one or more drilling parameters and the one or more drilling parameters being below a predetermined value therefor.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the data related to the one or more drilling operations comprises at least one of a ROP and GAMMA data. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising:
 sending, by the computer system, an alert signal to the control system responsive to the deviation between the modified one or more drilling parameters and the one or more drilling parameters being above the predetermined value therefor.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the one or more drilling parameters comprises at least one of WOB, flow rate of mud, toolface orientation, and bit selection. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the event occurrence comprises at least one of an unplanned geological reading, an equipment malfunction, and a maintenance period. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising:
 comparing, by the computer system, a projected well path drilled in accordance with the modified one or more drilling parameters and a planned well path for the wellbore.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the drilling rig includes a BHA, wherein the BHA is replaced with a second BHA responsive to the projected well path deviating from the planned well path outside a defined margin of error. 
     
     
         14 . A non-transitory, computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:
 receive, by a computer system, an indication of an event occurrence, wherein the indication is based at least in part on data related to one or more drilling operations associated with a wellbore, wherein the event occurrence comprises at least one of an equipment malfunction, a path difference between a measured borehole and a planned borehole, an upcoming maintenance period, and an unplanned geological reading;   determine, by the computer system, a predicted impact of the event occurrence, wherein the predicted impact is based at least in part on data related to one or more drilling parameters and the event occurrence;   modify, by the computer system, the one or more drilling parameters based at least in part on the predicted impact of the event occurrence; and   send, by the computer system, the modified one or more drilling parameters to a control system of a drilling rig to drill the wellbore based at least in part on the modified one or more drilling parameters responsive to a deviation between the modified one or more drilling parameters and the one or more drilling parameters being below a predetermined value therefor.   
     
     
         15 . The non-transitory, computer readable medium of  claim 14 , wherein the data related to the one or more drilling operations comprises at least one of a ROP and GAMMA data. 
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory, computer readable medium of  claim 14 , wherein the instructions further comprise instructions that, when execute by the processor, causes the processor to:
 send, by the computer system, an alert signal to the control system responsive to the deviation between the modified one or more drilling parameters and the one or more drilling parameters being above the predetermined value therefor.   
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory, computer readable medium of  claim 14 , wherein the one or more drilling parameters comprises at least one of WOB, flow rate of mud, toolface orientation, and bit selection. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory, computer readable medium of  claim 14 , wherein the event occurrence comprises at least one of an unplanned geological reading, an equipment malfunction, and a maintenance period. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory, computer readable medium of  claim 14 , wherein the drilling rig includes a BHA, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions that, when execute by the processor, causes the processor to:
 compare, by the computer system, a projected well path drilled in accordance with the modified one or more drilling parameters and a planned well path for the wellbore.   
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory, computer readable medium of  claim 19 , wherein the BHA is replaced with a second BHA responsive to the projected well path deviating from the planned well path outside a defined margin of error.