Drilling operations framework

Abstract

A method may include receiving a request to generate a calibrated formation model; responsive to the request, providing an initial formation model, providing field data, generating simulation results using the initial formation model, and performing a comparison between the field data and the simulation results; and, based at least in part on the comparison, generating a calibrated formation model.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 receiving a request to generate a calibrated formation model;   responsive to the request, providing an initial formation model, providing field data, generating simulation results using the initial formation model, and performing a comparison between the field data and the simulation results; and   based at least in part on the comparison, generating a calibrated formation model.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , comprising storing the calibrated formation model according to a schema. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the schema comprises a JSON-based schema. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the request is formulated according to an application programming interface. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the simulation results comprise drilling simulation results for simulated interactions between a bit and rock, wherein the rock is specified by the initial formation model or an intermediate formation model, wherein the generated formation model is a final formation model. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , comprising predicting drilling performance for drilling of at least a portion of a borehole in a subsurface region using the calibrated formation model. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , comprising controlling drilling based at least in part on the predicted drilling performance. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 6 , comprising comparing actual drilling performance to the predicted drilling performance. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , comprising controlling drilling based at least in part on the comparing the actual drilling performance to the predicted drilling performance. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , comprising selecting a bit for drilling at least a portion of a borehole in a subsurface region using the calibrated formation model. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the selecting comprises performing a number of drilling simulations using the calibrated formation model. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the number of drilling simulations comprise different bit drilling simulations. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the comparison compares one or more of weight on bit, rate of penetration, torque, lateral acceleration, axial acceleration, and stick-slip. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the generating the calibrated formation model comprises adjusting one or more of a rock value and a friction value. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the adjusting decreases error between the field data and the simulation results. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the rock value comprises a rock multiplier value and wherein the friction value comprises a friction factor. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the simulation results comprise bit-dependent surface weight on bit and surface torque values. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the bit-dependent surface weight on bit and surface torque values correspond to a specified drilling mode. 
     
     
         19 . A system comprising:
 one or more processors;   memory accessible to at least one of the one or more processors; and   processor-executable instructions stored in the memory and executable to instruct the system to:
 receive a request to generate a calibrated formation model; 
 responsive to the request, provide an initial formation model, provide field data, generate simulation results using the initial formation model, and perform a comparison between the field data and the simulation results; and 
 based at least in part on the comparison, generate a calibrated formation model. 
   
     
     
         20 . One or more computer-readable storage media comprising processor-executable instructions to instruct a computing system to:
 receive a request to generate a calibrated formation model;   responsive to the request, provide an initial formation model, provide field data, generate simulation results using the initial formation model, and perform a comparison between the field data and the simulation results; and   based at least in part on the comparison, generate a calibrated formation model.