# US 11,442,974 B2 · Aggregation and presentation of information for well analysis > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,442,974 B2 - Document ID: US11442974B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/085,442 - Filed: 2020-10-30 - Published: 2021-05-06 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2019-11-01 - Assignees: Chevron U.S.A. Inc. - Applicants: Chevron U.S.A. Inc. - Inventors: Devanand Ramchune; Ievgenii Froimson; Shana Bolen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11442974B2 ## CPC - G06F 16/34: Browsing; Visualisation therefor (browsing or visualisation for clustering or classification G06F16/358) - G06F 3/0481: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance - G06F 16/26: Visual data mining; Browsing structured data - G06F 40/103: Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents (automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Responsive to a selection of a well (e.g., offset well), information coupled to the well may be obtained. Information coupled to the well may include structured information and unstructured information. A merged view of the obtained information may be presented. The merged view may provide a view of the structured information and the unstructured information organized according to a predefined presentation format and may facilitate analysis of the well (e.g., analysis of the offset well in planning a new well). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for aggregating and presenting information for well analysis, the system comprising: one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to: obtain a selection of a well; obtain coupled well information based on the selection of the well, the coupled well information including information coupled to the well, the coupled well information including coupled structured information and coupled unstructured information, the coupled structured information including a portion of the coupled well information organized according to a known predefined structure, the coupled unstructured information including a portion of the coupled well information not organized according to any known predefined structure, wherein obtaining the coupled well information based on the selection of the well includes obtaining information indirectly coupled to the well via a chain of different information coupled to one another, further wherein responsive to first information being directly coupled to the well and second information being directly coupled to the first information, the second information is obtained as being indirectly coupled to the well via the first information; and effectuate presentation of a merged view of the coupled well information, the merged view providing a view of the coupled structured information and the coupled unstructured information organized according to a predefined presentation format, the merged view facilitating analysis of the well, wherein the merged view of the coupled well information includes a first graphical user interface or a second graphical user interface, wherein: the first graphical user interface includes visual representation of wells included within a project, the visual representation showing different formations through which the wells were drilled, the visual representation including indicators for events that were recorded for the wells, the indicators positioned at depths of the events, wherein the visual representation of the wells provides a comprehensive view of the wells that includes visualizations of how different sections of the wells are positioned with respect to different formations and how events in different wells correspond to events in other wells; and the second graphical user interface includes lines that provide graphical representations of data series showing well depth progress in relation to days spent for multiple wells, wherein the second graphical user interface enables user selection of origin points from which the lines are generated, wherein the lines include a first line showing a first graphical representation of a first data series showing the well depth progress in relation to days spent for a first well, wherein responsive to user selection of a first point on the first line, a first origin point for the first line is set to the first point on the first line. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the coupled unstructured information is coupled to the well based on user coupling of the coupled unstructured information to the well. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein: the first information being directly coupled to the well includes the first information including information on a bit run connected to the well; the second information being directly coupled to the first information includes the second information including images of a bit connected to the bit run; and the images of the bit are obtained as the coupled well information based on the images of the bit being indirectly coupled to the well via the bit run. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the user coupling of the coupled unstructured information to the well is facilitated by a computer-aided search of unstructured information within one or more data sources. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the computer-aided search of the unstructured information within the one or more data sources includes a search of one or more characters extracted from an unstructured file. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the computer-aided search of the unstructured information within the one or more data sources includes a search of the unstructured information for a feature, a property, or a log of the well. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein the unstructured file includes a document file, a presentation file, a message file, an image file, a video file, or an audio file, further wherein the unstructured file is processed to determine whether the unstructured file includes textual content based on the unstructured file including the image file. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein: an unstructured file including one or more text or one or more visual representations of the feature, the property or the log of the well is found responsive to the search of the unstructured information for the feature, the property or the log of the well; and portions of the unstructured file including the one or more text or the one or more visual representations of the feature, the property or the log of the well is presented to facilitate user coupling of the unstructured file to the well. ### Claim 9 A method for aggregating and presenting information for well analysis, the method comprising: obtaining a selection of a well; obtaining coupled well information based on the selection of the well, the coupled well information including information coupled to the well, the coupled well information including coupled structured information and coupled unstructured information, the coupled structured information including a portion of the coupled well information organized according to a known predefined structure, the coupled unstructured information including a portion of the coupled well information not organized according to any known predefined structure, wherein obtaining the coupled well information based on the selection of the well includes obtaining information indirectly coupled to the well via a chain of different information coupled to one another, further wherein responsive to first information being directly coupled to the well and second information being directly coupled to the first information, the second information is obtained as being indirectly coupled to the well via the first information; and effectuating presentation of a merged view of the coupled well information, the merged view providing a view of the coupled structured information and the coupled unstructured information organized according to a predefined presentation format, the merged view facilitating analysis of the well, wherein the merged view of the coupled well information includes a first graphical user interface or a second graphical user interface, wherein: the first graphical user interface includes visual representation of wells included within a project, the visual representation showing different formations through which the wells were drilled, the visual representation including indicators for events that were recorded for the wells, the indicators positioned at depths of the events, wherein the visual representation of the wells provides a comprehensive view of the wells that includes visualizations of how different sections of the wells are positioned with respect to different formations and how events in different wells correspond to events in other wells; and the second graphical user interface includes lines that provide graphical representations of data series showing well depth progress in relation to days spent for multiple wells, wherein the second graphical user interface enables user selection of origin points from which the lines are generated, wherein the lines include a first line showing a first graphical representation of a first data series showing the well depth progress in relation to days spent for a first well, wherein responsive to user selection of a first point on the first line, a first origin point for the first line is set to the first point on the first line. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the coupled unstructured information is coupled to the well based on user coupling of the coupled unstructured information to the well. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein: the first information being directly coupled to the well includes the first information including information on a bit run connected to the well; the second information being directly coupled to the first information includes the second information including images of a bit connected to the bit run; and the images of the bit are obtained as the coupled well information based on the images of the bit being indirectly coupled to the well via the bit run. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the user coupling of the coupled unstructured information to the well is facilitated by a computer-aided search of unstructured information within one or more data sources. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the computer-aided search of the unstructured information within the one or more data sources includes a search of one or more characters extracted from an unstructured file. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the computer-aided search of the unstructured information within the one or more data sources includes a search of the unstructured information for a feature, a property, or a log of the well. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the unstructured file includes a document file, a presentation file, a message file, an image file, a video file, or an audio file, further wherein the unstructured file is processed to determine whether the unstructured file includes textual content based on the unstructured file including the image file. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein: an unstructured file including one or more text or one or more visual representations of the feature, the property or the log of the well is found responsive to the search of the unstructured information for the feature, the property or the log of the well; and portions of the unstructured file including the one or more text or the one or more visual representations of the feature, the property or the log of the well is presented to facilitate user coupling of the unstructured file to the well.