Wellhead growth monitoring system

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions executable by a computer system to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, by a wellhead growth monitoring computer system, real-time measurements from a sensor on a wellhead of a well, wherein the sensor is directed to a fixed point on a platform grating facing the wellhead, and wherein the real-time measurements include measurements of a distance from the sensor to the fixed point;
• analyzing, by the wellhead growth monitoring computer system, the real-time measurements, including comparing the real-time measurements to previously-received measurements from the sensor;
• determining, by the wellhead growth monitoring computer system based on the analyzing, that wellhead growth of a wellhead structure of the well has occurred, wherein wellhead growth is a vertical elongation of the wellhead structure;
• and
• providing, by the wellhead growth monitoring computer system, a notification to a user, wherein the notification includes a measure of the wellhead growth and a time at which the wellhead growth occurred.

A computer-implemented system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the one or more processors and storing programming instructions for execution by the one or more processors, the programming instructions instructing the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, by a wellhead growth monitoring computer system, real-time measurements from a sensor on a wellhead of a well, wherein the sensor is directed to a fixed point on a platform grating facing the wellhead, and wherein the real-time measurements include measurements of a distance from the sensor to the fixed point;
• analyzing, by the wellhead growth monitoring computer system, the real-time measurements, including comparing the real-time measurements to previously-received measurements from the sensor;
• determining, by the wellhead growth monitoring computer system based on the analyzing, that wellhead growth of a wellhead structure of the well has occurred, wherein wellhead growth is a vertical elongation of the wellhead structure;
• and
• providing, by the wellhead growth monitoring computer system, a notification to a user, wherein the notification includes a measure of the wellhead growth and a time at which the wellhead growth occurred.