Well control systems and associated methods

A well control method, comprising the steps of:

• sensing a drilling operation variable while drilling a wellbore, thereby generating sensed variables;
• intermittently transmitting the sensed variables;
• and
• training a predictive device, using the sensed variables, to predict a value of the drilling operation variable occurring between transmissions of the sensed variables.

A well control method, comprising the steps of:

• sensing at least one first drilling operation variable while drilling a wellbore, thereby generating first sensed variables;
• sensing at least one second drilling operation variable while drilling the wellbore, thereby generating second sensed variables;
• and
• training a predictive device, using the first and second sensed variables, to predict the second drilling operation variable at a selected time.

A well control method, comprising the steps of:

• sensing at least one first drilling operation variable while drilling a first wellbore, thereby generating first sensed variables;
• sensing at least one second drilling operation variable while drilling a second wellbore, thereby generating second sensed variables;
• and
• training a predictive device, using the first and second sensed variables, to predict the second drilling operation variable at a selected time.