Gui-facilitated centralizing methods and systems
AssigneeLandmark Graphics Corporation
InventorsAndrew James WHALLEY, Gustavo Adolfo Urdaneta, Peter Gosling
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Abstract
Graphical User Interface (GUI) facilitated centralization methods and system, including a method that includes displaying a graphical representation of a tubular string within a borehole, accepting an interactive graphical selection of a starting location for a range along the borehole, and accepting an interactive graphical selection of an ending location for the range along the borehole. The method further includes determining string stand-off device positions that provide centralization within the range, and providing said positions to field personnel assembling and placing the tubular string in the borehole.
Claims20
A Graphical User Interface (GUI) facilitated centralization method, the method comprising:
- displaying a graphical representation of a tubular string within a borehole;
- accepting an interactive graphical selection of a starting location for a range along the borehole;
- accepting an interactive graphical selection of an ending location for the range;
- determining string stand-off device positions that provide centralization within the range;
- and
- providing said positions to field personnel assembling and placing the tubular string in the borehole.
A Graphical User Interface (GUI) facilitated centralization system, comprising:
- a memory having tubular string centralization software;
- and
- one or more processors coupled to the memory, the software causing the one or more processors to:
- display a graphical representation of a tubular string within a borehole;
- accept an interactive graphical selection of a starting location for a range along the borehole;
- accept an interactive graphical selection of an ending location for the range;
- determine string stand-off device positions that provide centralization within the range;
- and
- provide said positions to field personnel that assemble and place the tubular string in the borehole.
A non-transitory information storage medium comprising Graphical User Interface (GUI) facilitated centralization software that comprises:
- a range definition module that accepts an interactive graphical selection of a starting location for a range along a borehole, and further accepts an interactive graphical selection of an ending location for the range;
- a presentation module that displays a graphical representation of a tubular string within the borehole, and further displays the range as part of the graphical representation;
- and
- a positioning module that determines string stand-off device positions that provide centralization within the range, and further provides said positions to field personnel that assemble and place the tubular string in the borehole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.