Process for determining real time risk, reliability and loss mitigation potential for ultra deepwater well control equipment used for offshore drilling operations
OwnerGarry Edward Davis, Steven O'Learyinventors
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Abstract
A risk/reliability assessment tool for ultra-deepwater well control equipment used for offshore drilling operations is disclosed. Embodiments take into consideration all of the processes required for competent risk/reliability assessment for loss mitigation. In an exemplary embodiment, the system provides a simulation tool which evaluates equipment components and simulates the various failure modes for each component and the effect on the other components in the equipment being evaluated.
Claims20
A process performed by a computing device simulating risk and loss mitigation in well control equipment for ultra-deepwater drilling, displayed in a user interface system, comprising:
- displaying a connection of components in the well control equipment displayed across a plurality of user interface modules;
- receiving a user selection of one of the components;
- running a simulation by the computing device evaluating the failure mode for the user selected component;
- displaying a simulated effect of the user selected component in the failure mode;
- displaying effects on other components connected to the user selected component in the failure mode;
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- providing a risk assessment of the evaluated failure mode for the user selected component and for the other components connected to the user selected component.
A computer program product simulating risk and loss mitigation in well control equipment for ultra-deepwater drilling, displayed in a user interface system, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code being configured by a processor to:
- display a connection of components in the well control equipment displayed across a plurality of user interface modules;
- receive a user selection of one of the components;
- run a simulation by the computing device evaluating the failure mode for the user selected component;
- display a simulated effect of the user selected component in the failure mode;
- display effects on other components connected to the user selected component in the failure mode;
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- provide a risk assessment of the evaluated failure mode for the user selected component and for the other components connected to the user selected component.
A user interface system for simulating risk and loss mitigation in well control equipment for ultra-deepwater drilling, wherein the user interface system is configured to:
- display a connection of components in the well control equipment displayed across a plurality of user interface modules in the user interface system;
- receive a user selection of one of the components in a first user interface module;
- run a simulation by the computing device evaluating the failure mode for the user selected component;
- display a simulated effect of the user selected component in the failure mode on the first user interface module;
- display effects on other components connected to the user selected component in the failure mode;
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- provide a risk assessment of the evaluated failure mode for the user selected component and for the other components connected to the user selected component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.