System and method to detect and avoid wellbore collision
AssigneeConocoPhillips Company
InventorsAvinash Ramjit, Paul Strohmeier, Jonathan Rogers
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Abstract
A system and method are provided to detect and avoid wellbore collision. The method may include receiving, by a processor, a path of a proposed wellbore. The processor then receives a boundary surrounding the path of the proposed wellbore. The processor then generates, automatically, a list of avoidance components within the boundary using an internal database. The proposed wellbore and avoidance components in the list are then displayed by a visualization system.
Claims18
A method to detect and avoid wellbore collision, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, a path of a proposed wellbore;
- receiving, by the processor, a boundary surrounding the path of the proposed wellbore;
- generating, automatically by the processor, a list of avoidance components within the boundary using an internal database;
- and
- displaying, by a visualization system, the proposed wellbore and the avoidance components in the list.
A system configured to detect and avoid wellbore collision, the system comprising:
- a visualization system;
- an internal database of avoidance components;
- a processor;
- and
- a non-transitory storage medium configured to store instructions executable by the processor, the instructions, when executed, are operable to:
- receive a path of a proposed wellbore;
- receive a boundary surrounding the path of the proposed wellbore;
- generate, automatically, a list of the avoidance components within the boundary using the internal database;
- and
- display, by the visualization system, the proposed wellbore with the avoidance components within the boundary.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.