Supervisory Control System for a Well Construction Rig

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• memory accessible by the processor;
• processor-executable instructions stored in the memory and executable to instruct the system to:
• receive sensor data that is indicative of an operational status of a well construction equipment that is being utilized to construct a planned well;
• receive a well construction plan that includes information that is indicative of the planned well and the well construction equipment;
• access a database of operational sequences that are executable to be performed by the well construction equipment to construct a plurality of wells and selecting from the database an operational sequence that includes a plurality of physical or mechanical operations that are to be executed by the well construction equipment to construct the planned well based on the operational status of the well construction equipment and the well construction plan;
• and
• electronically control the well construction equipment to autonomously perform the plurality of physical or mechanical operations of the selected operational sequence to drill at least one of:
• a selected portion of the planned well and a path along the selected portion of the planned well through a subterranean formation.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer, which includes a processor performs a method, the method comprising:

• receiving sensor data that is indicative of an operational status of a well construction equipment that is being utilized to construct a planned well;
• receiving a well construction plan that includes information that is indicative of the planned well and the well construction equipment;
• accessing a database of operational sequences that are executable to be performed by the well construction equipment to construct a plurality of wells and selecting from the database an operational sequence that includes a plurality of physical or mechanical operations that are to be executed by the well construction equipment to construct the planned well based on the operational status of the well construction equipment and the well construction plan;
• and
• electronically controlling the well construction equipment to autonomously perform the plurality of physical or mechanical operations of the selected operational sequence to drill at least one of:
• a selected portion of the planned well and a path along the selected portion of the planned well through a subterranean formation.