Method of, and a System for, Controlling a Drilling Operation
AssigneeTechnological Resources Pty. Limited
InventorsCharles Benjamin McHugh, Eric William Nettleton
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Abstract
A system 10 for controlling a drilling operation by a drill rig 12 includes a receiver 16 for receiving sensed data related to the drilling operation. A processor 18 is in communication with the receiver 16, the processor 18 processing the sensed data to estimate at least one geological property of interest of a zone 20 in which the drill rig 12 is active. The processor 18 is configured to operate as a decision engine 22 to optimize the drilling operation automatically by changing at least one drilling related parameter during the drilling operation based on the at least one geological property of interest.
Claims17
A system for controlling a drilling operation by a drill rig, said system comprising an operating system in communication with said drill rig via a wireless communications link, wherein said operating system includes:
- a database for storing a geological model of a surface mining bench on which a drilling operation is to be performed,
- a receiver for receiving sensed data relating to the drilling operation carried out by the drill rig,
- a processor in communication with said receiver, said processor operative to process the sensed data to estimate at least one geological property of interest of a zone of the surface mining bench in which the drill rig is active, and
- a decision engine for determining automatically, based on said at least one geological property of interest, whether the drilling operation is able to be optimized by changing at least one of:
- (a) a replaceable drill bit of said drill rig, and (b) a drill model comprising an order in which holes are to be drilled by the drill rig during the drilling operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.