US-12626309-B2 - Fluid state-based framework

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Abstract

A method may include receiving data acquired during one or more well construction operations; detecting one or more fluid states using a number of predefined fluid states and the data, where the predefined fluid states include operational fluid states and associated fluid sub-states; generating, using the one or more fluid states, an assessment of a fluid treatment; and outputting the assessment of the fluid treatment.

Inventors

John Morrison Whyte
Maria Fernanda Vargas Izquierdo

Assignees

SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

Dates

Publication Date: 20260512
Application Date: 20240923

Claims (4)

1 . A method comprising: circulating drilling fluid while drilling a well; at a computational framework including at least one processor and display device, receiving data acquired during the drilling, wherein the data includes rheometric data and fluid weight data both related to the drilling fluid circulated during the drilling; at the computational framework, displaying a graphical user interface that includes the rheometric data over time and the fluid weight data over time; adding material to the drilling fluid circulated in the well during a period of circulation to change density of the drilling fluid circulated in the well; at the computational framework, detecting a first fluid state related to the addition of the material to the drilling fluid based on the rheometric data, and displaying a visual indication of the first fluid state on the graphical user interface; at the computational framework, detecting a second fluid state related to circulation of the drilling fluid to equalize density of the drilling fluid based on the fluid weight data, and displaying a visual indication of the second fluid state on the graphical user interface; and returning to drilling the well in response to detection of the second fluid state.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the data comprise real-time data.
3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising: at the computational framework, detecting at least one operational state related to circulation of the drilling fluid or drilling operations, and displaying a visual indication of the at least one operational state on the graphical user interface.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the material added to the drilling fluid comprises barite.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS The subject disclosure claims priority from U.S. Application No. 63/541,484, filed on Sep. 29, 2023, herein incorporated by reference in its entirety. BACKGROUND A reservoir may be a subsurface formation that may be characterized at least in part by its porosity and fluid permeability. As an example, a reservoir may be part of a basin such as a sedimentary basin. A basin may be a depression (e.g., caused by plate tectonic activity, subsidence, etc.) in which sediments accumulate. As an example, where hydrocarbon source rocks occur in combination with appropriate depth and duration of burial, a petroleum system may develop within a basin, which may form a reservoir that includes hydrocarbon fluids (e.g., oil, gas, etc.). As an example, drilling operations may be performed to extend a borehole from a surface location to one or more target locations in a subsurface environment, for example, to produce reservoir fluid and/or to inject fluid. Drilling operations can involve use of drilling fluid, which may also be referred to as drilling mud or simply mud. Drilling fluid can serve various purposes in drilling operations, which can include lubrication and well control. Characteristics of drilling fluid can change during drilling operations, for example, through introduction of material (e.g., solids, formation fluid, etc.) and/or upon exposure to various physical phenomena (e.g., shear forces, heat, pressure, etc.). Additionally, optimal drilling fluid characteristics for one type of drilling operation may differ from those of another type of drilling operation. As a consequence, demands placed on drilling fluid can be dynamic and difficult to track during drilling operations, which can make decisions as to how to achieve desirable drilling fluid characteristics complex, which may be time consuming and costly when such decisions are to be made by a human or humans (e.g., fluids engineers, etc.). SUMMARY A method may include receiving data acquired during one or more well construction operations; detecting one or more fluid states using a number of predefined fluid states and the data, where the predefined fluid states include operational fluid states and associated fluid sub-states; generating, using the one or more fluid states, an assessment of a fluid treatment; and outputting the assessment of the fluid treatment. A system can include one or more processors; memory accessible to at least one of the one or more processors; processor-executable instructions stored in the memory and executable to instruct the system to: receive data acquired during one or more well construction operations; detect one or more fluid states using a number of predefined fluid states and the data, where the predefined fluid states include operational fluid states and associated fluid sub-states; generate, using the one or more fluid states, an assessment of a fluid treatment; and output the assessment of the fluid treatment. One or more computer-readable storage media can include processor-executable instructions to instruct a computing system to: receive data acquired during one or more well construction operations; detect one or more fluid states using a number of predefined fluid states and the data, where the predefined fluid states include operational fluid states and associated fluid sub-states; generate, using the one or more fluid states, an assessment of a fluid treatment; and output the assessment of the fluid treatment. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. This summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts that are further described below in the detailed description. This summary is not intended to identify key or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used as an aid in limiting the scope of the claimed subject matter. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The following detailed description refers to the accompanying drawings. Wherever convenient Features and advantages of the described implementations may be more readily understood by reference to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows an example of a system; FIG. 2 shows an example of a system; FIG. 3 shows an example of a system; FIG. 4 shows an example of a system; FIG. 5 shows a table of example states; FIG. 6 shows a table of example states; FIG. 7 shows an example of a method; FIG. 8 shows an example of a graphical user interface; FIG. 9 shows an example of a graphical user interface; FIG. 10 shows an example of a graphical user interface; FIG. 11 shows an example of a method and an example of a system; and FIG. 12 shows an example of a system. DETAILED DESCRIPTION This description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, but rather is made merely for the purpose of describing the general principles of the implementations. The scope of the described implementations should be ascertained with referenc