CN1782739A - Dynamic generation of vector graphics and animation of bottom hole assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for displaying a bottom-hole assembly (BHA) using vector graphics includes parsing and interpreting BHA source data to produce data packets corresponding to BHA components; assembling the BHA using vector graphics components in a vector graphics library, wherein the vector graphics components represent the BHA components; and displaying the BHA at a selected scale.

Description

The dynamic generation of the vector graphics of bottom hole assemblies and animation

The cross reference of related application

The application requires the right of priority of the temporary patent application submitted on September 4th, 2003 number 60/500189 according to the 119th of United States code the 35th volume.All introduce the content of this provisional application at this, for your guidance.

About the research of federal funding or the statement of exploitation

Inapplicable.

Technical field

Relate generally to of the present invention is used for analyzing the method and system of the data that oil field prospecting generates.More specifically, the present invention relates to be convenient to method and system that the bottom hole assemblies data are analyzed.

Background technology

Oil well pierces the oil and natural gas that ground produces in order to deposit naturally in the exploitation geology forming process usually.Survey in the brill process or after surveying brill, survey the brill personnel and utilize various sensors to survey its structure and composition thereof usually at oil well, this multiple sensors is such as being resistibility sensor, nuclear-magnetism sensor, neutron-sensing device, gamma ray sensor etc.After the drilling well, these sensors can be placed in the oil well in order to measure by single line.Perhaps, can carry out measure or log well (MWD or LWD) simultaneously in drilling well.Utilize MWD or LWD, sensor is included in the bottom hole assemblies (BHA).Standard BHA comprises the sub-make-up of string of drill bit and the various sensors of a plurality of coverings.Can obtain about drilling well and drilling mud attribute or about the data of oil reservoir and oil reservoir mud attribute.These data are referred to as borehole data usually.

Because the significant cost relevant with drilling well needs plan meticulously to survey the brill process.Plan is surveyed the factor that needs in the brill process to consider and is comprised, for example bottom hole assemblies the parts that should comprise and the path (path) of sensor and full blast.The various parts that are included among the BHA should be assembled and check before any possible problem of identification or complicated factor.But to detect all contingent problems be unpractiaca to all BHA parts of assembling before every work.Therefore, expectation is plan well, and especially HBA drilling tool and drill string assembly can be shown graphically, so that planning process.In addition, the data of obtaining from survey the brill process in analysis also need graphical demonstration.The sequence number of submitting on April 1st, 2004 is 10/708,929, the sequence number of submitting on June 24th, 2003 is 10/604, the sequence number of submitting on May 30th, 062 and 2003 is to disclose the various graphical demonstration of being convenient to analyze the data of obtaining from survey the brill process in 10/250,049 the application common co-pending.

Fig. 1 is illustrated in the general approach that the method for the most prior art that is used for showing the BHA figure is used.As shown in the figure, graphic presentation process 12 (for example, bitmap or raster graphic show process) uses BHA data input 11 to produce the figure of BHA 13.Graphic presentation process 12 is with BHA figure paintings planimetric maps (bitmap) or be used to make up the BHA figure from the parts of building shape library (such as, open GL storehouse) in advance.These show normally grating (perhaps bitmap) type, and it can not be scaled under the situation of not losing display quality.

Can utilize multiple art methods to show the BHA figure.For example, come from Schlumberger Technology Corp.(Houston, DrillingOffice TX) ^TMIn BHA editing machine drilling well geometry that help to create bottom hole assemblies (BHA) and in moment of torsion and tension analysis are used, use.Easily custom component and instrument are so that safeguard current location or drilling equipment inventory.Similarly, come from PerformanceDrilling Technologies Inc. (Houston, WinSurv TX) ^TM, the grating drawing of BHA is provided.Come from Bake Hughes (Houston, BHASys TX) ^TMProgram and come from DrillingSoftware L.L.C (Scaramento, BHA Design CA) ^TM, can both show BHA with bitmap.

Can show BHA and various parts although these prior aries are used, yet shown BHA can't arbitrarily change (such as dwindling or amplifying) under the prerequisite of not losing display quality.Therefore, still need a kind of method and system easily, operate in order to allow the user under the prerequisite of details of not losing shown BHA parts and quality, BHA to be shown.

Summary of the invention

One aspect of the present invention relates to the method for utilizing vector graphics to show bottom hole assemblies (BHA).Method according to an embodiment of the invention comprises analysis and explains that the BHA source data is to produce the packet corresponding to the BHA parts; Utilize the vector graphics unit construction BHA in the vector graphics storehouse, wherein the vector graphics parts are represented the BHA parts; And show BHA with selected ratio scale.

One aspect of the present invention relates to the system that utilizes vector graphics to show bottom hole assemblies (BHA).System according to an embodiment of the invention comprises processor and storer, and wherein memory stores has the program of instruction, and described instruction is used to analyze and explains that the BHA source data is to produce the packet of corresponding BHA parts; Utilize the vector graphics unit construction BHA in the vector graphics storehouse, wherein the vector graphics parts are represented the BHA parts; And show BHA with selected ratio scale.

From following description and claims, other aspects and advantages of the present invention will be clearly.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 illustrates and is used for the art methods that BHA shows.

Fig. 2 illustrates BHA display packing according to an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 3 illustrates the block diagram that is used to illustrate the BHA display packing according to one embodiment of present invention.

Fig. 4 illustrates examples of members in the vector graphics according to an embodiment of the invention storehouse.

Fig. 5 illustrates the method according to separation characteristic combination BHA parts according to an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 6 illustrates BHA source data according to an embodiment of the invention and graphic presentation.

Fig. 7 illustrates BHA source data according to an embodiment of the invention and graphic presentation.

Fig. 8 illustrates BHA source data according to an embodiment of the invention and graphic presentation.

Fig. 9 illustrates BHA graphic presentation animation according to an embodiment of the invention.

Figure 10 illustrates three frames of animation display according to an embodiment of the invention, has illustrated to utilize from the vector graphics animation of the real-time data that flow out of shaft bottom measuring equipment.

Figure 11 illustrates the prior art computer system that can be used by embodiments of the invention.

Embodiment

Embodiments of the invention relate to the method and system that the vector graphics that utilizes the parts of representing BHA shows bottom hole assemblies (BHA).The VG drawing can be dynamic, and is interactive.Vector pattern allows the user to operate and convergent-divergent BHA parts according to the correlation proportion scale (yardstick) of parts when keeping display quality.

With shown in Figure 1, classic method shows BHA with bitmap graphics as mentioned above.As shown in fig. 1, graphic presentation process 12 (for example, bitmap or raster graphic show process) provides BHA data 11 to produce the bitmap graphics of BHA 13.The bitmap picture can not scaled and rotation.When at every turn creating new scene, need repaint the BHA picture owing to convergent-divergent or rotation.Like this, can't use the bitmap picture to produce animation effectively.

Fig. 2 illustrates the common scheme of utilizing vector graphics and animation display BHA according to an embodiment of the invention.As shown in the figure, may be that the BHA data 21 of selected file layout (WITSML data) are changed by graphic presentation process 22 of the present invention, with the vector graphics demonstration 23 of generation BHA or the animation 24 of BHA.As shown in the figure, graphic presentation process 22 of the present invention can comprise: analyzer, interpreter, combiner and animation device.Show contrast with tradition, demonstration of the present invention has generated the vector graphics of easy operating (convergent-divergent and rotation).Therefore, demonstration of the present invention can be used to provide the animation of BHIA.

Fig. 3 illustrates one embodiment of the present of invention, and graphic presentation process 22 wherein of the present invention comprises following subroutine: analyzer/interpreter 22a/22b, combiner 22c (being used for vector graphics) and animation device 22d (being used for animation).

As shown in the figure, analyzer 22a receives BHA data 21 (for example WITSML data) and extracts all related datas.Analyzer is the special software program of data layout (for example WITSML puts mark) in the identification document.Analyzer 22a checks whether document comprises the element of all needs.If like this, it with data parsing be packet and with data packet delivery to interpreter 22b.Interpreter 22b recognition data bag is so that they are corresponding with suitable graphics part (for example BHA parts).Then, (corresponding) the BHA parts that will explain of interpreter 22b are transferred to combiner 22c.Combiner 22c forms the BHA figure by the vector graphics parts that are stored in the part library 25 (its will after describe in detail), and uses a scale factor and reproduce BHA.Those having ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that each module (analyzer 22a, interpreter 22b and combiner 22c) can be with any suitable script or program language coding, and can utilize existing commercial criterion, such as ActiveX control or Shockwave technology.

Result's output of combiner 22c is the diagrammatic representation of BHA data (such as WITSML tubulose data).This figure can be presented at any can application program (browser) according to the pre-defined rule display unit in, this pre-defined rule is such as being ActiveX control or Shockwave plug-in unit.

In certain embodiments, can comprise that additional data (for example from another WITSML data source) shows with cartoon making BHA.For example, but animation device 22d cartoon making BHA figure, with rotation and/or follow path or the record of the degree of depth-right-time.

The movement locus that animation device 22d rise time line and figure BHA follow.Read, analyze, the whole process of combination and cartoon making BHA can finish in several seconds.The data volume that provides is provided the image length that obtains.The data that are used for animation can be included in the BHA data source file that is used to generate the BHA figure.Perhaps, animation data can be provided to independent file or connect by data socket and is provided to the BHA show process.Utilize socket to connect, BHA data and related data can flow to controller in real time, obtain a fully dynamic animation BHA.

The data source file that uses in the embodiments of the invention can be any suitable form.For example, can use station well information transmission specification SGML (WITSML) data file, other text or binary format file.In addition, data can flow out from the Another application program by socket (for example XML socket) or by the internal storage data structure that runs through an interface (for example COM or COM+).Formative text WITSML is one and is used to survey the new standard that bores information transmission.WITSML can comprise BHA, path, survey rig and other surveys and bores and the plain text of partial data is described.For the complete description of WITSML summary referring to http://www.witsml.org.

The simple and clear control of BHA can be write with any suitable procedure, such as coming from Macromedia (San Francisco, Flash MX CA) ^TMFor example can utilize the instrument of carrying of the Flash parts that draw.Each parts can be plotted as specific tubular type and be stored in an internal library (shown among Fig. 3 25).The simple and clear control of BHA can be embedded in the application program (for example web browser).In this case, it can read first " tubulose " node (such as WITSML tubulose node) and be used to dynamically generate from the parts in storehouse the schematic image of BHA from particular source.

As shown in Figure 3, can provide a part library according to one embodiment of present invention.Storehouse 25 provides the combiner 22c with the predetermined parts of a cover, and it can easily scaled and combination, to constitute by the specified demonstration of input data.Parts in the storehouse can comprise the most or all parts that often use in the industry.For example, these parts can comprise stabilizator (comprising screw type, linear pattern, rotary-type and non-rotating type stabilizator), thruster, adjustable curved envelope, accelerator, drill bit (fixedly cutting bit and cylinder taper bit), bottom hole device, hole making drill, survey drilling pipe, storage battery, the axle collar, power pack (for example downhole generator, motor) and various sensor and utensil (such as ARC ^TMInstrument and AIM ^TMInstrument etc.).These parts can be drawn into vector part, rather than bitmap, JPEG, perhaps raster graphic parts.In other words, part or all VG parts can directly generate and needn't retrieve from the storehouse from source data.

Parts can be drawn with the gray scale of the different colors and/or the different depths.In addition, can be used in suitable place and fill with gradual change (gradient) and draw parts, so that the visual identity of different B HA parts/material or in order to strengthen 3-D effect.In addition, if desired, can use different transparencies, in order to the whole visual effect of different B HA parts to be provided so that will otherwise can be visual by the parts that other parts hide.In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the standard scheme of color and gradual change can be used as the BHA parts of display part, makes final demonstration represent with suitable color scheme.In addition, in certain embodiments, all gradual changes can have identical weight scheme and only have different colors.Like this, when two kinds of different unit types of combination, their weight is complementary, to provide a continuous tubulose effect.

Fig. 4 illustrates some examples of the BHA parts that are often used in the drilling process.These parts can be described as vector graphics and be stored in and be used for retrieval afterwards in the storehouse.For example, Fig. 4 A illustrates pipe, the axle collar and the general utility tool parts of standard.For example, the default color of the major part of parts and feature can be light grey gradual change.The best metalloid cylinder of this gradual change.Fig. 4 B utilizes the light blue non-magnetic instrument that has different gradual changes especially that illustrates.Can select to use different gradual changes or color/color that these parts are provided is to be made from a variety of materials and/or it has the visual cues of different attributes.On the other hand, the parts of identical color and the gradual change scheme group that can be used for belonging to identical.For example, cutting machine, drilling machine and the hole making drill of the drill bit that is useful on can use the gradual change identical with fin (Fig. 4 C) to represent, and uses different colours (for example dusty blue).Fig. 4 D illustrates the example of fin.Color scheme (mazarine gradual change) used in the available drill bit (Fig. 4 C) shows fin, makes to discern all fins along whole drill string at any time.

In addition, different sensor (not shown) such as button electrode and ring electrode, can have different colors and/or gradual change scheme, so that the visual identity of different sensors.In certain embodiments, the different tool component of being sold by different suppliers can have different colors and gradual change scheme, and this makes the different parts of operator's energy visual identity.

Most of parts have the top and are connected with the bottom.But drill bit only has the top with hole making drill and is connected.In addition, have when combination not visible bolt formula (pin thread connector) or the parts of boxlike connector (female connection device) can be expressed as not having the form of this type of connector.Each connection in these parts preferably has identical size, so that can mate mutually when the different parts of combination.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, can make up parts according to matrix.For example, matrix can have constant width (such as diameter) and different length, to adapt to additional part (for example blade, sensor, cutting machine etc.).The part that is added into parts can be divided into groups separately from the parts matrix.Each part is also by single grouping.These single parts can be combined, to form parts.For example, Fig. 5 illustrates the hole making drill by independent part (parts) combination.

Some embodiments of the present invention relate to software application controls, it can be embedded in the application program of this selected control of any support (for example ActiveX control) or (for example come from Macromedia in any graphical interpreter module that has, Inc, San Francisco, the Shockwave of CA ^TMPlug-in unit) web browser in visual.User of the present invention can provide the data source that comprises tubular object (for example WITSML source data).As mentioned above, data source can be data file, to the path that is stored in the file on local drive or the server or XML socket port.Data file can be any suitable form, such as plain text or WITSML.

Fig. 6 shows explanation one embodiment of the present of invention, and it is the BHA demonstration in an application program.In this embodiment, window has at least two parts.Picture (panel B) is the diagrammatic representation of the data among the panel A.Any data variation among the panel A all can automatically be reflected in the picture of panel B.

Panel A among Fig. 6 A-D illustrates the WITSML data of tubulose form.This demonstration provides the simple approach that reads the WITSML versions of data and has been provided at the needed mechanical vision data of diagrammatic representation shown in the generation among the panel B, referring to Fig. 6 B and Fig. 6 D.

Panel A among Fig. 6 A-D also illustrates the maker feature of the method according to this invention, and wherein the drill string parts can be added to list of parts and be handled by the user.For example, can select these parts or generate parts in real time from current part library (as shown in Figure 3 25).According to another embodiment of the invention, data can be read in the form with current WITSML or other suitable file format simply, and need not show.

BHA-drill string among the panel B of Fig. 6 B and Fig. 6 D shows the scalable Visual Display that drill string and BHA can be provided.This demonstration can comprise the relative position of parts along drill string.This provides vision help, helps by this, and experienced technician can detect and revise any mistake in the design.For example, is stabilizator positioned at the appropriate location (axial location) along drill string? in addition, drill string graphic presentation can comprise the demonstration of configuration error.For example, when suitable link not being included in a time-out with selection from the storehouse or from the parts that file reads, will show an error flag.Also can produce and one group of mistake that pre-defined rule is corresponding based on current drill string requirement.For example, an error message can be pointed out and be needed additional stabilizator and the position suggestion is provided.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, some interaction features can be included in the graphic presentation.For example, Fig. 7 A illustrates pop-up window (drop-down window) (panel C) and can be used to show and the relevant information of the selected parts of BHA.This selection (the perhaps activation of pop-up window) can be by mobile designator on the BHA parts (mouse or cursor), by clicking the BHA parts, finishing by the contact screen selection or by the selection mode of any appropriate.The data drop-down or but the pop-up window display unit is described and/or other is relevant.Because each parts in the display graphics and the data sync that is listed in the table, this just provides a query pattern easily, with as the replaceable selection of directly locating identical information from file or tables of data.

As above indicated, embodiments of the invention can be embedded in (for example, web browser) in the Another application program.Fig. 8 has illustrated an example, and wherein graphical window (B) is embedded in web browser (A).As shown in Fig. 8 A-8D, web browser (A) shows the BHA source data, and it is a text.Shown in Fig. 8 B and Fig. 8 D, any variation of BHA source data can be reflected in the graphic presentation (B) at once in the web browser (A).According to embodiments of the invention, web browser (perhaps equivalent) window (A) and graphical display window (B) are mutually independently, so graphical window (B) may be displayed on any position with respect to browser window (A).Though these windows are separate, they link (synchronously) mutually on function, so that any variation in the text (BHA source file) can be reflected in the graphic presentation at once.Fig. 8 also illustrates the simple approach of embodiments of the invention.Promptly be, utilize embodiments of the invention, can generate the BHA figure from text and web browser.

The above embodiment of the present invention is by creating the diagrammatic representation of drill string and BHA such as the simple input file of WITSML tubulose data.If provided path or time-right-depth data, embodiments of the invention also can provide the ability of cartoon making graphic presentation.Embodiments of the invention will be made the BHA animation and generate the image of controlling (play, fall back, advance, suspend) as VCR along path.Because graphic presentation of the present invention results from simple input data file, and this demonstration can be upgraded apace, so animation process does not have too many time delay.

Fig. 9 illustrates the embodiment that cartoon making BHA of the present invention shows.For the BHA path is made animation, need be used for BHA data, time and path.The data of BHA are used to generate figure.As above indicated, but data simple text file or the making language document of BHA.Perhaps, source data can be generated and be provided for the data socket of display routine by the Another application program.

As shown in Figure 9, BHA 91 surveys along wellhole (path) 92 from target 1 and gets into target 2.After surveying brill, wellhole and sleeve pipe 93 are in alignment.Embodiments of the invention selectively show the wellhole path with the BHA/ drill string.Wellhole path and sleeve pipe can be shown as the segment of cylinder.These cylinders can show with different level of transparency, make BHA-boring keep visual.Can show wellhole (perhaps path) by part, survey the brill process with one of emulation.When sleeve movement, can be made into animation, after it is consolidated, it be become static component.

Embodiments of the invention BHA 91 can be surveyed the process of well bore 92 and the process of mounting sleeve 93 is made animation.The animation that BHA 91 surveys well bore 92 can comprise rotation and/or the vibration that BHA is shown.Can bore operation or oil well is planned the data that are provided for cartoon making by surveying of reality.

Oil well path data are used to generate the path of wellhole, and these path data also can be text (for example, the WITSML data), and described wellhole path can be static or can comprise real-time parts.Oil well path data can be included in also and can be included in the BHA source data file.Oil well path data can be from the oil well planning data that generates by the oil well planning software.Perhaps, the path data can be to bore the given data of bearing that operating period catches surveying.The wellhole data of catching in surveying the brill operation can flow to application program in real time, to produce animation.

Be different from oil well path data, also can be text (for example, WITSML data) time-right-depth data can be used to provide the position of relative wellhole path or bit depth.Time-right-depth data can be from the oil well schemer or from survey record.In other words, these data can come leisure to survey to bore the data that survey that operating period catches.The data of catching in surveying the brill operation can flow to an application program of the present invention in real time, so that BHA is made animation.

In one embodiment of the invention, the full view of drill string can be along comprising BHA and surveying all of drilling pipe or the path of pith illustrates.Less view can be simultaneously illustrates as the convergent-divergent view of BHA, comprises drill bit, motor and measurement equipment.Two demonstrations with different proportion scale can provide animation view more clearly.

Animation feature can comprise the real-time expression of rotation, path or torsional pressure.This information can embody by colour brightness or other change color.

Embodiments of the invention can be used for the application of a very wide scope.For example, embodiments of the invention can be used as plan wellhole path, for example are used for that modeling---whether specific wellhole angle contradicts with the design of drill string parts.These methods have considered to survey test and the error model analysis before boring.

The demonstration of BHA can be used for moment of torsion and tension analysis and cutting management.They also can be used for modeling.For example, can a BHA design be handled the torsional forces of a specific path or survey drilling speed rate or mud system? embodiments of the invention have considered to survey test and the error model analysis before boring.

Embodiments of the invention also can be used for surveying the real-time expression of boring operation.But measurement and demonstration are to surveying the BHA response in jumping through rings border at the bottom of the application received well of the present invention.Embodiments of the invention also can be used for watching the history (playback feature) of operation, look back the part that brill has been surveyed in the front to allow the technician for for example efficient or failure analysis.

Though only just show that BHA has set forth the present invention, have many other application.A those of ordinary skill of this area is appreciated that improvement without departing from the scope of the invention is possible.Vector graphics (VG) allows three kinds of Drawing Objects: vector graphic shapes (for example path of being made up of straight line and curve), image and text.Therefore, except BHA shows, also can show and also hole, structure and/or the relevant data of BHA.Such data (construction data, BHA data, wellhole data) can be referred to as " oil log data " usually in this is described.

Some embodiments of the present invention can comprise the oil log data of demonstration along wellhole, for example construction data (for example type, density, resistibility etc.), gamma ray data and NMR data.Some embodiments of the present invention also can demonstration and the attribute and the relevant data of data of BHA or drill string, such as the revolution (RPM) of the load on the drill bit (WOB), per second, transmission rate (ROP), moment of torsion, pulling force, impact etc.Such demonstration reflects pressure or rotational speed by the color that changes parts.Similarly, the demonstration of moment of torsion and pulling force data realizes by the parts that bending or color coding are under the twisting resistance effect, and the demonstration of impacting realizes by the parts that vibration is hit.

Some embodiments of the present invention provide query pattern, and wherein part or data that all these are relevant can be selected be shown by the user.Each the query pattern that is used for above-mentioned application, for example corresponding with parts stress value are expressed as reinforcement, for example pass through color coding.Can utilize and for example use mouse to select specific features or touch screen to select the initial interrogation pattern.

The example of the figure behind the vector animation comprises the Shockwave that comes from Macromedia ^TM, it is as a Flash who is used for the player of vector animation figure and comes from Macromedia ^TM, it generates the shockwave file.In the prior art, in order to reach the effect identical with the present invention, the user must use the Director such as Macromedia ^TMThe animation application program of one class is to draw, to make up and to generate the BHA animation.This process is time-consuming, and the image that obtains will be created huge file.Any variation all requires user's edit animation, may spend the identical time with initial creation.

Owing to may influence BHA, shaft bottom and structure on every side, the invention provides by generating and measure the novel method that animation comes the visualization face of land and shaft bottom to measure.Figure 10 illustrates three frames under the sample situation, under this sample situation, when shaft bottom drilling tool rotary drilling one wellhole with the BHA animation.Each frame delineation BHA parts, these parts are by BHA data source, current structural type, path slope and cut capacity definition, and are provided by shaft bottom survey instrument, rotating speed, flow rate pump rate, drill bit and the well depth measured from the face of land.Draw each frame according to the data of in the given time, obtaining, and each frame can provide the detailed animation of the effect of BHA, shaft bottom and constructional those measurements when upgrading in order.

The invention provides and be used for the framework that can make animation by the data of time or depth representing with any, its can with measure relevant or also can be uncorrelated.Other possibility comprises demonstration or animation and surveys the brill accident, survey the dangerous relevant information of boring with surveying the brill incident, (become circle such as the relevant information of drill bit such as drill bit, the cutting mill that damages, mechanical problem), structure (for example advances relevant information, risk of rupture, structural stability, bulging, pore pressure, stop etc.), (for example gas well gushes wellhole power, water injects, pumping, surge etc.), the information that oil well is relevant (for example oil well collision, converge the path, remove in the hole, collapse, cutting is blocked, exhausted, outburst), drill string relevant information (the pipe that is blocked for example, twist into two parts, reverse, pulling force, impact vibration etc.).In addition, embodiments of the invention can be used to show the information relevant with well data with animation, such as oil well integral body (sleeve pipe comes off, mallet is packed and perforation etc.), the supervision of production/oil reservoir, circuit or LWD record etc.

Embodiments of the invention can be realized on any computing machine.Figure 11 illustrates a multi-purpose computer that uses the embodiment of the invention.As shown in the figure, computing machine comprises display 110, main frame 100 and input equipment (such as keyboard 106 and mouse 108).Main frame 100 can comprise central processing unit 102 and storer 104.Storer 104 can be stored the program with instruction of carrying out the inventive method.Perhaps, can use other inside or storer movably such as floppy disk, CD ROM or other CD, tape, read-only storage chip (ROM) and other prior art or this kind equipment of exploitation subsequently.The program of instruction can be object code or source code.Here the precise forms of program storage device and order number is unimportant.

The advantage of embodiments of the invention can comprise following one or more.Embodiments of the invention do not rely on the part library of drawing with raster mode (as bitmap or jpeg).Though these forms can produce the BHA figure by high-quality, can not keep identical quality when convergent-divergent.This has stoped with real ratio scale and has shown BHA.Yet, the parts that embodiments of the invention use vector graphics and utilize mathematical formulae to draw.Vector graphics makes and parts can be shown with true ratio scale, keeps the high-quality of details simultaneously.

Embodiments of the invention do not require that the user pieces together each independent parts and forms BHA.This process will have been spent several hrs, and if BHA require manual the modification need change the time.Embodiments of the invention will be drawn BHA automatically according to the data that provided by the WITSML data source under no user intervention situation.When revising data source, embodiments of the invention will refresh drawing at every turn; Therefore, any variation is with instant playback.

Embodiments of the invention no longer come manual creation BHA by drawing parts as art methods and generating the BHA animation frame by frame.Utilize art methods, any variation needs the user to realize by hand, and this will spend and the initial as many time of image, and any modification requires image to be recompiled and redistributes.As a comparison, the image of being created by the inventive method is to finish in the kind fully dynamically and at several seconds.Any modification to data source will be reflected in the image at once.The generation of image is fully automatically and does not require that the user gets involved.The simple copy of control will show any amount of different images; Desired all is different data sources.

Be used to show the huge file of art methods establishment of BHA.Have enough quality, one minute long image of gained may surpass 30 megabyte.As a comparison, the image that generates by the inventive method be generally less than 100K and at an easy rate animation be the data of a little duration.Because data are to be stored in the WITSML file or by socket stream to transmit, embodiments of the invention are only required the storage space that part library and internal part take.

Be used to show that the art methods of BHA requires huge file.The employed storehouse of existing application comprises the parts of drawing with raster format.If it has enough quality, this form causes huge file usually.As a comparison, embodiments of the invention use the parts of vector drawing, when obtaining high-quality and detailed demonstration, have only obtained very little file.

Be used to show that the art methods of BHA depends on platform and requires special application program to generate and display graphics.As a comparison, embodiments of the invention do not rely on platform and can transplant fully.Because WISTML is text basically, it can be transferred to any platform.The present invention may operate at the web browser (97% web browser is to allow Shockwave's) that allows Shockwave.The BHA of consequently dynamic, animation can only utilize text editor and web browser to be created and shows.

Being used to watch the existing method of measuring in the shaft bottom and the face of land finishes by the data of observed and recorded form.Each measurement is shown as the pattern line (being similar to common telegraph receiver) with time correlation.For determining simply to survey the drill jig formula, require to monitor many measurements.The present invention represents shaft bottom and surface measurement with the animated graphics that provides BHA to go up the detailed visual effect of each measurement.

Though only the embodiment according to limited quantity has described the present invention,, and do not depart from scope of the present invention disclosed herein from the embodiment that can release other that it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that of disclosure benefit.Thus, scope of the present invention is only limited by appended claim.

Claims (25)

1. method of utilizing vector graphics to show bottom hole assemblies (BHA) comprises:

Analysis and explanation BHA source data are to produce the packet of corresponding BHA parts;

Utilize the vector graphics parts in the vector graphics storehouse to make up BHA, wherein the vector graphics parts are represented the BHA parts; And

Show BHA with the ratio scale of selecting.

2. according to the process of claim 1 wherein that the BHA source data is in WITSML data file or text.

3. according to the process of claim 1 wherein that described demonstration also shows the BHA source data.

According to the process of claim 1 wherein the BHA source data described analysis and explain the data also generate corresponding to the oil log data, and described demonstration also shows the data corresponding to the oil log data.

5. according to the method for claim 4, wherein oil log data comprise at least one that select the pulling force that bears from the moment of torsion that is born by the load on the drill bit, speed of rotation, transmission rate, BHA, BHA, impact that BHA bears and the group that the stress relevant with the BHA parts is formed.

6. according to the method for claim 4, wherein oil log data comprise at least one that select from the group of being made up of gamma ray data, nucleon MR data, structure resistibility data, structure voidage data and structural type data.

7. according to the process of claim 1 wherein that described demonstration also comprises the data of demonstration corresponding to the oil log data, wherein oil log data are not included in the BHA source data.

8. according to the method for claim 7, wherein said oil log data comprise at least one that select from the moment of torsion that is born by the load on the drill bit, speed of rotation, transmission rate, BHA, pulling force that BHA bears, impact that BHA bears and group that the stress relevant with the BHA parts is formed.

9. according to the method for claim 7, wherein oil log data comprise at least one that select from the group of being made up of gamma ray data, nucleon MR data, structure resistibility data, structure voidage data and structural type data.

10. according to the method for claim 1, also comprise shown BHA is made animation.

11. according to the method for claim 10, wherein said animation based on the oil well path or time-information that right-depth data is relevant.

12. according to the method for claim 11, wherein said information is included in the BHA source data.

13. according to the method for claim 12, wherein said information flows out from the logging operation of oil well.

14. method according to claim 1, wherein said analysis and explain the BHA source data also generate with attached to the corresponding packet of the drill string on the BHA, on behalf of the vector graphics parts of drill string parts, wherein said combination also comprises utilizing make up drill string, and wherein said demonstration also shows drill string.

15. according to the method for claim 14, it also comprises makes animation with shown drill string and BHA.

16. according to the method for claim 15, wherein said animation based on the oil well path or time-information that right-depth data is relevant.

17. according to the method for claim 16, wherein said information is included in the BHA source data.

18. according to the method for claim 16, wherein stream transmits described information from survey the well operation.

19. according to the method for claim 16, wherein said animation also shows and the data of selecting from construction data, wellhole data and BHA data that data are relevant.

20. according to the method for claim 19, wherein the data of selecting from construction data, wellhole data and BHA data are bored the operations flows transmission from surveying.

21., also comprise showing BHA wellhole on every side according to the method for claim 1.

22., also comprise and to make animation along the shown BHA of wellhole according to the method for claim 21.

23. according to the method for claim 21, wherein wellhole is shown as the segment of cylinder in order, surveys the brill process with emulation.

24. according to the method for claim 23, also comprise shown BHA made animation, survey the brill process with emulation.

25. a system that utilizes vector graphics to show bottom hole assemblies (BHA) comprises processor and storer, wherein memory stores has the program of instruction, and described instruction is used for:

Analysis and explanation BHA source data are to produce the packet corresponding to the BHA parts;

Utilize the vector graphics parts in the vector graphics storehouse to make up BHA, wherein the vector graphics parts are represented the BHA parts; And

Show BHA with the ratio scale of selecting.

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