CHRISTOPHER W HOPKINS
Engineers in Katy, TX
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Pennsylvania PE043748E
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Engineers
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Professional Engineer
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Address
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Katy, TX 77450
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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System And Method For Performing An Adaptive Drilling Operation
US Patent:
8527248, Sep 3, 2013
Filed:
Jan 25, 2010
Appl. No.:
12/693119
Inventors:
R. K. Michael Thambynayagam - Sugar Land TX, US
Cengiz Esmersoy - Sugar Land TX, US
Peter Gerhard Tilke - Belmont MA, US
Maurice Nessim - Houston TX, US
Annabelle Kania - Houston TX, US
Sudhendu Kashikar - Katy TX, US
Gregory P. Grove - Houston TX, US
Nader C. Dutta - Houston TX, US
Raj Banerjee - Abingdon, GB
Jeffrey B. Spath - Missouri City TX, US
Christopher Hopkins - Katy TX, US
Cengiz Esmersoy - Sugar Land TX, US
Peter Gerhard Tilke - Belmont MA, US
Maurice Nessim - Houston TX, US
Annabelle Kania - Houston TX, US
Sudhendu Kashikar - Katy TX, US
Gregory P. Grove - Houston TX, US
Nader C. Dutta - Houston TX, US
Raj Banerjee - Abingdon, GB
Jeffrey B. Spath - Missouri City TX, US
Christopher Hopkins - Katy TX, US
Assignee:
WesternGeco L.L.C. - Houston TX
International Classification:
G06G 7/48
US Classification:
703 10
Abstract:
A system and method for performing an adaptive drilling operation is provided. The method involves obtaining data prior to drilling, constructing a base model with a base model unit from data obtained prior to drilling, constructing an overburden posterior model with an overburden model unit using the base model and data obtained from overburden drilling, constructing a reservoir posterior model with a reservoir model unit using the overburden posterior model and the data obtained from reservoir drilling and updating drilling operation based on the models.