Abstract: A method, apparatus, and program storage device for integrating and implementing rule-based, heuristic, wellbore key performance rate of penetration indicators advising drilling operations personnel based on the situational awareness of trended earth properties and real time wellbore sensor data, is disclosed.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 30, 2008
Publication date:
May 21, 2009
Applicant:
BP North America Inc.
Inventors:
Michael L. Edwards, Cesar A. Gongora, Ganesh Tyer, David McGriffy, John McNeill, Donald F. Shafer, Chris Tolleson, David Wight