Patents by Inventor Mark S. Passolt
Mark S. Passolt has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230410227Abstract: A system and method that include receiving constraints that are specified as points in a three-dimensional coordinate system that represent a geological environment that includes a surface position and a subterranean portion of a wellsite and receiving data collected from at least one offset well that is located near the wellsite that pertain to a geology and at least one condition related to drilling of the at least one offset well and determining a set of points through which a wellbore is extendable at the wellsite. The system and method additionally include generating at least one well plan that is based on the constraints and the set of points for constructing a well associated with the wellbore. The system and method further include transmitting the at least one well plan to a drilling system to execute the at least one well plan to control drilling equipment to construct the well.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Mark S. Passolt, Lucian Johnston, Jean-Marc Pietrzyk
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Patent number: 11783434Abstract: A method can include receiving information that includes well trajectory information, wellsite equipment information and driller information; based at least in part on the information, determining a level of detail of human executable well plan instructions; based at least in part on the information, generating a well plan where the well plan includes human executable well plan instructions based on the determined level of detail; and outputting the well plan.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Mark S. Passolt, Lucian Johnston, Jean-Marc Pietrzyk
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Publication number: 20220251928Abstract: A system can include an individual workspace well design application that includes a graphical user interface that includes selectable graphical elements corresponding to subsystems of a wellsite system and graphical alert elements; a collaborative workspace well design application operatively coupled to the individual workspace well design application; and well design evaluators operatively coupled to the individual workspace well design application and the collaborative workspace well design application where the evaluators receive and analyze design parameters associated with one or more subsystems of a wellsite system to control transmission of one or more alerts that activate one or more graphical alert elements of the individual workspace well design application.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventor: Mark S. Passolt
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Publication number: 20220164497Abstract: A method for designing a well, including: determining a first well construction discipline for a first participant and an authority level for the first participant within the first well construction discipline; obtaining a plurality of rules corresponding to the first well construction discipline and the authority level for the first participant within the first well construction discipline; operating, based on the plurality of rules, an interface that restricts decision options for the first participant; receiving a decision associated with the well and based on the interface from the first participant; and updating a design of the well based on the decision.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2022Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Eric Jonathan Schoen, Lucian Johnston, Mark S. Passolt
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Patent number: 11333006Abstract: A method can include selecting a location in an area that includes offset wells; determining design parameters of the offset wells; modeling a modeled well based at least in part on the design parameters of the offset wells to generate design parameters for the modeled well; and determining design parameters for a well at the selected location based at least in part on a portion of the design parameters of the offset wells and based at least in part on a portion of the design parameters for the modeled well.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2016Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Lucian Johnston, Mark S. Passolt
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Patent number: 11319780Abstract: A system can include an individual workspace well design application that includes a graphical user interface that includes selectable graphical elements corresponding to subsystems of a wellsite system and graphical alert elements; a collaborative workspace well design application operatively coupled to the individual workspace well design application; and well design evaluators operatively coupled to the individual workspace well design application and the collaborative workspace well design application where the evaluators receive and analyze design parameters associated with one or more subsystems of a wellsite system to control transmission of one or more alerts that activate one or more graphical alert elements of the individual workspace well design application.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2016Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventor: Mark S. Passolt
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Patent number: 11250188Abstract: A method for designing a well, including: determining a first well construction discipline for a first participant and an authority level for the first participant within the first well construction discipline; obtaining a plurality of rules corresponding to the first well construction discipline and the authority level for the first participant within the first well construction discipline; operating, based on the plurality of rules, an interface that restricts decision options for the first participant; receiving a decision associated with the well and based on the interface from the first participant; and updating a design of the well based on the decision.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Eric Jonathan Schoen, Lucian Johnston, Mark S. Passolt
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Publication number: 20200320648Abstract: A method can include receiving information that includes well trajectory information, wellsite equipment information and driller information; based at least in part on the information, determining a level of detail of human executable well plan instructions; based at least in part on the information, generating a well plan where the well plan includes human executable well plan instructions based on the determined level of detail; and outputting the well plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Mark S. Passolt, Lucian Johnston, Jean-Marc Pietrzyk
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Patent number: 10774590Abstract: A method can include asynchronously receiving a well trajectory as part of a well plan, a fluid plan as part of the well plan and a bottom hole assembly plan as part of the well plan where the well trajectory is based at least in part on information associated with a geologic environment; asynchronously determining coherency metrics as to dependencies between the well trajectory, the fluid plan and the bottom hole assembly plan; and, based at least in part on the coherency metrics, issuing one or more messages that call for adjusting one or more of the well trajectory, the fluid plain and the bottom home assembly plan.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Lucian Johnston, Mark S. Passolt
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Patent number: 10760380Abstract: A method can include receiving well plan information that includes a reservoir target associated with a reservoir of a subterranean environment; based at least in part on characteristics of the subterranean environment, determining well trajectory metrics that comprise a geometrical metric; determining a weighted metric based at least in part on weighting of the well trajectory metrics; and, based at least in part on an assessment of the weighted metric, outputting directional drilling information for a well trajectory to the reservoir target.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Paul Bolchover, Mark S. Passolt, Lucian Johnston, Richard William Dearden, Rushen Patel, Qing Liu
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Publication number: 20200257836Abstract: A method for designing a well, including: determining a first well construction discipline for a first participant and an authority level for the first participant within the first well construction discipline; obtaining a plurality of rules corresponding to the first well construction discipline and the authority level for the first participant within the first well construction discipline; operating, based on the plurality of rules, an interface that restricts decision options for the first participant; receiving a decision associated with the well and based on the interface from the first participant; and updating a design of the well based on the decision.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Eric Jonathan Schoen, Lucian Johnston, Mark S. Passolt
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Patent number: 10706483Abstract: A method can include receiving information that includes well trajectory information, wellsite equipment information and driller information; based at least in part on the information, determining a level of detail of human executable well plan instructions; based at least in part on the information, generating a well plan where the well plan includes human executable well plan instructions based on the determined level of detail; and outputting the well plan.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Mark S. Passolt, Lucian Johnston, Jean-Marc Pietrzyk
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Patent number: 10592620Abstract: A method for designing a well, including: determining a first well construction discipline for a first participant and an authority level for the first participant within the first well construction discipline; obtaining a plurality of rules corresponding to the first well construction discipline and the authority level for the first participant within the first well construction discipline; operating, based on the plurality of rules, an interface that restricts decision options for the first participant; receiving a decision associated with the well and based on the interface from the first participant; and updating a design of the well based on the decision.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2015Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Eric Jonathan Schoen, Lucian Johnston, Mark S. Passolt
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Patent number: 10331288Abstract: A method. The method may include obtaining, from a graphical user interface (GUI), a selection of a first oilfield object. The first oilfield object may define a portion of a first wellbore design. The method may further include determining a target context of a second wellbore design. The method may further include obtaining, from the first oilfield object, source oilfield data describing the portion of the first wellbore design. The method may further include adjusting the source oilfield data, according to the target context of the second wellbore design, to obtain target oilfield data for the second wellbore design. The method may further include generating, using the target oilfield data, a second oilfield object within the target context. The method may further include presenting, within the GUI, the second oilfield object.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2015Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Lucian Johnston, Mark S. Passolt
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Publication number: 20180106133Abstract: A method can include receiving well plan information that includes a reservoir target associated with a reservoir of a subterranean environment; based at least in part on characteristics of the subterranean environment, determining well trajectory metrics that comprise a geometrical metric; determining a weighted metric based at least in part on weighting of the well trajectory metrics; and, based at least in part on an assessment of the weighted metric, outputting directional drilling information for a well trajectory to the reservoir target.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Paul Bolchover, Mark S. Passolt, Lucian Johnston, Richard William Dearden, Rushen Patel, Qing Liu
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Publication number: 20180087351Abstract: A method can include selecting a location in an area that includes offset wells; determining design parameters of the offset wells; modeling a modeled well based at least in part on the design parameters of the offset wells to generate design parameters for the modeled well; and determining design parameters for a well at the selected location based at least in part on a portion of the design parameters of the offset wells and based at least in part on a portion of the design parameters for the modeled well.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2016Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Lucian Johnston, Mark S. Passolt
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Publication number: 20180087321Abstract: A method can include asynchronously receiving a well trajectory as part of a well plan, a fluid plan as part of the well plan and a bottom hole assembly plan as part of the well plan where the well trajectory is based at least in part on information associated with a geologic environment; asynchronously determining coherency metrics as to dependencies between the well trajectory, the fluid plan and the bottom hole assembly plan; and, based at least in part on the coherency metrics, issuing one or more messages that call for adjusting one or more of the well trajectory, the fluid plain and the bottom home assembly plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2016Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Lucian Johnston, Mark S. Passolt
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Publication number: 20180080306Abstract: A system can include an individual workspace well design application that includes a graphical user interface that includes selectable graphical elements corresponding to subsystems of a wellsite system and graphical alert elements; a collaborative workspace well design application operatively coupled to the individual workspace well design application; and well design evaluators operatively coupled to the individual workspace well design application and the collaborative workspace well design application where the evaluators receive and analyze design parameters associated with one or more subsystems of a wellsite system to control transmission of one or more alerts that activate one or more graphical alert elements of the individual workspace well design application.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2016Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventor: Mark S. Passolt
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Publication number: 20180075544Abstract: A method can include receiving information that includes well trajectory information, wellsite equipment information and driller information; based at least in part on the information, determining a level of detail of human executable well plan instructions; based at least in part on the information, generating a well plan where the well plan includes human executable well plan instructions based on the determined level of detail; and outputting the well plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2016Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: Mark S. Passolt, Lucian Johnston, Jean-Marc Pietrzyk
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Publication number: 20170206289Abstract: A method for designing a well, including: determining a first well construction discipline for a first participant and an authority level for the first participant within the first well construction discipline; obtaining a plurality of rules corresponding to the first well construction discipline and the authority level for the first participant within the first well construction discipline; operating, based on the plurality of rules, an interface that restricts decision options for the first participant; receiving a decision associated with the well and based on the interface from the first participant; and updating a design of the well based on the decision.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2015Publication date: July 20, 2017Inventors: Eric Jonathan Schoen, Lucian Johnston, Mark S. Passolt