Abstract: A smart legend groups plot lines that reflect the same type of drill string analysis. The smart legend includes parent level legend entries, each parent level legend entry including child level legend entries. The child level legend entries for a given parent level legend entry correspond to plot lines that reflect a particular type of drill string analysis. Each child level legend entry corresponds to a plot line that reflects the particular drill string analysis performed over a different depth range. This allows users easily to view and compare the analyses at the different drilling depth ranges.

Abstract: A depth range manager provide users with a way to run and retain multiple depth range analyzes for a drill string operation, including the operational parameters for each analysis. This allows users easily to view and compare the analyzes at the different drilling depth ranges. In some embodiments, instead of drilling depth ranges, users may also urn and retain multiple different models and analyzes using multiple different drilling times. The operational parameters for the multiple different models and analyzes may be defined and stored using a flexible one-to-many database structure that accommodates the different sets of operational parameters as well as any existing single-analysis parameters associated with legacy analyzes. A graphical interface allows users easily to define and store the operational parameters in the flexible one-to-many database structure.

Abstract: System and methods for automating well planning and data analysis for downhole operations are provided. Values of one or more operational variables are estimated for each of a plurality of operating intervals, based on a user-selected optimization parameter. The estimated values of the one or more operational variables are provided as inputs to a downhole tool for performing the downhole operation over a current one of the operating intervals along the planned well path. Responsive to receiving an indication that a condition in the well has changed while the downhole operation is performed during the current operating interval, subsequent operating intervals are updated along with the estimated values of the operational variable(s) for each subsequent operating interval. The planned well path is then adjusted by providing the updated values of the operational variable(s) as inputs to the downhole tool for performing the downhole operation over the subsequent operating intervals.

Abstract: A depth range manager provide users with a way to run and retain multiple depth range analyses for a drill string operation, including the operational parameters for each analysis. This allows users easily to view and compare the analyses at the different drilling depth ranges. In some embodiments, instead of drilling depth ranges, users may also urn and retain multiple different models and analyses using multiple different drilling times. The operational parameters for the multiple different models and analyses may be defined and stored using a flexible one-to-many database structure that accommodates the different sets of operational parameters as well as any existing single-analysis parameters associated with legacy analyses. A graphical interface allows users easily to define and store the operational parameters in the flexible one-to-many database structure.

Abstract: A smart legend groups plot lines that reflect the same type of drill string analysis. The smart legend includes parent level legend entries, each parent level legend entry including child level legend entries. The child level legend entries for a given parent level legend entry correspond to plot lines that reflect a particular type of drill string analysis. Each child level legend entry corresponds to a plot line that reflects the particular drill string analysis performed over a different depth range. This allows users easily to view and compare the analyses at the different drilling depth ranges.