Landmark Graphics Corporation

Wesco Distribution, Inc.

Shashi Dande

Keshava Prasad Rangarajan

Srinath Madasu

Raja Vikram R Pandya

Yashas Malur Saidutta

Raja Vikram Raj Pandya

Akash Khurana

Ashok Ramesh Bajaj

Benjamin James Albu

Merwan Mereby

Kishor Saitwal

Rafael Da Matta Navarro

Avinash Wesley

Robello Samuel

Jeffrey Marc Yarus

John J Engel

Aditya Chemudupaty

Richard Gigliotti

Trevor Baumel

Edward Cerny

Kris Lindsay

Venugopal Devarapalli

Rohan Lewis

Juliana Kostrinsky

Siddhartha Kazuma Rangarajan

Certain aspects and features relate to a system for trajectory planning and control for new wellbores. Data can be received for multiple existing wells associated with a subterranean reservoir and used to train a deep neural network model to make accurate well property projections at any other location in the reservoir. A model of features for specific well locations based on seismic attributes of the well location can be automatically generated, and the model can be used in drilling trajectory optimization. In some examples, the system builds a deep neural network (DNN) model based on the statistical features, and trains the DNN model using Bayesian optimization to produce an optimized DNN model. The optimized model can be used to provide drilling parameters to produce an optimized trajectory for a new well.

Wellbore trajectory control using reservoir property projection and optimization

A system, for controlling well site operations, comprising a machine learning engine, a predictive engine, a node system stack, and a blockchain. The learning engine includes a machine learning algorithm, an algorithmically generated earth model, and control variables. The learning algorithm generates a trained data model using the algorithmically generated earth model. The predictive engine includes an Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm. The AI algorithm generates a trained AI algorithm using the trained data model and earth model variables using the trained AI algorithm. The system stack is communicable coupled to the predictive engine, the learning engine, the blockchain, sensors, and a machine controller. The blockchain having a genesis block and a plurality of subsequent blocks. Each subsequent block comprising a well site entry and a hash of a previous entry. The well site entry comprises transacted operation control variables. The transacted variables are based on the generated earth model variables.

AI/ML, distributed computing, and blockchained based reservoir management platform

Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for reinforcing and modifying the search engine behavior using aspects of federated learning. A system can receive from a user at a first time, a query for a product, then generate a vector representation of the query, and execute a search of an embedding space for the vector representation, resulting in at least one similarity score for at least one product. The system can present to the user search results based on the at least one similarity score, and receive from the user a selected product from within the search results. The system can update, based on the selected product, the at least one similarity score for the selected product, resulting in at least one updated similarity score, where when the query is received again the search of the embedding space for the vector representation produces the at least one updated similarity score.

Systems and methods for reinforcing search engine behavior using federated learning

A system for autonomous operation and management of oil and gas fields includes at least one autonomous vehicle. The system also includes a processor communicatively couplable to the plurality of autonomous vehicles and a non-transitory memory device including instructions that are executable by the processor to cause the processor to perform operations. The operations include receiving field analytics data of an oil and gas field and producing at least one hydrocarbon field model based on the field analytics data. Additionally, the operations include deploying the at least one hydrocarbon field model to a sensor trap appliance using the at least one autonomous vehicles and collecting well sensor data from the sensor trap appliance. Further, the operations include detecting an anomaly using the at least one hydrocarbon field model and the well sensor data and triggering an operational process based on detecting the anomaly.

Autonomous monitoring and control for oil and gas fields

A computer method for identifying product in a distributor's inventory system that fulfills a product request made via a natural language query. the natural language query is received as a product request including multiple words in sequential order. The words are vectorized into word-vectors that are concatenated and used to generate a query embedding. The query embedding is processed utilizing a trained product category classifier that predicts which product category the requested product belongs. Forward and backward sequence vectors are generated from the sequentially ordered words of the query that are concatenated and processed using a trained model specific to the predicted product category. The sequence vectors represent positional relationships between the words of the natural language query. Thereafter, the system identifies product attribute(s) embodied in the natural language query that each correspond to a predetermined key-characteristic of the category.

Intelligent product matching based on a natural language query

Geosteering can be used in a drilling operation to create a wellbore that is used to extract hydrocarbons from a defined zone within the subterranean formation. According to some aspects, generating paths for the wellbore may include using path-planning protocols and pure-pursuit protocols. The pure-pursuit protocol may be executed to output a plurality of candidate drilling paths. The output may also include control parameters for controlling the drill bit. A trajectory optimizer may determine a result of multi-objective functions for each candidate path. A cost function may represent a cost or loss associated with a candidate path. Additionally, the trajectory optimizer may perform an optimization protocol, such as Bayesian optimization, on the cost functions to determine which candidate path to select. The selected candidate path may correspond to new control parameters for controlling the drill bit to reach the target location.

Well path drilling trajectory and control for geosteering

A system and method for controlling multiple drilling tools inside wellbores makes use of Bayesian optimization with range constraints. A computing device samples observed values for controllable drilling parameters such as weight-on-bit, mud flow rate and drill bit rotational speed in RPM and evaluates a selected drilling parameter such a rate-of-penetration and hydraulic mechanical specific energy for the observed values using an objective function. Range constraints including the physical drilling environment and the total power available to all drilling tools within the drilling environment can be continuously learned by the computing device as the range constraints change. A Bayesian optimization, subject to the range constraints and the observed values, can produce an optimized value for the controllable drilling parameters to achieve a predicted value for the drilling parameters. The system can then control the drilling tool using the optimized value to achieve the predicted value for the selected drilling parameter.

Multi-well drilling optimization using robotics

Systems and methods for automated drilling control and optimization are disclosed. Training data, including values of drilling parameters, for a current stage of a drilling operation are acquired. A reinforcement learning model is trained to estimate values of the drilling parameters for a subsequent stage of the drilling operation to be performed, based on the acquired training data and a reward policy mapping inputs and outputs of the model. The subsequent stage of the drilling operation is performed based on the values of the drilling parameters estimated using the trained model. A difference between the estimated and actual values of the drilling parameters is calculated, based on real-time data acquired during the subsequent stage of the drilling operation. The reinforcement learning model is retrained to refine the reward policy, based on the calculated difference. At least one additional stage of the drilling operation is performed using the retrained model.

Active reinforcement learning for drilling optimization and automation

Artificial Intelligence (AI) based methods and systems for predicting opportunities for special pricing agreements (SPA) are disclosed herein. An example method includes receiving a user input indicating a stock keeping unit (SKU) and a customer name, and accessing an SPA database to determine (i) a customer type, (ii) a customer address, and (iii) any historical SPAs corresponding to the customer. The example method further includes predicting, by utilizing a machine learning (ML) model, a set of SPA opportunities that each have a respective cost and a respective confidence interval and that satisfy a confidence interval threshold. The example method further includes determining a first SPA opportunity corresponding to a highest respective confidence interval, and a second SPA opportunity corresponding to a lowest cost of each SPA opportunity in the set of SPA opportunities; and transmitting a notification of the first and second SPA opportunities for display to a user.

Machine learning technologies to predict opportunities for special pricing agreements

A drilling device may use a concurrent path planning process to create a path from a starting location to a destination location within a subterranean environment. The drilling device can receive sensor data. A probability distribution can be generated from the sensor data indicating one or more likely materials compositions that make up each portion of the subterranean environment. The probability distribution can be sampled, and for each sample, a drill path trajectory and drill parameters for the trajectory can be generated. A trained neural network may evaluate each trajectory and drill parameters to identify the most ideal trajectory based on the sensor data. The drilling device may then initiate drilling operations for a predetermined distance along the ideal trajectory.

Automated concurrent path planning and drilling parameter optimization using robotics

Aspects and features of a system for real-time drilling using automated data quality control can include a computing device, a drilling tool, sensors, and a message bus. The message bus can receive current data from a wellbore. The computing device can generate and use a feature-extraction model to provide revised data values that include those for missing data, statistical outliers, or both. The model can be used to produce controllable drilling parameters using highly accurate data to provide optimal control of the drilling tool. The real-time message bus can be used to apply the controllable drilling parameters to the drilling tool.

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