System and method for displaying well data Patent number: 9213474 Abstract: A method of delivering data from an energy industry or formation operation includes: receiving a data set representing parameter values generated during at least a portion of the operation; generating at least one data structure on a display area, the at least one data structure providing a visual representation of at least a portion of the data set; selecting a visual indicator associated with each of the at least one data structure, the visual indicator including information identifying an associated data structure; iteratively determining a suitable location for placement of the visual indicator on the display area by a processor using a probabilistic algorithm; and generating the display including the visual indicator located at the suitable position. Type: Grant Filed: June 21, 2013 Date of Patent: December 15, 2015 Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated Inventors: David W. Green, William T. Block

Borehole and well data visualization Patent number: 9153050 Abstract: A visualization system for visualizing data obtained in a borehole includes a processor configured to process the data based on user input and instructions and provide output for display on a display device. The system may also include a computer-readable medium configured to store the instructions, the instructions including commands to output values of two or more types of parameters at two or more depth values. The instructions may include commands to provide a perspective top-down or bottom-up fly-through display of the borehole including a zoomed-in image of values closest to a user. The processor may also output a display of a photographic image at each of the two or more depth values based on a correspondence between the values of the two or more types of parameters and the plurality of parameters associated with the photographic image. Type: Grant Filed: October 24, 2012 Date of Patent: October 6, 2015 Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated Inventors: William T. Block, John G. Evans, Peter J. Guijt, Steven Pierce, William W. Scott, Joel W. Tarver, Mehran Richard Tayyab, Doron Hetz

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING WELL DATA Publication number: 20140380217 Abstract: A method of delivering data from an energy industry or formation operation includes: receiving a data set representing parameter values generated during at least a portion of the operation; generating at least one data structure on a display area, the at least one data structure providing a visual representation of at least a portion of the data set; selecting a visual indicator associated with each of the at least one data structure, the visual indicator including information identifying an associated data structure; iteratively determining a suitable location for placement of the visual indicator on the display area by a processor using a probabilistic algorithm; and generating the display including the visual indicator located at the suitable position. Type: Application Filed: June 21, 2013 Publication date: December 25, 2014 Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED Inventors: David W. Green, William T. Block

BOREHOLE AND WELL DATA VISUALIZATION Publication number: 20140111519 Abstract: A visualization system for visualizing data obtained in a borehole includes a processor configured to process the data based on user input and instructions and provide output for display on a display device. The system may also include a computer-readable medium configured to store the instructions, the instructions including commands to output values of two or more types of parameters at two or more depth values. The instructions may include commands to provide a perspective top-down or bottom-up fly-through display of the borehole including a zoomed-in image of values closest to a user. The processor may also output a display of a photographic image at each of the two or more depth values based on a correspondence between the values of the two or more types of parameters and the plurality of parameters associated with the photographic image. Type: Application Filed: October 24, 2012 Publication date: April 24, 2014 Inventors: William T. Block, John G. Evans, Peter J. Guijt, Steven Pierce, William W. Scott, Joel W. Tarver, Mehran Richard Tayyab

PROCESSING ACQUISITION DATA INTO DELIVERABLE FORMAT Publication number: 20130268527 Abstract: A method of processing data includes: receiving by an application acquisition data from at least one data acquisition source, the acquisition data having a first data format, the first data format including the acquisition data and business data related to the first data format; instructing a software component to access the acquisition data; and processing the acquisition data by the software component, wherein processing includes separating the acquisition data from the business data and making the acquisition data available to one or more other components via a common interface that can be implemented by the software component and the other components. Type: Application Filed: April 10, 2012 Publication date: October 10, 2013 Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED Inventor: William T. Block