System and method for surface devices used for downhole perforations

Abstract

A system includes for plug and perforation operations includes a data acquisition and logging panel including a wireline connection interface for establishing a wireline connection directly to a wireline of a toolstring and configured to obtain a plurality of data via the wireline connection. The plurality of data includes casing collar locator (CCL) data, and the data acquisition and logging panel is configured to provide the plurality of data to an electronic device for display of the plurality of data in one or more user interfaces provided by the electronic device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for plug and perforation operations, the system comprising:
 a data acquisition and logging panel including a wireline connection interface for establishing a wireline connection directly to a wireline of a toolstring and configured to obtain a plurality of data via the wireline connection;   wherein:
 the plurality of data includes casing collar locator (CCL) data; and 
 the data acquisition and logging panel is configured to provide the plurality of data to an electronic device for display of the plurality of data in one or more user interfaces provided by the electronic device. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising a shooting panel configured to fire one or more perforating guns during a plug and perforation operation. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the data acquisition and logging panel is configured to obtain the plurality of data over the wireline connection and independently from the shooting panel. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein the shooting panel is capable of remaining in an arm mode between firing events and while the data acquisition and logging panel obtains the plurality of data. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the plurality of data further includes acceleration data, and wherein at least one processor of the electronic device is configured to determine, based on at least the acceleration data, whether the toolstring is in motion. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the at least one processor of the electronic device is further configured to output an alert, based on a determination that the toolstring is not in motion, indicating that the toolstring is stuck or otherwise unable to move. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein at least one processor of the electronic device is configured to:
 receive an instruction to change a mode of the shooting panel via the one or more user interfaces and issue a command to the shooting panel to change a current mode of the shooting panel; and   send a command to control the shooting panel to trigger a firing voltage to enable a downhole perforation remotely and automatically.   
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein at least one processor of the electronic device is configured to, based on the CCL data obtained by the data acquisition and logging panel, instruct, via the wireline connection provided by the data acquisition and logging device, an auto-correlation operation of one or more collars in the toolstring. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein, to perform the auto-correlation operation, the at least one processor of the electronic device is further configured to:
 detect one or more CCL peaks from the CCL data;   compare the detected one or more CCL peaks to reference CCL data;   determine an offset based on the comparison between the one or more CCL peaks and the reference CCL data; and   instruct an adjustment to a location of the one or more collars based on the determined offset.   
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising at least one sensor configured to detect orientation information of one or more perforating guns in real-time or based on an adjustable transmission rate, wherein the at least one sensor includes one or more of a gyroscope, accelerometer, magnetometer, and other sensors, wherein the data acquisition and logging panel is configured to receive the detected orientation information and provide the detected orientation information to the electronic device for display. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising a resistor probing switch included on the toolstring and configured to measure a resistor of an igniter, to provide for verification of whether the igniter is activated and a plug is set by rescanning the igniter after the igniter is fired. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein:
 the igniter reads 50 ohm before the igniter is set;   based on the rescanning, the data acquisition and logging panel provides an “open” or “short” status of the igniter; and   due to the direct connection of the data acquisition and logging panel to the wireline of the toolstring, the data acquisition and logging panel is configured to:
 detect when the igniter is activated; and 
 automatically re-verify if the plug is set by automatically scanning the toolstring after a plug set, including initializing a resistance probing sequence automatically once downhole voltage and current draw stops. 
   
     
     
         13 . A method for plug and perforation operations, the method comprising:
 establishing a wireline connection directly to a wireline of a toolstring by connecting the wireline of the toolstring to a wireline connection interface of a data acquisition and logging panel;   obtaining, by the data acquisition and logging panel, a plurality of data via the wireline connection, wherein the plurality of data includes casing collar locator (CCL) data; and   providing, by the data acquisition and logging panel, the plurality of data to an electronic device for display of the plurality of data in one or more user interfaces provided by the electronic device.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising causing, via a shooting panel, a firing of one or more perforating guns during a plug and perforation operation. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the plurality of data is obtained by the data acquisition and logging panel over the wireline connection and independently from the shooting panel, and wherein the shooting panel remains in an arm mode between firing events and while the data acquisition and logging panel obtains the plurality of data. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the plurality of data further includes acceleration data, and the method further comprising determining, by the electronic device and based on at least the acceleration data, whether the toolstring is in motion. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising outputting, by the electronic device, an alert, based on a determination that the toolstring is not in motion, indicating that the toolstring is stuck or otherwise unable to move. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising:
 receiving, by the electronic device, an instruction to change a mode of the shooting panel via the one or more user interfaces and issue a command to the shooting panel to change a current mode of the shooting panel; and   sending, by the electronic device, a command to control the shooting panel to trigger a firing voltage to enable a downhole perforation remotely and automatically.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising, based on the CCL data obtained by the data acquisition and logging panel, instructing, by the electronic device via the wireline connection provided by the data acquisition and logging device, an auto-correlation operation of one or more collars in the toolstring, wherein performing the auto-correlation operation includes:
 detecting one or more CCL peaks from the CCL data;   comparing the detected one or more CCL peaks to reference CCL data;   determining an offset based on the comparison between the one or more CCL peaks and the reference CCL data; and   instructing an adjustment to a location of the one or more collars based on the determined offset.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 measuring, by a resistor probing switch included on the toolstring, a resistor of an igniter, to provide for verification of whether the igniter is activated and a plug is set by rescanning the igniter after the igniter is fired; wherein the igniter reads 50 ohm before the igniter is set;   based on the rescanning, providing, by the data acquisition and logging panel, an “open” or “short” status of the igniter; and   due to the direct connection of the data acquisition and logging panel to the wireline of the toolstring:
 detecting, by the data acquisition and logging panel, when the igniter is activated; and 
 automatically re-verifying, by the data acquisition and logging panel, if the plug is set by automatically scanning the toolstring after a plug set, including initializing a resistance probing sequence automatically once downhole voltage and current draw stops.