Downhole monitor

Abstract

Devices, systems, and methods for downhole monitoring are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a memory and a processor to execute instructions stored in the memory to capture drilling data from a sensor associated with a bottom hole assembly, store the drilling data in a buffer, in response to the buffer exceeding a threshold capacity, classify the drilling data into a plurality of categories, and transmit the classified drilling data uphole to a computing device.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . An apparatus, comprising:
 a buffer;   a memory; and   a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to:
 capture drilling data from a sensor associated with a bottom hole assembly; 
 store the drilling data in the buffer; 
 in response to the buffer exceeding a threshold capacity, classify the drilling data into a plurality of categories; and 
 transmit the classified drilling data uphole to a computing device. 
   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the drilling data includes shock data accumulated over a particular time period. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to aggregate the classified drilling data with drilling data previously stored within the memory. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the drilling data previously stored within the memory is of a same category of the plurality of categories as the classified drilling data. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to store the aggregated classified drilling data within the memory. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the threshold capacity of the buffer is predefined such that an amount of time to fill the buffer with data from the sensor is less than half of a time to transmit the classified drilling data to the computing device. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the sensor is a shock sensor; and   the drilling data includes shock data associated with shocks experienced by the bottom hole assembly during a drilling operation.   
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is included in the bottom hole assembly. 
     
     
         9 . A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon that are executable by a processor to:
 capture drilling data associated with a bottom hole assembly accumulated over a particular time period from a shock sensor associated with the bottom hole assembly, wherein the drilling data includes shock data associated with shocks experienced by the bottom hole assembly during a drilling operation;   store the drilling data in a buffer;   determine whether the buffer exceeds a threshold capacity;   in response to the buffer exceeding the threshold capacity, classify the drilling data into a plurality of categories; and   transmit the classified drilling data uphole to a computing device.   
     
     
         10 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 9 , wherein the computer readable instructions are executable by the processor to classify the drilling data by compressing the drilling data via lossy compression. 
     
     
         11 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 9 , wherein the plurality of categories include:
 a first shock category defined by a first shock range;   a second shock category defined by a second shock range that is greater than the first shock range; and   a third shock category defined by a third shock range that is greater than the second shock range.   
     
     
         12 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 9 , wherein the computer readable instructions are executable by the processor to transmit the classified drilling data uphole via mud pulse telemetry. 
     
     
         13 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 9 , wherein the computer readable instructions are executable by the processor to transmit the classified drilling data uphole via a wired drill pipe connected to the bottom hole assembly. 
     
     
         14 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 9 , wherein the computer readable instructions are executable by the processor to transmit the classified drilling data uphole via electromagnetic telemetry. 
     
     
         15 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 9 , wherein in response to transmitting the classified drilling data, the computer readable instructions are executable by the processor to wait a predetermined amount of time before again determining whether the buffer exceeds the threshold capacity. 
     
     
         16 . A system, comprising:
 a computing device; and   a bottom hole assembly, wherein the bottom hole assembly includes:
 a sensor to capture drilling data associated with the bottom hole assembly, wherein the drilling data includes shock data associated with shocks experienced by the bottom hole assembly during a drilling operation; 
 a buffer; 
 a memory; and 
 a processor configured to:
 store the drilling data in the buffer; 
 determine whether the buffer exceeds a threshold capacity; 
 in response to the buffer exceeding the threshold capacity, classify the drilling data into a plurality of shock categories; and 
 transmit the classified drilling data uphole to the computing device. 
 
   
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the processor is configured to generate an accumulation state of the classified drilling data. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the accumulation state of the classified drilling data is an accumulated amount of shocks experienced by the bottom hole assembly in each of the plurality of shock categories during the drilling operation. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 18 , wherein the processor is configured to transmit the classified drilling data with the accumulation state to the computing device. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the computing device is configured to receive an input to modify drill settings of the bottom hole assembly based on the classified drilling data.