Surface completion system for operations and monitoring
AssigneeVault Pressure Control LLC
InventorsZeyad Al-Salmani, Jason Williams, Saurabh Kajaria
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Abstract
A wellhead monitoring system includes a conversion assembly, the conversion assembly including an actuator element for modifying an operating mode of a valve from manual to remote. The system also includes one or more sensors, associated at least one of a fracturing tree or the conversion assembly, the one or more sensors obtaining wellhead operating conditions. The system further includes a control unit, adapted to receive information from the one or more sensors, the control unit presenting the information, on a display, and transmitting the information to a remote system for analysis.
Claims11
A method for monitoring operations at a well site, comprising:
- receiving, from a pressure sensor, pressure information for a fracturing tree, the pressure information indicative of an operational stage;
- receiving, from a valve position sensor, valve position information for a valve of a fracturing tree, the valve being moveable between an open position and a closed position, the valve information being indicative of the operational stage;
- determining, based at least in part on the pressure information and the valve position information, a current status of a wellhead;
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- determining, based at least in part on the current status of the wellhead, time information of the wellhead, the time information identifying different operational stages of the wellhead over a period of time.
A wellhead monitoring system, comprising:
- at least one of a pressure sensor or a valve position sensor, communicatively coupled to control system, the at least one of the pressure sensor or the valve position sensor transmitting information indicative of a wellbore operation to the control unit;
- the control system, executing, via a processor, an algorithm stored on non-transitory memory, the control system:
- receiving, from the at least one of the pressure sensor or the valve position sensor, first information indicative of the wellbore operation;
- determining, based at least in part on the first information, a first status of the wellhead;
- determining, based at least in part on the first information, a first time of the first status;
- receiving, from the at least one of the pressure sensor or the valve position sensor, second information indicative of the wellbore operation;
- determining, based at least in part on the second information, a second time of the second status;
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- determining, based at least in part on a difference between the first status and the second status, a working time for the wellbore operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.