Omni-directional RFID system for downhole and surface equipment
AssigneeBaker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
InventorsPreeti Pathak, Farhat Shaikh, Otto Fanini
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Abstract
An asset identification system includes a tool having an axial dimension and a radial dimension. There are three RFID devices located on the tool, and the three RFID devices are located at equal angles with respect to each other in the radial dimension. The system further includes a storage apparatus configured to store the tool, and an RFID reader. At least one of the three RFID devices located on the tool is readable by the RFID reader regardless of the radial orientation of the tool with respect to the RFID reader.
Claims20
An asset identification system, comprising:
- a tool having an axial dimension and a radial dimension;
- at least three RFID devices located on the tool, the at least three RFID devices located at positions with respect to each other in the radial dimension;
- a storage apparatus storing the tool when the tool is not in use;
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- an RFID reader, wherein at least one of the RFID devices located on the tool is readable by the RFID reader regardless of the radial orientation of the tool with respect to the RFID reader.
An asset identification system, comprising:
- a plurality of tools, each tool in the plurality of tools having an axial dimension and a radial dimension, and wherein each tool in the plurality of tools includes at least three RFID devices located thereon, the three RFID devices positioned apart from each other with respect to the radial dimension;
- a storage system storing the plurality of tools when the plurality of tools are not in use;
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- an RFID reader located in a fixed position with respect to the storage system;
- wherein at least one of the RFID devices located on each tool is readable by the RFID reader regardless of the radial orientation of the downhole apparatus with respect to the storage system or the RFID reader.
A method for oil and gas asset tracking, comprising:
- moving a tool into or out of a storage apparatus, the storage apparatus storing the tool when the tool is not in use, wherein the tool has an axial dimension and a radial dimension, and wherein the tool has at least three RFID devices located thereon, the at least three RFID devices positioned apart from each other in the radial dimension;
- reading at least one of the RFID devices located on the tool by an RFID reader regardless of the radial orientation of the tool with respect to the RFID reader;
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- automatically updating data in an electronic database to associate the tool with the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.