Method for equipment control
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsMikko Jaaskelainen, Joshua Lane Camp, Ian Bradford Mitchell
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Abstract
A method of controlling a pumping sequence of a fracturing fleet at a wellsite. A managing application executing on a computer in the control van can retrieve the pumping sequence from a local or remote storage computer. The managing application can establish an electronic communication link to receive sensor data from a plurality of fracturing units. The managing application can control the plurality of fracturing units with a stage script with multiple sequential instructions for a pumping stage of a pumping sequence while receiving one or more periodic data sets from the plurality of fracturing units wherein the data sets are indicative of the current state of the pumping stage of the pumping sequence.
Claims21
A method of controlling a pumping sequence of a fracturing fleet at a wellsite, comprising:
- loading, by a managing application executing on a computer at the wellsite, a pumping sequence;
- establishing electronic communication between the managing application and a plurality of fracturing units located at the wellsite;
- retrieving, by the managing application via the electronic communication, a unique identifier for each of the plurality of fracturing units;
- selecting, by the managing application, a first inventory of fracturing units to perform the pumping sequence based on a selection criteria;
- selecting, by the managing application, a second inventory of fracturing units to be held in reserve at the wellsite;
- beginning, by the managing application, a pumping operation;
- receiving, by the managing application, one or more periodic datasets indicative of a current state of a pumping stage of the pumping sequence;
- determining, by the managing application, an operational exception within the pumping stage of the pumping sequence;
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- selecting, by the managing application, a third inventory of fracturing units to perform the pumping sequence in response to the operational exception of the pumping stage.
A method of controlling a pumping sequence of a fracturing fleet at a wellsite, comprising:
- receiving, by a managing application executing on a computer, a unique identifier for each of the plurality of fracturing units;
- preparing, by the managing application, an inventory of fracturing units at the wellsite;
- comparing, by the managing application, the inventory of fracturing units to the pumping sequence;
- optimizing, by the managing application, a selected inventory of fracturing units from the inventory of fracturing units to perform the pumping sequence based on a selection criteria;
- starting, by the managing application, an automated script with multiple sequential instructions for operating the plurality of fracturing units to conduct the pumping sequence;
- monitoring, by the managing application after each instruction, for an exception notification generated from the automated script, wherein the exception notification is associated with a failure to execute one or more instructions provided to the fracturing units;
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- modifying, by the managing application, the pumping sequence based on the selected inventory of fracturing units in response to the exception notice.
A method of controlling a pumping sequence of a fracturing fleet at a wellsite, comprising:
- establishing electronic communication between a managing application executing on a computer located at the wellsite and a plurality of fracturing units located at the wellsite;
- receiving automatically, by the managing application via the electronic communication, a unique identifier for each of the plurality of fracturing units;
- preparing, by the managing application, an inventory of fracturing units at the wellsite;
- comparing, by the managing application, the inventory of fracturing units to the pumping sequence;
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- identifying, by the managing application, a plurality of designated fracturing units from the inventory of fracturing units to perform the pumping sequence.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.