Monitoring a wellbore operation using distributed artificial intelligence

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a piece of equipment, sensor data generated by a sensor module of the piece of equipment, wherein the piece of equipment is one of a plurality of pieces of physical equipment positioned at a surface of a wellsite, the plurality of pieces of physical equipment being configured to perform physical tasks as part of a drilling operation at the wellsite, wherein each piece of equipment in the plurality of pieces of physical equipment includes:
• at least one piece of respective physical hardware configured to enable the piece of physical equipment to perform a physical task associated with the drilling operation;
• a respective sensor module;
• a respective processor communicatively coupled to the respective sensor module;
• and
• a respective memory including an artificial intelligence (AI) module, a warning module, and a communications module;
• determining, by the piece of equipment executing the AI module, a condition associated with the piece of equipment by analyzing the sensor data using one or more machine-learning models;
• outputting, by the piece of equipment executing the warning module, a warning notification based on the condition;
• and
• transmitting, by the piece of equipment executing the communications module, a communication indicating the condition to a destination via a network, the communication being different from the warning notification.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program code that is executable by a processor of a first piece of physical equipment positionable at a surface of a wellsite to perform a physical task as part of a drilling operation, the program code being executable for causing the processor to:

• receive sensor data from a sensor module of the first piece of physical equipment;
• determine a first condition associated with the first piece of physical equipment by analyzing the sensor data using a first artificial intelligence (AI) module;
• receive a communication from a second piece of physical equipment positionable at the surface of the wellsite to support the drilling operation, the communication indicating a second condition of the second piece of physical equipment, the second condition being determined by the second piece of physical equipment using a second AI module of the second piece of physical equipment;
• determine an adjustment to be made to a setting of a piece of physical hardware of the first piece of physical equipment based on the first condition and the second condition, the piece of physical hardware configurable to enable the first piece of physical equipment to perform the physical task;
• and
• apply the adjustment to the setting of the piece of physical hardware of the first piece of physical equipment.