US 11,952,878 B2Granted

Stage profiles for operations of hydraulic systems and associated methods

AssigneeBJ Energy Solutions, LLC

InventorsTony Yeung, Ricardo Rodriguez-Ramon, Joseph Foster

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Abstract

A system and method of enhancing operation of hydraulic fracturing equipment at a hydraulic fracturing wellsite may include determining if a hydraulic fracturing stage profiles are available for use for hydraulic fracturing equipment at a wellsite. The method may include prompting an acceptance or amendment of one of the hydraulic fracturing stage profiles for a hydraulic fracturing pumping stage. The method may include, in response to an amendment of one of the hydraulic fracturing stage profiles, prompting acceptance of the amended hydraulic fracturing stage profile as the current hydraulic fracturing stage profile for use in association with the controller. The method may include, when a hydraulic fracturing stage profile is not available, prompting configuration of hydraulic fracturing pumping stage parameters for the current hydraulic fracturing stage profile. The method may include storing the current hydraulic fracturing stage profile as the previous hydraulic fracturing stage profile in association with the controller.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method of operating equipment at a selected site, the method comprising:

determining if one or more equipment operating stage profiles is available for use in association with a controller in operative communications with one or more pumps, the one or more equipment operating stage profiles including one or more pumping stage parameters and a plurality of pumping stages at a selected site;
in response to a determination that a previous equipment operating stage profile is available for use by the controller, accepting or amending the previous operating stage profile as a current operating stage profile for a pumping stage for the one or more pumps;
in response to a reception of an amendment of the previous hydraulic fracturing stage profile:
accepting the amended previous equipment operating stage profile as the current equipment operating stage profile, and
storing the current equipment operating stage profile in memory as another previous equipment operating stage profile for use in association with the controller;
and
in response to a determination that the previous equipment operating stage profile is not available for use in association with the controller:
configuring the one or more pumping stage parameters for the one or more pumps for the current equipment operating stage profile;
and
verifying that the one or more pumping stage parameters in the current operating equipment stage profile is correct for use with the one or more pumps.

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A method of operating hydraulic fracturing equipment, the method comprising:

determining if one or more hydraulic fracturing stage profiles is available for use in association with a controller in operative communication with one or more hydraulic fracturing pumps, the one or more profiles including one or more hydraulic fracturing pumping stage parameters and a plurality of hydraulic fracturing pumping stages;
in response to a determination that a previous hydraulic fracturing stage profile is available for use by the controller, accepting or amending the previous hydraulic fracturing stage profile as a current hydraulic fracturing stage profile for a hydraulic fracturing pumping stage for the one or more hydraulic fracturing pumps, the previous hydraulic fracturing stage profile being accepted or amended during a period of time when another hydraulic fracturing pumping stage is occurring;
in response to a reception of an amendment of the previous hydraulic fracturing stage profile, accepting the amended previous hydraulic fracturing stage profile as the current hydraulic fracturing stage profile;
and
in response to a determination that the previous hydraulic fracturing stage profile is not available for use in association with the controller:
configuring the one or more hydraulic fracturing pumping stage parameters for the one or more hydraulic fracturing pumps for the current hydraulic fracturing stage profile, and verifying that the hydraulic fracturing pumping stage parameters in a current hydraulic fracturing stage profile are correct for use with the one or more hydraulic fracturing pumps.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/072,478Filed 30 Nov 2022 · continuation
Priority: 22 Jun 2020
Published: US 2023/0092199 A123 Mar 2023
Granted: 9 Apr 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

E21B 43/26
Methods for stimulating production: by forming crevices or fractures
E21B 43/2607
By forming crevices or fractures: surface equipment specially adapted for fracturing operations
E21B 43/267
By forming crevices or fractures: reinforcing fractures by propping
E21B 49/008
Testing the nature of borehole walls; Formation testing; Methods or apparatus for obtaining samples of soil or well fluids, specially adapted to…:…

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Application62/705,332Us provisional application · filed 22 Jun 2020
Application62/705,356Us provisional application · filed 23 Jun 2020
Application17/182,489Parent of this continuation · filed 23 Feb 2021
Application17/308,330Parent of this continuation · filed 5 May 2021
US 11,028,677 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 8 Jun 2021
Application17/500,217Parent of this continuation · filed 13 Oct 2021
Application17/555,919Parent of this continuation · filed 20 Dec 2021
US 11,208,879 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 28 Dec 2021
US 11,236,598 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 1 Feb 2022
US 2023/0092199 A1Pre-grant publication · published 23 Mar 2023
US 11,598,188 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2021/0396115 A1Published application
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