Method, device and system for drilling rig modification
AssigneeCanrig Drilling Technology Ltd.
InventorsPradeep Annaiyappa, Scott Boone, Brian Ellis, Beat Kuttel, John Scarborough
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Abstract
A method, device and system for augmenting a traditional drilling or workover rig with automated operational, monitoring and reporting systems. The automation system comprises integratable components of various automated operational systems, combined in a device easily adapted to install into the operational area of a drilling or workover rig, wherein the automated operational systems are dynamically selectable either or both locally or remotely.
Claims24
A system for augmenting a traditional rig with automated operating functionality, comprising:
- an integrated control engine operably coupled with an integrated sensor engine, an integrated equipment engine, and an integrated report engine;
- and
- a dynamically selectable operational system elementally embodied in at least two of the integrated control engine, the integrated sensor engine, the integrated equipment engine, and the integrated report engine.
A method for augmenting a traditional rig with an automation system, comprising:
- installing an integrated control engine system;
- installing communication link capacity for components of the automation system;
- installing a sensor engine;
- installing an equipment engine;
- and
- activating a selectable operational system dynamically, which is elementally embodied in components of the automation system.
A method for augmenting a traditional rig with an automation system, comprising:
- installing an integrated control engine system, which further comprises:
- installing a user interface, which further comprises:
- installing a cabinet physically sized and dimensioned to fit in an area formerly occupied by a driller's desk;
- installing a processor;
- and
- installing memory;
- installing communication link capacity for the components of the automation system;
- installing a sensor engine;
- installing an equipment engine;
- and
- activating a selectable operational system dynamically.
An apparatus comprising:
- a control system physically sized to fit within a predetermined space on one of a drilling rig and a workover rig, the control system having circuitry that includes:
- an interface section configured to electrically cooperate with each of a plurality of different subsystems that can be present on a rig;
- memory storing a plurality of different program modules that each, when executed, cooperate with and control a respective one of a plurality of different subsystems that can be present on a rig;
- and
- a processor that is cooperable with the interface section and with the memory, and that executes a selected set of the program modules.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.