Remote wellsite material tracking
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorHubertus V. Thomeer
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Abstract
A wellsite system that includes a bulk material transporter, a mobile tagger, and an uplink. The bulk material transporter includes a supply of a bulk material, a meter to measure output from the supply, and a data logger to log the output as a function of a predetermined parameter. The mobile tagger assigns transfer parameters to each transfer of the bulk material from the supply to one of multiple assets located at the wellsite, including the output measured by the meter. The uplink wirelessly transmits data from the log and the transfer parameters to remote data storage not located at the wellsite.
Claims20
A wellsite system, comprising:
- a bulk material transporter comprising:
- a supply of a bulk material;
- a meter operable to measure output of the bulk material from the supply;
- and
- a data logger operable to log the output as a function of a predetermined parameter;
- a mobile tagger operable to assign a plurality of transfer parameters to each of a plurality of transfers of the bulk material from the supply to corresponding ones of a plurality of assets located at the wellsite, wherein the plurality of transfer parameters includes the output measured by the meter;
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- an uplink operable to wirelessly transmit data from the log and the plurality of transfer parameters to remote data storage not located at the wellsite.
A bulk material transporter, comprising:
- a supply of a bulk material;
- a motor vehicle operable to position the supply of bulk material proximate one of a plurality of assets selected to receive a resupply of the bulk material;
- a meter carried by the motor vehicle and operable to measure output of the bulk material from the supply;
- a data logger carried by the motor vehicle and operable to log the output as a function of a predetermined parameter;
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- a mobile tagger removable from the motor vehicle and operable to assign a plurality of transfer parameters to each of a plurality of transfers of the bulk material from the supply to the corresponding ones of the plurality of assets, wherein the plurality of transfer parameters includes the output measured by the meter.
A method, comprising:
- selecting one of a plurality of wellsite assets at a wellsite to receive a resupply of a bulk material;
- operating a motor vehicle to position a supply of the bulk material proximate the selected one of the plurality of wellsite assets;
- transferring a measured amount of the bulk material output from the supply to the selected one of the plurality of wellsite assets;
- generating a log of the output as a function of a predetermined parameter;
- operating a mobile tagger to assign a plurality of transfer parameters to the transfer, wherein the plurality of transfer parameters includes the measured amount of the bulk material output from the supply to the selected one of the plurality of wellsite assets;
- wirelessly transmitting data from the log and the plurality of transfer parameters to remote data storage not located at the wellsite;
- and
- synchronizing the data from the log and the plurality of transfer parameters with respect to time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.