Automatic determination of pumping methods

A system comprising:

• a first pump operating within an oil production environment according to a first set of operating parameters associated with the first pump;
• one or more sensors, affixed to the first pump, the one or more sensors configured to generate pump sensor data associated with the first pump;
• a first computing device, including a data processor, the first computing device configured to receive the generated pump sensor data and coupled to the one or more sensors via a supervisory control and data acquisition system configured with a plurality of computing devices, linked via a network, to monitor and control one or more pumps within the oil production environment in relation to one or more sets of operating parameters associated with the one or more pumps, wherein the first computing device includes a memory storing instructions which, when executed, cause the data processor to perform operations comprising:
• generating an advisory statement, based on the received pump sensor data, the advisory statement identifying a second pump and a second set of operating parameters associated with the second pump;
• and
• providing the advisory statement;
• and
• a second computing device, including a data processor and a display, the second computing device configured to receive the advisory statement from the first computing device and to display the advisory statement on a display of the second computing device.

A non-transitory machine readable storage medium containing program instructions, which when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• receiving pump sensor data associated with a first pump, by a computing device including a data processor, the pump sensor data generated by one or more sensors affixed to the first pump operating within an oil production environment according to a first set of operating parameters associated with the first pump, the one or more sensors coupled to the computing device via a supervisory control and data acquisition system configured with a plurality of computing devices, linked via a network, to monitor and control one or more pumps within the oil production environment in relation to one or more sets of operating parameters associated with the one or more pumps;
• generating an advisory statement, by the computing device and based on the received pump sensor data, the advisory statement identifying a second pump and a second set of operating parameters associated with the second pump;
• and
• providing, by the computing device, the advisory statement.