Portable system for monitoring and controlling surface equipment

A method for monitoring and controlling surface equipment used in industrial services, comprising:

• installing one or more sensors and one or more control devices in the surface equipment;
• receiving sensor data at a data acquisition and control apparatus from the one or more sensors in the surface equipment;
• and
• transmitting control information from the data acquisition and control apparatus to the one or more control devices in the surface equipment to control one or more operations of the surface equipment.

An apparatus for monitoring and controlling surface equipment used in industrial services, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that are executable by the one or more processors, the instructions including:
• instructions for receiving and processing sensor data from one or more sensors in the surface equipment;
• instructions for determining control information for one or more control devices in the surface equipment based, at least in part, on the sensor data;
• and
• instructions for transmitting the control information to the one or more control devices in the surface equipment to control one or more operations of the surface equipment.