Remote monitoring for hydraulic fracturing equipment
AssigneeU.S. Well Services, LLC
InventorsJared Oehring, Brandon N. Hinderliter
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Abstract
A hydraulic fracturing system for fracturing a subterranean formation including a pump in communication via pump components with a wellbore that intersects the formation, and that pressurizes fluid in the wellbore, the fluid comprising a fracturing fluid slurry. The system further includes hydraulic fracturing system components for making the fracturing fluid slurry, and a monitoring system that selectively captures and transmits real time images of at least one of the hydraulic fracturing system components or pump components to enable remote monitoring of the at least one of the hydraulic fracturing system components or pump components.
Claims18
A hydraulic fracturing system for fracturing a subterranean formation comprising:
- a pump in communication via pump components with a wellbore that intersects the formation, and that pressurizes fluid in the wellbore, the fluid comprising a fracturing fluid slurry;
- hydraulic fracturing system components for making the fracturing fluid slurry;
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- a monitoring system that selectively captures and transmits real time images of at least one of the hydraulic fracturing system components or pump components to enable remote monitoring of the at least one of the hydraulic fracturing system components or pump components;
- wherein the monitoring system selectively captures and transmits real time images of an opening to a vessel, so that a level within the vessel is discernible in the images.
A method of fracturing a subterranean formation comprising:
- driving a pump to pressurize fluid in a hydraulic fracturing system containing hydraulic fracturing components and pump components;
- fracturing the formation by directing the pressurized fluid into a wellbore that intersects the formation;
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- monitoring the hydraulic fracturing system with a monitoring system by:
- obtaining images of hydraulic fracturing components and pump components of the hydraulic fracturing system;
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- viewing the images remotely;
- wherein the monitoring system selectively captures and transmits real time images of an opening to a vessel, so that a level within the vessel is discernible in the images.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.