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Apparatus and methods for evaluating systems associated with wellheads

  • US 10,018,031 B2
  • Filed: 07/15/2016
  • Issued: 07/10/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving, using a computer, data associated with a first group of components, the first group of components being part of a system associated with a wellhead and being positioned at a first location relative to the wellhead,wherein receiving the data associated with the first group of components comprises;

    receiving, using the computer, data identifying a first component in the first group of components,receiving, using the computer, data associated with an operational history of the first component in the first group of components or one or more components equivalent thereto, andreceiving, using the computer, data associated with a first operational parameter specific to the first location;

    receiving, using a computer, data associated with a second group of components, the second group of components being part of the system associated with the wellhead and being positioned at a second location relative to the wellhead, the second location being different from the first location,wherein receiving the data associated with the second group of components comprises;

    receiving, using the computer, data identifying a first component in the second group of components,receiving, using the computer, data associated with an operational history of the first component in the second group of components or one or more components equivalent thereto, andreceiving, using the computer, data associated with a first operational parameter specific to the second location;

    wherein the respective data received from the first and second groups of components are received in a predetermined order, the predetermined order requiring that the data from the first group of components be received before the data from the second group of components;

    predicting, using the computer, the useful remaining operational life of the first component in the first group of components based on at least;

    the first operational parameter specific to the first location, andthe operational history of the first component in the first group of components or one or more components equivalent thereto; and

    predicting, using the computer, the useful remaining operational life of the first component in the second group of components based on at least;

    the first operational parameter specific to the second location, andthe operational history of the first component in the second group of components or one or more components equivalent thereto.

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