Well data collection system and method
First Claim
2. A system for dissemination of data regarding a well comprising:
- a sensor associated with at least one well;
an RTU comprising an RTU CPU, an RTU I/O adaptor and an RTU communications adaptor;
an RTU telecommunication medium in data communication between the RTU and a wide area network; and
a service provider having a service provider data processor, wherein the wide area network is in data communication with the service provider data processor, wherein the RTU is electrically connected to the sensor through the RTU I/O adaptor, wherein the RTU CPU is in data communication with the RTU I/O adaptor and the RTU communications adaptor, and wherein the RTU is in data communication with the RTU telecommunication medium through the RTU communications adaptor.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system and method for directing data representing well operations (drilling and producing) through the Internet or similar wide area network. The instant invention comprises a system and method of installing sensors at the well to provide technical information to remotely-located Internet users who provide services to the well owner. The service providers may be observers, who may then advise the well owners and operators as to actions to take to increase or optimize well performance. Service providers may also be data storage companies, who clean and store the data from the well. Service providers may then be paid from a portion of the well revenues or a portion of the incrementally-increased revenues.
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2. A system for dissemination of data regarding a well comprising:
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a sensor associated with at least one well;
an RTU comprising an RTU CPU, an RTU I/O adaptor and an RTU communications adaptor;
an RTU telecommunication medium in data communication between the RTU and a wide area network; and
a service provider having a service provider data processor, wherein the wide area network is in data communication with the service provider data processor, wherein the RTU is electrically connected to the sensor through the RTU I/O adaptor, wherein the RTU CPU is in data communication with the RTU I/O adaptor and the RTU communications adaptor, and wherein the RTU is in data communication with the RTU telecommunication medium through the RTU communications adaptor. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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19. A method of communicating well data to a service provider for analysis comprising the steps of:
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placing a sensor at a well in data communication with a wide area network;
detecting a physical characteristic of the well through the sensor;
establishing a data connection between a service provider machine and the wide area network; and
downloading physical data representing the physical characteristic to the service provider machine through the wide area network.
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28. A method of analyzing well characteristics comprising the steps of:
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placing a sensor at a well in data communication with a wide area network;
detecting a characteristic of the well through the sensor;
establishing a data connection between an analyzing machine and the wide area network;
downloading data representing the characteristic to the analyzing machine through the wide area network; and
evaluating the data to determine the presence of a condition at the well.
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41. An apparatus for providing access to well data comprising:
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a first viewing machine having a CPU, a communications adaptor, a display, and an input facility;
a wide area network; and
a communication link between the communications adaptor of the first viewing machine and the wide area network, wherein the first viewing machine is adapted to downloading well data from the wide area network, wherein the first viewing machine is further adapted to comparing the well data to a set of reference data, and wherein the first viewing machine is further adapted to receive evaluation input via the input facility. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44)
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