METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR DRILLING RIG MODIFICATION
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1. A system for augmenting a traditional rig with automated operating functionality, comprising:
- an integrated control engine operably coupled with an integrated sensor engine, an integrated equipment engine, and an integrated report engine; and
a dynamically selectable operational system elementally embodied in at least two of the integrated control engine, the integrated sensor engine, the integrated equipment engine, and the integrated report engine.
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Abstract
A method, device and system for augmenting a traditional drilling or workover rig with automated operational, monitoring and reporting systems. The automation system comprises integratable components of various automated operational systems, combined in a device easily adapted to install into the operational area of a drilling or workover rig, wherein the automated operational systems are dynamically selectable either or both locally or remotely.
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24 Claims
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1. A system for augmenting a traditional rig with automated operating functionality, comprising:
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an integrated control engine operably coupled with an integrated sensor engine, an integrated equipment engine, and an integrated report engine; and a dynamically selectable operational system elementally embodied in at least two of the integrated control engine, the integrated sensor engine, the integrated equipment engine, and the integrated report engine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for augmenting a traditional rig with an automation system, comprising:
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installing an integrated control engine system; installing communication link capacity for components of the automation system; installing a sensor engine; installing an equipment engine; and activating a selectable operational system dynamically, which is elementally embodied in components of the automation system. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for augmenting a traditional rig with an automation system, comprising:
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installing an integrated control engine system, which further comprises; installing a user interface, which further comprises; installing a cabinet physically sized and dimensioned to fit in an area formerly occupied by a driller'"'"'s desk; installing a processor; and installing memory; installing communication link capacity for the components of the automation system; installing a sensor engine; installing an equipment engine; and activating a selectable operational system dynamically. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. An apparatus comprising:
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a control system physically sized to fit within a predetermined space on one of a drilling rig and a workover rig, the control system having circuitry that includes; an interface section configured to electrically cooperate with each of a plurality of different subsystems that can be present on a rig; memory storing a plurality of different program modules that each, when executed, cooperate with and control a respective one of a plurality of different subsystems that can be present on a rig; and a processor that is cooperable with the interface section and with the memory, and that executes a selected set of the program modules. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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