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SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR INCREASING SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY IN OIL FIELD OPERATIONS

  • US 20090024442A1
  • Filed: 07/18/2008
  • Published: 01/22/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for increasing safety and efficiency in oil field operations comprising:

  • (a) displaying an oil field map on a video monitor, wherein(1) the oil field map comprises oil well objects, oil field facility objects, surface work crew objects, sub-surface work crew objects, work equipment rig objects associated with at least one work crew object, and safety zones objects;

    (2) the oil field map is customizable by date, has a date selector tool, and wherein each of the oil well objects, oil field facility objects, surface work crew objects, sub-surface work crew objects, work equipment rig objects and safety zones objects comprise a date attribute and a location attribute;

    (3) each of the surface work crew objects and sub-surface work crew objects are coded by a visual indicator to indicate a type of work;

    (4) user selection of a surface or sub-surface work crew object causes a text box to display having a description of the work associated with the work of the selected work crew object;

    (5) a safety zone object is associated with surface and sub-surface work crew objects and has a radius attribute extending 360 degrees around the center of the work crew object for the distance set by the radius attribute;

    (b) identifying at least one scheduling conflict, wherein the conflict comprises(1) two or more incompatible surface or sub-surface work crew objects at a single or overlapping location on the oil field map, or(2) an incompatible first surface or sub-surface work crew object within a safety zone object associated with a second surface or sub-surface work crew object; and

    (c) rescheduling at least one surface or sub-surface work crew object via a domain-specific software application from which the surface or sub-surface work crew object was extracted so as to remove the conflict; and

    (d) repeating steps (b) and (c) above until all conflicts are removed for a date range of interest.

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