Oilfield Equipment Identification Method and Apparatus
First Claim
1. An oilfield equipment identifying apparatus for use with a drilling rig having a rig floor, a drilling device, and an equipment path through at least one of the rig floor and the drilling device, the apparatus comprising:
- a computer loaded with an oilfield equipment database;
a reader assembly in communication with the computer, the reader assembly comprising at least one surface acoustic wave RFID tag reader adjacent to at least a portion of the equipment path of a drilling rig; and
,wherein the reader remotely reads at least one unique identification code from a surface acoustic wave RFID tag associated with a piece of oilfield equipment and transmits the unique identification code to the computer.
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Abstract
An oilfield equipment identifying apparatus for use with a drilling rig. The drilling rig preferably has a rig floor, a drilling device, and an equipment path through at least one of the rig floor and the drilling device. The identifying apparatus comprises a computer and a reader assembly. The computer is loaded with an oilfield equipment database. The reader assembly is in communication with the computer, and comprises at least one surface acoustic wave RFID tag reader adjacent to at least a portion of the equipment path of a drilling rig. The reader remotely reads at least one unique identification code from a surface acoustic wave RFID tag associated with a piece of oilfield equipment and transmits the unique identification code to the computer.
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25 Claims
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1. An oilfield equipment identifying apparatus for use with a drilling rig having a rig floor, a drilling device, and an equipment path through at least one of the rig floor and the drilling device, the apparatus comprising:
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a computer loaded with an oilfield equipment database; a reader assembly in communication with the computer, the reader assembly comprising at least one surface acoustic wave RFID tag reader adjacent to at least a portion of the equipment path of a drilling rig; and
,wherein the reader remotely reads at least one unique identification code from a surface acoustic wave RFID tag associated with a piece of oilfield equipment and transmits the unique identification code to the computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of identifying oilfield equipment in use with a drilling rig having a rig floor, a drilling device, and an equipment path through at least one of the rig floor and the drilling device, the method comprising the steps of:
activating an oilfield equipment identifying apparatus operatively associated with the drilling rig, the oilfield equipment identifying apparatus comprising; a computer loaded with an oilfield equipment database; and a reader assembly in communication with the computer, the reader assembly comprising at least one surface acoustic wave RFID tag reader adjacent to at least a portion of the equipment path of a drilling rig; and wherein after activation of the oilfield equipment identifying apparatus, the at least one surface acoustic wave RFID tag reader remotely reads at least one unique identification code from a surface acoustic wave RFID tag associated with a piece of oilfield equipment and transmits the unique identification code to the computer. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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