System and Method for Remote Well Monitoring

• US 20120026002A1
• Filed: 12/07/2009
• Published: 02/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services Incorporated (Halliburton Company)
• Original Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services Incorporated (Halliburton Company)
• Inventors: Hitt, Thomas Lee, Vu, George Hoang, Chenevert, Wilbert J.
• Application Number:
  US13/260,808
• Publication Number:
  US 20120026002A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/854.6
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 47/00 Survey of boreholes or wells monitoring pressure or flow of drilling fluid E21B21/08
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 47/13 by electromagnetic energy, e.g. radio frequency

Abstract

A system for remote monitoring of a wellsite operation comprises a sensor disposed at a wellsite to measure a parameter of interest. An information handling system in data communication with the sensor acts according to programmed instructions to generate a predetermined screenshot related to the parameter of interest. A radio frequency transceiver is in data communication with the information handling system to transmit the predetermined screenshot. A personal mobile device comprises a radio frequency transceiver and a display wherein the personal mobile device receives and displays the transmitted predetermined screenshot on the personal mobile device display.

Claims

1. A system for remote monitoring of a wellsite operation comprising:

a sensor disposed at a wellsite to measure a parameter of interest;

an information handling system in data communication with the sensor, the information handling system acting according to programmed instructions to generate a predetermined screenshot related to the parameter of interest;

a radio frequency transceiver in data communication with the information handling system to transmit the predetermined screenshot; and

a personal mobile device comprising a radio frequency transceiver and a display wherein the personal mobile device receives and displays the transmitted predetermined screenshot on the display.

2. The system of claim 1 further comprising a wide area network coupling the information handling system to the radio frequency transceiver.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the wellsite operation is chosen from the group consisting of:

a drilling operation, a logging operation, a completion operation, and a production operation.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the radio frequency transceiver comprises at least one of a cellular phone transceiver, a WiFi transceiver, and a satellite phone transceiver.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the personal mobile device comprises at least one of a smartphone, a personal digital assistant, and a satellite phone.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the personal mobile device has a display resolution of at least 160×

160 pixels.

7. A method of remotely monitoring a wellsite operation comprising:

measuring a wellsite parameter of interest;

generating a predetermined screenshot related to the wellsite parameter of interest;

transmitting the predetermined screenshot via a radio frequency transceiver to a personal mobile device; and

displaying the predetermined screenshot on the personal mobile device.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising authenticating the personal mobile device before transmitting the predetermined screenshot.

9. The method of claim 7 further comprising associating at least one predetermined screenshot with a user authentication.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising displaying a selection tree on the personal mobile device for a user to interactively select from the at least one predetermined screenshot associated with the user authentication.

11. The method of claim 9 further comprising displaying interactive selections to allow a user to transmit a change in an operational parameter to the wellsite.

12. The method of claim 7 wherein the radio frequency transceiver comprises at least one of a cellular phone transceiver, a WiFi transceiver, and a satellite phone transceiver.

13. The method of claim 7 wherein the personal mobile device comprises at least one of a smartphone, a personal digital assistant, and a satellite phone.

14. The method of claim 7 wherein transmitting the predetermined screenshot via a radio frequency transceiver to a personal mobile device comprises transmitting the predetermined screenshot across a wide area network to the radio frequency transmitter.

15. A computer readable medium containing a set of instructions that when executed by an information handling system causes the information handling system to perform a method comprising:

receiving a measured wellsite parameter of interest;

generating a predetermined screenshot related to the measured wellsite parameter of interest;

authenticating a personal mobile device for access to the information handling system via a network connection;

transmitting the predetermined screenshot via the network connection to the personal mobile device.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15 further comprising associating at least one predetermined screenshot with a user authentication.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 15 further comprising transmitting a selection tree to the personal mobile device for a user to interactively select from the at least one predetermined screenshot associated with the user authentication.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 17 further comprising transmitting an interactive selection to the personal mobile device to allow a user to transmit a change in an operational parameter to the wellsite.