SYSTEM FOR GATHERING AND RECORDING PRODUCTION DATA AND ALLOCATION THEREOF TO A REMOTE DATABASE

• US 20120050063A1
• Filed: 08/23/2011
• Published: 03/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Apache Corporation (APA Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Apache Corporation (APA Corp.)
• Inventors: Bahorich, Benjamin L., Bahorich, Michael S.
• Application Number:
  US13/215,343
• Publication Number:
  US 20120050063A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/853.1
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 3/34 Transmitting data to recording or processing apparatus; Recording data

Abstract

A wellbore data acquisition and communication system includes a mobile communication and computing device. the device includes at least a data input device, a geodetic position signal receiver and a data communication device. The system includes a remote database having stored thereon information related to specific wellbores. The database is configured to receive the geodetic position of the mobile device and communicate back to the mobile device at least one of previously recorded information pertaining to a specific wellbore and data input fields pertaining to the specific wellbore.

Claims

1. A wellbore data acquisition and communication system, comprising:

a mobile communication and computing device including at least a data input device, a geodetic position signal receiver and a data communication device; and

a remote database having stored thereon information related to specific wellbores, the database configured to receive the geodetic position of the mobile device and communicate back to the mobile device at least one of previously recorded information pertaining to a specific wellbore and data input fields pertaining to the specific wellbore.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the data input device includes a touch sensitive pad.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the data input device includes an optical camera.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the mobile device is configured to interpret images from the optical camera to read bar codes.

5. The system of claim 3 wherein the mobile device is configured to interpret images from the optical camera to rolling number displays.

6. The system of claim 3 wherein previously recorded information pertaining to a specific wellbore includes optical images thereof.

7. The system of claim 3 wherein the remote database includes stored information related to specific wellbores in optical form, the remote database configured to transmit a wellbore identifier to the mobile communication device based on optical images transmitted from the mobile communication device to the remote database.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the data input device includes an audio recorder.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the communication device includes at least one of a Bluetooth transceiver or an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 802.11 protocol transceiver.

10. The system of claim 9 further comprising a portable computer having at least one of a Bluetooth transceiver or an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 802.11 protocol transceiver, the portable computer configured to receive data from the mobile device and from the remote database.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein the communication device includes an Internet connectivity device.