Radio Frequency Identification System for Mineral Extraction Equipment

• US 20120223813A1
• Filed: 03/02/2012
• Published: 09/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation (Schlumberger NV)
• Original Assignee: Cameron International Corporation (Schlumberger NV)
• Inventors: Baxter, Daniel B., Scalzo, John D., Ram, Jonatan, Sitar, Adam, Das, Ritabrata
• Granted Patent: US 9,181,793 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.1
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 44/00 Automatic control systems specially adapted for drilling operations, i.e. self-operating systems which function to carry out or modify a drilling operation without intervention of a human operator, e.g. computer-controlled drilling systems; Systems specially adapted for monitoring a plurality of drilling variables or conditions
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 47/09 Locating or determining the position of objects in boreholes or wells , e.g. the position of an extending arm; Identifying the free or blocked portions of pipes
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 47/13 by electromagnetic energy, e.g. radio frequency
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 11/002 Details, e.g. power supply systems for logging instruments, transmitting or recording data, specially adapted for well logging, also if the prospecting method is irrelevant means for transmitting well survey signals E21B47/12; signal transmission systems in general G08C; transmission in general H04B
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 15/00 Tags attached to, or associated with, an object, in order to enable detection of the object record carriers for use with machines having a detectable tag or marker G06K19/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0833 Tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/02 Agriculture; Fishing; Forestry; Mining
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/77 for interrogation

Abstract

A system including, a first component of a mineral extraction system, and a first radio frequency identification (RFID) module coupled to the first component, wherein the first RFID module comprises first component data relating to the first component, and first location data relating to a first location of the first component.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a first component of a mineral extraction system; and

a first radio frequency identification (RFID) module coupled to the first component, wherein the first RFID module comprises first component data relating to the first component, and first location data relating to a first location of the first component.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first location data relates to the first location of the first component relative to a coordinate system encompassing the mineral extraction system.

3. The system of claim 2, comprising an asset management system having the first RFID module and an asset management tool, wherein the asset management tool is configured to map the first location of the first RFID module on an image.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the asset management tool comprises an augmented reality system configured to map the first location of the first RFID module on the image of the mineral extraction system in real-time, and augmented reality system is configured to overlay information relating to the first RFID module on the image of the mineral extraction system in real-time.

5. The system of claim 2, comprising the mineral extraction system having the first component and a second component, wherein a second RFID module is coupled to the second component, the second RFID module comprises second component data relating to the second component, and the second RFID module comprises second location data relating to a second location of the second component relative to the coordinate system.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the first RFID module is a first reference node having the first location data originating at the first RFID module, and the second RFID module is a first blind node having the second location data determined with reference to the first reference node.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the first RFID module is a first reference node having the first location data originating at the first RFID module, and the second RFID module is a second reference node having the second location data originating at the second RFID module.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the first RFID module comprises a first active RFID unit and a first passive RFID unit.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the first passive RFID unit is directly coupled to the first active RFID unit.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the first RFID module comprises a first active RFID unit having a first battery and a first power control feature, wherein the first power control feature is configured to conserve energy in the first battery.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the first power control feature comprises a first wakeup feature and a first shutdown feature, and the first wakeup feature is configured to power up the first active RFID unit in response to a first communication.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the first shutdown feature is configured to power down the first active RFID unit in response to a second communication, the first communication comprises a first communication frequency, and the second communication comprises a second communication frequency different from the first communication frequency.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the first power control feature is responsive to a first communication frequency, and the first RFID module is configured to communicate with a RFID reader and/or a plurality of different RFID modules at a second communication frequency different from the first communication frequency.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the first RFID module comprises a first global positioning system (GPS) feature configured to generate the first location data relating to the first location of the first component.

15. A system, comprising:

an asset management tool, comprising;

a data acquisition system configured to acquire component data and location data from a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) modules disposed on components of a mineral extraction system; and

a data mapping system configured to map locations of the plurality of RFID modules on an image of the mineral extraction system.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the data acquisition system comprises at least one RFID reader configured to simultaneously communicate with the plurality of RFID modules to acquire the component data and the location data.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the data mapping system and/or at least one of the RFID modules comprises a global positioning system (GPS).

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the asset management tool comprises an augmented reality system configured to map locations of the plurality of RFID modules on the image of the mineral extraction system in real-time.

19. A system, comprising:

a radio frequency identification (RFID) module, comprising;

an active RFID unit;

a passive RFID unit; and

a memory comprising component data and location data relating to a component of a mineral extraction system.

20. The system of claim 19, comprising an asset management tool having a data acquisition system and a data mapping system, wherein the data acquisition system is configured to acquire the component data and the location data from a plurality of RFID modules disposed on components of the mineral extraction system, and the data mapping system is configured to map locations of the plurality of RFID modules on an image of the mineral extraction system.