MOBILE WORKFLOW ORCHESTRATION AND JOB EXECUTION FOR HYDROCARBON RECOVERY OPERATIONS

• US 20140209317A1
• Filed: 01/27/2014
• Published: 07/31/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services Incorporated (Halliburton Company)
• Original Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services Incorporated (Halliburton Company)
• Inventors: Dirksen, Ron, Sunanda, Kiran Gopala Reddy, Sun, Cili, Musgrave, Ben, Patel, Bhargav Hariprasad, Artiga, Victor Alexander, Bethancourt, William David, Avery, Marcus Leo
• Application Number:
  US14/165,184
• Publication Number:
  US 20140209317A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 166/369
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 41/00 Equipment or details not covered by groups E21B15/00 - E21B40/00
• 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: G06Q 10/0633 Workflow analysis

Abstract

An example method for mobile workflow orchestration and job execution for a hydrocarbon recovery operation may include generating a workflow corresponding to the hydrocarbon recovery operation and providing the workflow to a first information handling system located at the site of the hydrocarbon recovery operation. The workflow may also be provided to a second information handling system remote from the site of the hydrocarbon recovery operation. Information regarding the workflow may be received from the first information handling system, and the workflow at the second information handling system may be updated based, at least in part, on the information received from the first information handling system.

Claims

1. A method for mobile workflow orchestration and job execution for a hydrocarbon recovery operation, comprising:

generating a workflow corresponding to the hydrocarbon recovery operation;

providing the workflow to a first information handling system located at the site of the hydrocarbon recovery operation;

providing the workflow to a second information handling system remote from the site of the hydrocarbon recovery operation;

receiving information regarding the workflow from the first information handling system; and

updating the workflow at the second information handling system based, at least in part, on the information received from the first information handling system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the workflow corresponding to the hydrocarbon recovery operation comprises

generating a plurality of tasks to complete the hydrocarbon recovery operation;

and

generating at least one step for each of the tasks.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein receiving information regarding the workflow from the first information handling system comprises receiving an indication that a task or step has been completed.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein updating the workflow at the second information handling system based, at least in part, on the information received from the first information handling system comprises updating a status indicator corresponding to the completed task or step.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein receiving information regarding the workflow from the first information handling system further comprises receiving at the second information handling system an audit report corresponding to the completed task or step.

6. The method of claim 2, further comprising

generating an updated workflow by adding or removing at least one task or step from the workflow;

and

providing the updated workflow in the first information handling system and the second information handling system.

7. The method of claim 2, further comprising transmitting to one of the first and second information handling systems an alert based, at least in part, on the workflow.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein

generating the workflow corresponding to the hydrocarbon recovery operation comprises storing in a database data structures associated with the tasks and steps;

providing the workflow to the first information handling system comprises generating a first visual representation of the workflow in a first user interface of the first information handling system based, at least in part, on the data structures; and

providing the workflow to the second information handling system comprises generating a second visual representation of the workflow in a second user interface of the second information handling system based, at least in part, on the data structures

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising accessing at least one document corresponding to one of the tasks and steps through the first user interface, the at least one document stored in the database.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the first information handling system comprises a handheld information handling system.

11. A system for mobile workflow orchestration and job execution for a hydrocarbon recovery operation, comprising:

a database containing a workflow corresponding to the hydrocarbon recovery operation;

a first information handling system located at the site of the hydrocarbon recovery operation and communicably coupled to the database, the first information handling system containing a first set of instructions that, when executed by a first processor of the first information handling system, cause the first processor to

generate a first visual representation of the workflow in a first user interface;

receive information regarding the workflow through the first user interface; and

transmit the received information to the database; and

a second information handling system located remote from the site of the hydrocarbon recovery operation and communicably coupled to the database, the second information handling system containing a second set of instructions that, when executed by a second processor of the second information handling system, cause the second processor to

generate a second visual representation of the workflow in a second user interface; and

update the second visual representation based on the received information from the first information handling system.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the workflow comprises

a plurality of tasks to complete the hydrocarbon recovery operation;

and

at least one step for each of the tasks.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the information received regarding the workflow comprises an indication that a task or step has been completed.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the updated second visual representation in the second information handling system comprises a status indicator corresponding to the completed task or step.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the updated second visual representation in the second information handling system comprises a link to an audit report corresponding to the completed task or step.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the second set of instruction further causes the second processor to receive an alert based, at least in part, on the workflow.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein

the database comprises data structures associated with the tasks and steps;

the first visual representation is based, at least in part, on the data structures; and

the second visual representation is based, at least in part, on the data structures

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the data structures comprise documents corresponding to the associated tasks and steps.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the first set of instructions further causes the first processor to

receive at least one document selection through the first interface;

and

display the selected document.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the first information handling system comprises a handheld information handling system.