CUMULATIVE FLUID FLOW THROUGH OILFIELD IRON ENABLED BY RFID

• US 20160202388A1
• Filed: 09/18/2013
• Published: 07/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services Incorporated (Halliburton Company)
• Original Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services Incorporated (Halliburton Company)
• Inventors: Malone, Michael E., Frost, Keith A., Herndon, Lawrence A.
• Application Number:
  US14/912,151
• Publication Number:
  US 20160202388A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 47/006 Detection of corrosion or deposition of substances
• CPC Class Codes: F17D 3/18 for measuring the quantity of conveyed product measuring volume or volume flow, in general G01F
• CPC Class Codes: F17D 5/02 Preventing, monitoring, or locating loss
• 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

Abstract

Systems and methods for tracking use and status of “discharge manifold equipment (DME)” are disclosed comprising associating a unique identifier to at least one DME, associating a pumping unit identifier to a pumping unit, pumping fluid through the DME, sending the unique identifier associated with the at least one DME and job information associated with the pumping unit to a central database. The central database may compute corrosion and erosion calculations associated with the at least one DME and send the calculations, job information, and/or installation information to a remote device.

Claims

1. A system for tracking the use of DME, comprising:

an at least one DME;

an at least one identifier tag storing a unique identifier, the identifier tag being attached to the at least one DME;

a reader capable of reading the at least one identifier tag and receiving the unique identifier associated with the identifier tag; and

a central database configured to receive and store an identifier tag information from the reader.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the central database is further configured to receive and store at least one type of information from the reader selected from the group consisting of:

installation status, installation status date, inspection status, location, and manifold identification.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a pumping unit configured to pump fluid through the at least one DME;

a pumping unit identifier tag storing a pumping unit identifier, the pumping unit identifier tag being attached to the pumping unit,

wherein the reader is configured to read the pumping unit identifier tag and receiving the pumping unit identifier associated with the pumping unit identifier tag.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the central database is further configured to receive and store at least one type of job information selected from the group consisting of:

manifold identification, job start date and time, job end date and time, and pumped fluid type, pressure, amount, and flow rate.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the central database is configured to compute corrosion and erosion calculations associated with the at least one DME.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the central database is configured to send job information to a remote device.

7. A method of tracking the use of DME, comprising:

providing a DME;

associating a unique identifier with the DME;

reading the unique identifier with an identifier tag reader;

sending the unique identifier to a central database; and

storing the unique identifier in the central database.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

providing a pumping unit configured to pump fluid through the DME;

associating a pumping unit identifier with the pumping unit;

reading the pumping unit identifier with the identifier tag reader; and

sending the pumping unit identifier and pumping unit job information to the central database.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising pumping fluid through the DME.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising storing in the central database at least one type of information associated with the pumping unit selected from the group consisting of:

manifold identification, job start date and time, job end date and time, and pumped fluid type, pressure, amount, and flow rate.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising computing corrosion and erosion calculations associated with the DME and sending corrosion and erosion calculations to a remote device.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising storing in the central database at least one type of information associated with the DME selected from the group consisting of:

installation status, installation status date, inspection status, location, and manifold identification.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising sending installation status information to the central database.

14. The method of claim 7, further comprising sending DME information from the central database to a remote device.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising sending job information from the central database to a remote device.

16. A system for tracking the use of DME, comprising:

a DME;

an unique identifier associated with the DME;

a reader capable of reading the unique identifier;

a pumping unit configured to pump fluid through the DME;

a pumping unit identifier associated with the pumping unit; and

a central database configured to receive and store the unique identifier from the reader and the pumping unit identifier.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the central database is further configured to receive and store at least one type of job information selected from the group consisting of:

manifold identification, job start date and time, job end date and time, and pumped fluid type, pressure, amount, and flow rate.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the central database is further configured to receive and store at least one type of DME information from the reader selected from the group consisting of:

installation status, installation status date, inspection status, location, and manifold identification.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the central database is configured to compute corrosion and erosion calculations associated with the DME.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the central database is configured to send the job information to a remote device.