IDENTIFYING AND DETERMINING WEAR OF A COMPONENT USED IN A WELL OPERATION

• US 20170321532A1
• Filed: 05/09/2016
• Published: 11/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated (Baker Hughes Company)
• Original Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated (Baker Hughes Company)
• Inventors: Burnette, Blake C.
• Application Number:
  US15/149,946
• Publication Number:
  US 20170321532A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 12/02 Wear indicators
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 17/006 Accessories for drilling pipes, e.g. cleaners wear protectors E21B17/10; handling drilling pipes E21B19/00; thread protectors B65D59/00
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 47/10 Locating fluid leaks, intrusions or movements
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 1/74 Devices for measuring flow of a fluid or flow of a fluent solid material in suspension in another fluid
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 3/00 Measuring the volume flow of fluids or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through the meter in successive and more or less isolated quantities, the meter being driven by the flow measuring a proportion of the volume flow G01F5/00

Abstract

Examples of techniques identifying and determining wear of a component used in a well operation are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a method may include: identifying the component from a plurality of components, wherein an identifier is connected to the component, the identifier comprising a unique identifier to identify the component from the plurality of components; measuring a volume of sand passing through the component over a period of time; measuring a volume of fluid passing through the component over the period of time; and determining, by the processing system, a failure risk level for the component based at least in part on the volume of sand passing through the component over the period of time and based at least in part on the volume of fluid passing through the component over the period of time.

Claims

1. A method for identifying and determining wear of a component used in a well operation, the method comprising:

identifying, by a processing system, the component from a plurality of components, wherein an identifier is connected to the component, the identifier comprising a unique identifier to identify the component from the plurality of components;

measuring, by a density sensor in fluid communication with the component used in the well operation, a volume of sand passing through the component over a period of time;

measuring, by a flow sensor in fluid communication with the component used in the well operation, a volume of fluid passing through the component over the period of time; and

determining, by the processing system, a failure risk level for the component based at least in part on the volume of sand passing through the component over the period of time and based at least in part on the volume of fluid passing through the component over the period of time.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifier is a barcode, and wherein identifying the component comprises scanning the barcode to receive the unique identifier of the component.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifier is a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, and wherein identifying the component comprises reading the RFID tag to receive the unique identifier of the component.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifier is a microcontroller comprising an input/output connection connected to the processing system, and identifying the component comprises the microprocessor sending the unique identifier to the processing system.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the volume of sand flowing through the component over the period of time in a database; and

storing the volume of fluid flowing through the component over the period of time in the database,

wherein determining the failure risk level further comprises accessing the database to retrieve the stored volume of sand flowing through the component over the period of time and the stored volume of fluid flowing through the component over the period of time.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

reporting, by the processing system, the failure risk level for the component by transmitting the identifier associated with the component and the failure risk level to a user device.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

removing the component from the well operation when the failure risk level exceeds a first threshold.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

halting the well operation when the failure risk level exceeds a second threshold.

9. A system for identifying and determining wear of a component used in a well operation, the system comprising:

a memory having computer readable instructions; and

a processing device for executing the computer readable instructions, the computer readable instructions comprising;

identifying the component from a plurality of components, wherein an identifier is connected to the component, the identifier comprising a unique identifier to identify the component from the plurality of components;

measuring a density of a fluid flowing through the component over a period of time; and

determining, by the processing system, a failure risk level for the component based at least in part on density of the fluid flowing through the component over the period of time.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein measuring the density of the fluid flowing through the component over the period of time is performed by a density sensor in fluid communication with the component.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the instructions further comprise:

halting the well operation when the failure risk level exceeds a second threshold.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the instructions further comprise:

reporting, by the processing system, the failure risk level for the component by transmitting the identifier associated with the component and the failure risk level to a user device.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the identifier is a barcode, and wherein identifying the component comprises scanning the barcode to receive the unique identifier of the component.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the identifier is a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, and wherein identifying the component comprises reading the RFID tag to receive the unique identifier of the component.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the identifier is a microcontroller comprising an input/output connection connected to the processing system, and identifying the component comprises the microprocessor sending the unique identifier to the processing system.