Radio frequency identification system for mineral extraction equipment

• US 9,181,793 B2
• Filed: 03/02/2012
• Issued: 11/10/2015
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Benjamin C
• Assistant Examiner(s): BURGDORF, STEPHEN R
• Application Number:
  US13/410,661
• Publication Number:
  US 20120223813A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,348 Days
• Field of Search: 166/64, 175/40, 235/175, 340/5.8, 340/10.1, 340/10.41, 340/539.13, 340/539.32, 340/572.1, 340/854.1, 340/854.2, 340/854.6, 709/217
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 mineral extraction system comprising a component; and

a radio frequency identification (RFID) module coupled to the component, wherein the RFID module comprises component data relating to the component and location data relating to a location of the component relative to the mineral extraction system, and wherein the RFID module comprises an active RFID unit and a passive RFID unit; and

an asset management system comprising an asset management tool configured to map the location of the component on a real-time image of the mineral extraction system.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the asset management tool comprises an augmented reality system configured to map the location of the 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 RFID module on the image of the mineral extraction system in real-time.

3. The system of claim 1, comprising the mineral extraction system comprising the component and another component, wherein another RFID module is coupled to the other component, the other RFID module comprises other component data relating to the other component and other location data relating to a location of the other component relative to the coordinate system.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the RFID module comprises a reference node comprising the location data originating at the RFID module, and the other RFID module comprises a blind node comprising the other location data determined with reference to the reference node.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the RFID module comprises a reference node comprising the location data originating at the RFID module, and the other RFID module comprises another reference node comprising the other location data originating at the other RFID module.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the passive RFID unit is directly coupled to the active RFID unit.

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

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the power control feature comprises a wakeup feature and a shutdown feature, and the wakeup feature is configured to power up the active RFID unit in response to a communication.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein:

the shutdown feature is configured to power down the active RFID unit in response to another communication;

the communication comprises a communication frequency; and

the other communication comprises a another communication frequency different from the communication frequency.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the power control feature is responsive to a communication frequency, and the RFID module is configured to communicate with a RFID reader and/or a plurality of different RFID modules at another communication frequency different from the communication frequency.

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

12. 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, wherein each of the RFID modules comprises an active RFID unit and a passive RFID unit; and

a data mapping system configured to map locations of the plurality of RFID modules on a real-time image of the mineral extraction system, wherein the data mapping system comprises an augmented reality system configured to map locations of the plurality of RFID modules on the real-time image of the mineral extraction system in real-time.

13. The system of claim 12, 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.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the data mapping system and/or at least one of the RFID modules comprises a global positioning system (GPS).

15. A system, comprising:

one or more radio frequency identification (RFID) modules, each 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;

an asset management tool having a data acquisition system and an augmented reality data mapping system, wherein the data acquisition system is configured to acquire the component data and the location data from the one or more 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 a real-time image of the mineral extraction system.