Wellsite equipment tracking systems and methods
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a first device at a first location, first identification information and first location information for a first module, wherein the first module is associated with a first piece of wellsite equipment, and wherein the first piece of wellsite equipment is at the first location;
receiving, at the first device at the first location, second identification information for a second module, wherein the second module is associated with a second piece of wellsite equipment, and wherein the second piece of wellsite equipment is at the first location;
determining, by the first device, a tracking event associated with the second piece of wellsite equipment, wherein the tracking event is determined based on the first identification information, the first location information, and the second identification information;
transmitting the determined tracking event from the first device to a second device that is located at a second location remote from the first location;
determining, by the second device, a utilization state associated with the second piece of wellsite equipment, wherein;
the second device determines the utilization state associated with the second piece of wellsite equipment based on the tracking event determined by and received from the first device; and
the utilization state determined by the second device is selected from the group consisting of “
awaiting maintenance,”
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performing maintenance,”
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waiting for deployment,”
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performing a job,” and
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moving between locations”
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Abstract
The present disclosure introduces methods and systems for tracking pieces of wellsite equipment. Such tracking includes receiving first identification information and first location information for a first module associated with a first piece of wellsite equipment at a first location, receiving second identification information for a second module associated with a second piece of wellsite equipment at the first location, and determining a tracking event associated with the second piece of wellsite equipment based on the first identification information, the first location information, and the second identification information. A utilization state associated with the second piece of wellsite equipment is then determined based on at least the tracking event.
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving, at a first device at a first location, first identification information and first location information for a first module, wherein the first module is associated with a first piece of wellsite equipment, and wherein the first piece of wellsite equipment is at the first location; receiving, at the first device at the first location, second identification information for a second module, wherein the second module is associated with a second piece of wellsite equipment, and wherein the second piece of wellsite equipment is at the first location; determining, by the first device, a tracking event associated with the second piece of wellsite equipment, wherein the tracking event is determined based on the first identification information, the first location information, and the second identification information; transmitting the determined tracking event from the first device to a second device that is located at a second location remote from the first location; determining, by the second device, a utilization state associated with the second piece of wellsite equipment, wherein; the second device determines the utilization state associated with the second piece of wellsite equipment based on the tracking event determined by and received from the first device; and the utilization state determined by the second device is selected from the group consisting of “
awaiting maintenance,”
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performing maintenance,”
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waiting for deployment,”
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performing a job,” and
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moving between locations”
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8. A system comprising:
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a plurality of pieces of wellsite equipment individually or collectively disposed on or integral to one or more of a plurality of mobile carriers at a wellsite, wherein the plurality of pieces of wellsite equipment include; a first mixer operable to combine a liquid and a first material to form a base fluid; a second mixer fluidly connected with the first mixer and operable to combine the base fluid and a second material to form a mixture; a plurality of pump assemblies; and a manifold fluidly connected with the second mixer and the pump assemblies and operable to distribute the mixture to the pump assemblies, wherein the pump assemblies are operable to pressurize and return the mixture to the manifold, and wherein the manifold is operable to direct the pressurized mixture towards a wellbore at the wellsite; and a control center disposed on one of the mobile carriers and operable to provide control to one or more of the pieces of wellsite equipment, wherein; each of the plurality of pieces of wellsite equipment comprises a child module comprising a child module controller operable to control the child module to transmit identification information of the corresponding piece of wellsite equipment via a wireless local network (WLN) transceiver or a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag; and the control center comprises a master module comprising a master module controller operable to control the master module to; receive the identification information via a master WLN interface or a master RFID reader; acquire location information for the master module via a global positioning system (GPS); and transmit the identification information and the location information to a server remote from the wellsite via a wireless wide area network (WWAN) transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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