Monitoring health of additive systems

Abstract

A monitoring system operable to monitor an oilfield additive system having multiple components. The oilfield additive system is operable to transfer an additive-containing substance for injection into a wellbore. The monitoring system includes sensors each associated with, and operable to generate information related to an operational parameter of, a corresponding one of the oilfield additive system components. The monitoring system also includes a monitoring device in communication with the sensors and operable to record the information generated by the sensors to generate a database. The database includes information indicative of maintenance aspects of the oil-field additive system and/or the oilfield additive system components.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of and priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 62 / 032,158, entitled “Prognosis and Health Management (PHM) Implementation on Additive Systems,” filed on Aug. 1, 2014, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE[0002]In oilfield operations, additive systems are utilized at wellsites to blend and / or inject additives or other material into a wellbore. Such operations may include drilling, cementing, acidizing, water jet cutting, and hydraulic fracturing of subterranean formations. In some additive systems, several pumps or other material transfer devices may be connected in parallel and / or in series to transfer the material from a storage container into the wellbore. Additive systems further include valves, actuators, flow meters, and / or mixing devices that facilitate the transfer and combining of the materials, while in solid and / or liquid fo...

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Benefits of technology

[0005]The present disclosure introduces an apparatus that includes a monitoring system that monitors an oilfield additive system. The oilfield additive system transfers an additive-containing substance for injection into a wellbore, and includes multiple components each associated with a corresponding operational parameter. The monitoring system includes sensors and a monitoring device. Each sensor is associated with, and generates information related to the operational parameter of, a corresponding one of the oilfield additive system components. The monitoring device is in communication with each of the sensors, and records the information generated by the sensors to generate a database indicative of a maintenance aspect of the oilfield additive system and/or one or more of the oilfield additive system components.

[0006]The present disclosure also introduces a method that includes transferring an additive-containing substance for injection into a wellbore with an oilfield additive system. The oilfield additive system includes components each associated with a corresponding operational parameter. The method also includes generating informati...

Problems solved by technology

Due to high frequency of use, high pressures, and abrasive properties of certain materials, portions of the additive systems may wear out and fail.

Such failures result i...

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