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Automation of energy industry processes using stored standard best practices procedures

US10287855B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 28, 2015
Grant dateMay 14, 2019
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Expiry dateJun 8, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05B13/021
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An embodiment of a method of performing an energy industry operation includes storing one or more sets of instructions at a storage location accessible by a controller configured to control aspects of an energy industry operation, the one or more sets of instructions retrieved from a library of sets of instructions, each set of instructions prescribing a standard procedure for performing a process forming part of the energy industry operation, the standard procedure based on best operating practices developed from previously performed operations independent of the process to be performed. The method also includes deploying a carrier in a borehole in an earth formation and performing an energy industry operation, monitoring the operation and, in response to detecting a condition associated with the process, automatically retrieving the set of instructions corresponding to the process, and automatically performing the process by the controller according to the retrieved set of instructions.

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