Pre-Job Operation Valve Checks

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018245447-A1
Application number	US-201515754427-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 2, 2015
Priority date	Oct 2, 2015
Publication date	Aug 30, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

An example method of performing a valve check on a plurality of valves utilized in a wellbore servicing operation includes identifying a set of valves to be checked from the plurality of valves. The method also includes simultaneously actuating each valve in the set to transition from a first position to a second position. The method further includes for each valve in the set, recording a first response time based on the transition from the first position to the second position and determining if the first response time for the valve exceeds a first predetermined upper threshold. The method also includes presenting a display of each valve in the set and an indication whether the first response time exceeds the first predetermined upper threshold.

First claim

1 . A method of performing a valve check on a plurality of valves utilized in a wellbore servicing operation, the method comprising:
identifying a set of valves to be checked from the plurality of valves; simultaneously actuating each valve in the set to transition from a first position to a second position; for each valve in the set, recording a first response time based on the transition from the first position to the second position and determining if the first response time for the valve exceeds a first predetermined upper threshold; and presenting a display of each valve in the set and an indication whether the first response time exceeds the first predetermined upper threshold.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein presenting the display comprises displaying a visual schematic of the plurality of valves, and for each valve in the set, providing a first visual indicator when the valve response time exceeds its associated upper threshold and a second visual indicator when the valve response time is below the associated upper threshold.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the first visual indicator is the display of a valve in a first color and the second visual indicator is the display of a valve in a second color different than the first color.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the schematic is a schematic of a valve manifold and displays the valves' relative positions on the manifold.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
for each valve in the set, actuating the valve to transition from the second position back to the first position, recording a second response time based on the transition from the second position back to the first position, and determining if the second response time for the valve exceeds a second predetermined upper threshold, wherein each valve is fully closed in the first position and the respective valve is fully open in the second position, wherein actuating each respective valve comprises sending a command to an actuator associated with the respective valve to drive the valve between the two positions, and wherein presenting comprises displaying a visual schematic of the plurality of valves, and for each valve in the set, providing a first visual indicator when the first and second response times for the valve are below its associated upper thresholds and a second visual indicator when at least one of the response times for the valve exceeds the associated upper thresholds.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the first visual indicator is the display of a valve in a first color and the second visual indicator is the display of a valve in a second color different than the first color.

7 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
displaying adjacent a graphical depiction of each valve the first response time and the second response time associated with each valve.

8 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
receiving the first and second response times from the actuator.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
for each valve in the set, identifying a first predetermined lower threshold and determining if the first response time for the respective valve is below the first predetermined lower threshold; and presenting a display of each valve in the set and an indication whether the first response time exceeds the predetermined upper threshold or is below the predetermined lower threshold.

10 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
performing a wellbore pumping operation utilizing those valves within the set of valves where both response times for a valve were below the associated upper thresholds.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the wellbore pumping operations are selected from the group consisting of hydraulic fracturing, cementing, acidizing, and overbalancing.

12 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
actuating an alarm when one or more response times exceed the associated predetermined threshold.

13 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying a first predetermined lower threshold for each valve within the set; determining if the first response time for the valve is below the first predetermined lower threshold; and presenting a display of each valve in the set and an indication whether the first response time exceeds the predetermined upper threshold or is below the predetermined lower threshold.

14 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying adjacent a graphical depiction of each valve the first response time associated with each valve.

15 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the valve is fully closed in the first position and the valve is fully open in the second position.

16 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
for each valve in the set, actuating the valve to transition from the second position back to the first position, recording a second response time based on the transition from the second position back to the first position, and determining if the response time for the valve exceeds a second predetermined upper threshold.

17 . The method of claim 1 , wherein actuating each respective valve comprises sending a command to an actuator associated with the respective valve to drive the valve between the two positions.

18 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising:
receiving the first response time from the actuator.

19 . A system for performing a valve check on a plurality of valves utilized in a wellbore servicing operation, comprising:
a memory storing information about a plurality of valves in a manifold system; and one or more processors in communication with the memory and operable to cause the system to:
identify a set of valves to be checked from the plurality of valves;
simultaneously actuate each valve within the set to transition from a first position to a second position;
for each valve in the set, record a first response time based on the transition from the first position to the second position, and determine if the first response time for the valve exceeds a first predetermined upper threshold; and
present a display of each valve in the set and an indication whether the first response time exceeds the predetermined upper threshold.

20 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the one or more processors are operable to cause the system to:
display a visual schematic of the plurality of valves; and for each valve in the set, provide a first visual indicator when the valve response time exceeds its associated upper threshold and a second visual indicator when the valve response time is below the associated upper threshold.

21 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the one or more processors are operable to cause the system to:
for each valve in the set, actuate the valve to transition from the second position back to the first position, record a second response time based on the transition from the second position back to the first position, and determine if the second response time for the valve exceeds a second predetermined upper threshold, wherein each valve is fully closed in the first position and the respective valve is fully open in the second position; send a command to an actuator associated with the respective valve to drive the valve between the two positions; display a visual schematic of the plurality of valves; and for each valve in the set, provide a first visual indicator when the first and second response times for the valve are below its associated upper thresholds and a second visual indicat

Assignees

• Halliburton Energy Services Inc

Inventors

• Neal Iii Charles E
• Funkhouser James D
• Williams Derek
• Cline Gary L

Classifications

• E21B43/26

  by forming crevices or fractures · CPC title

• G01M3/2876

  for valves (G01M3/30 takes precedence) · CPC title

• E21B47/00 Primary

  Survey of boreholes or wells (monitoring pressure or flow of drilling fluid E21B21/08) · CPC title

• G06Q10/06 Primary

  Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling · CPC title

• F16K37/0041 Primary

  for measuring valve parameters (F16K37/0033 takes precedence) · CPC title