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Granted Patent B2
US 10,180,056 · App. 14/927,335 · Granted Jan 15, 2019

Systems and methods for acquiring generating watercut and bottleneck notifications at a well site

Inventors: Srikanth G. Mashetty (Houston, TX); Miguel Armando Machado (Villahermosa, MX)
Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS CENTER PTE. LTD.
E21B43/34E21B43/12
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Patent No.
US 10,180,056
App. No.
14/927,335
Granted
Jan 15, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system may include a monitoring device that may receive data associated with one or more properties of a well. The well may produce a flow of hydrocarbons. The monitoring device may receive data associated with the well and determine whether the flow of hydrocarbons includes a percentage of water greater than a threshold based on whether the data is outside a profile associated with the flow of hydrocarbons at the well over time. The monitoring device may then send an alarm notification to another device indicating an increased water cut in the flow of hydrocarbon.

Claims (23)

1. A system, comprising:

a monitoring device configured to receive data associated with one or more properties of a well configured to produce a flow of hydrocarbons, wherein the monitoring device is configured to:

determine that the flow of hydrocarbons comprises a percentage of water greater than a threshold based on the data being outside an assay profile associated with the flow of hydrocarbons at the well over time, wherein the assay profile comprises a matrix of data that indicates one or more phase properties of a hydrocarbon sample that is associated with the flow of hydrocarbons being extracted from the well under one or more pressure and temperature conditions;

send an alarm notification to another device indicating an increased water cut in the flow of hydrocarbon;

determine that the flow of hydrocarbons is associated with a productivity index greater than a second threshold based on the data being outside the assay profile associated with the flow of hydrocarbons at the well over time, wherein the productivity index is representative of a ratio of the flow of hydrocarbons to a drawdown pressure; and

send a second alarm notification to the other device indicating an increased productivity index in the flow of hydrocarbons.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring device is configured to:

determine that the flow of hydrocarbons comprises a percentage of gas volume greater than a third threshold based on the data being outside the assay profile associated with the flow of hydrocarbons at the well over time; and

send a third alarm notification to the other device indicating an increased gas volume in the flow of hydrocarbon.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the threshold corresponds to a boundary region of the assay profile.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the boundary region comprises 0-5% of the assay profile or 95-100% of the assay profile.

5. The system of claim 1 , comprising a display configured to display the alarm notification.

6. A method, comprising:

receiving, via a processor, data associated with one or more properties of a well configured to produce a flow of hydrocarbons;

determining that the flow of hydrocarbons comprises a percentage of water greater than a threshold based on the data being outside an assay profile associated with the flow of hydrocarbons at the well over time, wherein the assay profile comprises a matrix of data that indicates one or more phase properties of a hydrocarbon sample that is associated with the flow of hydrocarbons being extracted from the well under one or more pressure and temperature conditions;

sending an alarm notification to another device indicating an increased water cut in the flow of hydrocarbon;

determining that the flow of hydrocarbons is associated with a productivity index greater than a second threshold based on the data being outside the assay profile associated with the flow of hydrocarbons at the well over time, wherein the productivity index is representative of a ratio of the flow of hydrocarbons to a drawdown pressure; and

sending a second alarm notification to the other device indicating an increased productivity index in the flow of hydrocarbon.

7. The method of claim 6 , comprising:

determining that the flow of hydrocarbons comprises a percentage of gas volume greater than a third threshold based on the data being outside the assay profile associated with the flow of hydrocarbons at the well over time; and

sending a third alarm notification to the other device indicating an increased gas volume in the flow of hydrocarbon.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the threshold corresponds to a boundary region of the assay profile.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the boundary region comprises 0-5% of the assay profile or 95-100% of the assay profile.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 28, 2026
From: SENSIA NETHERLANDS B.V.
To: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 074791/0151 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 26, 2019
From: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS CENTER PTE. LTD.
To: SENSIA NETHERLANDS B.V.
Reel/Frame 051370/0400 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 11, 2015
From: MASHETTY, SRIKANTH G.; MACHADO, MIGUEL ARMANDO
To: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS CENTER PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 037016/0868 →
Continuity (1)
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