Granted Patent B2

US 12,632,804 · App. 18/734,301 · Granted May 19, 2026

Inventors: Shashi Menon (Houston, TX); Hemant Arora (Houston, TX); David Seabrook (London, GB); Gian-Marcio Gey (London, GB); Hans Eric Klumpen (Houston, TX); Debasish Das (Houston, TX); Federico Sporleder (Pune, IN); Jing Zhang (Houston, TX); Rajarshi Ray (London, GB); Nader Salman (Houston, TX); Stephanie Lee (Houston, TX); Colin Wier (Houston, TX); Neeraj Kamat (Pune, IN); Harshada Modak (Pune, IN)

Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation

G06Q10/063G06Q10/06315G06Q10/0633G06Q10/0637G06Q10/0639G06Q10/067G06Q50/02

Abstract

Claims (104)

1 . An enterprise system comprising:

one or more devices configured to perform one or more respective operations of an enterprise; and

a sustainability platform system configured to:

obtain a sustainability model representative of a state of operations of the enterprise;

obtain a currently implemented sustainability action plan associated with improving one or more sustainability parameters of the enterprise via one or more abatement technologies;

determine that updated regulation data associated with the one or more respective operations, the one or more abatement technologies, or both is available;

receive the updated regulation data;

determine sustainability target data based on the updated regulation data, wherein the sustainability target data comprises changes from previous sustainability target data based on the updated regulation data;

simulate an effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan on the one or more sustainability parameters over a period of time based on the updated regulation data to generate simulated sustainability parameters;

determine whether the simulated effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan is effective based on a comparison of the simulated sustainability parameters to the sustainability target data; and

in response to determining that the simulated effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan is effective, send one or more commands to the one or more devices to maintain the one or more respective operations according to the currently implemented sustainability action plan, wherein the one or more respective operations are associated with controlling a flow of hydrocarbons from a subsurface region via one or more pumpjacks, one or more submersible pumps, one or more well trees, or any combination thereof.

2 . The enterprise system of claim 1 , wherein the sustainability platform system is configured to simulate the effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan by:

determining changes to one or more workflows of the one or more abatement technologies based on changes to governmental regulations according to the updated regulation data; and

estimating the simulated sustainability parameters based on the changes to the one or more workflows of the one or more abatement technologies.

3 . The enterprise system of claim 2 , wherein the changes to the governmental regulations comprise restrictions on the one or more respective operations, stricter tolerances on emission parameters of the sustainability parameters, or both.

4 . The enterprise system of claim 1 , wherein the sustainability target data comprises one or more threshold limits of the one or more sustainability parameters, one or more ranges of the one or more sustainability parameters, or both, and wherein the one or more sustainability parameters comprise a carbon footprint of the one or more devices, a water usage of the one or more devices, a waste output of the one or more devices, a greenhouse gas emission of the one or more devices, or any combination thereof.

5 . The enterprise system of claim 1 , wherein the sustainability platform system is configured to, in response to determining that the simulated effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan is not effective:

obtain an alternate sustainability action plan; and

send one or more other commands to the one or more devices to adjust the one or more respective operations according to the alternate sustainability action plan or provide an indication to supplement or supplant the one or more devices with one or more other devices according to the alternate sustainability action plan.

6 . The enterprise system of claim 5 , wherein the sustainability platform system is configured to obtain the alternate sustainability action plan by:

identifying one or more engineering workflow systems corresponding with the sustainability model and associated with the one or more sustainability parameters;

determining, via the identified one or more engineering workflow systems, at least one implementation of the one or more abatement technologies or one or more other abatement technologies estimated to improve at least one sustainability parameter of the one or more sustainability parameters, relative to the simulated sustainability parameters, based on the updated regulation data; and

generating the alternate sustainability action plan based on the at least one implementation of the one or more abatement technologies or the one or more other abatement technologies.

7 . The enterprise system of claim 1 , wherein the sustainability platform system is configured to determine that the updated regulation data is available by:

querying one or more data sources for the updated regulation data; and

determining that the updated regulation data has changed by at least a threshold amount compared to previous regulation data.

8 . The enterprise system of claim 1 , wherein the sustainability platform system is configured to obtain the sustainability model by:

receiving enterprise data indicative of the state of operations of a portion of the enterprise associated with a geographical region, wherein the state of operations of the portion of the enterprise comprises a listing of the one or more devices and emissions data associated with the one or more devices; and

generating the sustainability model based on the enterprise data.

9 . A method comprising:

obtaining, via a computing system, a sustainability model representative of a state of operations of an enterprise;

obtaining, via the computing system, a currently implemented sustainability action plan associated with improving one or more sustainability parameters of the enterprise via one or more abatement technologies;

determining, via the computing system, that updated regulation data associated with the one or more abatement technologies is available;

receiving, via the computing system, the updated regulation data;

simulating, via the computing system, an effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan on the one or more sustainability parameters over a period of time based on the updated regulation data to generate simulated sustainability parameters, wherein simulating the effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan comprises:

determining changes to one or more workflows of the one or more abatement technologies based on changes to governmental regulations according to the updated regulation data; and

estimating the simulated sustainability parameters based on the changes to the one or more workflows of the one or more abatement technologies;

determining, via the computing system, whether the simulated effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan is effective based on a comparison of the simulated sustainability parameters to sustainability target data;

in response to determining that the simulated effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan is effective, generating, via the computing system, one or more commands to maintain one or more respective operations of one or more devices of the enterprise according to the currently implemented sustainability action plan; and

in response to determining that the simulated effect of the currently implemented sustainability action is not effective, adjusting the one or more respective operations, wherein the one or more respective operations are associated with controlling a flow of hydrocarbons from a subsurface region via one or more pumpjacks, one or more submersible pumps, one or more well trees, or any combination thereof.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the sustainability target data comprises one or more threshold limits of the one or more sustainability parameters, one or more ranges of the one or more sustainability parameters, or both, and wherein the one or more sustainability parameters comprise a carbon footprint of the one or more devices, a water usage of the one or more devices, a waste output of the one or more devices, a greenhouse gas emission of the one or more devices, or any combination thereof.

11 . The method of claim 10 , comprising determining, via the computing system, the sustainability target data based on the updated regulation data, wherein the sustainability target data comprises updated governmental regulations from previous sustainability target data based on the updated regulation data, wherein the updated governmental regulations comprise changes to restrictions on the one or more respective operations, changes to tolerances on emission parameters of the sustainability parameters, or both.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein obtaining the currently implemented sustainability action plan comprises:

identifying one or more engineering workflow systems of the computing system that correlate with the sustainability model and are associated with the one or more sustainability parameters; and

generating, via the identified one or more engineering workflow systems, the currently implemented sustainability action plan based on an estimated improvement to at least one sustainability parameter of the one or more sustainability parameters, relative to the previous sustainability target data, based on the sustainability model.

13 . The method of claim 9 , comprising, in response to determining that the simulated effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan is not effective:

obtaining, via the computing system, an alternate sustainability action plan; and

sending, via the computing system, one or more other commands to the one or more devices to adjust the one or more respective operations according to the alternate sustainability action plan or providing an indication to supplement or supplant the one or more devices with one or more other devices according to the alternate sustainability action plan.

14 . A non-transitory, machine-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

obtaining a sustainability model representative of a state of operations of an enterprise;

obtaining a currently implemented sustainability action plan associated with improving one or more sustainability parameters of the enterprise via one or more abatement technologies;

determining that updated regulation data associated with the one or more abatement technologies is available, wherein determining that the updated regulation data is available comprises:

querying one or more data sources for the updated regulation data; and

determining that the updated regulation data has changed by at least a threshold amount compared to a previous regulation data;

receiving the updated regulation data;

simulating an effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan on the one or more sustainability parameters over a period of time based on the updated regulation data to generate simulated sustainability parameters;

determining whether the simulated effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan is effective based on a comparison of the simulated sustainability parameters to sustainability target data; and

in response to determining that the simulated effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan is effective, sending one or more commands to one or more devices of the enterprise to maintain one or more respective operations of the one or more devices according to the currently implemented sustainability action plan, wherein the one or more respective operations are associated with controlling a flow of hydrocarbons from a subsurface region via one or more pumpjacks, one or more submersible pumps, one or more well trees, or any combination thereof.

15 . The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein simulating the effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan comprises:

determining changes to one or more workflows of the one or more abatement technologies based on changes to governmental regulations according to the updated regulation data, wherein the changes to the governmental regulations comprise restrictions on the one or more respective operations, stricter tolerances on emission parameters of the sustainability parameters, or both; and

estimating the simulated sustainability parameters based on the changes to the one or more workflows of the one or more abatement technologies.

16 . The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the operations comprise, in response to determining that an emission amount of the simulated sustainability parameters is greater than a threshold of the sustainability target data:

obtaining an alternate sustainability action plan; and

sending one or more other commands to the one or more devices to adjust the one or more respective operations according to the alternate sustainability action plan or providing an indication to supplement or supplant the one or more devices with one or more other devices according to the alternate sustainability action plan.

17 . The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein:

obtaining the alternate sustainability action plan comprises:

identifying one or more engineering workflow systems correlating with the sustainability model and associated with the one or more sustainability parameters;

determining, via the identified one or more engineering workflow systems, at least one implementation of the one or more abatement technologies or one or more other abatement technologies estimated to improve at least one sustainability parameter of the one or more sustainability parameters, relative to the simulated sustainability parameters, based on the updated regulation data; and

generating the alternate sustainability action plan based on the at least one implementation of the one or more abatement technologies or the one or more other abatement technologies; and

obtaining the currently implemented sustainability action plan comprises:

identifying one or more engineering workflow systems that correlate with the sustainability model and are associated with the one or more sustainability parameters; and

generating, via the identified one or more engineering workflow systems, the currently implemented sustainability action plan based on an estimated improvement to at least one sustainability parameter of the one or more sustainability parameters, relative to previous sustainability target data, based on the sustainability model.

18 . An enterprise system comprising:

one or more devices configured to perform one or more respective operations of an enterprise; and

a sustainability platform system configured to:

obtain a sustainability model representative of a state of operations of the enterprise, wherein the sustainability platform system is configured to obtain the sustainability model by:

receiving enterprise data indicative of the state of operations of a portion of the enterprise associated with a geographical region, wherein the state of operations of the portion of the enterprise comprises a listing of the one or more devices and emissions data associated with the one or more devices; and

generating the sustainability model based on the enterprise data;

obtain a currently implemented sustainability action plan associated with improving one or more sustainability parameters of the enterprise via one or more abatement technologies;

determine that updated regulation data associated with the one or more respective operations, the one or more abatement technologies, or both is available;

receive the updated regulation data;

simulate an effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan on the one or more sustainability parameters over a period of time based on the updated regulation data to generate simulated sustainability parameters;

determine whether the simulated effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan is effective based on a comparison of the simulated sustainability parameters to sustainability target data; and

in response to determining that the simulated effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan is effective, send one or more commands to the one or more devices to maintain the one or more respective operations according to the currently implemented sustainability action plan, wherein the one or more respective operations are associated with controlling a flow of hydrocarbons from a subsurface region via one or more pumpjacks, one or more submersible pumps, one or more well trees, or any combination thereof.

19 . A method comprising:

obtaining, via a computing system, a sustainability model representative of a state of operations of an enterprise;

obtaining, via the computing system, a currently implemented sustainability action plan associated with improving one or more sustainability parameters of the enterprise via one or more abatement technologies;

determining, via the computing system, that updated regulation data associated with the one or more abatement technologies is available;

receiving, via the computing system, the updated regulation data;

simulating, via the computing system, an effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan on the one or more sustainability parameters over a period of time based on the updated regulation data to generate simulated sustainability parameters;

determining, via the computing system, whether the simulated effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan is effective based on a comparison of the simulated sustainability parameters to sustainability target data, wherein the sustainability target data comprises one or more threshold limits of the one or more sustainability parameters, one or more ranges of the one or more sustainability parameters, or both, and wherein the one or more sustainability parameters comprise a carbon footprint of one or more devices, a water usage of the one or more devices, a waste output of the one or more devices, a greenhouse gas emission of the one or more devices, or any combination thereof;

in response to determining that the simulated effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan is effective, generating, via the computing system, one or more commands to maintain one or more respective operations of the one or more devices of the enterprise according to the currently implemented sustainability action plan; and

in response to determining that the simulated effect of the currently implemented sustainability action is not effective, adjusting the one or more respective operations, wherein the one or more respective operations are associated with controlling a flow of hydrocarbons from a subsurface region via one or more pumpjacks, one or more submersible pumps, one or more well trees, or any combination thereof.

20 . A non-transitory, machine-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

obtaining obtain a sustainability model representative of a state of operations of an enterprise;

obtaining a currently implemented sustainability action plan associated with improving one or more sustainability parameters of the enterprise via one or more abatement technologies;

determining that updated regulation data associated with the one or more abatement technologies is available;

receiving the updated regulation data;

simulating an effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan on the one or more sustainability parameters over a period of time based on the updated regulation data to generate simulated sustainability parameters;

determining whether the simulated effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan is effective based on a comparison of the simulated sustainability parameters to sustainability target data; and

in response to determining that the simulated effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan is effective, sending one or more commands to one or more devices of the enterprise to maintain one or more respective operations of the one or more devices according to the currently implemented sustainability action plan, wherein the one or more respective operations are associated with controlling a flow of hydrocarbons from a subsurface region via one or more pumpjacks, one or more submersible pumps, one or more well trees, or any combination thereof; and

in response to determining that an emission amount of the simulated sustainability parameters is greater than a threshold of the sustainability target data:

obtaining an alternate sustainability action plan; and

sending one or more other commands to the one or more devices to adjust the one or more respective operations according to the alternate sustainability action plan or providing an indication to supplement or supplant the one or more devices with one or more other devices according to the alternate sustainability action plan.

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