US 11,711,675 B2
Internet of things gateway systems and methods for oil and gas fields
Jimmy Dale Stout, Sugar Land, TX (US); Jason Scott Penner, Pearland, TX (US); Colin Albert Tait, Tomball, TX (US); and Mehrzad Mahdavi, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/750,896.
Application 16/750,896 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2018/043728, filed on Jul. 25, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/536,813, filed on Jul. 25, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0157922 A1, May 21, 2020
Int. Cl. H04W 4/38 (2018.01); E21B 47/009 (2012.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); G16Y 10/00 (2020.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/38 (2018.02) [E21B 47/009 (2020.05); G16Y 10/00 (2020.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
16. A method for operating a pumping unit for a wellbore, comprising:
measuring one or more parameters of the pumping unit using a sensor attached to the pumping unit, the sensor being configured to communicate using a first communication protocol different than a second communication protocol of a data-based network;
transmitting sensor data from the sensor to an IoT gateway by using the first communication protocol, the IoT gateway being configured to communicate with a remote platform via an Internet-based network using a third communication protocol and being configured to communicate with a controller using a fourth communication protocol;
analyzing the sensor data to determine health status of the pumping unit using at least one of the IoT gateway and the remote platform;
providing maintenance and control of the pumping unit using the controller based on the determined health status; and
providing a feedback loop for the controller to provide the maintenance and control of the pumping unit using at least the sensor and the IoT gateway.