US 12,286,938 B2
Control system for regulating a gaseous fuel supply to an engine at a wellbore
Andrew Silas Clyburn, Duncan, OK (US); and Adam Lynn Marks, Duncan, OK (US)
Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/243,327.
Prior Publication US 2025/0084801 A1, Mar. 13, 2025
Int. Cl. F02D 41/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/30 (2006.01); F02D 41/22 (2006.01)
CPC F02D 41/0027 (2013.01) [F02D 41/3005 (2013.01); F02D 2041/224 (2013.01); F02D 2200/0602 (2013.01); F02D 2200/0611 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control system comprising:
an engine of an equipment configurable to perform a wellsite operation at a wellsite;
one or more sensors configurable to monitor a first fuel source and a second fuel source usable as a fuel supply for the engine;
a processing device communicatively couplable to the one or more sensors; and
a memory device that includes instructions executable by the processing device for causing the processing device to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from the one or more sensors, a fuel property measurement of the first fuel source of the engine;
identifying a predefined range associated with the fuel property measurement of the first fuel source, the predefined range corresponding to a target performance level of the engine;
determining that the fuel property measurement of the first fuel source is outside of the predefined range;
in response to determining that the fuel property measurement of the first fuel source is outside of the predefined range, determining whether to perform a mitigation operation to modify the first fuel source to be within the predefined range such that the first fuel source is providable as the fuel supply for the engine to operate at the target performance level;
based on determining to perform the mitigation operation, transmitting a communication to at least one other equipment positioned at the wellsite, wherein, in response to receiving the communication, the at least one other equipment is configurable to modify the first fuel source to be within the predefined range based on the communication; and
based on determining to forgo the mitigation operation, providing the second fuel source as the fuel supply for the engine, the second fuel source being usable by the engine to operate at the target performance level.