US 12,410,688 B2
Systems and techniques for power management
Todd W. Benson, Dallas, TX (US); and Richard Kulavik, Frisco, TX (US)
Assigned to Helmerich & Payne Technologies, LLC, Tulsa, OK (US)
Filed by Helmerich & Payne Technologies, LLC, Tulsa, OK (US)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/454,248.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/191,809, filed on May 21, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/144,336, filed on Feb. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/112,083, filed on Nov. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0145730 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 41/00 (2006.01); B60R 16/033 (2006.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 41/0085 (2013.01) [B60R 16/033 (2013.01); H02J 3/003 (2020.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for electrical power generation and control, the system comprising:
a controller comprising a processor;
a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory comprises a plurality of instructions executable by the processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving information regarding current electrical power requirements for a drilling rig based at least in part on oil field operations;
receiving information regarding projected electrical power requirements for the drilling rig based at least in part on the oil field operations and a historical load profile;
determining a current power generation capacity for at least two different electrical power sources comprising one or more generators, one or more batteries, a line power of a remote power plant, or one or more regenerative power units;
determining an impending load transition from a first load state to a second load state due to a change in the oil field operations;
assigning a cost to each of a plurality of ESG-environmental, social, governance (ESG) emissions components of the system; wherein a cost for each ESG component is based at least in part on a geometry and at least one tool associated with an oil field operation of the oil fields operations or of an operation of the historical load profile;
determining a minimum cost for power generation based at least in part on the cost of each of the plurality of ESG components; and
adjusting the power generation to operate with the minimum cost.