System and method for tracking wellsite equipment maintenance data

Abstract

A maintenance system and method are presented. The maintenance system includes a plurality of wellsite equipment located at or nearby a wellsite, and a communication interface device for monitoring data that is representative of a health status of the equipment. The system further includes a database comprising prior health status of the equipment; and a central data server in communication with the database and capable of communicating with the communication interface device for generating analysis of the equipment, wherein said analysis includes comparing the monitored data with the prior health status to prescribe if maintenance is required

1 .- 13 . (canceled) 
     
     
         14 . A maintenance system, comprising:
 wellsite equipment located at or nearby a wellsite wherein the equipment comprises equipment health status data,   a communication interface device for monitoring equipment health status data;   a database comprising prior health status of the equipment; and   a central data server in communication with the database and the communication interface device, wherein the server or device performs analysis including comparing the equipment health status data with the prior health status.   
     
     
         15 . The maintenance system of  claim 14 , further comprising a communication network at or nearby the wellsite. 
     
     
         16 . The maintenance system of  claim 14 , wherein the communication interface device is handheld. 
     
     
         17 . The maintenance system of  claim 14 , wherein the communication interface device stores the monitored data prior to transmitting said monitored data. 
     
     
         18 . The maintenance system of  claim 14 , wherein health status comprises current operation of equipment, past operation of equipment, prior maintenance operations performed or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         19 . The maintenance system of  claim 18 , wherein analysis comprises trending the health status over time. 
     
     
         20 . The maintenance system of  claim 14 , wherein the database is located away from the wellsite. 
     
     
         21 . The maintenance system of  claim 14 , wherein a user manual for performing maintenance on a component of the equipment is electronically accessible to the data acquisition device. 
     
     
         22 . A maintenance system for planning maintenance and operation of wellsite equipment units, comprising:
 a fleet of monitored wellsite equipment units distributed over a geographical area;   a communication interface device located at or nearby a wellsite where at least one of the fleet of monitored wellsite equipment units are located, wherein the communication interface device comprises hardware and software for monitoring data that is representative of a health status of the equipment;   a communication network for sending and receiving the data between the communication interface device and a central data server; and   wherein the central data server is capable of identifying if the monitored wellsite equipment units are in operation, not in operation or being maintained in order to plan maintenance and operation of the fleet of monitored wellsite equipment units.   
     
     
         23 . The maintenance system of  claim 22 , further comprising a fleet of maintenance facilities distributed over a geographical area. 
     
     
         24 . A method for tracking wellsite equipment maintenance data, comprising:
 rigging up a plurality of wellsite equipment units at or nearby a wellsite;   scanning a unique machine-readable tag of at least one of the wellsite equipment units;   collecting data into a communication interface device, wherein the data is representative of a health status of the scanned wellsite equipment unit;   transmitting the data to a central data server for generating analysis of the wellsite equipment units, wherein said analysis includes comparing the monitored data with the prior health status to prescribe if maintenance is required.   
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 24 , further comprising generating a work order based on the prescribed list of maintenance. 
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 24 , further comprising performing maintenance according to the prescribed list of maintenance.