Patent ID: 11920438
Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC E  G | IPC E  G

Claim 7:
8. A system, comprising:
a sensor device;
a plurality of electric power generators; rig equipment;
a drilling management network coupled to the sensor device, the plurality of electric power generators, the rig equipment, and a drilling rig, the drilling management network comprising a plurality of network elements; and
a power manager coupled to the drilling management network, wherein the power manager comprises a computer processor and is configured to:
obtain, from a digital drilling program, a drilling operation sequence indicating a predetermined order of scheduled events of the drilling rig;
determine a projected electric power consumption of the rig equipment based on the drilling operation sequence;
determine a power management sequence that matches an electric power capacity of the drilling rig to an electric power consumption of the rig equipment, wherein determining the power management sequence comprises determining to change a number of online electric power generators to match the projected electric power consumption of the rig equipment;
execute the power management sequence to the rig equipment and the plurality of electric power generators; and
adjust, in real-time, the power management sequence of the rig equipment in response to a change in the electric power capacity of the drilling rig or a change in the electric power consumption of the rig equipment, wherein adjusting the power management sequence of the rig equipment comprises adjusting the drilling operation sequence of the drilling rig based on the change in the electric power consumption of the rig equipment or the change in the electric power capacity of the drilling rig, and wherein adjusting the power management sequence of the rig equipment further comprises allocating available electric power capacity to particular rig equipment in order of a priority of the rig equipment.