Patent ID: 11934180
Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC G  E  F | IPC E  F  G

Claim 8:
9. A system of controlling a pumping sequence of a fracturing fleet performing a pumping operation on multiple wellbores at a wellsite, comprising:
a first pumping group comprising a first fluid manifold and a first plurality of pumps fluidically coupled to a blender and a first wellbore, wherein the first plurality of pumps are fluidically coupled to the first fluid manifold;
a second pumping group comprising a second fluid manifold and a second plurality of pumps fluidically coupled to the blender and a second wellbore, wherein the second plurality of pumps are fluidically coupled to the second fluid manifold;
a managing application, executing on a computer system, controlling a plurality of frac units comprising the first pumping group and the second pumping group, wherein the managing application is communicatively connected to the frac units via a plurality of unit control modules, and wherein the plurality of unit control modules are configured to control the frac units;
wherein the managing application is configured to perform the following:
loading, by a managing application executing on a computer at the wellsite, a pumping sequence;
establishing electronic communication between the managing application and a plurality of fracturing units located at the wellsite;
retrieving, by the managing application, one or more periodic datasets from at least one sensor associated with each of the plurality of fracturing units, and wherein the one or more periodic datasets are indicative of a current operation of each of the plurality of fracturing units;
starting a stage script, by the managing application, with multiple sequential instructions for a pumping stage of a pumping sequence;
controlling, by the managing application, the plurality of fracturing units in accordance with the stage script; and
receiving, by the managing application, at least one operational exception from a fracturing unit;
in response to receiving the operational exception, isolating, by the managing application, one or more fracturing units by an instrumented package via an automated exception sub-script.