Patent ID: 9482086
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: E21B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A system for remotely monitoring a well site, the system comprising: a monitoring station; one or more recording devices mounted on the monitoring station, the one or more recording devices including a video camera for creating a video recording of well site information; one or more motion sensors configured to be positioned near well components on the well site; a processor for: instructing the video camera to create the video recording when one of the motion sensors senses motion or according to a predetermined recording routine; and transmitting signals representative of the recording of the well site information to a remote server computer for storage and for allowing a user to view the recording on a remote monitoring computer; and a solar panel mounted on the monitoring station for providing power to the processor and the recording devices; a kill box configured to open a relay so as to shut down a well component of the well site when one of the recording devices detects a critical condition or when activated by a well operator, wherein the recording devices further include a microphone, wherein the monitoring station is a stand-alone frame comprising: three legs; three middle cross members connected between the legs; a vertical top member extending upwards from the top cross members, at least one of the recording devices being mounted to a top of the vertical cross member so as to have an optimal vantage point, and wherein the processor is configured to instruct the video camera to collect video data in any one of the following data collection modes; periodic recording, wherein the processor instructs the video camera once per predetermined cycle time to: start a recording; focus on a first point of interest; focus on a second point of interest; and stop recording; incident recording, wherein the processor instructs the video camera to focus in the direction of an incident detected by the motion sensors; and live viewing, wherein the well operator can remotely control the video camera via a computer application on the remote monitoring computer.