Patent ID: 9534451
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: E21B,G01V,G06F,G06K,G06Q,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: positioning a fixed mount reader adjacent to a drill string being supported by a drilling rig, the fixed mount reader comprising an antenna supported by the drilling rig and extending proximate to a portion of a circumference of the drill string, the drill string comprising at least one piece of oilfield equipment having an identification tag mounted to the piece of oilfield equipment, the identification tag carrying information indicative of a unique identity of the piece of oilfield equipment; reading, via the antenna of the fixed mount reader, from the identification tag the information indicative of the unique identity of the piece of oilfield equipment of the drill string as the piece of oilfield equipment passes by the fixed mount reader; monitoring location in the drill string of the piece of oilfield equipment based on the information from the identification tag; and monitoring, with a drilling monitoring device, cumulative rotating usage and non-rotating usage of the piece of oilfield equipment based at least in part on the information from the identification tag, so as to provide an accurate representation of historical data of the at least one piece of oilfield equipment of the drill string.