Patent ID: 6578634
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
A method of monitoring pumping operations at a well site, wherein the well site includes a well with a string of tubing within a string of casing to define an annulus therebetween, the method comprising:driving a vehicle to the well site, wherein the vehicle includes a tank, a pump, and an engine adapted to propel the vehicle; determining a well site identifier of the well site; pumping a fluid from the tank; sensing a variable associated with the fluid; determining a time of day that the fluid is being pumped; storing on an electrical data storage device a first digital value representative of the well site identifier, a second digital value representative of the variable associated with the fluid, and a third digital value representative of the time of day that the fluid was being pumped, thereby creating a stored data record; and communicating the stored data record to a remote location relative to the well site.