Patent ID: 8074720
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: E21B,G06K,G06Q,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A riser lifecycle management system for monitoring and managing a plurality of marine riser assets positionable at one or more separate floating vessels each having a floor, a well bay extending therethrough, a local shipboard communication network carried by the vessel, and a shipboard computer in communication with the local shipboard communication network and including a processor, and memory coupled to the processor to store operating instructions therein, the system comprising: a riser joint identification sensor positioned at or adjacent the well bay and operably coupled to the communication network; a plurality of riser joints deployable from the vessel to form a riser string, each riser joint including an identification indicator; and riser asset management program product stored in the memory of the shipboard computer to monitor and manage a plurality of riser assets, the riser asset management program product including instructions that when executed by the shipboard computer, cause the shipboard computer to perform the operations of: