Oilfield system

Abstract

A method can include receiving time series data acquired during equipment operations at a plurality of natural resource sites; detecting operational events using the time series data; ranking the operational events; associating each of the operational events with a corresponding operational action; and outputting at least a portion of the ranked operational events, each with its corresponding operational action.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 receiving time series data acquired during equipment operations at a plurality of natural resource sites;   detecting operational events using the time series data;   ranking the operational events;   associating each of the operational events with a corresponding operational action; and   outputting at least a portion of the ranked operational events, each with its corresponding operational action.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the outputting comprises rendering graphics for the at least a portion of the ranked events to a graphical user interface, wherein the graphical user interface comprises graphical controls linked to the graphics that associate each of the at least a portion of the ranked events with its corresponding operational action. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the time series data comprise one or more of temperature time series data, pressure time series data, fluid flow time series data and electrical time series data. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the ranking of the operational events comprises computing an operational event score for each of the operational events. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4  wherein the time series data comprise time series natural resource production data and wherein the computing the operational event score comprises utilizing at least a portion of the time series natural resource production data. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5  wherein the equipment operations comprise pumping operations performed by pumps and wherein the time series natural resource production data comprise fluid flow time series data for a natural resource pumped from a reservoir by the pumps. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 4  wherein the equipment operations comprise pumping operations performed by pumps and wherein the time series natural resource production data comprise pressure time series data for a natural resource pumped from a reservoir by the pumps. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 4  comprising comparing at least a portion of the time series natural resource production data to model data, wherein the computing increases the operational event score for a decrease in natural resource production at one of the natural resource sites. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1  comprising classifying each of the operational events as active or completed. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1  comprising, for each of the operational events, determining one or more of a severity, a duration and a type. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1  comprising, responsive to receipt of a mode indicator, organizing the at least a portion of the ranked operational events according to the mode indicator. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11  wherein the mode indicator comprises a natural resource site mode or an equipment mode. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11  wherein the mode indicator comprises a natural resource site mode wherein the natural resource sites comprise wells in fluid communication with a common reservoir and wherein the outputting the at least a portion of the ranked operational events comprises outputting a ranked list of at least a portion of the wells that correspond to the at least a portion of the ranked operational events. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 11  wherein the mode indicator comprises an equipment mode wherein the equipment operations are performed by pumps and wherein the outputting the at least a portion of the ranked operational events comprises outputting a ranked list of at least a portion of the pumps that correspond to the at least a portion of the ranked operational events. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the plurality of natural resource sites comprise wells in fluid communication with a common reservoir and wherein detecting operational events using the time series data comprises detecting an operational event that decreases sandface pressure in a wellbore of one of the wells in relationship to reservoir pressure of the common reservoir. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the time series data comprise natural resource site identifiers, channel identifiers, timestamps and values. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 1  comprising, responsive to receipt of a selection of one of the output ranked operational events, issuing a control instruction that instructs equipment to perform its corresponding operational action. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17  comprising rendering a graphic to a graphical user interface for the selected one of the output ranked operational events, determining a control status of the selected one of the output ranked operational events, and dynamically updating the graphic responsive to the determined control status. 
     
     
         19 . A system comprising:
 a processor;   memory accessible to the processor;   processor-executable instructions stored in the memory and executable by the process to instruct the system to:
 receive time series data acquired during equipment operations at a plurality of natural resource sites; 
 detect operational events using the time series data; 
 rank the operational events; 
 associate each of the operational events with a corresponding operational action; and 
 output at least a portion of the ranked operational events, each with its corresponding operational action. 
   
     
     
         20 . One or more computer-readable storage media comprising computer-executable instructions executable to instruct a computing system to:
 receive time series data acquired during equipment operations at a plurality of natural resource sites;   detect operational events using the time series data;   rank the operational events;   associate each of the operational events with a corresponding operational action; and   output at least a portion of the ranked operational events, each with its corresponding operational action.