Well lockout and automation systems and methods

Abstract

Techniques for adaptively performing an operation in a well system that include determining, using a control sub-system, an operation schedule that indicates control action steps in the operation; instructing, using the control sub-system, the well system to initiate a first control action step of the operation that transitions a first fluid valve from a first current valve state to a first target valve state; determining, using the control sub-system, whether an expedited performance parameter associated with the operation is set in the operation schedule; and in response to determining that the expedited performance parameter associated with the operation is set, instructing, using the control sub-system, the well system to initiate a second control action step of the operation that transitions a second fluid valve from a second current valve state to a second target valve state before the first fluid valve achieves the first target valve state.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of adaptively performing an operation in a well system, comprising:
 determining, using a control sub-system of the well system, an operation schedule that indicates control action steps in the operation;   instructing, using the control sub-system, the well system to initiate a first control action step of the operation from the operation schedule that transitions a first fluid valve from a first current valve state to a first target valve state;   determining, using the control sub-system, whether an expedited performance parameter associated with the operation is set in the operation schedule; and   in response to determining that the expedited performance parameter associated with the operation is set in the operation schedule, instructing, using the control sub-system, the well system to initiate a second control action step of the operation from the operation schedule that transitions a second fluid valve from a second current valve state to a second target valve state before the first fluid valve achieves the first target valve state.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , comprising, in response to determining that the expedited performance parameter associated with the operation is not set in the operation schedule:
 determining, using the control sub-system, whether the first fluid valve has achieved the first target valve state based on sensor feedback received from an equipment sensor associated with the first fluid valve before a sensor timeout elapses; and   instructing, using the control sub-system, the well system to perform the second control action step of the operation to transition the second fluid valve from the second current valve state to the second target valve state at an earlier of the sensor feedback indicating that the first fluid valve has achieved the first target valve state and the sensor timeout elapsing.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , comprising indicating, using the control sub-system, that the equipment sensor associated with the first fluid valve is potentially faulty in response to determining that the sensor timeout elapsed. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , comprising, in response to determining that the expedited performance parameter associated with the operation is set in the operation schedule, instructing, using the control sub-system, the well system to initiate a third control action step of the operation from the operation schedule that transitions a third fluid valve from a third current valve state to a third target valve state before the second fluid valve achieves the second target valve state. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , comprising:
 receiving, using the control sub-system, a request from a first operator to perform the operation in the well system;   in response to receiving the request to perform the operation, determining, using the control sub-system, whether a second operator associated with a preceding operation has confirmed completion of the preceding operation; and   blocking performance of the first control action step of the operation in response to determining that the second operator has not confirmed completion of the preceding operation.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , comprising:
 in response to determining that the second operator has confirmed completion of the preceding operation, determining, using the control sub-system, whether the first operator has re-confirmed the request to perform the operation in the well system; and   blocking performance of the first control action step of the operation in response to determining that the first operator has not re-confirmed the request to perform the operation in the well system, wherein instructing the well system to initiate the first control action step of the operation comprises instructing the well system to initiate the first control action step of the operation in response to determining that the second operator has confirmed completion of the preceding operation in the well system and the first operator has re-confirmed the request to perform the operation in the well system.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein instructing the well system to initiate the first control action step of the operation comprises instructing a power sub-system of the well system to supply pressurized actuation fluid to the first fluid valve. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein, in response to determining that the expedited performance parameter associated with the operation is set in the operation schedule, instructing the well system to initiate the second control action step of the operation from the operation schedule comprises instructing a power sub-system of the well system to concurrently supply power to the first fluid valve and the second fluid valve. 
     
     
         9 . A well system, comprising:
 first well system equipment;   second well system equipment;   a power sub-system coupled to the first well system equipment and the second well system equipment; and   a control sub-system communicatively coupled to the power sub-system, wherein the control sub-system is configured to:
 instruct the power sub-system to supply power to the first well system equipment to perform a first control action step of an operation that transitions the first well system equipment from a first current equipment state to a first target equipment state in accordance with an operation schedule; and 
 when a sequential performance parameter associated with the operation is not set in the operation schedule, instruct the power sub-system to concurrently supply power to the first well system equipment and the second well system equipment to perform, concurrent with the first control action step of the operation, a second control action step of the operation that transitions the second well system equipment from a second current equipment state to a second target equipment state. 
   
     
     
         10 . The well system of  claim 9 , wherein:
 the first well system equipment comprises a first fluid valve; and   the second well system equipment comprises a second fluid valve.   
     
     
         11 . The well system of  claim 9 , comprising an equipment sensor associated with the first well system equipment and communicatively coupled to the control sub-system, wherein the control sub-system is configured to:
 determine whether the first well system equipment has achieved the first target equipment state based at least in part on sensor feedback received from the equipment sensor; and   when the sequential performance parameter associated with the operation is set in the operation schedule, at an earlier of the sensor feedback indicating that the first well system equipment has achieved the first target equipment state and a sensor timeout elapsing:
 instruct the power sub-system to cease supplying power to the first well system equipment to complete the first control action step of the operation; and 
 subsequently instruct the power sub-system to supply power to the second well system equipment to perform the second control action step of the operation that transitions the second well system equipment from the second current equipment state to the second target equipment state after completion of the first control action step of the operation. 
   
     
     
         12 . The well system of  claim 9 , comprising third well system equipment, wherein:
 the power sub-system is coupled to the third well system equipment; and   when the sequential performance parameter associated with the operation is not set in the operation schedule, the control sub-system is configured to instruct the power sub-system to concurrently supply power to the first well system equipment, the second well system equipment, and the third well system equipment to perform, concurrent with the first control action step and the second control action step of the operation, a third control action step of the operation that transitions the third well system equipment from a third current equipment state to a third target equipment state.   
     
     
         13 . The well system of  claim 9 , wherein the power sub-system is configured to supply power as pressurized actuation fluid. 
     
     
         14 . The well system of  claim 9 , wherein the control sub-system comprises:
 a first operator device configured to enable a first operator to input a request to perform the operation in the well system;   a second operator device configured to enable a second operator to confirm completion of a preceding operation in the well system; and   a central controller communicatively coupled to the first operator device and the second operator device, wherein the central controller is configured to block performance of the operation when the second operator has not confirmed completion of the preceding operation.   
     
     
         15 . The well system of  claim 14 , wherein:
 the first operator device is configured to enable the first operator to finalize the request to perform the operation in the well system after the second operator has confirmed completion of the preceding operation in the well system; and   the central controller is configured to:
 block performance of the operation when the second operator has not finalized the request to perform the operation in the well system; and 
 instruct the power sub-system to supply power to the first well system equipment to perform the first control action step of the operation after the second operator has confirmed completion of the preceding operation in the well system and the first operator has finalized the request to perform the operation in the well system. 
   
     
     
         16 . A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media storing instructions executable by processing circuitry in a well system, wherein the instructions comprise instructions to:
 determine, using the processing circuitry, an operation schedule that indicates control action steps of an operation to be performed in the well system;   instruct, using the processing circuitry, the well system to initiate a first control action step of the operation from the operation schedule that transitions first well system equipment from a first current equipment state to a first target equipment state;   determine, using the processing circuitry, whether a sequential performance parameter associated with the operation is set in the operation schedule; and   when the sequential performance parameter associated with the operation is not set in the operation schedule, instruct, using the processing circuitry, the well system to initiate a second control action step of the operation from the operation schedule that transitions second well system equipment from a second current equipment state to a second target equipment state before the first well system equipment achieves the first target equipment state.   
     
     
         17 . The tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media of  claim 16 , wherein, when the sequential performance parameter associated with the operation is not set in the operation schedule, the instructions to instruct the well system to initiate the second control action step of the operation from the operation schedule comprise instructions to instruct a power sub-system of the well system to concurrently supply power to the first well system equipment and the second well system equipment. 
     
     
         18 . The tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media of  claim 16 , wherein the instructions comprise instructions to, when the sequential performance parameter associated with the operation is set in the operation schedule:
 determine, using the processing circuitry, whether sensor feedback received from an equipment sensor associated with the first well system equipment indicates that the first well system equipment has achieved the first target equipment state before a sensor timeout elapses; and   instruct, using the processing circuitry, the well system to initiate the second control action step of the operation from the operation schedule that transitions the second well system equipment from the second current equipment state to the second target equipment state at an earlier of the sensor feedback indicating that the first well system equipment has achieved the first target equipment state and the sensor timeout elapsing.   
     
     
         19 . The tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media of  claim 16 , wherein the instructions comprise instruction to, when the sequential performance parameter associated with the operation is not set in the operation schedule, instruct, using the processing circuitry, the well system to initiate a third control action step of the operation from the operation schedule that transitions third well system equipment from a third current equipment state to a third target equipment state before the second well system equipment achieves the second target equipment state. 
     
     
         20 . The tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media of  claim 16 , wherein the instructions to instruct the well system to initiate the first control action step of the operation comprise instructions to instruct a power sub-system of the well system to supply pressurized actuation fluid to the first well system equipment.