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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2016
Weatherford Technology Holdings, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Clark E. Robison, Tomball, TX (US);
Jeffrey John Lembcke, Cypress, TX (US);
Ross E. Moffett, Kingwood, TX (US);
Bryan A. Paulet, Spring, TX (US);
Phillip Andrew Briggs, Kingwood, TX (US);
Brent Wesley Pickens, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Benson Thomas, Pearland, TX (US);
Robert McDonald, Conroe, TX (US);
WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to apparatus and methods for counterbalancing a pumping unit. One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for operation a pumping unit. The method includes measuring an orientation of a component and one or more parameters of the pumping unit while running the pumping unit, and determining an imbalance of the pumping unit according to the measured orientation and one or more parameters.