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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2022
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Daniel Joshua Stark, Houston, TX (US);
Etienne Samson, McKinney, TX (US);
Adan H. Herrera, Carrollton, TX (US);
Allan Silva Freitas, Divinopolis, BR;
Dale E. Jamison, Humble, TX (US);
Adam Harold Martin, Addison, TX (US);
Alexander Simon Chretien, Houston, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A distributed control system can be used to implement failover capabilities for control units that control well equipment during a well operation. For example, a system can include first well equipment that performs a first physical task and second well equipment that performs a second physical task different from the first physical task. Additionally, the system can include a distributed control system with a first control unit coupled to the first well equipment and a second control unit coupled to the second well equipment. Both control units may include a first control module and a second control module for automatically controlling the first physical task and the second physical task, respectively. The distributed control system can detect a failure of the second control unit and initiate a failover process in which the first control unit takes over control of the second physical task by enabling the second control module.