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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2022
A-t Controls, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ryan Hunnicutt, Cypress, TX (US);
Celso Siado, Houston, TX (US);
A-T Controls, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
An actuator with an embedded motherboard is provided. Firmware on the motherboard executes a kickoff mode to bring an oil well online by controlling a control valve of a gas injection line to change pressures and gas flow rates in the injection line. The kickoff mode includes four phases based on the gas flow rates and pressures associated with the gas injection line. Firmware also executes an optimization mode that optimally finds a bottom hole pressure for the oil well by decreasing and increasing the gas injection rates. The optimization mode can continuously be executed after kickoff exits to maintain optimal oil extraction and bottom hole pressures for the well. Firmware further executes a well protection mode that continuously monitors current pressures and flow rates and jumps directly to a needed phase of kickoff based thereon.