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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2021
Helmerich & Payne Technologies, Llc, Tulsa, OK (US);
Todd W. Benson, Dallas, TX (US);
Richard Kulavik, Frisco, TX (US);
Helmerich & Payne Technologies, LLC, Tulsa, OK (US);
Abstract
A power controller may monitor a power required by each of a plurality of power loads coupled to a power distribution bus. The power loads can include a plurality of devices for oil and gas exploration or production. The devices can include a plurality of drilling rigs or equipment associated with one or more of the drilling rigs. The power controller may monitor the power supplied by each of a plurality of power sources coupled to the power distribution bus. The power sources can include power from any two or more of the following: an electric utility, an electric grid, a natural gas turbine, a battery, a solar power generator, a wind generator, and a geothermal generator. The power controller may adjust the power supplied to a first one of the plurality of power loads based at least in part on a first one of the plurality of power loads.