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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2007
Thomas G. Whiteley, Houston, TX (US);
Wilson S. Wimberley, Houston, TX (US);
Bryan Lane, Houston, TX (US);
Thomas G. Whiteley, Houston, TX (US);
Wilson S. Wimberley, Houston, TX (US);
Bryan Lane, Houston, TX (US);
PPI Technology Services, LP, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for continuous asset verification using at least one radio frequency identification tag for at least one piece of well equipment comprising: writing information about the well equipment into a transportable data storage device; engaging the transportable data storage device with a controller forming a smart controller; encoding the information onto at least one radio frequency identification tag; removably attaching the radio frequency identification tag to the well equipment; transporting the well equipment with the smart controller to a site and scanning the well equipment with the smart controller during at least one predefined interval during transport; and writing the stored scanned radio frequency identification tag information from the transportable data storage device to data storage in communication with a third processor.