Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

MARGINAL EXPENSE OIL WELL WIRELESS SURVEILLANCE MEOWS

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/838722· OSTI ID:838722

A marginal expense oil well wireless surveillance system to monitor system performance and production from rod-pumped wells in real time from wells operated by Vaquero Energy in the Edison Field, Main Area of Kern County in California has been successfully designed and field tested. The surveillance system includes a proprietary flow sensor, a programmable transmitting unit, a base receiver and receiving antenna, and a base station computer equipped with software to interpret the data. First, the system design is presented. Second, field data obtained from three wells is shown. Results of the study show that an effective, cost competitive, real-time wireless surveillance system can be introduced to oil fields across the United States and the world.

Research Organization:
Vaquero Energy (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
(US)
DOE Contract Number:
FG26-02NT15293
OSTI ID:
838722
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

Marginal Expense Oil Well Wireless Surveillance (MEOWWS)
Technical Report · Sun Mar 10 23:00:00 EST 2002 · OSTI ID:792489

Lunar Wireless Power Transfer Feasibility Study
Technical Report · Fri Feb 29 23:00:00 EST 2008 · OSTI ID:934452

Management: Global positioning and wireless dispatching
Journal Article · Wed Jan 31 23:00:00 EST 1996 · Fueloil and Oil Heat with Air Conditioning · OSTI ID:244091