Optimal equipment allocation
CA 2311638 A1 · Owner: Schlumberger Canada Limited · Inventors: Kenyon, Christopher M.
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A method for optimally allocating equipment to jobs at multiple geographic locations to maximize utilization of scarce and expensive resources needed for oil-well fracturing operations (90). The computer implemented method obtains fracturing problem data (91), determines variable parameters (92) and problem constraints (93) and using an algebraic modeling language builds a fracturing , problem model (94) for optimally allocating fracturing equipment to fracturing jobs at multiple geographic locations. The model is expressed as an objective function (95) and a set of problem constraints (95). An optical solution (96) is generated for the model using a solver software problem to …
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- Filed December 4, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 4, 2018.
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