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7382686 Drilling signalling system  
A pressure pulse generator for use in transmitting pressure signals to surface in a fluid-based drilling system having a housing having an inlet to admit drilling fluid to the interior of housing,...
7348892 Pipe mounted telemetry receiver  
Methods and apparatus for receiving a telemetry signal with a receiver that is moveably disposed within a drillstring. In certain embodiments, the system comprises a surface module coupled to the...
7336199 Inductive coupling system  
An inductive coupling system including a mandrel and an inner sleeve and outer housing that surround and rotate relative to the mandrel. The system also includes a mandrel electronics system and a...
7327634 Rotary pulser for transmitting information to the surface from a drill string down hole in a well  
A rotary pulser for transmitting information to the surface from down hole in a well by generating pressure pulses encoded to contain information. The pressure pulses travel to the surface where...
7325605 Flexible piezoelectric for downhole sensing, actuation and health monitoring  
Thin flexible piezoelectric transducers are bonded to or imbedded into oilfield tubular members or structural members. The transducers may be used to telemeter data as acoustic waves through the...
7324010 Acoustic telemetry systems and methods with surface noise cancellation  
Acoustic telemetry systems and methods with surface noise cancellation. One illustrative embodiment may include an acoustic telemetry system comprising a transmitter configured to generate an...
7319638 Hydraulic oscillator for use in a transmitter valve  
An oscillating valve driven by the pressure in a mud pulser develops a pressure variation in the mud pulse signal that is at a frequency that is different than the frequencies of the mud system....
7315256 Magnetic signalling in pipelines  
Method systems and apparatus for signalling within pipelines. The systems methods and apparatus make use of a unit locatable within a tubular piece of metallic structure for the transmission and/or...
7301473 Receiver for an acoustic telemetry system  
One embodiment includes a method comprising receiving an acoustic signal that is propagated along a drill string. The method also includes correlating the acoustic signal to a first stored acoustic...
7298287 Transmitting data through a downhole environment  
The invention is a system for transmitting data through downhole environments comprising a downhole network integrated into a downhole tool string. The downhole tool string comprises a plurality of...
7298285 Rotary downlink system  
A method for downlink communication with a downhole tool having a mud-powered downhole motor that includes receiving a sensor signal related to a rotational speed of a rotor in the mud-powered...
7274304 System for loading executable code into volatile memory in a downhole tool  
A system for loading an executable code into volatile memory in a downhole tool string component comprises a surface control unit comprising executable code. An integrated downhole network...
7265682 Joint source-channel coding for multicarrier modulation  
Methods and systems employing combined source-channel coding for multi-carrier modulation (MCM). In some embodiments, a described method comprises: estimating channel gain to noise ratio (CGNR) as...
7259688 Wireless reservoir production control  
A reservoir production control system includes a plurality of wells for producing a reservoir linked to a central computer over a downhole communication network and a surface communication network....
7257489 Quadrupole acoustic shear wave logging while drilling  
A tool generates signals indicative a shear wave slowness of the formation surrounding a borehole. The tool comprises a collar portion adapted for mounting in a drill string, a quadrupole sonic...
7257050 Through tubing real time downhole wireless gauge  
A telemetry system having: a pipe; a SCADA box acoustically coupled to the pipe; and a gauge inserted in the pipe, the gauge comprising: an acoustic wave generator; a coupler mechanically connected...
7256707 RF transmission line and drill/pipe string switching technology for down-hole telemetry  
A modulated reflectance well telemetry apparatus having an electrically conductive pipe extending from above a surface to a point below the surface inside a casing. An electrical conductor is...
7253745 Corrosion-resistant downhole transmission system  
An apparatus in accordance with the invention may include a downhole tool and a data transmission path incorporated into the downhole tool. The data transmission path may include one or more...
7252160 Electromagnetic gap sub assembly  
A compact, robust, wear resistant, and high performance electrically insulating gap sub for use with borehole EM Telemetry is disclosed. In one embodiment, the gap sub may include an externally...
7250873 Downlink pulser for mud pulse telemetry  
A mud pulse telemetry system comprises a surface located fluid supply line having a drilling fluid flowing therein. A non-venting pulser is disposed in the drilling fluid in the supply line, and...
7224289 Slickline data transmission system  
A slickline data transmission system for a high pressure oil-field well comprises inductive couplers at opposite ends of a slickline in order to establish real-time radio communication between...
7224288 Link module for a downhole drilling network  
A repeater is disclosed in one embodiment of the present invention as including a cylindrical housing, characterized by a proximal end and a distal end, and having a substantially cylindrical wall,...
7219748 Downhole signal source  
A signaling apparatus comprises a magnet and a shield moveable relative to the magnet. The shield is moveable relative to the magnet between a first position in which the magnet is relatively...
7173542 Data relay for casing mounted sensors, actuators and generators  
A casing sensor and methods for sensing using a casing sensor are disclosed. The casing sensor includes a casing shoe and a sensor coupled to the casing shoe. A casing data relay includes a...
7158446 Directional acoustic telemetry receiver  
Acoustic telemetry devices and methods that provide directional detection. In one embodiment, a disclosed acoustic telemetry device comprises at least two acoustic sensors and an electronics...
7158049 Wireless communication circuit  
The invention includes a wireless communication circuit and a method of communicating with wireless signals that feature a tank circuit having an inductor connected in parallel with a capacitor...
7154412 High-power well logging method and apparatus  
A power delivery system for a wireline tool includes two independent power transmission loops operating on a standard six-conductor cable. The two loops each connect directly to a respective...
7145834 Well bore communication pulser  
The preferred pulser is a mud powered oscillator powered by the pressure variation produced across the signal valve by the unstable action. The signal valve comprises a poppet and cooperating...
7145473 Electromagnetic borehole telemetry system incorporating a conductive borehole tubular  
An electromagnetic borehole telemetry system for transmitting information between a borehole transceiver and a surface transceiver located at or near the surface of the earth. Tubulars, such as...
7132958 Downhole telemetry system using multiple uplink modes as data channels using discrete multi-tone modulation  
A method and a downhole telemetry system a downhole telemetry system using discrete multitone modulation for transmitting a data stream over a plurality of transmission modes is provided. The...
7132904 Apparatus for reducing noise  
An apparatus for electromagnetically connecting surface equipment to a rotating downhole tool string comprises a plurality of electrical conductors, first and second differential interfaces, and at...
7126492 Electromagnetic borehole telemetry system incorporating a conductive borehole tubular  
An electromagnetic borehole telemetry system for transmitting information between a borehole transceiver and a surface transceiver located at or near the surface of the earth. Tubulars, such as...
7114561 Wireless communication using well casing  
A petroleum well having a borehole extending into a formation is provided. A piping structure is positioned within the borehole, and an induction choke is positioned around the piping structure...
7098802 Signal connection for a downhole tool string  
A signal transmission connection for a tool string used in exploration and production of natural resources, namely: oil, gas, and geothermal energy resources. The connection comprises first and...
7093680 Subsurface signal transmitting apparatus  
An insulator for a subsurface signal transmitting apparatus. The insulator includes a housing, a mandrel axially disposed inside the housing, a first insulating material disposed between the...
7084782 Drill string telemetry system and method  
A telemetry system and method for communicating information axially along a drill string comprised of a drive train supported within a housing. The system includes an axial conducting loop formed...
7075454 Power generation using batteries with reconfigurable discharge  
A petroleum well for producing petroleum products that incorporates a system adapted to provide power to a downhole device in the well. The system includes a current impedance device and a downhole...
7071837 Data transmission in pipeline systems  
Data transmission in pipeline systems A first set of apparatus is arranged for transmitting data from a point in a cased section of a well 1, 3 to a remote location. The apparatus may be used as...
7068183 Drill string incorporating an acoustic telemetry system employing one or more low frequency acoustic attenuators and an associated method of transmitting data  
A drill pipe forms an acoustic transmission channel for data to be transmitted from a downhole transceiver to a surface transceiver. By positioning a first low frequency acoustic attenuator between...
7053788 Transducer for downhole drilling components  
A robust transmission element for transmitting information between downhole tools, such as sections of drill pipe, in the presence of hostile environmental conditions, such as heat, dirt, rocks,...
7046164 Method and system for well telemetry  
Methods and systems for borehole telemetry are disclosed. In one embodiment, a borehole telemetry system includes a coiled tubing string that is located in the borehole. A receiver is coupled to...
7025130 Methods and apparatus to control downhole tools  
The present invention generally provides a downhole tool with an improved means of transmitting data to and from the tool through the use of wired pipe capable of transmitting a signal and/or power...
7019665 Polished downhole transducer having improved signal coupling  
Apparatus and methods to improve signal coupling in downhole inductive transmission elements to reduce the dispersion of magnetic energy at the tool joints and to provide consistent impedance and...
6998999 Hybrid piezoelectric and magnetostrictive actuator  
An electromechanical transducer formed by an electrical and mechanical combination of a piezoelectric device and a magnetostrictive device. The two devices are electrically coupled so that their...
6995684 Retrievable subsurface nuclear logging system  
Systems and methods utilizing an elongated sub body adapted to receive a run-in tool within its inner bore. The run-in tool including nuclear sources and sensors to provide nuclear formation...
6985086 Method and apparatus for LWD shear velocity measurement  
The logging tool of this invention includes a transmitter conveyed on a drilling collar for exciting a quadrupole signal in a borehole being drilled by a drill bit and a receiver for receiving the...
6975243 Downhole tubular with openings for signal passage  
Systems and methods for downhole communication and measurement utilizing an improved metallic tubular having an elongated body with tubular walls and a central bore adapted to receive a run-in...
6970099 Apparatus, system, and method for detecting and reimpressing electrical charge disturbances on a drill-pipe  
A signal repeater, a system utilizing one or more signal repeaters, and a method for detecting a transient disturbance in the surface charge on drill pipe, which system, apparatus and method are...
6968735 Long range data transmitter for horizontal directional drilling  
An apparatus for monitoring conditions in subterranean borehole during drilling and pullback operations in real time. The apparatus includes a drill string having a working end. A measurement...
6958704 Permanent downhole, wireless, two-way telemetry backbone using redundant repeaters  
A system and method of communicating among devices via a piping structure using at least one induction choke about the piping structure to route a time-varying current carrying communication...
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