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Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 23, 2016
Applicant:

Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Inventors:

Matias Francisco Hernandez, Stonehouse, GB;

Sandra Reyes, Katy, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/16 (2006.01); E21B 47/18 (2012.01); H04B 1/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/022 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/18 (2013.01); H04B 1/00 (2013.01); E21B 47/02208 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for automatically selecting a frequency band for transmission of a mud pulse telemetry signal includes transforming acquired transducer measurements from a time domain to a frequency domain to obtain a spectrum of measurements. The spectrum of measurements is processed to compute a total energy in band and a standard deviation of the power spectral density in band for a plurality of frequency bands. A ratio of the total energy in band to the standard deviation acquiring a plurality of transducer measurements of transmitted mud pulse telemetry pressure pulses and of the power spectral density in band is computed for at least two of the plurality of frequency bands. The frequency band having the highest computed ratio is selected and automatically downlinked to a downhole mud pulse telemetry transmitter.


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