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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2018
Mark M. Disko, Glen Gardner, NJ (US);
Timothy I. Morrow, Humble, TX (US);
Max Deffenbaugh, Fulshear, TX (US);
Katie M. Walker, Milford, NJ (US);
Scott W. Clawson, Califon, NJ (US);
Henry Alan Wolf, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Mark M. Disko, Glen Gardner, NJ (US);
Timothy I. Morrow, Humble, TX (US);
Max Deffenbaugh, Fulshear, TX (US);
Katie M. Walker, Milford, NJ (US);
Scott W. Clawson, Califon, NJ (US);
Henry Alan Wolf, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A system for downhole telemetry is provided herein. The system employs a series of communications nodes spaced along a tubular body either above or below ground, such as in a wellbore. The nodes allow for wireless communication between one or more sensors residing at the level of a subsurface formation or along a pipeline, and a receiver at the surface. The communications nodes employ electro-acoustic transducers that provide for node-to-node communication along the tubular body at high data transmission rates. A method of transmitting data in a wellbore is also provided herein. The method uses a plurality of data transmission nodes situated along a tubular body and a specially configured network to accomplish a wireless transmission of data along the wellbore using acoustic energy.