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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2017
Applicants:
Scott William Clawson, Califon, NJ (US);
Limin Song, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Yibing Zhang, Annandale, NJ (US);
Henry Alan Wolf, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Scott William Clawson, Califon, NJ (US);
Limin Song, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Yibing Zhang, Annandale, NJ (US);
Henry Alan Wolf, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/22 (2006.01); E21B 47/16 (2006.01); E21B 47/14 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/14 (2013.01); H04W 52/0216 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods of acoustically communicating acoustically within a wellbore and wells that utilize the methods are disclosed herein. The methods generally utilize an acoustic wireless network including a plurality of nodes spaced-apart along a length of a tone transmission medium. In some embodiments, the disclosure includes methods of conserving power in the acoustic wireless network.