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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2018
Applicants:

Limin Song, West Windsor, NJ (US);

Yibing Zhang, Annandale, NJ (US);

Mark M. Disko, Glen Gardner, NJ (US);

Scott W. Clawson, Califon, NJ (US);

Badrinarayanan Velamur Asokan, Houston, TX (US);

Xiaohua Yi, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Limin Song, West Windsor, NJ (US);

Yibing Zhang, Annandale, NJ (US);

Mark M. Disko, Glen Gardner, NJ (US);

Scott W. Clawson, Califon, NJ (US);

Badrinarayanan Velamur Asokan, Houston, TX (US);

Xiaohua Yi, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/46 (2006.01); E21B 47/12 (2012.01); E21B 47/14 (2006.01); E21B 47/16 (2006.01); E21B 47/01 (2012.01); G01V 11/00 (2006.01); G01V 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/46 (2013.01); E21B 47/011 (2013.01); E21B 47/122 (2013.01); E21B 47/14 (2013.01); E21B 47/16 (2013.01); G01V 11/002 (2013.01); G01V 1/247 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system are described for communicating within a system, which may be along tubular members. The method includes constructing a communication network for a hydrocarbon system, which includes one or more wellbores accessing a subsurface region or a pipeline, and using the communication network in hydrocarbon operations, such as hydrocarbon exploration, hydrocarbon development, and/or hydrocarbon production.


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