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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:
Dec. 21, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 19, 2017
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

David Joe Steele, Arlington, TX (US);

Oivind Godager, Sandefjord, NO;

Xiaoguang Allan Zhong, Plano, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.01); E21B 47/13 (2012.01); E21B 23/12 (2006.01); H02J 50/50 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/13 (2020.05); E21B 23/12 (2020.05); E21B 41/0035 (2013.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.02); H02J 50/50 (2016.02);
Abstract

A unitary multilateral junction for deployment in a wellbore, wherein the multilateral junction permits electrical power and communications signals to be established in both a lateral wellbore and a main wellbore utilizing capacitive coupling and a cavity resonator. The unitary junction assembly generally includes a conduit with a first upper aperture, a first lower aperture and a second lower aperture where the first lower aperture is defined at the distal end of a primary passageway extending from a conduit junction and a second lower aperture defined at the distal end of a lateral passageway extending from the conduit junction. A lower wireless energy transfer mechanism in the form of a capacitive coupler is positioned along at least one of the passageways between the distal end of the passageway and the junction. A cavity resonator is adjacent the capacitive coupler to enhance the electric field signal of the capacitive coupler.


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