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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2020
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Joni Polili Lie, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Li Gao, Katy, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system is disclosed for optimizing mud-pulse communications in a wellbore. The system may include a mud pulser positionable in the wellbore and a surface detection system. The mud pulser can transmit a sequence of waveforms having various data rates to the surface detection system for synchronizing the mud pulser with the surface detection system. The surface detection system may receive the sequence of waveforms from the mud pulser and may determine one or more waveforms of the sequence of waveforms having amplitudes exceeding a predefined threshold. The surface detection system may then determine which of the one or more waveforms has a fastest data rate, and select the fastest data rate for use in subsequent communications with the mud pulser.