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Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 10, 2023
Applicant:

Silverwell Technology Ltd., Cambridgeshire, GB;

Inventor:

Joel David Shaw, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/12 (2006.01); E21B 47/008 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/123 (2013.01); E21B 47/008 (2020.05);
Abstract

A well system having a wellbore that intersects a subterranean formation, a valve station in the wellbore, and a primary controller on surface that communicates with the valve station using wireless telemetry. The valve station includes a valve member that controls a flow of fluid in the wellbore, an actuator for operating the valve member, and a valve controller that provides command signals to the actuator for positioning the valve member. The primary controller sends command signals that are receivable when the telemetry is operational. The valve controller is programmed to control operation of the valve actuator and valve member when telemetry is suspended and so that the valve station operates autonomously when out of signal communication with the primary controller and until signal communication is reestablished.


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