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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2003
Brian Clark, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Nicolas Pacault, Houston, TX (US);
Bruce W. Boyle, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Brian Clark, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Nicolas Pacault, Houston, TX (US);
Bruce W. Boyle, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A wired drill pipe telemetry system includes a surface computer; and a drill string telemetry link comprising a plurality of wired drill pipes each having a telemetry section, at least one of the plurality of wired drill pipes having a diagnostic module electrically coupling the telemetry section and wherein the diagnostic module includes a line interface adapted to interface with a wired drill pipe telemetry section; a transceiver adapted to communicate signals between the wired drill pipe telemetry section and the diagnostic module; and a controller operatively connected with the transceiver and adapted to control the transceiver.