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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2004
David R. Hall, Provo, UT (US);
David S. Pixton, Lehl, UT (US);
Monte L. Johnson, Orem, UT (US);
David B. Bartholomew, Springville, UT (US);
Joe Fox, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
David R. Hall, Provo, UT (US);
David S. Pixton, Lehl, UT (US);
Monte L. Johnson, Orem, UT (US);
David B. Bartholomew, Springville, UT (US);
Joe Fox, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
IntelliServ, Inc., Provo, UT (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for use in assessing down-hole drilling conditions are disclosed. The apparatus includes a drill string, a plurality of sensors, a computing device, and a down-hole network. The sensors are distributed along the length of the drill string and are capable of sensing localized down-hole conditions while drilling. The computing device is coupled to at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors. The data is transmitted from the sensors to the computing device over the down-hole network. The computing device analyzes data output by the sensors and representative of the sensed localized conditions to assess the down-hole drilling conditions. The method includes sensing localized drilling conditions at a plurality of points distributed along the length of a drill string during drilling operations; transmitting data representative of the sensed localized conditions to a predetermined location; and analyzing the transmitted data to assess the down-hole drilling conditions.