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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2001
Harold J. Vinegar, Bellaire, TX (US);
Robert Rex Burnett, Katy, TX (US);
William Mountjoy Savage, Houston, TX (US);
Frederick Gordon Carl, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
John Michele Hirsch, Houston, TX (US);
George Leo Stegemeier, Houston, TX (US);
Ronald Marshall Bass, Houston, TX (US);
Harold J. Vinegar, Bellaire, TX (US);
Robert Rex Burnett, Katy, TX (US);
William Mountjoy Savage, Houston, TX (US);
Frederick Gordon Carl, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
John Michele Hirsch, Houston, TX (US);
George Leo Stegemeier, Houston, TX (US);
Ronald Marshall Bass, Houston, TX (US);
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for operating an electrically powered device in a packer using the piping structure of the well as an electrical conductor for providing power and/or communications. The electrically powered device may comprise an electrically controllable valve, a communications and control module, a modem, a sensor, and/or a tracer injection module.