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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2006
Brian Clark, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Nobuyoshi Niina, Cheltenham, GB;
Brian Clark, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Nobuyoshi Niina, Cheltenham, GB;
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A coaxial transmission line for an electromagnetic wellbore telemetry system comprises an outer conductive pipe, an inner conductive pipe disposed coaxially inside an axial bore of the outer conductive pipe, a first electrical contact having a first contact face disposed at a first end of the inner conductive pipe, a second electrical contact having a second contact face disposed at a second end of the inner conductive pipe, wherein at least one of the first and second contact faces includes at least one slot, and an insulator disposed between the outer conductive pipe and the inner conductive pipe.