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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
May. 28, 2010
Brian Clark, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Thomas H. Zimmerman, Houston, TX (US);
Kuo-chiang Chen, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Emmanuel Rioufol, Houston, TX (US);
John Algeroy, Houston, TX (US);
Patrick Mckinley, Missouri City, TX (US);
Brian Clark, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Thomas H. Zimmerman, Houston, TX (US);
Kuo-Chiang Chen, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Emmanuel Rioufol, Houston, TX (US);
John Algeroy, Houston, TX (US);
Patrick McKinley, Missouri City, TX (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A technique enables wireless communication of signals in a well. The technique is employed for communication of power signals and/or data signals between a mother wellbore and at least one lateral wellbore. A first wireless device is positioned in a mother wellbore proximate a lateral wellbore, and a second wireless device is positioned in the lateral wellbore. The power and/or data signal is transferred wirelessly between the first and second wireless devices via magnetic fields. A plurality of the first and second wireless devices may be employed in cooperating pairs to enable communication between the mother wellbore and a plurality of lateral wellbores.