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Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014

Filed:

Apr. 01, 2009
Applicants:

Ingolf Wassermann, Houston, TX (US);

John D. Macpherson, Spring, TX (US);

Inventors:

Ingolf Wassermann, Houston, TX (US);

John D. Macpherson, Spring, TX (US);

Assignee:

Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/18 (2012.01); G01V 11/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 11/002 (2013.01); E21B 47/18 (2013.01); E21B 47/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for optimizing a mud-pulse telemetry system, the system including: a plurality of sensors distributed along a drill string adapted for being disposed in a borehole, each sensor configured to perform a measurement of a characteristic of at least one of mud in a column within the borehole and a mud-pulse telemetry signal propagating in the mud; and a processing unit for receiving the measurements, the processing unit comprising an algorithm to compile a data set from the measurements and to determine a parameter of the mud-pulse telemetry system using the data set to optimize the mud-pulse telemetry system. A method and a computer program product are also provided.


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