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Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 10, 2012
Applicants:

Mark A. Sitka, Richmond, TX (US);

Kristopher Sherrill, Humble, TX (US);

Daniel Winslow, Spring, TX (US);

Inventors:

Mark A. Sitka, Richmond, TX (US);

Kristopher Sherrill, Humble, TX (US);

Daniel Winslow, Spring, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01); G01V 11/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/06 (2012.01); E21B 47/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 11/002 (2013.01); E21B 47/06 (2013.01); E21B 47/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A mud pulse telemetry tool is used in a drill string that has a drilling fluid flowing inside. The mud pulse telemetry tool may include a pulser disposed in the drill string and a drive system for driving the pulser. The pulser may include a non-rotating mud pulse stator and a mud pulse rotor disposed proximate to the stator. The drive system may include a turbine stator, a turbine rotor, and a rotatable inertial member magnetically coupled to the turbine rotor. The inertial member may be operatively connected at a first end to the mud pulse rotor. In the mud pulse telemetry tool, rotational energy may be transmitted from the turbine rotor to the rotatable inertial member by a magnetic coupling. The rotatable inertial member may be operatively connected to a supplemental motor that is adapted to supplement rotational energy imparted to the rotatable inertial member by the drive system.


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