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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
May. 08, 2012
Applicants:
Paul A. Cooper, Houston, TX (US);
Kevin R. Kapka, Whitehouse, TX (US);
Inventors:
Paul A. Cooper, Houston, TX (US);
Kevin R. Kapka, Whitehouse, TX (US);
Assignee:
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01); G01V 1/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/14 (2006.01); G01V 1/40 (2006.01); E21B 47/16 (2006.01); E21B 47/18 (2012.01); G01V 5/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 5/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Gamma pulse telemetry. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: reading data associated with a borehole penetrating an earth formation; encoding the data in a first plurality of gamma bursts, the encoding by an encoding system coupled within the drill string, and where the each gamma burst travels a first distance along the borehole; receiving the first plurality of gamma bursts by a receiver system coupled within the drill string; and decoding the first plurality of gamma bursts and thereby recovering the data.