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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2012
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Ian Mitchell, Spring, TX (US);
Malcolm Upshall, Calgary, CA;
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
According to aspects of the present disclosure, a magnetic ranging system is described herein. The magnetic ranging system may comprise a downhole apparatus tool () that is sized to couple to a drill string (). The downhole apparatus () may be included, for example, near-bit within the bottom assembly (BHA). A transmitter () and a receiver () may be coupled to the downhole apparatus (). The system may also comprise a power management system () coupled to the downhole apparatus (). In certain embodiments, the power management system () may selectively provide power to the transmitter () from a first power source () or a second power source () based, at least in part, on an estimated distance to a target well.