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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2011
Applicant:
Donald W. Ross, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Donald W. Ross, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 13/02 (2006.01); G01V 3/00 (2006.01); E21B 7/12 (2006.01); E21B 29/12 (2006.01); E21B 34/04 (2006.01); E21B 41/04 (2006.01); E21B 47/12 (2012.01); G01V 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/12 (2013.01); E21B 47/124 (2013.01); G01V 1/3808 (2013.01);
Abstract
System and method for communicating the state of a downhole subsea well which includes a wellbore with at least one sensor disposed within it. Information from the wellbore is communicated to a seabed data governor which is disposed on the seafloor. The seabed data governor includes buoyant signaling devices and a release module allowing the release of the buoyant signaling devices which then travel to the sea surface.