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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2006
Remi Hutin, New Ulm, TX (US);
David Santoso, Klanagawa, JP;
Lise Hvatum, Katy, TX (US);
Christopher P. Reed, West University Place, TX (US);
Raghu Madhavan, Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Jean-marc Follini, Houston, TX (US);
Remi Hutin, New Ulm, TX (US);
David Santoso, Klanagawa, JP;
Lise Hvatum, Katy, TX (US);
Christopher P. Reed, West University Place, TX (US);
Raghu Madhavan, Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Jean-Marc Follini, Houston, TX (US);
INTELLISERV, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system for use in a drilling operation that includes uphole electronic equipment and a drill string suspended in an earth borehole, a section of wired drill pipe that is part of a communication link between a downhole tool and the uphole electronic equipment, an interface for communicating between the section of wired drill pipe and a communication source/destination. The system includes a housing having a generally cylindrical outer shape which has a passage there through. The housing has a WDP end connectable to the section of wired drill pipe and a further end connectable to the communication source/destination. The system also includes a WDP circuit module disposed within the housing. The WDP circuit module electrically coupleable with the wired drill pipe section. The system includes a further circuit module, disposed within the housing, which is electrically coupled with the WDP circuit module and electrically coupleable with the communication source/destination.