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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2014
Edward T. Wood, Kingwood, TX (US);
Aubrey C. Mills, Magnolia, TX (US);
Edward T. Wood, Kingwood, TX (US);
Aubrey C. Mills, Magnolia, TX (US);
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A downhole communication and control system configured for use in a non-sequential order of treating a borehole, the system includes a string having at least three ports including first, second, and third longitudinally spaced ports arranged sequentially in a downhole to uphole manner in the string; at least three frac sleeve systems including first, second, and third frac sleeve systems arranged sequentially in a downhole to uphole manner in the string and arranged to open and close the first, second, and third ports, respectively, each frac sleeve system having self-powered, electronically triggered first and second sleeves; and, communication signals to trigger the first, second, and third frac sleeve systems into moving the first and second sleeves to open and close the ports. Also included is a method of completing downhole operations in a non-sequential order.