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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2012
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Clive Menezes, Conroe, TX (US);
James Randolph Lovorn, Tomball, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/18 (2012.01); E21B 47/06 (2012.01); E21B 21/08 (2006.01); E21B 21/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/18 (2013.01); E21B 21/08 (2013.01); E21B 21/106 (2013.01); E21B 47/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for expanded mud pulse telemetry. Certain methods provided include measuring pressure proximate at least one of first and second pressure control modules along a drilling apparatus and telemetering the measured pressure to a surface controller. A command is transmitted from the surface controller to at least one of the first and second pressure control modules or one of first and second controllable flow restrictors via mud pulse telemetry while mud is not being pumped through a main standpipe.