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Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 16, 2015
Applicant:

Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Inventors:

Christopher Paul Reed, West University Place, TX (US);

Steven Hough, Minchinhampton, GB;

John Rasmus, Richmond, TX (US);

David Kirk Conn, Houston, TX (US);

Brian Oliver Clark, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/00 (2012.01); E21B 17/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/12 (2012.01); E21B 47/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/122 (2013.01); E21B 47/00 (2013.01); E21B 47/12 (2013.01); E21B 47/18 (2013.01); E21B 17/003 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for drilling a subterranean wellbore includes a bottom hole assembly (BHA) coupled to a downhole end of a drill string. The BHA includes an electronic controller having a processor. The drill string includes downhole and uphole portions with the downhole portion made up of wired drill pipe and the uphole portion made up of non-wired drill pipe. The downhole portion further includes at least one downhole tool or sensor sub in communication with the BHA via the wired drill pipe communication link. Methods for making sensor measurements, downlinking data and/or commands to the BHA, and actuating a downhole tool make use of the system.


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