Dual Transducer Communications Node for Downhole Acoustic Wireless Networks and Method Employing Same

    公开(公告)号:US20180058207A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-01

    申请号:US15666292

    申请日:2017-08-01

    IPC分类号: E21B47/16 E21B47/00

    摘要: An electro-acoustic communications node system and method for downhole wireless telemetry, the system including a housing for mounting to or with a tubular body; a receiver transducer positioned within the housing, the receiver transducer structured and arranged to receive acoustic waves that propagate through the tubular member; a transmitter transducer and a processor, positioned within the housing and arranged to retransmit the acoustic waves to another acoustic receiver in a different housing, using the tubular member for the acoustic telemetry. In some embodiments, the transducers may be piezoelectric transducers and/or magnetostrictive transducers. Included in the housing is also a power source comprising one or more batteries. A downhole wireless telemetry system and a method of monitoring a hydrocarbon well are also provided.

    Dual transducer communications node for downhole acoustic wireless networks and method employing same

    公开(公告)号:US10415376B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-17

    申请号:US15666292

    申请日:2017-08-01

    IPC分类号: E21B47/16 E21B47/00 E21B47/01

    摘要: An electro-acoustic communications node system and method for downhole wireless telemetry, the system including a housing for mounting to or with a tubular body; a receiver transducer positioned within the housing, the receiver transducer structured and arranged to receive acoustic waves that propagate through the tubular member; a transmitter transducer and a processor, positioned within the housing and arranged to retransmit the acoustic waves to another acoustic receiver in a different housing, using the tubular member for the acoustic telemetry. In some embodiments, the transducers may be piezoelectric transducers and/or magnetostrictive transducers. Included in the housing is also a power source comprising one or more batteries. A downhole wireless telemetry system and a method of monitoring a hydrocarbon well are also provided.

    Reservoir formation characterization using a downhole wireless network

    公开(公告)号:US10465505B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-05

    申请号:US15666312

    申请日:2017-08-01

    摘要: A system for reservoir formation characterization with a downhole wireless telemetry system, including at least one sensor disposed along a tubular body; at least one sensor communications node placed along the tubular body and affixed to a wall of the tubular body, the sensor communications node being in communication with the at least one sensor and configured to receive signals therefrom; a topside communications node placed proximate a surface; a plurality of intermediate communications nodes spaced along the tubular body and attached to a wall of the tubular body, wherein the intermediate communications nodes are configured to transmit signals received from the at least one sensor communications node to the topside communications node in substantially a node-to-node arrangement; a receiver at the surface configured to receive signals from the topside communications node; and a topside data acquisition system structured and arranged to communicate with the topside communications node. A method for reservoir formation characterization is also provided.