METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION IN WELLS USING FLUID FLOW PERTURBATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20200300083A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-24

    申请号:US16796637

    申请日:2020-02-20

    Applicant: WiDril AS

    Abstract: Disclosed are perturbation signaling systems and methods for use in a downhole well. Such systems can include a downhole tool configured to hang from a wellbore anchoring mechanism. The tool can have or associate with an energy harvesting system, a power management system, a sensing system, and a wireless communication system. A turbine generator can encode signals into flowing fluid through electric load and related changes in hydraulic energy, transmitting information through the fluid. A receiver station positioned at another well location can decode and or relay the signals. Signals can bypass impediments such as noise zones by inducing signals in adjacent parallel well environments such as an annulus. The receiver station can accumulate energy from repeated redundant signaling over time to enhance communication and signal resolution. An additional wireless communication system can receive and/or relay data to a remote location.

    Method and apparatus for wireless communication in wells using fluid flow perturbations

    公开(公告)号:US11414987B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-16

    申请号:US16796637

    申请日:2020-02-20

    Applicant: WiDril AS

    Abstract: Disclosed are perturbation signaling systems and methods for use in a downhole well. Such systems can include a downhole tool configured to hang from a wellbore anchoring mechanism. The tool can have or associate with an energy harvesting system, a power management system, a sensing system, and a wireless communication system. A turbine generator can encode signals into flowing fluid through electric load and related changes in hydraulic energy, transmitting information through the fluid. A receiver station positioned at another well location can decode and or relay the signals. Signals can bypass impediments such as noise zones by inducing signals in adjacent parallel well environments such as an annulus. The receiver station can accumulate energy from repeated redundant signaling over time to enhance communication and signal resolution. An additional wireless communication system can receive and/or relay data to a remote location.

    Method and apparatus for wireless communication in wells using fluid flow perturbations

    公开(公告)号:US12123300B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-22

    申请号:US18162651

    申请日:2023-01-31

    Applicant: WiDril AS

    CPC classification number: E21B47/18 E21B41/0085 E21B47/06

    Abstract: Disclosed are perturbation signaling systems and methods for use in a downhole well. Such systems can include a downhole tool configured to hang from a wellbore anchoring mechanism. The tool can have or associate with an energy harvesting system, a power management system, a sensing system, and a wireless communication system. A turbine generator can encode signals into flowing fluid through electric load and related changes in hydraulic energy, transmitting information through the fluid. A receiver station positioned at another well location can decode and or relay the signals. Signals can bypass impediments such as noise zones by inducing signals in adjacent parallel well environments such as an annulus. The receiver station can accumulate energy from repeated redundant signaling over time to enhance communication and signal resolution. An additional wireless communication system can receive and/or relay data to a remote location.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION IN WELLS USING FLUID FLOW PERTURBATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20240003248A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-04

    申请号:US18162651

    申请日:2023-01-31

    Applicant: WiDril AS

    CPC classification number: E21B47/18 E21B41/0085 E21B47/06

    Abstract: Disclosed are perturbation signaling systems and methods for use in a downhole well. Such systems can include a downhole tool configured to hang from a wellbore anchoring mechanism. The tool can have or associate with an energy harvesting system, a power management system, a sensing system, and a wireless communication system. A turbine generator can encode signals into flowing fluid through electric load and related changes in hydraulic energy, transmitting information through the fluid. A receiver station positioned at another well location can decode and or relay the signals. Signals can bypass impediments such as noise zones by inducing signals in adjacent parallel well environments such as an annulus. The receiver station can accumulate energy from repeated redundant signaling over time to enhance communication and signal resolution. An additional wireless communication system can receive and/or relay data to a remote location.

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