Boring or penetrating the earth – With signaling – indicating – testing or measuring – Tool position direction or inclination measuring or...
Patent
1974-07-10
1976-06-22
Purser, Ernest R.
Boring or penetrating the earth
With signaling, indicating, testing or measuring
Tool position direction or inclination measuring or...
340 18NC, 166224A, E21B 4702
Patent
active
039645568
ABSTRACT:
This describes a method for improved data signaling equipment for use with well-drilling tools for rapidly sending measurements made down the hole in the wellbore to the surface without the need of an electric cable. A special well tool is connected into a drill string having a drill bit coupled thereto for drilling a borehole. During normal drilling operations, the data-sending equipment is not in operation, and the main body of circulating or drilling fluid is passed through a main valve in the downhole tool and bypasses a pressure-changing unit. A sensing unit is incorporated in the downhole tool and measures downhole parameters. When it is desired to send these data to the surface, the main circulation of drilling fluid is stopped and the bypass valve closed. Then, a small amount of fluid is supplied to the "closed" drill string from a substantially constant-pressure source. Pressure changes are then generated in this closed fluid-filled drill pipe under quiescent conditions while the drilling operations are momentarily halted.
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Gearhart Marvin
King David W.
Mendoza Rudolph R.
Scherbatskoy Serge A.
Young James D.
Favreau Richard E.
Gassett John D.
Gearhart-Owen Industries, Inc.
Hawley Paul F.
Purser Ernest R.
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