SURFACE REAL-TIME PROCESSING OF DOWNHOLE DATA

• Main Authors: DUDLEY, JAMES H, GLEITMAN, DANIEL D, RODNEY, PAUL F
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 04.06.2019
• Subjects: EARTH DRILLING; EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; MINING; MINING OR QUARRYING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS

A method and apparatus for controlling oil well drilling equipment is disclosed. One or more sensors (150, 180) are distributed in the oil well drilling equipment (140). Each sensor produces a signal. A surface processor (185) is coupled to the one or more sensors (150, 180) via high-speed communica...