Surface real-time processing of downhole data
First Claim
1. A system for data acquisition and control with wired drill pipe providing a high speed communication media including:
- one or more sensor modules configured to produce a sensor signal indicative of at least one characteristic of at least one of, the formation being drilled and the drilling process, each of the one or more sensor modules having an operation and an interface to the communication media operable using a communications protocol;
a microcontroller associated with each sensor module to control at least one of the interface of that sensor module to the communication media and the operation of that sensor;
an ADC associated with at least one of the sensor modules to convert that sensor module'"'"'s sensor signal from an analog signal to a digital signal; and
a surface processor configured to process the digital signal from one or more of the sensor modules and to issue commands to the one or more sensor modules.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling oil well drilling equipment is disclosed. One or more sensors are distributed in the oil well drilling equipment. Each sensor produces a signal. A surface processor coupled to the one or more sensors via a high speed communications medium receives the signals from the one or more sensors via the high speed communications medium. The surface processor is situated on or near the earth'"'"'s surface. The surface processor includes a program to process the received signals and to produce one or more control signals. The system includes one or more controllable elements distributed in the oil well drilling equipment. The one or more controllable elements respond to the one or more control signals.
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28 Claims
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1. A system for data acquisition and control with wired drill pipe providing a high speed communication media including:
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one or more sensor modules configured to produce a sensor signal indicative of at least one characteristic of at least one of, the formation being drilled and the drilling process, each of the one or more sensor modules having an operation and an interface to the communication media operable using a communications protocol;
a microcontroller associated with each sensor module to control at least one of the interface of that sensor module to the communication media and the operation of that sensor;an ADC associated with at least one of the sensor modules to convert that sensor module'"'"'s sensor signal from an analog signal to a digital signal; and a surface processor configured to process the digital signal from one or more of the sensor modules and to issue commands to the one or more sensor modules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for data acquisition and control with wired drill pipe providing a high speed communication media comprising:
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providing one or more sensor modules configured to provide data indicative of at least one characteristic of the formation being drilled or the drilling process; providing a surface processor; said sensor module communicating, at high speed, data related to the at least one characteristic of said formation or drilling process to said surface processor; receiving said data at said surface processor; performing a control action responsive to said data received to affect one of said drilling process or said data acquisition; and adjusting the measurement of the at least one characteristic of said formation or said drilling process, the adjusting comprising; transmitting one or more signals to the one or more sensor modules to change the operation of the one or more sensor modules. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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