Integrating ethernet technology within drilling systems
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsAlha Kane, Antoine Benard, Nicholas Smith, Ken-Vidar Ditlefsen
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Abstract
A system includes a first tool including first control circuitry, wherein the first tool is configured to perform a first operation within a borehole, and a second tool including second control circuitry, wherein the second tool is configured to perform a second operation within the borehole, and wherein the first control circuitry is configured to communicate with the second control circuitry via Ethernet.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a first tool comprising first control circuitry integrated within the first tool, wherein the first tool is configured to perform a first operation within a borehole;
- and
- a second tool comprising second control circuitry integrated within the second tool, wherein the second tool is configured to perform a second operation within the borehole, and wherein the first control circuitry is configured to communicate with the second control circuitry via Ethernet.
A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by processing circuitry, are configured to cause the processing circuitry to:
- instruct a first tool comprising the processing circuitry integrated within the first tool to perform a first operation within a borehole;
- retrieve a set of data for transmission to additional processing circuitry integrated within a second tool, the second tool configured to perform a second operation within the borehole, wherein the set of data for transmission is identified based on the first operation;
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- transmit the set of data to the additional processing circuitry via Ethernet.
A method comprising:
- instructing, via first control circuitry integrated within a first tool, the first tool of a drilling system to perform a first operation within a borehole;
- retrieving, via the first control circuitry, a set of data for transmission to second control circuitry integrated within a second tool of the drilling system based on the first operation;
- and
- transmitting, via the first control circuitry, the set of data to the second control circuitry via Ethernet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.