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US 2006/0131030 A1Published application
Remotely Actuating a Valve
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorRandolph Sheffield
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Abstract
A technique that is usable with a subterranean well includes communicating a wireless stimulus in the well. The technique includes actuating a valve in response to the communication. The valve has more than one controllable open position.
Claims30
A method usable with a subterranean well, comprising:
- communicating a wireless stimulus in the well;
- and
- actuating a valve in response to the communication, the valve having more than one controllable open position.
A system usable with a subterranean well, comprising:
- a valve located downhole in the well, the valve having more than one controllable open position;
- and
- an apparatus to communicate a wireless stimulus to the tool to actuate the valve.
A tool usable with a subterranean well, comprising:
- a valve mechanism having multiple controllable open positions;
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- a second mechanism adapted to respond to a wireless stimulus to actuate the valve mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.