System and method for managing and/or using data for tools in a wellbore
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsGeoff Downton, Clinton D. Chapman, Shyam B. Mehta
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Abstract
A system and a method manage and use data related to a wellbore or a drill string. The system and the method may provide remote access to tools in a drill string using a network. In addition, the tools have access to the data. In a disclosed embodiment, the tools are able to automatically access the data needed to optimize or improve function of the tools. An example of the network is a wireless network where the tools may be monitored and/or controlled remotely by an application. A linking tool is optionally provided to communicate with the network and one or more of the tools.
Claims20
A method for managing data using a first network, the method comprising:
- connecting a plurality of tools to a drill string;
- transmitting the data from at least one of the tools to a linking tool in communication with the plurality of tools wherein the linking tool is positioned within the drill string and further wherein the linking tool converts a first protocol associated with the data to a second protocol associated with the network;
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- transmitting the data from the linking tool to the first network.
A method for using data related to a tool positioned in a wellbore, the method comprising:
- connecting a tool to a drill string;
- positioning the tool in a wellbore;
- obtaining the data related to the tool;
- providing a network in communication with the tool;
- determining whether to transmit the data to the network with the tool without instructions from the network.
A system for using data using a terminal associated with a wellbore or a drill string, the system comprising:
- a database storing the data and positioned uphole from the wellbore;
- a tool positioned within the wellbore wherein the tool obtains information associated with the wellbore or the drill string and further wherein the tool automatically requests at least a portion of the data from the database and automatically performs an action based on the information or the data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.