Method of incorporating remote communication with oilfield tubular handling apparatus
AssigneeWeatherford/Lamb, Inc.
InventorsSorin Gabriel Teodorescu, Hallvard Svadberg Hatloy, Tarald Gudmestad, Lev Ring
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Abstract
Apparatus and corresponding method for remotely communicating with a device in a wellbore, comprising: an oilfield tubular handling apparatus (200); partial toroidal coil sections (304) integrated with the oilfield tubular handling apparatus, wherein the partial toroidal coil sections form a toroidal coil upon a tubular member (102) with the handling apparatus; and a microcontroller for communicating with the device via at least one of signals transmitted or received through the tubular member using the toroidal coil.
Claims20
An apparatus for remotely communicating with a device in a wellbore, comprising:
- an oilfield tubular handling apparatus;
- partial toroidal coil sections integrated with the oilfield tubular handling apparatus, wherein the partial toroidal coil sections form a toroidal coil upon handling a tubular member with the handling apparatus;
- and
- a microcontroller for communicating with the device via at least one of signals transmitted or received through the tubular member using the toroidal coil.
A method for remotely communicating with a device in a wellbore, comprising:
- integrating partial toroidal coil sections with an oilfield tubular handling apparatus;
- handling a tubular member with the handling apparatus, wherein the handling causes the partial toroidal coil sections to function as a toroidal coil;
- and
- communicating with the device via at least one of signals transmitted or received through the tubular member using the toroidal coil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.