# US 2016/0356153 A1 · Telemetry module with push only gate valve action > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2016/0356153 A1 - Document ID: US20160356153A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/777,604 - Filed: 2014-12-04 - Published: 2016-12-08 - Earliest claimed: 2014-12-04 - Assignees: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. - Applicants: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. - Inventors: Daniel Patrick Carter - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160356153A1 ## CPC - E21B 47/22: by negative mud pulses using a pressure relieve valve between drill pipe and annulus - E21B 17/00: Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; {Cables;} Casings; Tubings - E21B 17/16: Drill collars - E21B 43/08: Screens or liners {(expandable screens or liners E21B43/108)} - E21B 47/18: through the well fluid {, e.g. mud pressure pulse telemetry} - E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS ## Abstract An telemetry module includes a valve assembly having a gate defining gate valve flow ports and a valve seat defining valve seat flow ports. A first solenoid assembly is arranged on a first side of the valve assembly and includes a first valve train engageable with the gate and a first push solenoid operatively coupled to the first valve train to move the gate in a first direction. A second solenoid assembly is arranged on a second side of the valve assembly and includes a second valve train engageable with the gate and a second push solenoid operatively coupled to the second valve train to move the gate in a second direction opposite the first direction. Moving the gate in the first direction with the first solenoid increases flow through the gate and alternately moving the gate in the second direction with the second solenoid decreases flow through the gate. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A telemetry module, comprising: a valve assembly positionable within an interior of a tubular member and including a gate defining one or more gate valve flow ports and a valve seat defining one or more valve seat flow ports; a first solenoid assembly arranged on a first side of the valve assembly and including a first valve train engageable with the gate and a first push solenoid operatively coupled to the first valve train to move the gate in a first direction; and a second solenoid assembly arranged on a second side of the valve assembly and including a second valve train engageable with the gate and a second push solenoid operatively coupled to the second valve train to move the gate in a second direction opposite the first direction, and wherein moving the gate in the first direction with the first solenoid increases flow through the gate and alternately moving the gate in the second direction with the second solenoid decreases flow through the gate. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The telemetry module of claim 1, wherein the first and second solenoid assemblies are aligned with a longitudinal axis of the tubular member. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The telemetry module of claim 1, wherein the first and second solenoid assemblies are misaligned with a longitudinal axis of the tubular member. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The telemetry module of claim 1, wherein the first valve train includes a first valve stem operatively coupled to a first push rod engageable with a first side surface of the gate, and wherein the second valve train includes a second valve stem operatively coupled to a second push rod engageable with a second side surface of the gate. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The telemetry module of claim 4, wherein the first and second valve stems are operatively coupled to the first and second push rods, respectively, with corresponding first and second couplings. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The telemetry module of claim 5, wherein the first and second couplings are each adjustable to adjust a stroke length for the first and second push rods, respectively. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The telemetry module of claim 4, wherein, when the first push solenoid is operated to move the first push rod in the first direction, the second push solenoid is inactive and the second valve stem and the second push rod are able to move in the first direction, and wherein, when the second push solenoid is operated to move the second push rod in the second direction, the first push solenoid is inactive and the first valve stem and the first push rod are able to move in the second direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The telemetry module of claim 1, wherein the gate floats between the first and second valve trains. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The telemetry module of claim 1, wherein the gate is operatively coupled to one or both of the first and second valve trains. ### Claim 10 A well system, comprising: a tubular member extendable within a wellbore, the tubular member defining an annulus port that provides fluid communication between an interior of the tubular member and an annulus defined between the tubular member and the wellbore; a telemetry module positioned within the tubular member and including: a valve assembly that provides a gate defining one or more gate valve flow ports and a valve seat defining one or more valve seat flow ports; a first solenoid assembly arranged on a first side of the valve assembly and including a first push solenoid that operates to move the gate in a first direction; and a second solenoid assembly arranged on a second side of the valve assembly and including a second push solenoid that operates to move the gate in a second direction opposite the first direction, wherein moving the gate in the first direction with the first solenoid increases flow through the gate and alternately moving the gate in the second direction with the second solenoid decreases flow through the gate. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The well system of claim 10, wherein the tubular member is selected from the group consisting of drill pipe, a drill collar, casing, production tubing, and any combination thereof. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The well system of claim 10, wherein the valve assembly further comprises: a screen in fluid communication with the interior of the tubular member; an inlet port in fluid communication with the interior via the screen; and an outlet port in fluid communication with the annulus port, wherein flow through the gate allows a fluid in the interior to traverse the valve assembly and be introduced into the annulus. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The well system of claim 10, wherein the first push solenoid is operatively coupled to a first push rod, which is operatively coupled to a first valve stem engageable with a first side surface of the gate, and the second push solenoid is operatively coupled to a second push rod, which is operatively coupled to a second valve stem engageable with a second side surface of the gate, the second side surface being opposite the first side surface. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The well system of claim 13, wherein the first and second valve stems are operatively coupled to the first and second push rods, respectively, with corresponding first and second couplings. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The well system of claim 14, wherein the first and second couplings are each adjustable to adjust a stroke length for the first and second push rods, respectively. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The well system of claim 10, wherein, when the first push solenoid is operated to move the first push rod in the first direction, the second push solenoid is inactive and the second valve stem and the second push rod are able to move in the first direction, and wherein, when the second push solenoid is operated to move the second push rod in the second direction, the first push solenoid is inactive and the first valve stem and the first push rod are able to move in the second direction. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The well system of claim 10, wherein the gate floats between the first and second valve stems. ### Claim 18 A method, comprising: introducing a telemetry module into a wellbore, the telemetry module being positioned within an interior of a tubular member and providing a valve assembly that includes a gate movable with respect to a valve seat, the telemetry module further including a first solenoid assembly arranged on a first side of the valve assembly and having a first push solenoid, and a second solenoid assembly arranged on a second side of the valve assembly and having a second push solenoid, wherein the first side is opposite the second side; circulating a fluid through the interior of the tubular member, the tubular member defining an annulus port that provides fluid communication between an annulus defined between the tubular member and the wellbore and the interior via the valve assembly; activating the first push solenoid to move the gate in a first direction and increase flow through the gate, thereby injecting a portion of the fluid into the annulus via the valve assembly and thereby generating a pressure pulse within the annulus; activating the second push solenoid to move the gate in a second direction opposite the first direction to decrease flow through the gate; and alternatingly activating the first and second push solenoids to selectively move the gate in the first and second directions and thereby injecting portions of the fluid into the annulus that generate a plurality of pressure pulses within the annulus. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the valve assembly further comprises, a screen in fluid communication with the interior of the tubular member, an inlet port in fluid communication with the interior via the screen, and an outlet port in fluid communication with the annulus port, and wherein injecting the portion of the fluid into the annulus via the valve assembly comprises: flowing the portion of the fluid into the inlet port via the screen; flowing the portion of the fluid from the inlet port and into the outlet port via one or more gate valve flow ports defined in the gate aligned with one or more valve seat flow ports defined in the valve seat; and flowing the portion of the fluid from the outlet port into the annulus via the annulus port. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the first push solenoid is operatively coupled to a first push rod, which is operatively coupled to a first valve stem engageable with a first side surface of the gate, and wherein activating the first push solenoid and thereby moving the gate in the first direction comprises pushing the first push rod and the first valve stem with the first push solenoid to engage the first side surface of the gate. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, wherein the second push solenoid is operatively coupled to a second push rod, which is operatively coupled to a second valve stem engageable with a second side surface of the gate, the second side surface being opposite the first side surface, and wherein activating the second push solenoid to move the gate in the second direction comprises pushing the second push rod and the second valve stem with the second push solenoid to engage the second side surface of the gate. ### Claim 22 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising: deactivating the second push solenoid when the first push solenoid is activated; and deactivating the first push solenoid when the second push solenoid is activated. ### Claim 23 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the first and second couplings are each adjustable to adjust a stroke length for the first and second push rods, respectively. ### Claim 24 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the telemetry module is communicably coupled to one or more sensors, the method further comprising communicating measurements obtained by the one or more sensors by generating the plurality of pressure pulses within the annulus.