Accessible wellbore devices
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsMark S. Holly, Kevin Dwain Fink, Jr.
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Abstract
A wellbore assembly for use downhole in a wellbore may include a casing string comprising a mandrel. The mandrel may include a side pocket in an inner region of the mandrel. A downhole device may be positioned within the side pocket of the mandrel. The downhole device may include an electronics package, a power source, and a transmitter for transmitting data from the downhole device via a wireless communications link to a downhole tool for transmitting the data to a surface of the wellbore for monitoring a downhole environment of the wellbore.
Claims20
A wellbore assembly for use downhole in a wellbore, the wellbore assembly comprising:
- a casing string comprising a mandrel, the mandrel including a side pocket in an inner region of the mandrel;
- and
- a downhole device positioned within the side pocket of the mandrel, the downhole device including an electronics package, a power source, and a transmitter for transmitting data from the downhole device via a wireless communications link to a downhole tool for transmitting the data to a surface of the wellbore for monitoring a downhole environment of the wellbore.
A method of monitoring a downhole environment of a wellbore comprising:
- collecting data regarding a downhole environment via a device positioned within a side pocket of a casing string, the side pocket in an inner region of the casing string;
- transmitting data from the device to a downhole tool positioned downhole within the inner region of the casing string via a wireless communications link;
- and
- transmitting data from the downhole tool to a surface of the wellbore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.