Tubular transducer for monitoring loads on a completion
AssigneeBaker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
InventorMarc Samuelson
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for establishing a secure communication link between a first member and a second member in a wellbore. The apparatus includes a strain sensor and at least one processor. The strain sensor is at a mating end of the second member and measures a strain at the mating end. The at least one processor determines, from the strain, when a first force applied between the first member and the second member exceeds a first force threshold that indicates that the first member and the second member are in a first mating position in which a testable communication link is established between the first member and the second member. The at least one processor tests the testable communication link between the first member and the second member at the first mating position.
Claims15
A method for establishing a secure communication link between a first member and a second member in a wellbore, comprising:
- measuring a strain at a mating end of the second member being mated to the first member to determine when a first force between the first member and the second member is greater than a first force threshold that indicates a first mating position in which a testable communication link is established between the first member and the second member;
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- performing a test on the testable communication link with the first member and the second member at the first mating position.
An apparatus for forming a secure communication link between a first member and a second member in a wellbore, comprising:
- a strain sensor at a mating end of the second member, the strain sensor configured to measure a strain at the mating end;
- at least one processor configured to:
- determine, from the strain, when a first force applied between the first member and the second member exceeds a first force threshold that indicates that the first member and the second member are in a first mating position in which a testable communication link is established between the first member and the second member;
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- test the testable communication link between the first member and the second member at the first mating position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.