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US 7,261,162 B2Granted
Subsea communications system
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsGregor E. Deans, Roderick MacKenzie, John A. Kerr, David J. Mathis, Eric Smedstad
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Abstract
A subsea communications module includes an interface to communicate with a surface facility over a communications link using a packet-based protocol. The communications link can be implemented with a fiber optic line, wire-based line, and/or other types of communications lines.
Claims56
A method for use with a subsea well, comprising:
- providing a subsea communication module;
- coupling, using a communications link, the subsea communication module to surface equipment;
- receiving, at the subsea communication module, data from at least one sensor associated with the subsea well;
- and
- sending, from the subsea communication module to the surface equipment, the received data in Internet Protocol packets over the communications link.
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A system for use with a subsea well, comprising:
- surface equipment;
- a subsea communication module having an interface;
- and
- a communications link coupling the surface equipment to the subsea communication module, the interface of the subsea communication module to communicate with the surface equipment over the communications link according to an Internet Protocol.
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A subsea communication module comprising:
- a first interface to at least one of a sensor and a control device associated with a subsea well;
- a second interface to a communications link to be coupled to surface equipment;
- and
- a controller to process data,
- wherein the second interface is adapted to communicate over the communications link according to an Internet Protocol.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.