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US 9,175,560 B2Granted
Providing coupler portions along a structure
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsJohn Algeroy, Benoit Deville, Stephen Dyer, Dinesh Patel
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Abstract
A system or method includes providing coupler portions along a structure. The coupler portions are communicatively engageable with equipment in the structure.
Claims12
A system comprising:
- a liner structure to line a well, the liner structure having a plurality of inductive coupler portions to provide discrete points of communication;
- a control line connected to at least one of the coupler portions, wherein the control line is to extend to earth surface equipment;
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- a jumper comprising a first inductive coupler portion, a second inductive coupler portion, and an intermediate portion between the first and second inductive coupler portions, wherein the jumper is configured to communicatively couple to a particular one of the inductive coupler portions on the liner structure to allow continued communication with the particular coupler portion in a presence of a fault, wherein the jumper is positioned with the first inductive coupler portion on a first side of the fault and the second inductive coupler portion on a second side of the fault opposite the first inductive coupler portion, and wherein the jumper is deployed in an inner bore of the liner structure.
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A method comprising:
- positioning first inductive coupler portions in an openhole section of a well;
- lowering a jumper into the well, the jumper having a first inductive coupler portion, a second inductive coupler portion, and an intermediate section between the first and second inductive coupler portion, wherein the jumper is configured to engage at least one of the first coupler portions;
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- positioning the jumper in the well in an inner bore relative to the inductive coupler portions with the first and second inductive coupler portions bridging a fault, wherein the jumper is configured to bypass the fault.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.