Downhole to surface data lift apparatus

A data collection system, comprising:

• a. a data receiver tool configured to independently travel into and out from a well, the well comprising a wellbore and a wellhead, the data receiver tool comprising:
• i. a pressurized housing configured to be retrievably disposed within a wellbore;
• ii. a wireless receiver disposed at least partially within the housing, the wireless receiver comprising:
• 1. a first wireless data receiver;
• 2. a first data collector, operatively in communication with the first wireless data receiver, the data collector comprising a writeable memory;
• 3. a power source operatively in communication with the first wireless data receiver;
• and
• 4. an antenna operatively in communication with the first wireless data receiver;
• and
• iii. a positioner, comprising:
• 1. a position detector;
• and
• 2. a latch adapted to move the data receiver tool to and secure the data receiver tool at a predetermined distance from a gauge sufficient to allow data communication between the gauge and the first wireless data receiver;
• and
• b. a data acquisition system located outside the wellhead that collects data from the data receiver tool once it returns to the surface, the data acquisition module comprising:
• i. a second data transceiver;
• ii. a data processor operatively in communication with the second data transceiver;
• iii. a data store operatively in communication with the data processor;
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• iv. an external interface communicator operatively in communication with the data processor.

A method of collecting data from a wellbore using a data receiver tool, the data receiver tool comprising a pressurized housing configured to be retrievably disposed within a wellbore, a wireless receiver disposed at least partially within the housing where the wireless receiver comprises a first wireless data receiver, a first data collector operatively in communication with the first wireless data receiver and comprising a writeable memory, a power source operatively in communication with the first wireless data receiver, and an antenna operatively in communication with the first wireless data receiver, and a positioner which comprises a position detector and a latch adapted to move the data receiver tool to and secure the data receiver tool at a predetermined distance from a gauge sufficient to allow data communication between the gauge and the first wireless data receiver, the method comprising:

• a. deploying a gauge in a well, the gauge comprising a gauge wireless data transceiver, a gauge data collector comprising a writeable memory operatively in communication with the gauge wireless data transceiver, a sensor operatively in communication with the gauge wireless data transceiver, and a power source operatively in communication with the gauge wireless data transceiver, the gauge data collector, and the sensor;
• b. using the sensor to collect data from the well;
• c. storing the collected data in the gauge writeable memory;
• d. retrievably deploying the data receiver tool into the wellbore;
• e. using the positioner to maneuver the data receiver tool to a location proximate the gauge at a distance sufficient to allow wireless data communication between the first wireless data transceiver and the gauge wireless data transceiver;
• f. securing the data receiver tool at that location;
• g. transmitting data from the gauge memory to the data receiver tool;
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• h. storing the transmitted data in the data receiver tool writeable memory.