DocumentCode
52791
Title
Acoustic telemetry for oilfield operations
Author
Kyle, Don ; Fripp, Michael ; Fink, K.
Volume
16
Issue
6
fYear
2013
fDate
Dec-13
Firstpage
18
Lastpage
24
Abstract
The continuing need for a reliable data path up to 10 km long with reasonable data rate is a critical issue for any number of petroleum industry applications. This article gives a brief introduction to well completions; casing and tubing use in finished wells; and considerations affecting a commercial system addressing the data rate problem in a finished well. The Measure-While-Drilling application necessarily has a toolstring in the hole, which greatly complicates the already complex task of data communications.
Keywords
acoustic devices; oil drilling; petroleum industry; pipes; telemetry; acoustic telemetry; casing; data communication; finished well; measure-while-drilling application; oilfield operation; petroleum industry application; toolstring; tubing; Acoustic testing; Data communication; Oil drilling; Oil fields; Oil refineries; Petroleum industry; Telemetry;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1094-6969
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MIM.2013.6704966
Filename
6704966
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