Granted Patent B2

US 12,252,984 · App. 18/029,784 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Inventors: Kenneth Miller (Houston, TX); David Erdos (Houston, TX); Abraham Erdos (Houston, TX)

Assignee: ERDOS MILLER, INC.

E21B47/13E21B47/14

Abstract

Claims (47)

1. A method comprising:

using a first command received from a surface processor, controlling, via a measurement while drilling (MWD) tool using an intra-bottom hole assembly (BHA), a rotary steerable system of a downhole system by changing an operating parameter;

receiving, from the downhole system comprising the rotary steerable system, data at a transmitter module of the BHA, wherein the transmitter module comprises a transmitter coil that discharges or charges an electromagnetic field in a data pattern representing the data;

transmitting, via a wireless short-range communication using the transmitter coil, the data to a receiver module of the intra-BHA, wherein the transmitter module and the receiver module are both disposed in a pressure barrel within a drill collar, form an intra-BHA network using the wireless short-range communication, and the receiver module comprises a magnetometer;

receiving, via the wireless short-range communication, the data at the receiver module comprising the magnetometer;

transmitting the data to the MWD tool;

receiving, at the MWD tool, the data;

transmitting, via a type of telemetry, the data from the MWD tool to a surface processor; and

responsive to the surface processor receiving the data, controlling, via the MWD tool, operation of the rotary steerable system based on a second command received from the surface processor, wherein the second command is generated based on the data received from the MWD tool.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiver module comprises one or more magnetometers.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitter coil comprises one or more coil windings.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitter module is configured to transmit the data at a frequency below 1 kilohertz.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining whether the downhole system is currently performing a drilling operation; and

based on the downhole system currently performing the drilling operation, using the transmitter coil to transmit the data.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining whether the downhole system is performing a drilling operation; and

based on the downhole system not currently performing the drilling operation, transmitting the data using an acoustic transmitter.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the data is transmitted by the acoustic transmitter at a frequency range between 1 kilohertz and 5 kilohertz.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data is transmitted using one or more techniques comprising binary keying, pulse position modulation, quadrature phase shift keying, or some combination thereof.

9. A system comprising:

a downhole system;

a transmitter module of an intra-bottom hole assembly, wherein the transmitter module comprises a transmitter coil;

a receiver module of the intra-BHA; and

wherein:

using a first command received from a surface processor, a measurement while drilling (MWD) tool uses an intra-bottom hole assembly (BHA) to control a rotary steerable system of the downhole system by changing an operating parameter;

the transmitter is configured to receive, from the downhole system, data, and to transmit, via a wireless short-range communication using the transmitter coil, the data to the receiver module of the intra-BHA, wherein the transmitter module and the receiver module are both disposed in a pressure barrel within a drill collar, form an intra-BHA network using the wireless short-range communication, and the receiver module comprises a magnetometer, and

the receiver module is configured to receive, via the wireless short-range communication, the data, and transmit the data to the MWD tool configured to receive the data and to transmit, via a type of telemetry, the data to a surface processor, and responsive to the surface processor receiving the data, controlling, via the MWD tool, operation of the rotary steerable system based on a second command received from the surface processor, wherein the second command is generated based on the data received from the MWD tool.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the receiver module comprises one or more magnetometers.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the transmitter coil comprises a ferrous core and one or more coil windings.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the transmitter coil is configured to transmit the data at a frequency below 1 kilohertz.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein a processing device is configured to:

determine whether the downhole system is currently performing a drilling operation; and

based on the downhole system currently performing the drilling operation, use the transmitter coil to transmit the data.

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein a processing device is configured to:

determine whether the downhole system is performing a drilling operation; and

based on the downhole system not currently performing the drilling operation, transmit the data using an acoustic transmitter.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the data is transmitted by the acoustic transmitter at a frequency range between 1 kilohertz and 5 kilohertz.

16. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data is transmitted using one or more techniques comprising binary keying, pulse position modulation, quadrature phase shift keying, or some combination thereof.

17. An intra-bottom hole assembly (BHA) comprising:

a transmitter module, wherein:

using a first command received from a surface processor, a measurement while drilling (MWD) tool uses an intra-bottom hole assembly (BHA) to control a rotary steerable system of a downhole system by changing an operating parameter,

the transmitter module comprises a transmitter coil, and is configured to receive, from the downhole system, data, and to transmit, via a wireless short-range communication using the transmitter coil, the data to a receiver module of the intra-BHA, wherein the transmitter module and the receiver module are both disposed in a pressure barrel within a drill collar, form an intra-BHA network using the wireless short-range communication, and the receiver module comprises a magnetometer; and

the receiver module is configured to receive, via the wireless short-range communication, the data, and transmit the data to a measurement while drilling (MWD) tool configured to receive the data and to transmit, via a type of telemetry, the data to a surface processor, and responsive to the surface processor receiving the data, controlling, via the MWD tool, operation of the rotary steerable system based on a second command received from the surface processor, wherein the second command is generated based on the data received from the MWD tool.

18. The intra-BHA of claim 17 , wherein the receiver module comprises one or more magnetometers.

19. The intra-BHA of claim 17 , wherein the transmitter coil comprises a ferrous core and one or more coil windings.

20. The intra-BHA of claim 17 , wherein the data is transmitted using one or more techniques comprising binary keying, pulse position modulation, quadrature phase shift keying, or some combination thereof.

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