IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,844,665
Granted Patent B2
US 10,844,665 · App. 16/422,500 · Granted Nov 24, 2020

Wired motor for realtime data

Inventors: Stephen Jones (Cypress, TX); Junichi Sugiura (Bristol, GB)
Assignee: SANVEAN TECHNOLOGIES LLC
E21B7/04E21B4/02E21B47/024E21B49/00E21B7/067E21B47/06E21B47/07E21B47/12
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Patent No.
US 10,844,665
App. No.
16/422,500
Granted
Nov 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bottomhole assembly may include a downhole motor and bearing assembly. The downhole motor may include a rotor and stator. The bearing assembly may include a bearing mandrel. The bearing mandrel may be coupled to the rotor by a transmission shaft. The bottomhole assembly may include one or more sensors positioned in the bearing mandrel, transmission shaft, or rotor. The bottomhole assembly may include a conductor that passes through one or more of the bearing mandrel, transmission shaft, and the rotor from the sensor to a communications package.

Claims (38)

1. A method comprising:

providing a bottomhole assembly, the bottomhole assembly including:

a downhole motor, the downhole motor including a rotor and a stator, the rotor having a first end and a second end;

a bearing assembly, the bearing assembly including a bearing housing and a bearing mandrel, the bearing mandrel having a first end and a second end;

a transmission shaft having a first end and a second end, the first end of the transmission shaft mechanically coupled to the first end of the rotor, the second end of the transmission shaft mechanically coupled to the first end of the bearing mandrel;

a sensor positioned at the second end of the transmission shaft;

a conductor positioned within the transmission shaft and the rotor, the conductor extending from the sensor to the second end of the rotor; and

a communications package, the communications package positioned at the second end of the rotor;

positioning the bottomhole assembly on a drill string;

positioning the bottomhole assembly in a wellbore;

taking a measurement with the sensor; and

transmitting the measurement from the sensor to the communications package through the transmission shaft and the rotor using the conductor.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the communications package further comprises a transceiver coil, and wherein the method further comprises transmitting the measurement from the sensor using the transceiver coil of the communications package.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising receiving the measurement from the sensor transmitted by the communications package with the transceiver coil with a coil of a measurement while drilling assembly.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the measurement while drilling assembly further comprises a transmitter, and the method further comprises transmitting the measurement from the sensor using the transmitter.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein transmitting the measurement to the surface comprises using one or more of mud pulse telemetry, electromagnetic telemetry, acoustic telemetry, wired drill pipe, or a combination thereof.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein transmitting the measurement using the transmitter comprises transmitting the measurement to the surface.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

filtering the measurement with one or more of a digital band-pass, analog band-pass, digital high-pass, analog high-pass filter, or a combination thereof; and

transmitting the filtered measurement to the surface using the transmitter.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising geo-steering the bottomhole assembly based on the filtered measurement.

9. The method of claim 4 , wherein transmitting the measurement using the transmitter comprises transmitting the measurement to another tool positioned on the drill string.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising positioning a sensor in at least one of the bearing mandrel, transmission shaft, rotor, or communications package.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is one of a low-g accelerometer, a high-g accelerometer, a temperature sensor, a solid-state gyro, a gyroscope, a Hall-effect sensor, a magnetometer, a strain gauge, a pressure transducer or a combination thereof.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising determining one or more geomechanics parameters from the measurements of the sensor.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising transmitting the one or more geomechanics parameters to the surface.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising geo-steering the bottomhole assembly based on the geomechanics parameters.

15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

determining a severity level corresponding to a measured downhole parameter; and

transmitting the severity level to the surface.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein measured downhole parameter is a rock mechanics parameter.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the measured downhole parameter is high-frequency torsional oscillation, and wherein the method further comprises:

measuring tangential acceleration or angular acceleration with the sensor, the sensor being a tangential accelerometer or gyro;

applying a digital band-pass, analog band-pass, digital high-pass, analog high-pass filter or a combination thereof to the measured tangential acceleration or angular accelerations to generate a filtered acceleration; and

coding the filtered acceleration according to predetermined severity level thresholds to determine the severity level.

18. The method of claim 11 , further comprising determining one or more pseudo LWD (logging-while-drilling) parameters from the measurements of the sensor.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising transmitting the one or more pseudo LWD parameters to the surface.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising geo-steering the bottomhole assembly based on the pseudo LWD parameters.

Continuity (3)
Continuation In Part 15800825 · Nov 1, 2017
Provisional Application 62418495 · Nov 7, 2016
Related Publication 20190277091A1 · Sep 12, 2019