CN101263276B - interface and method for wellbore telemetry system - Google Patents
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For use in a drilling operation that includes uphole electronic equipment (120)and a drill string (12) suspended in an earth borehole (11), the drill string having at least one downhole tool (100) thereon, the drill string having a section of wired drill pipe (WDP) that is part of a communication link between the downhole tool and the uphole electronic equipment; an interface (140) for communicating between the section of wired drill pipe and a communication source/destination, including: a housing having a generally cylindrical outer shape and having a passage therethrough; the housing having a WDP end connectable to the section of wired drill pipe and a further end connectable to the communication source/destination; a WDP circuit module disposed within the housing, the WDP circuit module being electrically coupleable with the wired drill pipe section; and a further circuit module, disposed within the housing, the further circuit module being electrically coupled with the WDP circuit module and electrically coupleable with the communication source/destination.
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Invention field
The present invention relates to be used for using telemetry system in wellbore operations.More particularly, the present invention relates to be used for transmitting the wellbore telemetry system of signal between surface processor unit and downhole tool, this downhole tool earth penetrating can be positioned in the pit shaft.
Background of invention
Get out pit shaft with location and production hydrocarbon.The down hole drill instrument that has a drill bit at the one end thereof place via drill string by preceding shift-in ground in to form pit shaft.Drill string and downhole tool are typically made by a series of drilling rods that are threaded togather, and have the long tube of drill bit with place, end formation thereunder.When boring tool was moved forward, drilling mud was sucked from surperficial mud pit, passed drill string and boring tool and flowed out drill bit to cool off boring tool and to take away chip.Fluid is discharged drill bit and is upwards returned and flows to the surface to be used to the recycling of the instrument that passes.Drilling mud also can be used for forming mud cake with the lining pit shaft.
During drilling operation, be desirable to provide the communication between surface and downhole tool.For example, the pit shaft telemetering equipment typically is used to allow energy (power), order and/or signal of communication to transmit between surface cell and downhole tool.These signals are used for controlling and/or driving the operation of downhole tool and send down-hole information to the surface.
Various wellbore telemetry systems can be used the communication capacity of wishing to set up.The example of this system can comprise as at United States Patent (USP) the 6th, 641, the wired drill pipe wellbore telemetry system of describing in No. 434, as at United States Patent (USP) the 5th, 624, the electromagnetism wellbore telemetry system of describing in No. 051, the acoustics wellbore telemetry system as describing in PCT patent application WO2004085796 number, the whole contents of these patents is by reference by combination hereby.Other transfer of data or communicator such as the transceiver that is connected on the sensor, also can be used to transmit energy and/or data.
About wired drill pipe (" WDP ") telemetry system, the drilling rod that forms drill string is provided with the electronic installation that can transmit signal between surface cell and downhole tool.For example, as at United States Patent (USP) the 6th, 641, shown in No. 434 like that, this wired drill pipe telemetry system can be provided with and form the electric wire and the induction coupling of passing the communication chain that drill string extends.Then, wired drill pipe is operably connected on downhole tool and the surface cell to be used for communicating by letter by it.The wired drill pipe system is suitable for the data that the parts from downhole tool receive are delivered to surface cell and will be delivered to downhole tool by the order that surface cell generates.In addition about the document of wired drill pipe in the drill string and/or induction coupling such as following: United States Patent (USP) the 4th, 126, No. 848, United States Patent (USP) the 3rd, 957, No. 118 and United States Patent (USP) the 3rd, 807, No. 502, publication " is used in four different systems of MWD ", W.J.McDonald, the oil and natural gas periodical, 115-124 page or leaf, on April 3rd, 1978, United States Patent (USP) the 4th, 605, No. 268, the federal disclosed patent application 2140527 of the Russia of submitting on December 18th, 1997, the federal disclosed patent application 2,040,691 of the Russia of submitting on February 14th, 1992, WO publication number 90/14497A2, United States Patent (USP) the 5th, 052, No. 941, United States Patent (USP) the 4th, 806, No. 928, United States Patent (USP) the 4th, 901, No. 069, United States Patent (USP) the 5th, 531, No. 592, United States Patent (USP) the 5th, 278, No. the 5th, 971,072, No. 550 and United States Patent (USP).
Along with the appearance of wired drill pipe technology and the development of expectation, various types of environment all will occur, and wherein just portion's section of wired drill pipe need be connected on various types of well heads (uphole) equipment or various types of instrument or other downhole equipment.In some cases, the one or more parts in wired drill pipe and downhole tool and/or the surface cell may be inconsistent.
So, be desirable to provide the interface with portion's section of being based upon wired drill pipe and the communication line between downhole tool and/or the surface cell so that the communication between downhole tool and surface cell.Further be desirable to provide wellbore telemetry system, this wellbore telemetry system can provide the power supply energy of the data transfer rate of more reliability, increase, the compatible and increase between various wellbore systems.Inter alia, this system preferably can make following one or more possibilities that become: improve reliability, reduce communication failure, improve connectivity, increase bandwidth, increase data transfer rate, be provided for various down-holes configuration flexibility and make pit shaft remote measurement instrument adapt to the configuration of various well sites.
Brief summary of the invention
Form of the present invention has the application that is used in drilling operation, it comprises well head electronics and the drill string that is suspended in the boring of the face of land, drill string has at least one downhole tool thereon, drill string also has portion's section of wired drill pipe, and it is the part of the communication line between downhole tool and well head electronics.According to inventive embodiment, the interface is provided to be used for communicate by letter between portion's section of this wired drill pipe and communication source/destination.[as limiting in this article, but any part of communication source/destination communication line, between well head electronics and downhole tool and comprise well head electronics and downhole tool.For example, without limitation, but communication source/destination well head electronics or the well head alternative that combines with the well head electronics are (in this kind situation, the interface is sometimes referred to as the well head interface), but perhaps communication source/destination downhole tool, comprise the other part (in this kind situation, the interface is sometimes referred to as the interface, down-hole) of the lower drilling tool assembly or the WDP of downhole tool.] housing is provided, housing has general cylindric outer shape and has the passage that passes wherein.Housing have on portion's section that can be connected to wired drill pipe the WDP end with can be connected to the source/destination of communicating by letter on other end.The WDP circuit module is arranged in the housing, and the WDP circuit module can be electrically connected with wired drill pipe portion section.Other circuit module also is arranged in the housing, and other circuit module is electrically connected with this WDP circuit module and can be electrically connected with the source/destination of communicating by letter.
As mentioned previously, along with the appearance of wired drill pipe technology and the development of expectation, various types of environment all will occur, and wherein just portion's section of wired drill pipe need be connected on various types of well head equipments or various types of instrument or other downhole equipment.And if when the interface that is used for the wired drill pipe system becomes more universal, relied on part to be connected on various types of well heads and the downhole equipment with WDP, just expectation would increase the quantity at dissimilar interfaces.Therefore, in embodiment described in the invention, the interface is provided with favourable modular form.In this mode, make and lay in less interface with being necessary with specific paired endpoint characteristics.And, if desired, form and mechanical composition about the electricity of module, module can be manufactured by the different entities with special know-how, especially, when it relates to external equipment, special module-external end will finally be connected on this external equipment.
Therefore, in inventive embodiment, the WDP circuit module is connected movably with other circuit module, and WDP circuit module and other circuit module are respectively movably from housing.In the form of this embodiment, housing comprises that two separation and attachable housing module, this housing module comprise WDP end that comprises this housing and the WDP housing module that comprises this WDP circuit module and comprise the other end and the other housing module that comprises this other circuit module of this housing.
In inventive embodiment, this other circuit module comprises use internal energy module and/or battery, and/or external power source provides the power supply of energy.
In inventive embodiment, at least one in this WDP circuit module and this other circuit module comprises one or more in following: read port, diagnostics circuit, controller, real-time clock and one or more sensor.
In inventive embodiment, the passage in the housing comprises the central axial passage of part at least, and WDP circuit module and the other general adjacent central axial passage of circuit module are installed in the housing.In this embodiment, this other end comprises connector, be electrically connected with this other circuit module, being used to be connected to communication source/destination, this connector be axial with the axis of centres of this part in the annular channel of channel connection.And in this embodiment, this connector further comprises electronic apparatus module.
In the further embodiment of invention, the passage in housing comprises the part annular channel at least, and in this WDP circuit module and the other circuit module one is installed in the middle body of housing in this part annular channel.
When taking in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, the further feature and advantage of inventing from following detailed will become and be easier to obviously.
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By can obtain invention more detailed description (top only is to summarize briefly) with reference to its graphic in the accompanying drawings embodiment, consequently the features and advantages of the present invention of stating above can at length be understood.Yet, it should be noted that accompanying drawing only is the typical embodiment of diagram the present invention, and therefore can not be considered to restriction that this is because invention can be admitted other same effectively embodiment to its scope.
Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of partial cross section with well site of downhole tool, and this downhole tool is disposed and is deployed in the pit shaft from boring tower via the drill string that wherein has the wired drill pipe telemetry system.
Fig. 2 A is the schematic diagram that is used for the embodiment at the well head interface of transmission signal between surface cell and wired drill pipe telemetry system.
Fig. 2 B is the schematic diagram that is used for the embodiment at the interface, down-hole of transmission signal between surface cell and wired drill pipe telemetry system.
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram that can use the embodiment of the modem in the interface, down-hole of Fig. 2 A and Fig. 2 B.
Fig. 4 A is to scheming the schematic diagram that D is the various configurations at the interface that is used in combination with wired drill pipe telemetry system and downhole tool.
Fig. 5 A and Fig. 5 B are the cross sectional view of embodiment at the interface of invention.
Fig. 6 A and Fig. 6 B are the cross sectional view according to the modularization interface of inventive embodiment.
Fig. 6 C and Fig. 6 D are the cross sectional view according to the interface of the further embodiment of invention.
Fig. 7 A to Fig. 7 C is the schematic block-like diagram that is used in the electronic installation among the embodiment at interface of invention.
Fig. 8 and Fig. 9 illustrate the controller that is used in the inventive embodiment and the calcspar of modem respectively.
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In above-mentioned accompanying drawing, illustrate the currently preferred embodiment of invention and at length be described below.In describing preferred embodiment, similar or identical label is used for indicating common or similar element.Accompanying drawing is unnecessary to be proportional and can be illustrated large or schematically on ratio for some feature of clear and simple and clear accompanying drawing and some view.
Fig. 1 illustrates well site system 1, and the present invention can therewith be used to produce good result.In graphic system, form boring 11 by rotary drilling in abundant known mode.Yet, from disclosed content, those those of ordinary skill in this area will be appreciated that utilization that the present invention also can obtain being different from conventional rotary drilling in the application scenario in probing (for example, MTR and rotation system easy to operate based on directional drilling), and be not restricted to the ground boring tower.
Downhole system 3 comprises that the lower end at it that is suspended in the boring 11 has the drill string 12 of drill bit 15.Surface system 2 comprises ground surface platform and is positioned at the derrick assembly 10 of boring 11 tops of earth penetrating F.Assembly 10 comprises wheel disc 16, kelly bar 17, suspension hook 18 and swiveling faucet 19.Drill string 12 is rotated by wheel disc 16, is supplied to energy by not shown device, and it is at the upper end engagement kelly bar 17 of drill string.Drill string 12 is draped from suspension hook 18, is linked on the movable block (figure does not show yet) by the kelly bar 17 and the swiveling faucet 19 that allow the relative suspension hook rotation of drill string.
Surface system is included in further that well site place forms is stored in drilling fluid or mud 26 in the pit 27.Pump 29 is sent to the inside of drill string 12 with drilling fluid 26 via the port in the swiveling faucet 19, causes that drilling fluid passes drill string 12 and flow downward, as by direction arrow 9 indications.Drilling fluid is discharged drill string 12 via the port in the drill bit 15, and is passed in zone between the wall of the outside and boring of drill string then to cocycle, is called endless belt, as by direction arrow 32 indications.By this way, when it is returned to pit 27 drilling fluid Castor Oil drill bit 15 and take landwaste to surface when being used for recycling.
Below drill string 12, have general in (in other words, from several jumping through rings length of drill bit) near the drill bit 15 by 100 bottom hole assemblies that refer to (BHA).Bottom hole assembly comprises measurement, processing and stored information and the ability of communicating by letter with the surface of being used for.Therefore, except other, BHA 100 comprises that equipment 110 is to be used for determining and communicate by letter around one or more characteristics of 11 the stratum F of holing, such as formation resistivity (or conductivity), natural radiation, density (gamma ray or neutron) and pore pressure.
BHA 100 comprises that further jumping through rings 150 is to be used to carry out various other measurement functions.Jumping through rings 150 holds measurement while drilling (MWD) instrument.The MWD instrument comprises that further equipment (figure does not show) is to be used to producing electric energy to downhole system.Although mud pulse system is illustrated with the generator that is driven that flows by drilling fluid 26, this drilling fluid passes drill string 12 and MWD jumping through rings 150 flows, and other energy and/or battery system also can be employed.
Consider wellsite operation, and the condition at place, well site, can provide sensor to collect data, preferably in real time in the well site on every side.For example, inter alia, these surface probes can be provided to measure standpipe pressure, suspension hook load, the degree of depth, surperficial moment of torsion, rotation rotating speed.Downhole sensor can be arranged on around boring tool and/or the pit shaft so that the information about conditions down-hole to be provided, inter alia, and such as wellbore pressure, the pressure of the drill, torque-on-bit, direction, inclination, jumping through rings rotating speed, tool temperature, annular distance temperature and tool-face.The information of being collected by sensor can be sent to surface system, downhole system and/or surface control unit.
As illustrated in Fig. 1, well head interface 120 is provided at the place, well head end of drill string 12, and the interface, down-hole is provided at the downhole end place of drill string 12.Wired drill pipe telemetry system 145 is passed drill string 12 and is extended.Communication line 130 is schematically illustrated between well head interface and the surface cell 4.This configuration provides passes communication line 130 from surperficial remote unit 4 and passes the wired drill pipe telemetry system to well head interface 120 to the interface 140 and to the communication line of downhole tool (or BHA) 100.
Although 1 place only illustrates a surface cell 4 in a well site, pass across one or more well sites one or more surface cells can be provided.Use wired or wireless connection via one or more communication lines 130, surface cell can be connected on one or more surface interface.But the communication topology point-to-point between surface interface and surface system, put multiple spot or multiple spot to multiple spot.Wired connection comprises cable (using the electric wire of any kind agreement (serial ports, parallel port or the like)) and the optical fiber that uses any kind.But the standard wireless communication technology of wireless technology any kind, the non-standard RF or the optical communication technique that combine with any kind data multiplexing technique such as IEEE 802.11 standards, bluetooth, zigbee or any use any kind modulation scheme, such as FM, AM, PM, FSK, QAM, DMT, OFDM or the like, this data multiplexing technique is such as TDMA, FDMA, CDMA or the like.As an example, the antenna that is used for wireless connections can be placed on the skin of alternative (sub).
As illustrated in Fig. 1, the well head interface is positioned in the place, well head end of wired drill pipe telemetry system.The well head interface operationally is connected to the wired drill pipe telemetry system on the surface cell.As shown, communication line is provided between well head interface and the surface cell.Alternatively, for example, extend above wheel disc and extend in the situation of top drive at drilling rod, the interface alternative can be positioned between top drive and the wired drill pipe.
In Fig. 2 A, illustrate well head interface 120 in more detail.The well head interface is provided with surface modulation demodulator 200, WDP well head modem 202, sensor 204 and energy module 206.Typically, the well head interface is accommodated in the drilling rod on the well head end that can be connected to drill string.
One or more sensors 204 can be provided in the well head interface 120 to measure various pit shaft parameters, such as temperature, pressure (standpipe, mud remote measurement or the like), mud flow rate, noise, probing mechanics (just, moment of torsion, the pressure of the drill, acceleration, pipe rotation or the like), or the like.The measurement that is used to drill mechanics can be located to be performed at high sampling rate (typically 120Hz).In addition, pressure measxurement is being located to be performed so that telemetry demodulation than high sampling rate (typically 480Hz).Sensor can be connected to AFE(analog front end) to be used for signal condition and/or to be connected to processor to be used for handling and/or analyzing data.Sensor also can be used for carrying out diagnostics to be positioned at other diagnostics in the fault in the wired drill pipe system, the characteristic of measuring noise and/or wired drill pipe telemetry system and execution well site.Sensor can be integrated in the well head interface 120 or be placed along its external diameter or internal diameter.Sensing data can be recorded in the storage device.
In Fig. 3, illustrate surface modulation demodulator 200 in more detail.That modem is simulated or numeral.Modem comprises transmitter 300, receiver 302, processor 304 and memory cell 306.Transmitter and receiver can be the form of analog or digital transceiver.The data that transmitter is provided to be received by receiver from the unit, down-hole are transmitted on the surface cell.Transmitter also can be used being transmitted on the downhole tool by the order that receiver receives from surface cell.Diagnostic signal also can be launched on downhole tool and/or the surface cell from the interface alternative.For diagnosis, can be transmitted back on downhole tool/surface cell respectively from the signal of downhole tool/surface cell.
The processor 304 of modem can be used the signal that receives from downhole tool and/or surface cell with modulation and demodulation to be used for conversion, so that they can be received by downhole tool and surface cell.Can carry out error correction, detection, compression, encryption and other data manipulation.The demodulation scheme that is used for the interface preferably is set up at the baud rate place that can communicate by letter between surface cell and downhole tool.The baud rate that is used for the respective modem at surface cell and interface is provided with the calibration baud rate.Similarly, the baud rate that is used for the respective modem at downhole tool and well head interface has been calibrated.
Other project such as global positioning system 308, also can be provided to carry out extra function, and such as real-time clock is set, the clock that perhaps is used between well head surface and downhole tool/surface cell is synchronous.In addition, also can need AFE(analog front end) (amplifier, wave filter or the like).
With reference now to Fig. 2 B,, illustrates interface, down-hole 140.The interface, down-hole is positioned between WDP telemetry system and the downhole tool to be used for the communication between it.In some cases, the interface, down-hole of separation is not necessary, and wherein downhole tool is provided with internal interface.This internal interface is made up of existing modem, processor, sensor and further feature in current downhole tool.
Interface, down-hole 140 can be identical with the well head interface, except the interface, down-hole is provided with WDP downhole modem 320, downhole modem 322, WDP connector 324 and downhole tool connector 326.The interface, down-hole is provided at the communication line between well head interface and the interface, down-hole.Downhole modem is provided at the communication line between one or more parts in WDP telemetry system and the downhole tool.In addition, down-hole connector 326 will be provided and replace surperficial connector.Down-hole connector wired or wireless and induction, conduction or optics that be provided between WDP remote measurement and the downhole tool connect.WDP connector 324 operationally is connected to the interface, down-hole on the wired drill pipe telemetry system.
According to the communication of agreement execution between interface and downhole tool and/or surface cell.Agreement is defined for the form and the order of the signal that is sent and received by the interface.For example, agreement one group of predetermined rule of between corresponding modem, having set up communication plan.Agreement can optionally be adjusted to meet the demand of given telemetry system.Alternatively, given telemetry system can be adapted to meet the agreement at interface.The agreement and/or the baud rate that are used for the interface, down-hole can be adjusted to the well head interface, and the agreement and/or the baud rate that are used for the well head interface also can be adjusted to the interface, down-hole.
Fig. 4 schematically illustrates the various possible configuration of using one or more interfaces.The interface can be positioned on all places along the well site.For example, one of the well head interface can be positioned in adjacent top driving place, and another is set at place, down-hole far away.In another example, interface, a down-hole can be positioned in contiguous wired drill pipe telemetry system place, and another interface is positioned in place, down-hole far away along downhole tool.
Fig. 4 A illustrates the wired drill pipe telemetry system 445 that directly is connected on the downhole tool 410.Well head interface 422 is positioned in the top of wired drill pipe telemetry system.Interface, down-hole 440 is integrated on the downhole tool 410.In this case, the interface, down-hole can form from the existing part of downhole tool, forms the device of part of the parts of downhole tool such as processor, modem and other.
Fig. 4 B illustrates a plurality of wired drill pipe telemetry systems 445, and each all has its interface, down-hole 450.Well head interface 422 is provided at the place, well head end of the wired drill pipe telemetry system of the top.Can or communicate by letter independently with 410 whiles of downhole tool in interface, down-hole 450.
Fig. 4 C illustrates a plurality of downhole tools, and each all has interface 450 under its ground well.Well head interface 422 is provided on the well head end of wired drill pipe telemetry system.Fig. 4 D illustrates the wired drill pipe telemetry system with a plurality of well heads interface 422 and interface, a plurality of down-hole 450.
Fig. 5 A illustrates the example at interface 500, and this interface is used between the wired drill pipe system 145 and downhole tool or bottom hole assembly BHA 100 such as Fig. 1 of wired drill pipe system such as Fig. 1.Interface 500 comprises housing 502, WDP connector 524, down-hole connector 526 and electronic installation 550.As shown, electronic installation is positioned on the surface, inside of jumping through rings to allow mud flow to pass wherein, as indicated by arrow.Electronic installation preferably is loaded in the jumping through rings movably and is being supported shoulder 527 and is mounted.
But housing jumping through rings or other tube or can be connected to alternative on WDP system and/or the downhole tool.Alternatively, but the part of housing WDP system and/or downhole tool.Preferably, end 531 and end 533 are threadingly attached on the corresponding drilling rod of WDP system and/or downhole tool.As shown in the figure, end 531 and end 533 are female end portion (box end), this female end portion be provided be suitable for the contiguous drilling rod of screw-threaded engagement the coupling internal whorl to be used for being operatively connected by it.As required, the end randomly female end portion or male end portion (pin end) to mate contiguous ring.One or more this interfaces 500 can be joined together or open by extra jumping through rings is separated.The interface can be reversed, and is matched on their instruments separately as long as can be operatively connected.
As illustrated in Fig. 5 A, also can provide extra feature, such as reading port 525.Read the path that port is provided to electronic installation.For example, when instrument was taken back to the surface, surface cell can be inserted into to be read in the port to recover data, insert order, stop power supply or to carry out other program.
Fig. 5 B illustrates interface 500a, and this interface has the configuration of part ring-type and part axle shape type.Interface 500a is same as Fig. 5 A in essence, except a part of electronic installation is positioned in the axle shape layout.In other words, a part of electronic installation 550a is positioned along the surface, inside of housing 502, and as illustrated in Fig. 5 A, and another part electronic installation 550b is positioned in housing in the configuration of axle shape.Centralizer 552 is positioned with support electronics 550b along the surface, inside of housing, and passes it and have the aperture to allow passing through of drilling mud, as indicated by arrow.
Fig. 6 A to Fig. 6 D illustrates the various configurations of module interfaces, and this module interfaces is used between the wired drill pipe system 145 and downhole tool or bottom hole assembly BHA 100 such as Fig. 1 of wired drill pipe system such as Fig. 1.As illustrated in Fig. 6 A, module interfaces 600 comprises housing 602, WDP connector 624, down- hole connector 626a, 626b and electronic installation 650a, 650b.As shown, electronic installation is positioned on the surface, inside of jumping through rings to allow mud flow to pass wherein, as arrow is indicated.Electronic installation preferably is loaded in the jumping through rings and along interior surface thereof movably and is mounted.
Housing can with Fig. 5 A in identical.As illustrated in Fig. 6 A, well head end 631 is female end portions, and downhole end 633 is to have the male end portion that is threaded to be used to be operably connected to their instruments separately.
Housing can be provided with one or more connections 660.Connection 660 is provided for the modularity at interface 600.The part at interface can optionally be connected or be separated.For example, but connect criteria of right and wrong joint (shop joint), joint screw thread, soft soldering, welding or other interface portion that is operably connected.As required, connect the separation that allows the interface, for example be used for maintenance or processing.For example, when the WDP system was formed by first entity, first entity can form the WDP part of related interfaces, and when downhole tool during by second entity form, this second entity can form the down-hole part at interface.In this mode, can separated manufacturing and is assembled jointly then in the interface.Electronic installation 650a, 650b preferably are positioned in the assembling to allow to separate in the separate modules.Although illustrate two groups of electronic installations, the additional modules with additional electronic devices can be provided.
One or more connectors such as network joint (link) 662, can be used with electronic installation 650a and the electronic installation 650b of being operably connected.Network joint 670a and network joint 670b are provided to operationally respectively electronic installation 650a is connected on the WDP connector 624 and with electronic installation 650b be connected on the connector 626b of down-hole.Connector, network joint, read the connector communication that port or other device can be operatively connected via the permission of wired, wireless or any kind.When this connection passes across connection 660 extensions, can use extra joint.
Also can comprise extra electronic installation, such as illustrated electronic installation in Fig. 2 A, Fig. 2 B and Fig. 3.Fig. 7 A to Fig. 9 has described the additional configuration that is used for electronic installation, as will be described further below.As illustrated in Fig. 6 A, read port 625a, b also can be provided with the reading circuit that is positioned at wherein.For example, this reading circuit can comprise sensor and other electronic installation, such as illustrated in Fig. 7 A to Fig. 9 and further describe in this article those. Read port 625a, 625b can with Fig. 5 A to read port 525 identical, can be provided at wherein so that connect and signal transmits except this circuit.
As illustrated in Fig. 6 A, one or more extra parts 672 can be positioned in the interface to carry out various extra functions.For example, parts can be used to carry out various underground work, such as down-hole sensing (pressure just), generating, remote measurement, storage or other operation.
Fig. 6 B illustrates the alternative configurations of module interfaces 600a, and this module interfaces is identical with the module interfaces 600a of Fig. 6 A, except extra electronic installation 650c and electronic installation 650d is provided.As shown, the electronic installation 650c additional electronic devices that to be nearby electron device 650a along the surface, inside of housing 602 be positioned in the cyclic position.Electronic installation 650d is supported in housing on the centralizer 652 in the axle shape position.In this configuration, module connects and can comprise electronic installation 650a and electronic installation 650c along connecting the 660 separated firsts at interface that make, and second portion comprises electronic installation 650b and electronic installation 650d.Extra connection 660 can be provided to allow extra separation, for example is used for thread head 631 and connector 624 and thread head 633 and down-hole connector 626b.
Fig. 6 C illustrates alternative module interfaces 600b.In this configuration, electronic installation 650a is positioned along inner surface, and electronic installation 650e nearby electron device 650a is positioned on the surface, inside of housing.Electronic installation 650a is provided with WDP modem 620, and electronic installation 650e is provided with downhole modem 622.Preferably, electronic installation 650e is positioned in the jumping through rings movably.By this way, electronic installation 650e can be from separated at the interface to be used for independent maintenance, to install or the like.
As illustrated in Fig. 6 C, housing has the first female end portion 631 and the 633a of male end portion.As described above, the end female and/or public or other can be operationally with interface and being connected that drill string and/or downhole tool link together.
Fig. 6 D illustrates alternative module interfaces 600c.Module interfaces 600c can be identical with the module interfaces 600b of Fig. 6 C, except electronic installation 650e in the configuration of axle shape is replaced by electronic installation 650f.Downhole modem 622 is positioned among the electronic installation 650f being used for and communicates by letter with downhole tool.
Although the specific arrangements of the electronic installation in the housing, connector and other device has been described in illustrated configuration in Fig. 5 A to Fig. 6 D, be understandable that these layouts are transformable.For example, WDP connector and modem can be positioned on all places around housing.
Fig. 7 A to Fig. 7 C is the schematic chart of the detailed view of the diagram electronic installation 750 that can use with the interface that provides herein.As shown, electronic installation comprises WDP modem 720, downhole modem 722 and energy module 781.As shown, use energy module 781 and/or battery 771 and/or external power source 772, energy can be provided by inside.Also can provide extra electronic installation, for example diagnostics 773, controller 774, sensor 775, GPS/ real-time clock 776 and read port (ROP) 725.
Controller can be used for processing signals, analyze data, controls power supply and carry out other underground work.Diagnostics can be used for monitoring electronic installation, downhole tool, WDP system and other related system.Sensor can be identical with the sensor 204 of Fig. 2 B.For example, the GPS/ real-time clock can be used for being provided for the timestamp and the time synchronized of the data of gathering from sensor.Read port can with describe in this article to read port 625 identical.
Fig. 7 B illustrates the alternative configurations that is used for electronic installation 750a.In this configuration, the electronic installation 750 of Fig. 7 A is divided into WDP part 782 and has the down-hole part 780 of connector 762 between it.As shown, electronic installation 780 is identical with the electronic installation 750 of Fig. 7 A, and except WDP modem 720 has been moved to WDP part 782, and signal/energy interface 778 is provided to operationally communicate by letter with WDP part 782.
Fig. 7 C illustrates another configuration of electronic installation 750b.This configuration is identical with the electronic installation 750a of Fig. 7 B, and 782a is provided with extra electronic installation except the WDP part.WDP part 782a comprises WDP modem 720 and signal energy interface 778b (as the WDP part 782 of previous Fig. 7 B), adds energy module 781, battery 771, GPS/ real-time clock 776, ROP 725, sensor 775, controller 774, diagnostics 773, external energy 772.This configuration illustrates various electronic installations and can be used with one or more parts of electronic installation.Although illustrate two parts, can provide a plurality of parts that comprise the electronic installation various piece.Connector can be required to connect electronic installation separately.
Fig. 8 and Fig. 9 illustrate the alternative configurations of the surface modulation demodulator 200 of Fig. 3, are separated into independent part.Fig. 8 is the detailed view of controller 774.Controller can be provided with processor 892, memory 894, special IC (ASIC)/field-programmable device (FDP) 893 and other circuit.
Fig. 9 is the detailed view of downhole modem 772.Identical configuration can be used in WDP modem 720.For example, modem can comprise transmitter and receiver (perhaps transceiver) 995.In the situation that simulation is used, modem also can be provided with wave filter 996, amplifier 997, gain control 998, modulator 999, demodulator 989 and data converter 988.
Illustrated interface can be positioned around illustrated WDP system and/or downhole tool in Fig. 4 A to Fig. 4 D in Fig. 5 A to Fig. 6 D.For example, the interface of Fig. 5 A to Fig. 6 D can be configured to surface interface, such as the interface 422 of Fig. 4 A to Fig. 4 D, the integrated interface of Fig. 4 A and/or the interface, down-hole 422 of Fig. 4 B to Fig. 4 D.Described in this article interface also can be provided with one or more transponders to amplify and/or to reinvent signal.Transponder and other device (than modem as illustrated in Figure 9) can be used with pass when signal pit shaft by the time improve this signal.
Inter alia, these configurations allow flexibility in adapting to various downhole tools and wired drill pipe telemetry system.Except illustrated accompanying drawing, can use the combination of various integrated and separating interfaces.Also can use a plurality of integrated interfaces.
From foregoing description, be understandable that and preferably and in the alternative making various modifications and variations of the present invention under the situation that does not depart from true spirit of the present invention.For example, the communication line of describing in this article wired or wireless.The device that comprises in this article can manually and/or automatically be activated to carry out required operation.As required and/or based on the data that generate, the condition that detects and/or to underground work place result's analysis, can carry out actuating.
This description is intended to the meaning that is used for only graphic purpose and should not is interpreted as limiting.Scope of the present invention should only be determined by the spoken and written languages of claims.Term in the claims " comprises " and is intended to mean " comprising at least ", makes that the element clauses and subclauses of being stated in the claims are open groups.Unless be left out especially, " one " and other odd number term are intended to comprise its plural form.
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1. interface that is used for the well site system, described well site system comprises the well head electronics and is suspended on drill string in the boring of the face of land, described drill string has at least one downhole tool thereon, described drill string has portion's section of wired drill pipe, and it is the part of the communication line between described downhole tool and described well head electronics; Described interface is used for communicating by letter between portion's section of described wired drill pipe and communication source/destination, and described interface comprises:
Have cylindric outer shape and have the housing of the passage that therefrom passes;
Described housing have on portion's section that can be connected to described wired drill pipe the wired drill pipe end with can be connected to the described source/destination of communicating by letter on other end;
Be arranged on the wired drill pipe circuit module in the described housing, described wired drill pipe circuit module can be electrically connected with described wired drill pipe portion section; With
Other circuit module is arranged in the described housing, and described other circuit module is electrically connected with described wired drill pipe circuit module and can be electrically connected with the described source/destination of communicating by letter.
2. interface according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described communication source/destination is selected from described well head electronics and described downhole tool.
3. interface according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described well head electronics are connected with the well head reducing joint, and described communication source/destination comprises described well head reducing joint.
4. interface according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described downhole tool is the part with bottom hole assembly of communication capacity, and described communication source/destination comprises described bottom hole assembly.
5. interface according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described drill string has other portion's section of wired drill pipe, and described communication source/destination comprises other portion's section of described wired drill pipe.
6. interface according to claim 1 is characterized in that described drill string comprises extra interface, and described communication source/destination comprises described extra interface.
7. interface according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described wired drill pipe circuit module can be connected movably with described other circuit module, and described wired drill pipe circuit module and other circuit module can move respectively from described housing.
8. interface according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described housing comprises two that can separate and the housing modules that can be connected, described other end that described housing module comprises described wired drill pipe end that comprises described housing and the wired drill pipe housing module that comprises described wired drill pipe circuit module and comprises described housing and the other housing module that comprises described other circuit module.
9. interface according to claim 7, it is characterized in that, described housing comprises two that can separate and the housing modules that can be connected, and described housing module comprises described wired drill pipe end that comprises described housing and the wired drill pipe housing module that comprises described wired drill pipe circuit module and comprises the other housing module of described other circuit module.
10. interface according to claim 8 is characterized in that, described wired drill pipe circuit module can be connected movably with described other circuit module.
11. interface according to claim 10 is characterized in that, described wired drill pipe circuit module can be connected by connector movably with described other circuit module.
12. interface according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described wired drill pipe circuit module comprises the wired drill pipe modem, and described other circuit module comprises other modem.
13. interface according to claim 11 is characterized in that, described wired drill pipe circuit module comprises the wired drill pipe modem, and described other circuit module comprises other modem.
14. interface according to claim 12 is characterized in that, described other circuit module comprises power supply.
15. interface according to claim 14 is characterized in that, the device that described power supply uses at least one to be selected from internal energy module, battery and external power source provides energy.
16. interface according to claim 12, it is characterized in that at least one in described wired drill pipe circuit module and the described other circuit module comprises the device that is selected from sensor, diagnostics circuit, reads port, controller, real-time clock and memory.
17. interface according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described interface further comprises at least one transponder.
18. interface according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described passage comprises the central axial passage of part at least, and described wired drill pipe circuit module and the contiguous described central axial passage of other circuit module are installed in the described housing.
19. interface according to claim 7 is characterized in that, described passage comprises the central axial passage of part at least, and described wired drill pipe circuit module and the contiguous described central axial passage of other circuit module are installed in the described housing.
20. interface according to claim 9 is characterized in that, described passage comprises the central axial passage of part at least, and described wired drill pipe circuit module and the contiguous described central axial passage of other circuit module are installed in the described housing.
21. interface according to claim 18, it is characterized in that, described other end comprises connector, be electrically connected with described other circuit module, be used to be connected to described communication source/destination, described connector shaft is in the axis of centres with described part in the annular channel of channel connection to ground.
22. interface according to claim 21 is characterized in that, described connector further comprises the central electronic apparatus module.
23. interface according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described passage comprises the annular channel of part at least, and in described wired drill pipe circuit module and the other circuit module at least one is installed in the middle body of described housing in the annular channel of described part.
24. interface according to claim 7, it is characterized in that, described passage comprises the annular channel of part at least, and in described wired drill pipe circuit module and the other circuit module at least one is installed in the middle body of described housing in the annular channel of described part.
25. interface according to claim 18 is characterized in that, described other end comprises non-central connector, is electrically connected with described other circuit module, is used to be connected to described communication source/destination.
26. interface according to claim 18 is characterized in that, described other end comprises connector, is electrically connected with described other circuit module, is used to be connected to described communication source/destination.
27. one kind is used at portion's section of wired drill pipe and the interface connecting method of communicating by letter and communicating by letter between the source/destination, described method is used for the well site system, described well site system comprises the well head electronics and is suspended on drill string in the boring of the face of land, described drill string has at least one downhole tool thereon, described drill string has portion's section of described wired drill pipe, and it is the part of the communication line between described downhole tool and described well head electronics; Described method comprises step:
The housing that has cylindric outer shape and have the passage that therefrom passes is provided, described housing have on portion's section that can be connected to described wired drill pipe the wired drill pipe end with can be connected to the described source/destination of communicating by letter on other end;
The wired drill pipe that is arranged in described housing circuit module is provided, and described wired drill pipe circuit module can be electrically connected with described wired drill pipe portion section; With
Other circuit module is provided, is arranged in the described housing, described other circuit module is electrically connected with described wired drill pipe circuit module and can be electrically connected with the described source/destination of communicating by letter.
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