| US 7,477,160 B2 | ||
| Wireless communications associated with a wellbore | ||
| Erwann Lemenager, Paris (France); Herve Ohmer, Houston, Tex. (US); Klaus B. Huber, Sugar Land, Tex. (US); and Randolph J. Sheffield, Sugar Land, Tex. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 20, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/163,502. | ||
| Application 11/163502 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/161342, filed on Jul. 29, 2005, granted, now 7,347,271. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/522673, filed on Oct. 27, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0024464 A1, Feb. 01, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01V 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 340—853.1 [340/853.3; 340/854.6; 166/355; 166/336; 166/366; 324/338] | 19 Claims |
| 1. A method for use in a subsea environment, comprising:
wirelessly communicating between addressable nodes in a subsea wellbore and addressable nodes proximal a sea floor by transmitting
wireless signals through a formation, each addressable node assigned a unique address; and
arranging a plurality of the nodes proximal the sea floor in an array, the plurality of the nodes interconnected by cables
to provide a larger antenna to enable enhanced wireless communications between the plurality of the nodes proximal the sea
floor and one of a surface node and the nodes in the subsea wellbore.
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