Wireless Communication in Oil and Gas Wells

Franconi, Nicholas G.; Bunger, Andrew P.; Sejdić, Ervin; Mickle, Marlin H.

doi:10.1002/ente.201402067

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“…The contributions of this article relative to the existing literature on IoUT is summarized as follows: [28], smart seismic exploration [29], smart drilling, and smart oil and gas fields [30]- [32]. In this section, we cover the literature on the channel modeling and networking for EM-based IoUTs.…”

Section: A Related Surveysmentioning

confidence: 99%

Toward the Internet of Underground Things: A Systematic Survey

Saeed

Alouini

Al-Naffouri

2019

IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutorials

101

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This paper provides recent advances in the area of Internet of Underground Things (IoUT) with emphasis on enabling communication technologies, networking issues, and localization techniques. IoUT is enabled by underground things (sensors), communication technology, and networking protocols. This new paradigm of IoUT facilitates the integration of sensing and communication in the underground environment for various industries, such as oil and gas, agriculture, seismic mapping, and border monitoring. These applications require to gather relevant information from the deployed underground things. However, the harsh underground propagation environment including sand, rock, and watersheds do not allow the use of single communication technology for information transfer between the surface and the underground things. Therefore, various wireless and wired communication technologies are used for underground communication. The wireless technologies are based on acoustic waves, electromagnetic waves, magnetic induction and visible light communication while the wired technologies use coaxial cable and optical fibers. In this paper, state-of-art communication technologies are surveyed, and the respective networking and localization techniques for IoUT are presented. Moreover, the advances and applications of IoUT are also reported. Also, new research challenges for the design and implementation of IoUT are identified.

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Section: A Related Surveysmentioning

confidence: 99%

Toward the Internet of Underground Things: A Systematic Survey

Saeed

Alouini

Al-Naffouri

2019

IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutorials

101

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“…There have been four major communication methods used until now for data transmission from the drill bit to the surface. These methods are cable operated communication, mud pulse telemetry (MPT), vibration telemetry, and electromagnetic (EM) communication (Franconi et al 2014). Among these different methods, the most popular is MPT, which is also the first method to become formally proposed in the industry as early as 1929 (Hughes 1997).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, this method is only applicable when the drilling fluid is running. Its data transmission rate is slow on the scale of 1-10 bits per second (Franconi et al 2014). This is why exploring other methods such as communication via structural vibration have become necessary, as it offers a faster data transmission rate (Franconi et al 2014).…”

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Simulation and experiment of vibrational or acoustic communication in mining and oil-gas drill strings

Islam

Peter

Wiens

2019

Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering

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Drilling for exploration and mineral extraction purposes is generally an invisible process, that is, there is a lack of real-time information available from the tool head. The borehole mining and oil-gas drilling industries both face tremendous challenges because of this invisibility. Lack of data has impacts on extraction quantity and quality, process efficiencies, and is a major factor in overall program costs. This is why a communication method between the drill head and the surface has been under research. Different communication methods have enabled industries to establish more control over the drill bit. Low data transmission rate is one of the most concerning drawbacks of existing communication methods. Acoustic, also known as vibrational telemetry, is the most recent method used in transferring data through drill pipe at the highest data transmission rate. The proper use of acoustic tools and communication schemes will successfully establish a fast data transmission rate and is expected to become a popular method. This paper will introduce a simulation model for transmission of data through drill pipes and will extrapolate a practical case of a large number of pipes that is usually used in oil-gas extraction. It will also demonstrate an experimental setup of a new acoustic transducer.

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“…Historically there are four communication methods used, namely cable operated communication, mud pulse telemetry, vibration/pressure wave transmission and electromagnetic communication [3]. Among these, the most popular is mud pulse telemetry (MPT) which is a binary coding system and is the first of its kind to be used in the industry.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Most importantly, due to signal attenuation in the fluid, its data transmission rate is slow on the scale of 1-10 bits per second. As a result, exploring other methods such as communication via structural vibration have become necessary [3].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Experimental Results and Proposed Electromechanical Model for Vibrational Communication in Mining and Oil-Gas Drill Strings

Islam¹,

Peter²,

Wiens³

2018

Progress in Canadian Mechanical Engineering

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In borehole mining and oil and gas drilling, the drilling process is invisible from the surface, which is why a two-way communication method between the drill head and the surface is a must. The popular industrial instrumentation technique, widely known as measurement while drilling (MWD), has enabled industries to save costly employee hours and gain more control over the drill bit direction. There are four major methods used throughout history, where the mud pulse telemetry technique has become the state of the art because of its simplicity and convenience. However, like other methods, it has a major drawback of having a slow data transmission rate. Moreover, other methods have different issues which include large attenuation of the data that is transferred through drill pipes. Acoustic telemetry is the most recent method of transferring data through a solid medium, a technique using continuous wave propagation of forces in the wall of the pipe. A proper use of this new method is expected to become popular in the mining and oil-gas industries because of its faster data transmission rate and ability to ignore most attenuating parameters. This method is still in its optimization stage, and the use of a convenient tool to match the transducer with the parameters of the drill pipe and surroundings is still a challenge to overcome. This paper will propose a simulation model to simulate the transmission of data through drill pipes, and will show experimental results of such arrangement justifying the opportunities ahead in this field.

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Wireless Communication in Oil and Gas Wells

Cited by 39 publications

References 28 publications

Toward the Internet of Underground Things: A Systematic Survey

Toward the Internet of Underground Things: A Systematic Survey

Simulation and experiment of vibrational or acoustic communication in mining and oil-gas drill strings

Experimental Results and Proposed Electromechanical Model for Vibrational Communication in Mining and Oil-Gas Drill Strings

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