System and methods for selective shorting of an electrical insulator section
US9359889B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 17, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jun 7, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 19, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V3/26
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
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Abstract
A bottom hole assembly attached to a drillstring includes a main body including multiple electrical insulator sections along a length thereof, each of the electrical insulator sections configured to have a voltage difference generated there across, wherein a transmitting electrical insulator section having a voltage difference generated there across is configured to remain open, and wherein all remaining electrical insulator sections are configured to be electrically shorted there across.
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