Communications systems and methods for subsea processors
Abstract
A subsea processor may be located near the seabed of a drilling site and used to coordinate operations of underwater drilling components. The subsea processor may be enclosed in a single interchangeable unit that fits a receptor on an underwater drilling component, such as a blow-out preventer (BOP). The subsea processor may issue commands to control the BOP and receive measurements from sensors located throughout the BOP. A shared communications bus may interconnect the subsea processor and underwater components and the subsea processor and a surface or onshore network. The shared communications bus may be operated according to a time division multiple access (TDMA) scheme.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- TRANSOCEAN INNOVATION LABS LTD, George Town, KY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1248883
- Patent Number(s):
- 9322264
- Application Number:
- 14/055,795
- Assignee:
- TRANSOCEAN INNOVATION LABS LTD (George Town, KY)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
-
E - FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS E21 - EARTH DRILLING E21B - EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2013 Oct 16
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 02 PETROLEUM; 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Gutierrez, Jose, and Pereira, Luis. Communications systems and methods for subsea processors. United States: N. p., 2016.
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Gutierrez, Jose, & Pereira, Luis. Communications systems and methods for subsea processors. United States.
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"Communications systems and methods for subsea processors". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1248883.
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title = {Communications systems and methods for subsea processors},
author = {Gutierrez, Jose and Pereira, Luis},
abstractNote = {A subsea processor may be located near the seabed of a drilling site and used to coordinate operations of underwater drilling components. The subsea processor may be enclosed in a single interchangeable unit that fits a receptor on an underwater drilling component, such as a blow-out preventer (BOP). The subsea processor may issue commands to control the BOP and receive measurements from sensors located throughout the BOP. A shared communications bus may interconnect the subsea processor and underwater components and the subsea processor and a surface or onshore network. The shared communications bus may be operated according to a time division multiple access (TDMA) scheme.},
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place = {United States},
year = {2016},
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