US 11,905,796 B2
Downhole tool interface
Almaz Kuliev, Cheltenham (GB); Aaron Barnes, Cheltenham (GB); Neil Cooper, Quedgeley (GB); and Nicholas Masson, Gloucester (GB)
Assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/816,542.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/229,081, filed on Aug. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0039508 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/26 (2012.01); E21B 47/13 (2012.01)
CPC E21B 41/00 (2013.01) [E21B 41/0085 (2013.01); E21B 47/13 (2020.05); E21B 47/26 (2020.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A downhole tool interface for monitoring status of a downhole tool during shipping and handling of the downhole tool, the downhole tool interface comprising:
a housing containing a communication port, a wireless communication system, and a plurality of status sensors;
wherein the communication port is operative to connect to the downhole tool at one or more surface locations during shipping and handling of the downhole tool and retrieve data from the downhole tool;
wherein the wireless communication system is configured to communicate wirelessly with a remote computing device; and
wherein the plurality of status sensors is configured to sense the status of the downhole tool while the downhole tool is at the one or more surface locations during shipping and handling of the downhole tool in order to track location and conditions of the downhole tool while the downhole tool is at the one or more surface locations during shipping and handling of the downhole tool.