TIME SYNCHRONIZATION IN HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION UNITS AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS

摘要

To synchronize units of a formation evaluation/drilling operation evaluation system, a time delay associated with a communications link between a master unit (100) and a slave unit (102) of the formation evaluation/drilling operation evaluation system is determined. The master unit (100) has a master time clock (110) that provides universal time. The time delay associated with the communications link is used to enable synchronization of time provided by a slave time clock (112) in the slave unit (102) to the universal time.