APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEMORY DUMP AND/OR COMMUNICATION FOR MWD/LWD TOOLS

摘要

A MWD/LWD bottom hole assembly including a housing and a window at the ho using, the window being transmissive to the signal of at least one transceiv er of a tool having a memory in operable communication with the transceiver, such that the signal is receivable outside of the housing through the windo w. A method for downloading MWD/LWD data to a surface computer. The method i ncludes wirelessly communicating collected data from a MWD/LWD tool memory t o a transceiver external to the tool; passing data through the external tran sceiver, the transceiver further transmitting the data; and receiving data a t the surface computer.