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Sandia Technology Capturing Interest of Oil and Gas Industry

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., April 12 -- A new technique developed by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories using an inexpensive disposable fiber optics telemetry system to relay real-time information about the drilling process is capturing oil and gas industry attention.     "We have come up with a unique system using throwaway fiber optics that relays information of what is going on at the end of the drill string as it is happening," said David Holcomb, a Sandia researcher who devised the technique. "Information is instantaneously sent to the surface about temperatures, pressure, chemistry and...Read full article

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    Published: April 2001
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