Patent ID: 7760670
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: H04B,Y02E,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A control system for two-way communication for an underwater fluid well, comprising: first and second facilities of a well, each of the first and second facilities comprising a low speed modem and a high speed modem; a communications link comprising umbilical conductors extending between the first and second facilities of the well; and means for transmitting data simultaneously via the same umbilical conductors from one of the facilities to the other via the communications link from both a relatively high speed modem and a relatively low speed modem, wherein the low speed modem is coupled to the communications link via a low pass filter and a low speed diplexer and the high speed modem is coupled to the communication link via a high speed diplexer, wherein the umbilical conductors carry the two-way communication and power supply, and wherein one of said facilities is a surface facility and the other of said facilities is an underwater fluid well facility located at a seabed.