Patent ID: 7913773

Claim:
A method for obtaining and using measurement information comprising the steps of: providing at least one measuring device in a bottom hole assembly, said at least one measuring device producing measurement data representative of a measured condition proximate to the bottom hole assembly; providing an uphole processor system at the earth's surface; providing a drill string telemetry system comprising at least a portion of wired drill pipe, the wired drill pipe comprising one or more drill pipes having a cable communicatively coupled at each joint of the one or more drill pipes, the drill string telemetry system coupled with said at least one measuring device and coupled with said uphole processor system, wherein said step of providing a drill string telemetry system comprises providing at least a section of the string as connected drill pipes, each drill pipe comprising a pin end having an inductive coupler with a conductive ring a box end having an inductive coupler with a conductive ring, and at least one conductor coupled between said pin and box end inductive couplers, whereby adjacent drill pipes are inductively coupled at their connected pin-to-box ends; transmitting said measurement data from said measuring device to said uphole processor system via said drill string telemetry system; transmitting control signals to the bottom hole assembly based on the measurement data; and geosteering the drill string based on the control signals, the step of geosteering including changing a trajectory of the drill string and a planned path of the drill string, wherein the control signals are received by a direction drilling subsystem.