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This chapter presents novel ways of obtaining downhole parameters and remote activation of downhole tools utilizing uniquely designed instruments. Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are employed for drillstring component tracking and actuating downhole valves and reamers. At/Near-bit/Short-hop sensing instruments are located in the vicinity of the drill bit or in the drill bit sub. Being directly behind the drill bit, right the bottom of the well, allows them to obtain measurements where rapid changes in geology and lithology of rock formations occur. The drilling micro-chip explores a new concept, where a mobile chip travels down a well to the bottom, and then back up again to the surface, with drilling fluid flow. During this journey the micro-chip acquires measurements resulting in the complete profile of a wellbore.

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  1. Drilling Technology Division, EXPEC ARC, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

    Chinthaka P. Gooneratne

  2. Drilling Technology Division, EXPEC ARC, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

    Bodong Li

  3. Aramco Research Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Max Deffenbaugh

  4. Drilling Technology Division, EXPEC ARC, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

    Timothy Moellendick

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Gooneratne, C.P., Li, B., Deffenbaugh, M., Moellendick, T. (2019). New Technologies. In: Instruments, Measurement Principles and Communication Technologies for Downhole Drilling Environments. Smart Sensors, Measurement and Instrumentation, vol 32. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04900-3_7

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