Wellbore plug system and method

JA Zupanick - US Patent 6,991,048, 2006 - Google Patents
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a method for drilling wellbores
includes drilling a main wellbore, disposing a casing string having a deflecting member at a …

Wellbore sealing system and method

JA Zupanick - US Patent 6,991,047, 2006 - Google Patents
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a method for drilling wellbores
includes drilling a main wellbore and disposing a casing string in the main wellbore. The …

Optical packet switching apparatus and methods

D Handelman - US Patent 7,106,967, 2006 - Google Patents
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Method and system for circulating fluid in a well system

JA Zupanick - US Patent 7,025,154, 2006 - Google Patents
A method for circulating drilling fluid in a well system includes drilling a substantially vertical
well bore from a surface to a subterranean zone and drilling an articulated well bore from the …

Method and system for accessing a subterranean zone from a limited surface area

JA Zupanick, MH Rial - US Patent 6,986,388, 2006 - Google Patents
A method and system for accessing subterranean resources from a limited surface area
includes a first well bore extending from the surface to the target zone. The first well bore …

Method and system for accessing a subterranean zone from a limited surface area

JA Zupanick, MH Rial - US Patent 7,036,584, 2006 - Google Patents
A method and system for accessing subterranean resources from a limited surface area
includes a first well bore extending from the surface to the target zone. The first well bore …

Slant entry well system and method

JA Zupanick - US Patent 7,048,049, 2006 - Google Patents
A system for accessing a subterranean zone from the surface includes an entry well bore
extending down from the surface. A plurality of slanted well bores extend from the entry well …

Method and system for removing fluid from a subterranean zone using an enlarged cavity

LW Diamond, JA Zupanick - US Patent 6,988,548, 2006 - Google Patents
A method for removing fluid from a subterranean zone includes drilling a well bore from a
surface to the subterranean zone and forming an enlarged cavity in the well bore such that …

Fault detection and isolation in an optical network

SK Hester, T Beine, RR Irasehko… - US Patent …, 2006 - Google Patents
An apparatus and method for fault detection and isolation in an optical network is disclosed
in which each node determines an appropriate response to a line fault or an equipment fault …

Wavelength division multiplexing optical communication system

H Tomofuji, H Onaka, T Chikama - US Patent 7,088,922, 2006 - Google Patents
The present invention aims to provide a WDM optical communication system that can
arrange efficiently optical signals of a plurality of bit rates at different wavelength spacing. To …