Apparatus and methods of electrically controlling downhole well interval inflow and/or injection. The downhole controllable well section (71) compris es a communications and controle module (80), a sensor (82), an electrically controllable valve (84), and an induction choke (90). The electrically controllable valve (84) is adpated to regulate flow between an exterior of t he tubing (40) and an int...

A petroleum well having a borehole extending into a formation is provided. A piping structure is positioned within the borehole, and an induction choke i s positioned around the piping structure downhole. A communication system is provided along the piping structure between a surface of the well and the induction choke. A downhole module is positioned on an exterior surface of t he piping structu...

An apparatus and method for operating an electrically powered device (42) in a packer (40) using the piping structure (24) of the well (38) as an electrica l conductor for providing power and/or communications. The electrically powere d device (42) may comprise an electrically controllable valve (44), a communications and control module, a modem, a sensor, and/or a tracer injection module.

A reservoir production control system includes a plurality of wells for producing a reservoir linked to a central computer over a downhole communication network and a surface communication network. Both the downhole and the surface communication networks are wireless communications paths for transmitting downhole data and surface data to the central computer. Both networks include a series of in...

A gas-lift petroleum well (38, 98, 150) and method for producing petroleum products using downhole pressurized gas to provide lift. The gas-lift well (38, 98, 150) comprises a well casing (22), a production tubing (24), a pack er (40), and a gas-lift valve (148). The packer (40) can comprises an electrically controllable packer valve (44), which is adapted to control a flow of downhole pressurized...

A petroleum well (20) for producing petroleum products that incorporates a system adapted to controllably route communications and/or electrical power having a time-varying current through a piping structure (30 and/or 40) in t he well (20), and methods of producing petroleum products use such a well, are provided by the present invention. The system comprises a first induction choke (70 or 100), ...

Disclosed is a method and system enabling the electronic dissemination of electronic coupons combined with both coupon-related and coupon-unrelated information stored on a computer readable storage medium, (Figure 1, items 100, 120) and a control program limiting a user's access to only such coupon s as have been authorized through user input of an access code.

There is provided a Last Mile delivery system (LAMIS system) for delivery of parcels to recipients, including a plurality of Automatic Delivery Machines (ADMs), located in public places and other places convenient for the recipients. Each ADM has a local computer and data and comunication network connection, and at least a set of cells, possibly of adjustable size, for storing parcels, and a sing...

A petroleum well (20) comprises a well casing (30), a production tubing (40) , a source of time-varying current (68), a downhole tracer injection device (60), and a downhole induction choke (90). The casing (30) extends within a wellbore of the well (20). The tubing (40) extends within the casing (30). T he current source (68) is located at the surface. The current source (68) is electrically conn...

A method and system for the online dissemination of dietary nutritional information includes providing an Internet host station (12) with at least one database that is connectable via the Internet to a remote station (14) via an Internet connection (15). The host station (12) includes a plurality of documents (20, 22, 24, 26) relating to health and nutrition information, including information rela...

The present invention describes a novel transparent polymer mixture with modified relaxation behavior and modified shrinkage behavior, comprising cycloolefin polymers. The polymer mixture comprises at least one amorphous polyolefin. The polymer mixture is used to produce mono- or biaxially oriented films, blister packs, or mixtures with other plastics, particularly with polyolefins. The polymer mi...

A system is provided for drilling and logging of a wellbore formed in an ear th formation. The system comprises a drill string provided with an external recess extending in longitudinal direction of the drill string, a fluid passage for flow of drilling fluid from an upper end of the drill string to a lower end thereof, and a port providing fluid communication between the flui d passage and the re...

Results of medical test for sexually transmissible diseases (STDs) or other medical conditions such as drug use are posted to registry site (112) accessible by subscriber and subscriber-authorized guests (120). Medical tes t results are associated with subscriber identity verification (108), which ma y be a driver's license number, or other indicia of identification, recorded when a test sample wa...

Verfahren zur Herstellung von Mehrschichtlackierungen, bei dem man (I) auf einem elektrisch leitfähigen Substrat einen kathodisch abscheidbaren Elektrotauchlack abscheidet, (II) auf die resultierende Elektrotauchlackschicht mindestens Beschichtungsstoff appliziert, wonach man (III) die Elektrotauchlackschicht und die mindestens eine Schicht aus dem Beschichtungsstoff gemeinsam härtet, wobei der El...

Ein Ausgleichsgetriebe mit Anlaufscheiben (13, 14), das insbesondere für ein Kraftfahrzeug vorgesehen ist, ist mit einem Ausgleichsgehäuse und mehreren Ausgleichsrädern sowie zwei Abtriebswellenrädern als Triebräder versehen, wobei die Anlaufscheiben (13, 14) jeweils zwischen einem Triebrad und dem Ausgleichsgehäuse angeordnet sind. Es ist mindestens eine zwischen einer der Anlaufscheiben (13, 14)...

PURPOSE: To provide a method for forming a composite coating film that gives good appearance of the coating film combined with good coating workability, especially workability under high humidity conditions. CONSTITUTION: In the method for forming a composite coating film by coating an article to be coated with an aqueous base coat composition on and coating thereon a clear cost composition, the a...

PURPOSE: Provided is a method for forming a complex coating film on vehicle body or similar to show excellent physical property of the film even under high humidity condition by using aqueous base coating paint containing specified polyether polyol and emulsion resin. CONSTITUTION: The method comprises painting the aqueous base coating paint over a subject to be applied and coating a clear-top coa...

PURPOSE: A method of fabricating a ferroelectric capacitor is provided to have two pieces or more of withstand voltage which are different from each other. CONSTITUTION: The first electrode structure(11) having the surface which forms at least two-height levels is formed on a substrate(1), a ferroelectric layer(13) having different thicknesses is formed on the first electrode structure(11) by a sp...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an executable method of manufacturing, with only a little labor, a ferroelectric-material capacitor having two pieces or more of withstand voltage which are different from each other. SOLUTION: First, a first electrode structure 11 having the surface which forms at least two-height levels is formed on a substrate 1, a ferroelectric- material layer 13 having a varie...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a capacitor structure having a bottom electrode, an insulator, and a top electrode, and a method of manufacturing it. SOLUTION: The bottom and top electrodes preferably include a metal part and a conducting oxygen containing metal part. In one embodiment, a layer of ruthenium is deposited to form the bottom electrode. Prior to deposition of the insulator, the ruthe...