Patent attributes
Disclosed herein are signal-transparent and actuator-transparent tubulars for use with downhole tubular strings are. The signal-transparent tubulars include a tubular connector configured to engage with and connect to a different downhole tubular, the tubular connector formed from metal, a signal-transparent portion connected to the tubular connector, the signal-transparent portion formed from a composite material, and at least one of a sensor, an actuator, and a transmitter arranged within the signal-transparent portion and at least partially surrounded by the composite material, wherein the composite material of the signal-transparent portion is selected to be transparent to a characteristic of a signal that is detectable by or transmitted by the at least one sensor, actuator, and/or transmitter.
