Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Use of metamaterial to enhance measurement of dielectric properties of a fluid
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Application No.: US14421920Application Date: 2013-08-14
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Publication No.: US10202847B2Publication Date: 2019-02-12
- Inventor: Andrew Clarke , Cheng-Gang Xie , Christopher Lenn
- Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US TX Sugar Land
- Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Sugar Land
- International Application: PCT/IB2013/056644 WO 20130814
- International Announcement: WO2014/027322 WO 20140220
- Main IPC: E21B49/00
- IPC: E21B49/00 ; E21B49/08 ; G01F1/56 ; G01N24/08 ; G01N27/02 ; E21B47/10 ; H01Q15/00 ; H01Q19/06 ; G01V3/30

Abstract:
Systems, tools, and methods for enhancing a measurement of a fluid in a borehole, pipe, conduit and/or the like involve an electromagnetic measurement tool that includes a transmitting antenna configured to transmit electromagnetic energy, a receiving antenna configured to receive the electromagnetic energy, and a metamaterial element comprising a negative refractive index. The metamaterial element may focus the electromagnetic energy. The electromagnetic system may comprise one or more antennas that are disposed adjacent to or in contact with the fluid, electromagnetic energy may be transmitted via the transmitting antenna, and the electromagnetic energy may be received with the receiving antenna to measure a property of the fluid.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150218941A1 ENHANCED MATERIALS INVESTIGATION Public/Granted day:2015-08-06
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