Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Strain sensitive optical fiber cable package for downhole distributed acoustic sensing
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Application No.: US15026853Application Date: 2015-03-10
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Publication No.: US10215015B2Publication Date: 2019-02-26
- Inventor: Hua Xia , Avinash V. Taware , David A. Barfoot
- Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2015/019710 WO 20150310
- International Announcement: WO2016/144334 WO 20160915
- Main IPC: G01H9/00
- IPC: G01H9/00 ; E21B47/10 ; E21B47/12 ; E21B49/00 ; G01V1/52 ; G01V1/22

Abstract:
A distributed acoustic sensing cable package having a polymer composite extruded over an optical waveguide to encase the waveguide and to form a crystalline matrix layer acoustically coupled to the waveguide. The crystalline matrix includes reinforcement fibers to further enhance transmission of a cable strain to the optical waveguide. During manufacture of the cable, the polymer composite may be extruded over the optical waveguide and subsequently subjected to heat treatment to increase the crystallinity of the polymer composite and increase the elastic modulus. Both axial and radial strain fields are effectively interact with cased fiber waveguide for producing measurable phase shift signal for distributed acoustic noise detection.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170260847A1 A Strain Sensitive Optical Fiber Cable Package for Downhole Distributed Acoustic Sensing Public/Granted day:2017-09-14
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