Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Determining drilling fluid loss in a wellbore
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Application No.: US15539803Application Date: 2015-02-27
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Publication No.: US10539011B2Publication Date: 2020-01-21
- Inventor: Clinton Cheramie Galliano , Mathew Dennis Rowe , Walter Varney Andrew Graves
- 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: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2015/018011 WO 20150227
- International Announcement: WO2016/137493 WO 20160901
- Main IPC: E21B47/10
- IPC: E21B47/10 ; E21B47/12 ; G06K19/07 ; E21B43/26 ; E21B47/01

Abstract:
A location of a fracture can be determined in a wellbore. Micro-electro-mechanical (“MEM”) devices of different sizes and shapes can be included in a sweep and injected into a wellbore. A MEM reader can be positioned within a downhole tool for detecting MEM devices in the wellbore after a sweep returns to the surface of the wellbore. The MEM reader can be disposed in the wellbore for measuring the position of the MEM devices remaining in the wellbore. A location, size, and shape of a fracture in the wellbore can be determined based on the position of the MEM devices in the wellbore.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170370211A1 Determining Drilling Fluid Loss In A Wellbore Public/Granted day:2017-12-28
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