Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Virtual flowmeter for a well
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Application No.: US14336752Application Date: 2014-07-21
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Publication No.: US10669837B2Publication Date: 2020-06-02
- Inventor: John R. Lovell , Valery Shako
- 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
- Main IPC: E21B47/06
- IPC: E21B47/06 ; G01F1/68 ; E21B47/10 ; G01F1/688

Abstract:
A technique includes inducing a distributed temperature change along a portion of a wellbore and measuring a time varying temperature along the portion of the wellbore due to the induced change. The technique includes determining a distributed flow rate in the portion based at least in part on the measured time varying temperature before the temperature reaches equilibrium.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140326063A1 VIRTUAL FLOWMETER FOR A WELL Public/Granted day:2014-11-06
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