Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mechanical integrity test system and method of using same
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Application No.: US16156883Application Date: 2018-10-10
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Publication No.: US10669838B2Publication Date: 2020-06-02
- Inventor: Dickson Lee , Vivian Yuen-Lee
- Applicant: Big Guns Energy Services Inc.
- Applicant Address: CA Calgary
- Assignee: BIG GUNS ENERGY SERVICES INC.
- Current Assignee: BIG GUNS ENERGY SERVICES INC.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Calgary
- Agency: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
- Agent Russell T. Manning
- Main IPC: E21B47/10
- IPC: E21B47/10 ; G01V5/12 ; G01N9/24

Abstract:
A system for more accurate mechanical integrity testing of a borehole and cavity has a mechanical integrity testing tool suspended by a wireline from surface to a test depth. Distributed temperature and acoustic sensing systems respectively record distributed temperature and noise measurements along the wireline. First and second pressure sensors measure uphole and downhole pressures. The mechanical integrity testing tool has an interface detection device, which can have an Iridium-192 gamma ray source having a shorter half-life relative to conventional sources. The interface level, distributed temperature measurements, and uphole and downhole pressure measurements can be used to calculate the volume and/or mass of test fluid that has leaked out of the borehole and/or cavity over the test period. The acoustic sensing system can be used to detect and confirm the presence of a leak. The temperature and/or acoustic sensing systems can be used to identify the location of the leak.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190106984A1 MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TEST SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING SAME Public/Granted day:2019-04-11
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