Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Downhole apparatus and technique to measure fluid resistivity
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Application No.: US15828460Application Date: 2017-12-01
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Publication No.: US10724368B2Publication Date: 2020-07-28
- Inventor: Yuichi Maekawa , Zhixiang Chen
- 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
- Agent Eileen Pape
- Main IPC: E21B49/10
- IPC: E21B49/10 ; G01V3/20 ; G01V3/24 ; G01V3/30 ; E21B49/08

Abstract:
A method and apparatus are provided to measure fluid resistivity. The method includes driving a first winding at a first frequency to induce a first current in a fluid present in a flow line and then driving the first winding at a second frequency to induce a second current in the fluid present in the flow line. The method includes measuring the first and second currents and based on these results, determining a resistivity of the fluid. The apparatus includes an apparatus usable with a well that includes a flow line and a first winding to circumscribe the flow line. Also included is a transmitter to induce a number of currents in the flow line and a second winding to provide signals used to derive representations of excitation voltages and current magnitudes. The apparatus may further include an engine to determine a resistivity of the fluid in the flow line.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180171789A1 DOWNHOLE APPARATUS AND TECHNIQUE TO MEASURE FLUID RESISTIVITY Public/Granted day:2018-06-21
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