Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sensing annular flow in a wellbore
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Application No.: US15113853Application Date: 2015-01-24
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Publication No.: US10746582B2Publication Date: 2020-08-18
- Inventor: Songming Huang , Colin Atkinson
- 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
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@4a823ad
- International Application: PCT/US2015/012796 WO 20150124
- International Announcement: WO2015/116504 WO 20150806
- Main IPC: E21B47/10
- IPC: E21B47/10 ; G01F1/74 ; G01F1/66 ; E21B47/00 ; G01F1/56

Abstract:
Provided is a tool-body that arranges ultrasonic and electrical capacitance sensors at close distances to the casing wall of the wellbore such that properties of thickness, flow velocity, acoustic impedance and the dielectric constant of the liquid layer are measured at a number of circumferential locations inside the casing of the wellbore. These measured values may then be combined to derive the average flow rate of the layer and also used to identify whether the liquid is water or condensate/oil, or a mixture of the two with a certain water-in-liquid ratio. Combined with a gas flow rate and a liquid droplets concentration measurement, the total liquid flow rate and liquid type can be derived.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160341587A1 SENSING ANNULAR FLOW IN A WELLBORE Public/Granted day:2016-11-24
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