Invention Grant
- Patent Title: In-line inspection devices
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Application No.: US16605313Application Date: 2019-01-07
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Publication No.: US11360055B2Publication Date: 2022-06-14
- Inventor: Daniel Joshua Stark , Ilker R. Capoglu , Aurel Adrian Popoviciu
- 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: McGuireWoods LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2019/012539 WO 20190107
- International Announcement: WO2020/145937 WO 20200716
- Main IPC: G01N29/04
- IPC: G01N29/04 ; G01N29/12 ; G01N29/24

Abstract:
The disclosed embodiments include in-line inspection devices, methods to perform in-line inspections of pipeline and protective casings, and methods to determine anomalies of pipeline and protective casings. The method includes deploying an in-line inspection device in a section of a pipeline enclosed by a protective casing. While the in-line inspection device is traveling along the pipeline, the method also includes transmitting, at a frequency, a transmitted signal toward the protective casing; and detecting a scattered signal scattered by the protective casing. The method further includes detecting a scattered signal scattered by the protective casing. The method further includes locating an anomaly of the protective casing based on the scattered signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210364479A1 IN-LINE INSPECTION DEVICES Public/Granted day:2021-11-25
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