Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Through tubing acoustic imaging
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Application No.: US16442261Application Date: 2019-06-14
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Publication No.: US11378709B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Roger Steinsiek , Douglas Patterson
- Applicant: Baker Hughes, A GE Company, LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Baker Hughes, A GE Company, LLC
- Current Assignee: Baker Hughes, A GE Company, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Bracewell LLP
- Agent Keith R. Derrington
- Main IPC: G01V1/50
- IPC: G01V1/50 ; E21B47/005 ; G01V1/02 ; E21B47/002

Abstract:
An outer tubular is imaged by a pad assembly disposed within an inner tubular inserted within the outer tubular. The pad assembly is in contact with the inner tubular, and includes an acoustic pressure source, a backing mounted to a side of the acoustic pressure source, and an intervening layer between the acoustic pressure source and inner tubular. Signals generated by the pad assembly propagate radially outward from the inner tubular and reflect from the outer tubular. The generated and reflected signals travel through a medium between the inner and outer tubulars. An estimate of the distance between the inner and outer tubulars is based on the time from generation of the signal to when the reflected signal is sensed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190383959A1 THROUGH TUBING ACOUSTIC IMAGING Public/Granted day:2019-12-19
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