Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Downhole leak detection
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Application No.: US17199715Application Date: 2021-03-12
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Publication No.: US11560790B2Publication Date: 2023-01-24
- Inventor: Abdul Halim Ab. Hamid , Yousef Al-Salim
- Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: E21B47/117
- IPC: E21B47/117 ; E21B47/04 ; E21B47/06 ; E21B47/07

Abstract:
A leak detection tool is positioned in in a tubing string that is disposed in a wellbore. The leak detection tool is attached to a downhole end of a line and includes a cup. An outside diameter of the cup is substantially the same as an inside diameter of the tubing string. An uphole end of the line is attached to a spool disposed proximate to an uphole end of the wellbore. The leak detection tool is propelled through the tubing string in a downhole direction by pumping a fluid down the tubing string such that a fluid pressure uphole of the cup is greater than a fluid pressure downhole of the cup. A flow of fluid from an interior of the tubing string uphole of the cup to an exterior of the tubing string through a leak in a wall of the tubing string is detected as the cup passes the leak. A depth of the leak is determined based on a length of the line from the spool to the leak detection tool when the flow of fluid from uphole of the cup through the leak is first detected.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220290555A1 DOWNHOLE LEAK DETECTION Public/Granted day:2022-09-15
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