Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Detection of wellbore faults based on surface pressure of fluids pumped into the wellbore
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Application No.: US17459581Application Date: 2021-08-27
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Publication No.: US11668168B2Publication Date: 2023-06-06
- Inventor: Sergei Parsegov , Stanley Vernon Stephenson , Tirumani Swaminathan , Daniel Joshua Stark , Baidurja Ray
- 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: Delizio, Peacock, Lewin & Guerra
- Main IPC: E21B43/26
- IPC: E21B43/26 ; E21B47/18 ; E21B47/095 ; E21B47/06 ; E21B43/14

Abstract:
A system is provided including at least one pump for pumping a fluid into a wellbore, a pressure sensor provided at a wellhead of the wellbore for measuring a backpressure of the fluid being pumped into the wellbore, and a diagnostic manager. The diagnostic manager obtains pressure data associated with a pressure signal from the pressure sensor, wherein the pressure data includes pressure measurements of the fluid over a selected time period. The diagnostic manager converts, based on the pressure data, at least a portion of the pressure signal into frequency domain. The diagnostic manager detects a change in frequency of the pressure signal in the Fourier spectrum and determines that a fault associated with the wellbore has occurred based on the changed frequency of the pressure signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230066612A1 DETECTION OF WELLBORE FAULTS BASED ON SURFACE PRESSURE OF FLUIDS PUMPED INTO THE WELLBORE Public/Granted day:2023-03-02
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