Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for flow profiling using transient active-source heating or cooling and temperature profiling
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Application No.: US16679941Application Date: 2019-11-11
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Publication No.: US11767753B2Publication Date: 2023-09-26
- Inventor: Brian C. Seabrook , Ted A. Long , Charles J. Mart
- Applicant: ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
- Applicant Address: US TX Spring
- Assignee: ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
- Current Assignee: ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Spring
- Agency: ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company—Law Department
- Main IPC: E21B47/103
- IPC: E21B47/103 ; G01M3/00 ; E21B47/04

Abstract:
A method and apparatus are provided for determining movement of a fluid into or out of a subsurface wellbore, to thereby enable accurate allocation of fluids being produced by or injected into each of several zones of the wellbore. A temperature change is effected in the fluid in a semi-continuous or pulsed manner at one or more locations in the wellbore. A temperature of the fluid is measured at one or more sensing locations downstream of the location of the temperature change. A time of flight model is used to determine, for a plurality of points of interest, a fluid flow direction, bulk flow rate and/or a cumulative flow rate contribution.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200173274A1 Method for Flow Profiling Using Transient Active-Source Heating or Cooling and Temperature Profiling Public/Granted day:2020-06-04
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