Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fluid determination in a well bore
- Patent Title (中): 井眼中的流体测定
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Application No.: US14346863Application Date: 2012-09-25
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Publication No.: US09541665B2Publication Date: 2017-01-10
- Inventor: David Sirda Shanks , David Cyril Hendry
- Applicant: Zenith Oilfield Technology Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Inverurie
- Assignee: Zenith Oilfield Technology Limited
- Current Assignee: Zenith Oilfield Technology Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Inverurie
- Agency: Crowe & Dunlevy, P.C.
- Priority: GB1116855.6 20110930
- International Application: PCT/GB2012/052373 WO 20120925
- International Announcement: WO2013/045913 WO 20130404
- Main IPC: G01V3/18
- IPC: G01V3/18 ; E21B47/10 ; E21B47/00 ; E21B49/08

Abstract:
A fluid measurement system (10, 110, 210) and method of fluid mix determination over a sampling length (25) in a well bore (12). A pulse generator is run in the well bore from which is suspended a cable (24) with two conductors having a length equal to the sampling length. A high frequency pulse is injected along the cable and from the detected response average propagation velocities over the various reflections are used to determine the mixture of fluids. Embodiments are described which improve the determination such as using a cable with sections of alternating impedance, helically wound cable, providing multiple signal generators, incorporating a mathematical model, analyzing the analog signal response, providing a reference cable and incorporating an optical distributed temperature sensor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140253128A1 Fluid Determination In A Well Bore Public/Granted day:2014-09-11
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