- Patent Title: Monitoring of the position of a pipe inspection tool in a pipeline
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Application No.: US13054802Application Date: 2009-02-09
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Publication No.: US09599272B2Publication Date: 2017-03-21
- Inventor: Arthur Hartog , Kevin Forbes , Andrew Strong , Roger Hampson
- Applicant: Arthur Hartog , Kevin Forbes , Andrew Strong , Roger Hampson
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Chamberlain Hrdlicka
- Priority: GB0813474.4 20080723
- International Application: PCT/GB2009/000366 WO 20090209
- International Announcement: WO2010/010318 WO 20100128
- Main IPC: G01N29/00
- IPC: G01N29/00 ; F16L55/48 ; G01V1/00 ; F16L101/30
Abstract:
Apparatus and a method for monitoring of a pipe inspection tool in a pipeline, the apparatus comprising at least one sensor carrier apparatus being locatable along and in close proximity to a pipeline, a plurality of acoustic sensors being locatable on the sensor carrier apparatus, a pipeline inspection tool which is moveable through the pipeline being detectable by means of the acoustic sensors, and the location of the pipeline inspection tool being able to be determined by means of the acoustic sensors.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120067126A1 MONITORING OF THE POSITION OF A PIPE INSPECTION TOOL IN A PIPELINE Public/Granted day:2012-03-22
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