Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Determining whether a wellbore sealing operation has been performed correctly
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Application No.: US14127066Application Date: 2012-05-16
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Publication No.: US09708904B2Publication Date: 2017-07-18
- Inventor: Bruce McGarian , William Brown-Kerr
- Applicant: Bruce McGarian , William Brown-Kerr
- Applicant Address: GB Dyce, Aberdeen
- Assignee: Halliburton Manufacturing and Services Limited
- Current Assignee: Halliburton Manufacturing and Services Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Dyce, Aberdeen
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: GB1108098.3 20110516
- International Application: PCT/GB2012/051088 WO 20120516
- International Announcement: WO2012/156730 WO 20121122
- Main IPC: E21B47/06
- IPC: E21B47/06 ; E21B47/10 ; E21B47/00

Abstract:
The invention relates to methods of determining whether a wellbore sealing operation has been performed correctly, and to wellbore-lining tubing which facilitates the determination of whether a wellbore sealing operation has been performed correctly. The invention has a utility in determining whether cement has been correctly supplied into an annular region defined between an internal wall of a wellbore and an external surface of a wellbore-lining tubing located in the wellbore, or whether a packer has been properly set to seal such an annular region. One disclosed method comprises the steps of: locating a wellbore-lining tubing (140) in a wellbore (100), said tubing having at least one pressure sensor (80); performing a wellbore sealing operation in an annular region (178) defined between an external surface of said tubing and an internal surface (130) of a wall of the wellbore, or between an external surface of said tubing and an internal surface of another wellbore-lining tubing (118) in which said tubing is located, to seal said tubing in the wellbore; monitoring the pressure of fluid in the annular region using the at least one pressure sensor; and recovering data concerning the pressure of the fluid monitored by the sensor to surface, the pressure data indicating whether the wellbore sealing operation has been performed correctly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140338896A1 Determining Whether a Wellbore Sealing Operation Has Been Performed Correctly Public/Granted day:2014-11-20
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