METHODS OF DETERMINING BOREHOLE CHARACTERISTICS

    公开(公告)号:US20210388718A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-16

    申请号:US17066519

    申请日:2020-10-09

    Abstract: A method of determining borehole characteristics comprises arranging at least one sensing fiber along a borehole, causing pressure changes in the borehole, and measuring strain along the sensing fiber to obtain strain data. The strain data obtained thereby can be interpreted, for example, to determine borehole fracture geometry and to determine borehole perforation cluster efficiency. These results can be used to improve well completion and stimulation designs, increase field production, and/or decrease costs.

    FIBER OPTIC CABLE FOR DOWNHOLE AND HARSH ENVIRONMENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20230393358A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-07

    申请号:US18328314

    申请日:2023-06-02

    Inventor: Kinzo KISHIDA

    CPC classification number: G02B6/4413

    Abstract: A fiber optic cable includes a braided core defining a plurality of helical grooves, and one or more optical fibers disposed along one or more of the helical grooves of the braided core. The elongated structures braided to form the braided core are composed of braided ropes or monolithic wires. An outer layer disposed over an outer surface of the braided core is composed of a metal layer or a flexible plastic layer.

    Fiber optic in vivo diagnostic sensor system and blood vessel insertable pressure distribution measurement device

    公开(公告)号:US10028667B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-24

    申请号:US15022016

    申请日:2014-07-25

    Abstract: A fiber optic biodiagnostic sensor system includes a blood vessel insertable pressure distribution measurement device to be inserted in vivo into a blood vessel to measure distributions of temperature and pressure of an object to be measured along a predetermined site, the device having an SM optical fiber deformable by temperature and strain, a structural member being in contact with a portion of the optical fiber to convert pressure of the to-be-measured object to strain of the optical fiber; and an outer layer converting the optical fiber and the structural member. The sensor system further includes a measurement unit emitting laser light into the SM optical fiber, detecting a frequency shift produced in the scattered light, and calculating a blood pressure at a given position of the optical fiber from a pressure change and a strain change of the SM optical fiber that are calculated from the frequency shift.

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