Baker Hughes Corporation

Baker Hughes, a Ge Compnay, LLC

Paul Lowson

Otto N Fanini

Richard Jin Yao

Albert A Alexy

Daniel M Cousin

James Domnanish

Thomas Nguyen

Troy A Falgout

Justin Brough

David Burhoe

Amit Anand Kale

Ludger E Heuermann-Kuehn

A downhole flow meter includes a body including an inlet exposed to downhole fluids, an impeller rotatably supported in the body, the impeller including at least one vane, at least one magnet mounted to the at least one vane, and a switch responsive to the at least one magnet arranged in the body.

Flow meter and method for measuring fluid flow

A system and method to determine health prognostics for selection and management of a tool for deployment in a downhole environment are described. The system includes a database to store life cycle information of the tool, the life cycle information including environmental and operational parameters associated with use of the tool. The system also includes a memory device to store statistical equations to determine the health prognostics of the tool, and a processor to calibrate the statistical equations and build a time-to-failure model of the tool based on a first portion of the life cycle information in the database.

Probabilistic determination of health prognostics for selection and management of tools in a downhole environment

An apparatus for use in a wellbore is provided that in one embodiment may include at least one transmitter configured to generate acoustic signals in the wellbore, at least one receiver configured to receive acoustic signals from a formation surrounding the wellbore in response to the transmitted acoustic signal and also configured to provide electrical signals representative of the received acoustic signals, a circuit configured to apply a time-variable gain to the electrical signals to amplify the electrical signals, and a processor configured to process the amplified electrical signals and provide a property of interest.

Time-variable gain for correction of fluid attenuation in downhole acoustic tools

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