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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
May. 04, 2017
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Anne Bartetzko, Celle, DE;
Joerg Lehr, Celle, DE;
Helmuth Sarmiento Klapper, Hannover, DE;
Marcus Davidson, Inverurie, GB;
Elke Bozau, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE;
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system for increasing the detecting degradation of a wellbore. The system comprises a computer memory configured for storing computing instructions and a processor operably coupled to the computer memory. The system comprises a sensor operably coupled to the computer memory and is configured to determine the presence of at least one chemical species indicative of degradation of the wellbore in a fluid exiting the wellbore. Methods of monitoring a wellbore for corrosion or other degradation of one or more components of wellbore equipment are disclosed as are methods of increasing the lifetime of a wellbore.