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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2013
Timothy I. Morrow, Humble, TX (US);
Stuart R. Keller, Houston, TX (US);
Max Deffenbaugh, Fulshear, TX (US);
Mark M. Disko, Glen Gardner, NJ (US);
David A. Stiles, Spring, TX (US);
Timothy I. Morrow, Humble, TX (US);
Stuart R. Keller, Houston, TX (US);
Max Deffenbaugh, Fulshear, TX (US);
Mark M. Disko, Glen Gardner, NJ (US);
David A. Stiles, Spring, TX (US);
Scott W. Clawson, Califon, NJ (US);
H. Alan Wolf, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Katie M. Walker, Spring, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
An electro-acoustic system for downhole telemetry employs a series of communications nodes spaced along a string of casing within a wellbore. The nodes allow wireless communication between transceivers residing within the nodes and a receiver at the surface. The transceivers provide node-to-node communication up a wellbore at high data transmission rates for data indicative of fluid flow within the wellbore. A method of monitoring the flow of fluid within a wellbore uses a plurality of data transmission nodes situated along the casing string sending signals to a receiver at the surface. The signals are then analyzed.