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Patent No.:

US 10669837 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 21, 2014
Applicant:

Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Inventors:

John R. Lovell, Houston, TX (US);

Valery Shako, Moscow, RU;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/06 (2012.01); G01F 1/68 (2006.01); E21B 47/10 (2012.01); G01F 1/688 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/065 (2013.01); E21B 47/1005 (2013.01); G01F 1/68 (2013.01); G01F 1/6884 (2013.01);
Abstract

A technique includes inducing a distributed temperature change along a portion of a wellbore and measuring a time varying temperature along the portion of the wellbore due to the induced change. The technique includes determining a distributed flow rate in the portion based at least in part on the measured time varying temperature before the temperature reaches equilibrium.


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Lovell, John. (2020). Virtual flowmeter for a well (U.S. Patent No. 10669837). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10669837

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