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Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 16, 2017
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventors:

Sunder Ramachandran, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Aydin Babakhani, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/04 (2012.01); G01S 13/88 (2006.01); G01F 23/284 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/042 (2013.01); E21B 47/04 (2013.01); G01F 23/284 (2013.01); G01S 13/88 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of wellbore analysis using TM01 and TE01 modes of radar waveforms can include transmitting, at a first time, a radar waveform from a wellhead into a tubing disposed in a wellbore positioned in a reservoir. The radar waveform is either a TM01 mode or a TE01 mode waveform. The tubing includes a fluid, and the surface of the wellbore includes the wellhead. At a second time, a reflected waveform generated by reflecting the transmitted radar waveform on a fluid surface of the fluid is received at the wellhead. A fluid level of the fluid is determined based on the time difference between the first time and the second time, and on a transmission speed of the radar waveform from the wellhead to the fluid surface. The fluid level is a distance between the wellhead and the fluid surface of the fluid.


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