The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 24, 2015
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Songming Huang, Cambridgeshire, GB;

Colin Atkinson, Cambridgeshire, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/10 (2012.01); G01F 1/74 (2006.01); G01F 1/66 (2006.01); E21B 47/00 (2012.01); G01F 1/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/74 (2013.01); E21B 47/00 (2013.01); E21B 47/101 (2013.01); E21B 47/102 (2013.01); G01F 1/56 (2013.01); G01F 1/663 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a tool-body that arranges ultrasonic and electrical capacitance sensors at close distances to the casing wall of the wellbore such that properties of thickness, flow velocity, acoustic impedance and the dielectric constant of the liquid layer are measured at a number of circumferential locations inside the casing of the wellbore. These measured values may then be combined to derive the average flow rate of the layer and also used to identify whether the liquid is water or condensate/oil, or a mixture of the two with a certain water-in-liquid ratio. Combined with a gas flow rate and a liquid droplets concentration measurement, the total liquid flow rate and liquid type can be derived.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…