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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2016
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Yinghui Lu, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Paris Smaragdis, Urbana, IL (US);
Avinash Vinayak Taware, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Daniel Viassolo, Katy, TX (US);
Clifford Lloyd Macklin, Katy, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/107 (2012.01); G01V 1/50 (2006.01); G01V 1/52 (2006.01); E21B 47/113 (2012.01); E21B 49/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/107 (2020.05); E21B 47/113 (2020.05); E21B 49/08 (2013.01); G01V 1/50 (2013.01); G01V 1/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein are tools, systems, and methods for detecting, classifying, and/or quantifying underground fluid flows based on acoustic signals emanating therefrom, using a plurality of acoustic sensors disposed in the wellbore in conjunction with array signal processing and systematic feature-based classification and estimation methods.