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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2018
Weatherford Technology Holdings, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Matthew David Knight, Aberdeenshire, GB;
Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A downhole valve assembly comprises a sleeve concentric with a housing and movable relative to a port through the housing to control flow of fluid through the port. A sensor assembly provides indicates the relative positions of the sleeve and housing, and comprises first and second sensors on e.g. the housing which detect markers on e.g. the sleeve. The sensor outputs are produced by processing (e.g. combining, integrating, summing, subtracting or otherwise processing) the signal components of each of the first and second sensors to correct for misalignment of the sleeve with the housing. The sensor output provides position information for more than one plane, and the output signal therefore allows for correction of errors in the position information arising from misalignment of the sleeve with the housing.