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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 24, 2020
Applicants:

Triad National Security, Llc, Los Alamos, NM (US);

Chevron U.s.a. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);

Inventors:

Timothy James Ulrich, II, Los Alamos, NM (US);

Harvey Edwin Goodman, Houston, TX (US);

Assignees:

TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC, Los Alamos, NM (US);

CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., San Ramon, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/46 (2006.01); G01V 1/50 (2006.01); E21B 47/005 (2012.01); E21B 47/007 (2012.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/50 (2013.01); E21B 47/005 (2020.05); E21B 47/007 (2020.05); E21B 49/00 (2013.01); G01V 1/46 (2013.01); G01V 2210/1299 (2013.01); G01V 2210/1429 (2013.01); G01V 2210/642 (2013.01);
Abstract

A pulsed sinusoidal acoustic signal transmitted through a subsurface volume of a wellbore may be detected. A time-reversed acoustic signal of the pulsed sinusoidal acoustic signal may be transmitted through the subsurface volume of the wellbore. Transmission of the time-reversed acoustic signal through the subsurface volume of the wellbore may result in generation of focused acoustic signal in the subsurface volume of the wellbore. The focused acoustic signal in the subsurface volume of the wellbore may be detected, and the integrity of the wellbore may be determined based on the focused acoustic signal in the subsurface volume of the wellbore.


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