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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:
Jun. 14, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 07, 2019
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Joshua Stark, Houston, TX (US);

Ilker R. Capoglu, Houston, TX (US);

Aurel Adrian Popoviciu, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/04 (2006.01); G01N 29/12 (2006.01); G01N 29/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/2481 (2013.01); G01N 29/043 (2013.01); G01N 29/12 (2013.01); G01N 2291/015 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0423 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosed embodiments include in-line inspection devices, methods to perform in-line inspections of pipeline and protective casings, and methods to determine anomalies of pipeline and protective casings. The method includes deploying an in-line inspection device in a section of a pipeline enclosed by a protective casing. While the in-line inspection device is traveling along the pipeline, the method also includes transmitting, at a frequency, a transmitted signal toward the protective casing; and detecting a scattered signal scattered by the protective casing. The method further includes detecting a scattered signal scattered by the protective casing. The method further includes locating an anomaly of the protective casing based on the scattered signal.


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