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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. 21, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 24, 2019
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventors:

Brett Bouldin, Dhahran, SA;

Michael Jervis, Dhahran, SA;

Andrey Bakulin, Dhahran, SA;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 23/00 (2006.01); G01V 1/16 (2006.01); G01V 1/42 (2006.01); E21B 47/135 (2012.01); F42D 3/06 (2006.01); G01V 1/22 (2006.01); E21B 47/07 (2012.01); E21B 47/092 (2012.01); E21B 47/117 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F42D 3/06 (2013.01); E21B 47/07 (2020.05); E21B 47/092 (2020.05); E21B 47/117 (2020.05); E21B 47/135 (2020.05); G01V 1/226 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided in some embodiments is a method of distributed acoustic sensing in a subterranean well. The method including advancing a torpedo into a first portion of a wellbore of a subterranean well (the torpedo including a distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) fiber-optic (FO) umbilical that is physically coupled to a surface component and adapted to unspool from the torpedo as the torpedo advances in the wellbore, and an engine adapted to generate thrust to propel the torpedo), and activating the engine to generate thrust to propel advancement of the torpedo within a second portion of the wellbore such that at least some of the DAS FO umbilical is disposed in the second portion of the wellbore.


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