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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. 12, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2016
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Christopher M. McMillon, Wylie, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/44 (2006.01); E21B 47/107 (2012.01); G01M 3/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/107 (2020.05); G01M 3/24 (2013.01); G01V 1/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for determining the location of a leak within a tubular having tubular components by sending an acoustic signal from an acoustic tool, receiving reflective signals from the acoustic signal, correlating the reflective signals with known tubular components, identifying an unexpected reflective signal and determining the location of a leak by correlating the location of the unexpected reflective signal with the known tubular components.