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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:
Oct. 25, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2019
Applicants:

Tarik Abdelfattah, Houston, TX (US);

Joshua Raymond Snitkoff, Houston, TX (US);

Ian Mitchell, Katy, TX (US);

Jose Rafael Gonzalez, Fulshear, TX (US);

David Lerohl, Houston, TX (US);

Roberto Failla, Cypress, TX (US);

Inventors:

Tarik Abdelfattah, Houston, TX (US);

Joshua Raymond Snitkoff, Houston, TX (US);

Ian Mitchell, Katy, TX (US);

Jose Rafael Gonzalez, Fulshear, TX (US);

David Lerohl, Houston, TX (US);

Roberto Failla, Cypress, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 34/06 (2006.01); G01N 29/036 (2006.01); G01N 29/24 (2006.01); G01N 33/28 (2006.01); E21B 49/08 (2006.01); E21B 47/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 34/06 (2013.01); E21B 47/18 (2013.01); E21B 49/08 (2013.01); G01N 29/036 (2013.01); G01N 29/2418 (2013.01); G01N 33/2841 (2013.01); G01N 33/2847 (2013.01); E21B 49/0875 (2020.05);
Abstract

A production system and method of operating the production system. A fluid flows through a flow control device. The flow control device having an element that generates an acoustic signal indicative of a value of a parameter of the fluid in response to the fluid flowing through the flow control device. The processor receives the acoustic signal from the element, determines the value of the parameter of the fluid from the parameter of the acoustic signal, and changes an operation of the production system based on the value of the parameter of the fluid.


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