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Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2022
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventors:

Mustafa A. Al-Huwaider, Dhahran, SA;

Salem H. Suwadi, Khobar, SA;

Shouxiang Mark Ma, Dhahran, SA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/02 (2006.01); E21B 36/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/10 (2012.01); G01F 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/10 (2013.01); B08B 3/02 (2013.01); E21B 36/00 (2013.01); E21B 47/10 (2013.01); B08B 2203/007 (2013.01);
Abstract

A production logging tool includes a housing having a first end configured to connect to a well string disposed in a wellbore, a flowmeter assembly supported by the housing and including a spinner exposed to fluid in the wellbore, and a cleaning assembly connected to the housing and including a fluid nozzle directed at the spinner. The spinner rotates about a central rotational axis of the spinner, and the fluid nozzle direct a flow of cleaning fluid at the spinner. The cleaning assembly can include a fluid pump fluidly connected to the fluid nozzle to drive the flow of cleaning fluid to the fluid nozzle, and a controllable fluid valve between the fluid pump and the fluid nozzle to control the flow of cleaning fluid to the fluid nozzle.


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