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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:
Sep. 09, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 18, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Stephen Christopher Newman, Aberdeen, GB;

Graham Peter Jack, Newburgh, GB;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 55/48 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01); E21B 47/047 (2012.01); E21B 47/095 (2012.01); F16L 55/38 (2006.01); F16L 101/12 (2006.01); F16L 101/30 (2006.01); G01F 23/2962 (2022.01); G01S 15/08 (2006.01); G01V 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 55/48 (2013.01); E21B 47/047 (2020.05); E21B 47/095 (2020.05); F16L 55/38 (2013.01); G01F 23/2962 (2013.01); G01S 15/08 (2013.01); G01V 1/46 (2013.01); E21B 43/126 (2013.01); F16L 2101/12 (2013.01); F16L 2101/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to non-intrusive tracking of objects in a conduit from a single location. A system comprises a component positioned to control flow into or out of the conduit to induce pressure waves in the conduit; a pressure transducer in fluid communication with the conduit, the pressure transducer positioned to measure pressure responses in the conduit due to contact of the pressure waves with the object; and a system controller operable to: receive pressure data from the pressure transducer, wherein the pressure data includes the pressure responses to the pressure waves; and determine a distance of the object in the conduit, relative to the component or the pressure transducer, based on the pressure responses.


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