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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
May. 17, 2024
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Jose Oliverio Alvarez, Houston, TX (US);
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
A method of detecting an increase in gas content in a pipe. The method includes flowing fluid through the pipe. The method includes generating, by a network analyzer, microwaves data representing a complex scattering coefficient over a first spectrum of microwave frequencies that are emitted through a waveguide and a fluid within the pipe and determining a statistical profile of a complex scattering magnitude over a second spectrum of microwave frequencies. The method includes determining that an amount of gas within the pipe satisfies a threshold amount and causing a flow of fluids within the pipe to slow or stop until the amount of gas falls below a predetermined threshold value.