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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2025
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Richard Frank Vargo, Houston, TX (US);
Anoop Sheshrao Jogdand, Pune, IN;
K V V N Krishna Babu Yerubandi, Houston, TX (US);
Nachiket Hemant Gokhale, Pune, IN;
Venkata Gopala Rao Palla, Houston, TX (US);
Walmy Cuello Jimenez, Houston, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A variety of methods and systems for detecting top of cement in well operations are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, a method for detecting top of cement, including: emitting input energy signals into a cement displacement fluid positioned in a casing, wherein the input energy signals travel in the cement displacement fluid down the casing and are reflected in the casing to form reflected energy signals that return to a surface, and wherein the input energy signals are emitted while a cement composition is setting to harden and form compressive strength in a borehole annulus; measuring one or more properties of the reflected energy signals; and determining the top of cement of the cement composition in the borehole annulus based on at least the one or more properties and temperature data of the borehole.