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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2024
Applicant:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Inventor:
Thomas Hillman, Missouri City, TX (US);
Assignee:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/092 (2012.01); G01N 27/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/092 (2020.05); G01N 27/825 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pipeline tool includes a body, a magnet disposed at the body, one or more sensors disposed at the body, and a controller disposed at the body. The one or more sensors measure at least one force of attraction generated between the magnet and a ferromagnetic material of a tubular conduit. The controller performs operations which include determining, based on the force of attraction, a position of the pipeline tool within a cross-section of the tubular conduit relative to a wall of the tubular conduit within the cross-section.