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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 1996
Filed:
May. 08, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
James R Stoy, Missouri City, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texaco Inc., White Plains, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
16625006 ; 166272 ; 73155 ;
Abstract
A method has been discovered for determining the quality of steam reading a subterranean formation through a well bore. The steam is passed through a choke which imparts critical flow characteristics. A turbine meter is calibrated at the surface at known conditions and then positioned in the well where the steam quality value is required. The turbine meter is used in combination with the Saturated Steam Table to determine steam quality.