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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:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Robert James North, Livermore, CA (US);
Qingfeng Zhu, Beijing, CN;
Gang Xu, Beijing, CN;
Hui Jin, Beijing, CN;
Inventors:
Robert James North, Livermore, CA (US);
QingFeng Zhu, Beijing, CN;
Gang Xu, Beijing, CN;
Hui Jin, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/40 (2006.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is a method of determining fluid phase distribution and quantifying holdup in a wellbore. The method includes receiving a plurality of oriented probe data and grouping the oriented probe data based on a depth interval. The grouped probe data is processed and fluid phase distribution information is generated based on the processed result.