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Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010

Filed:

Nov. 01, 2007
Applicants:

Vladimir Hernandez-solis, Stafford, TX (US);

Montie W. Morrison, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Willem A. Wijnberg, Houston, TX (US);

Sheng Chang, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Joseph Varkey, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Inventors:

Vladimir Hernandez-Solis, Stafford, TX (US);

Montie W. Morrison, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Willem A. Wijnberg, Houston, TX (US);

Sheng Chang, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Joseph Varkey, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 36/04 (2006.01); E21B 43/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A heating and distributed-temperature-sensor cable permanently fixed in a wellbore that permits known amounts of heat to be introduced to subsurface formations and improved temperature measurement thereof. The heat is introduced into a target zone of the wellbore by forming the cable in two sections: an upper section that carries an electrical current without generating significant amounts of heat, and a lower section that generates heat from the electrical current. Continuous distributed-temperature-sensing is performed through measuring various scattering mechanism in optical fibers that run the length of the cable.


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