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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010

Filed:

May. 27, 2005
Applicants:

Stephen J. Kimminau, Sudbury, GB;

Mohammed Rupawalla, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Kashif Rashid, Middlesex, GB;

David Michael Hargreaves, Cambridge, GB;

Cyril Lagrange, Missouri City, TX (US);

Inventors:

Stephen J. Kimminau, Sudbury, GB;

Mohammed Rupawalla, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Kashif Rashid, Middlesex, GB;

David Michael Hargreaves, Cambridge, GB;

Cyril Lagrange, Missouri City, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 9/02 (2006.01); G01V 9/00 (2006.01); G01F 22/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

One aspect of the invention relates to a method () for characterizing a well () using distributed temperature sensor (DTS) data to optimise a well model (). The method comprises providing a well model of flow and thermal properties () of the well (), where the well model () has a plurality of adjustable physical parameters, providing a data set made up of a plurality of DTS temperature profiles of the well () taken at different times during operation of the well (), and running the well model () with different combinations of the plurality of adjustable physical parameters to match to the plurality of DTS temperature profiles. The DTS temperature profiles may also be pre-processed to make them consistent with one another.


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