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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
May. 25, 2010
Applicants:
Al-walid Abdullah Al-gouhi, Dhahran, SA;
Kirk M. Bartko, Dhahran, SA;
Drew Hembling, Dhahran, SA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/10 (2012.01); E21B 33/124 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Distinctive and analytically distinguishable water-soluble and oil-soluble tracer compositions are applied as coatings to the exterior surface of one or more lengths of production tubing installed in a horizontal well bore between open-hole packers adjacent one or more inflow control devices, (ICD), whereby water and/or oil contacting one or more of the respective tracer coatings and passing a faulty open-hole packer seal will solubilize the tracer coating(s) and be detectable by appropriate tests on the produced water and/or hydrocarbon fluids at the earth's surface.