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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:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2008
Applicants:
Robin J. Verret, Youngsville, LA (US);
Michael J. Kilchrist, Lafayette, LA (US);
Inventors:
Robin J. Verret, Youngsville, LA (US);
Michael J. Kilchrist, Lafayette, LA (US);
Assignee:
Turbo-Chem International, Inc., Scott, LA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fluid can be tracked in a wellbore utilizing at least one WID tag, such as an LW tag or an RFID tag, entrained in the fluid. A WID tag reader can be disposed and/or displaced in the wellbore, for example, on a drill string or a casing string. A reader can be utilized to locate the at least one WID tag in the wellbore. A reader can be housed in a drill string sub. A fluid entrained with at least one WID tag can be utilized as a tracer fluid. A WID tag can be entrained in cement or a drilling or fracture fluid.