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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2003
Christian Koeniger, Egelsbach, DE;
Philip Smith, Southampton, GB;
John A. Kerr, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Christian Koeniger, Egelsbach, DE;
Philip Smith, Southampton, GB;
John A. Kerr, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Schlumberger Oilfield UK PLC, Sensor Highway Limited, Southampton, GB;
Abstract
A line is deployed along a landing string or along a marine riser of a subsea well. The line has sensors, such as temperature sensors, distributed along its length. In one embodiment, the line comprises a fiber optic line that includes fiber optic temperature sensors distributed along its length. In another embodiment, the line comprises a fiber optic line used to transmit light, wherein the returned back-scatter light is analyzed to provide a temperature profile along the length of the fiber line. The fiber optic line can be deployed by connecting it to the landing string, pumping it down a pre-existing conduit (such as a hydraulic or chemical injection conduit), or pumping it down a dedicated fiber optic specific conduit.