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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2010
Applicants:
John R. Lovell, Houston, TX (US);
Valery Shako, Moscow, RU;
Inventors:
John R. Lovell, Houston, TX (US);
Valery Shako, Moscow, RU;
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 36/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A technique includes inducing a distributed temperature change along a portion of a wellbore and measuring a time varying temperature along the portion of the wellbore due to the induced change. The technique includes determining a distributed flow rate in the portion based at least in part on the measured time varying temperature before the temperature reaches equilibrium.