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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:
Mar. 28, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 27, 2012
Applicants:

James R. Lovorn, Tomball, TX (US);

Derrick W. Lewis, Conroe, TX (US);

Mohamed Sati, Katy, TX (US);

Emad Bakri, Houston, TX (US);

Clive D. Menezes, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

James R. Lovorn, Tomball, TX (US);

Derrick W. Lewis, Conroe, TX (US);

Mohamed Sati, Katy, TX (US);

Emad Bakri, Houston, TX (US);

Clive D. Menezes, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 21/08 (2006.01); E21B 36/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/06 (2012.01); E21B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/085 (2013.01); E21B 21/08 (2013.01); E21B 36/001 (2013.01); E21B 47/065 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of maintaining a desired temperature at a location in a well can include adjusting fluid circulation parameters, thereby reducing a difference between an actual temperature at the location and the desired temperature. A well system can include at least one sensor, an output of the sensor being used for determining a temperature at a location in a well, and a hydraulics model which determines a desired change in fluid circulation through the well, in response to the temperature at the location being different from a desired temperature at the location. Another method of maintaining a desired temperature at a location in a well can include adjusting a density, solids content and/or flow rate of a fluid circulated through the well, thereby urging a temperature at the location toward the desired temperature.


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