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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2014
Applicants:
Erik N. Lee, Houston, TX (US);
William Johnston, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Daniel Boyd Cooper, Christiansburg, VA (US);
Inventors:
Erik N. Lee, Houston, TX (US);
William Johnston, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Daniel Boyd Cooper, Christiansburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/10 (2012.01); E21B 43/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/14 (2013.01); E21B 47/101 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of monitoring fluid flow in a borehole includes measuring acoustics at a plurality of locations along a downhole assembly in a borehole and calculating a fluid flow rate at the plurality of locations along the downhole assembly based on measuring the acoustics at the plurality of locations.