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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
May. 20, 2015
Weatherford Technology Holdings, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Burkhard Zippel, Lehrte, DE;
Martin Helms, Burgdorf, DE;
Mark Chandler, Houston, TX (US);
Simon J. Harrall, Houston, TX (US);
WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A detector for use in cementing a tubular string in a wellbore includes: a tubular mandrel; an electronics package fastened to an outer surface of the mandrel; a first transducer: fastened to the mandrel outer surface, in communication with the electronics package, and operable to generate ultrasonic pulses; a second transducer: fastened to the mandrel outer surface, in communication with the electronics package, and operable to receive the ultrasonic pulses; and an antenna fastened to the mandrel outer surface and in communication with the electronics package.