Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Interrogating subterranean hydraulic fractures using magnetoelastic resonators
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Application No.: US15113180Application Date: 2015-01-26
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Publication No.: US10287877B2Publication Date: 2019-05-14
- Inventor: Yogesh Gianchandani , Scott Green , Kamal Sarabandi , Mazen Kanj , Howard Schmidt , Jun Tang , Jiangfeng Wu
- Applicant: The Regents of The University of Michigan , Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Applicant Address: US MI Ann Arbor SA Dhahran
- Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN,SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
- Current Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN,SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Ann Arbor SA Dhahran
- Agency: Reising Ethington P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2015/012947 WO 20150126
- International Announcement: WO2015/112996 WO 20150730
- Main IPC: E21B47/09
- IPC: E21B47/09 ; E21B49/00 ; E21B43/267 ; G01V3/08 ; G01V3/38 ; E21B43/26

Abstract:
A fracture interrogation system includes an antenna adapted for placement in a subterranean wellbore and a plurality of pseudoparticles adapted for distribution with a proppant material into hydraulic fractures along the wellbore. The presence of the pseudoparticles in the hydraulic fractures is detectable by the antenna. The pseudoparticles can include a magnetoelastic resonator having a resonant frequency. An interrogation field excites the resonators at the resonant frequency for detection by the antenna. The same or a different antenna can act as the interrogation field source, and the system can be configured to operate in a talk-and-listen mode to better separate the response signal from the interrogation signal. Electromagnetic, mechanical, or acoustic impulses can be used to excite resonators of the pseudoparticles.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170030189A1 INTERROGATING SUBTERRANEAN HYDRAULIC FRACTURES USING MAGNETOELASTIC RESONATORS Public/Granted day:2017-02-02
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