Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Evaluation of downhole installation
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Application No.: US15539299Application Date: 2015-12-21
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Publication No.: US10344582B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: Ioan-Alexandru Merciu
- Applicant: STATOIL PETROLEUM AS
- Applicant Address: NO Stavanger
- Assignee: STATOIL PETROLEUM AS
- Current Assignee: STATOIL PETROLEUM AS
- Current Assignee Address: NO Stavanger
- Agency: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
- Priority: GB1423176.5 20141224
- International Application: PCT/NO2015/050256 WO 20151221
- International Announcement: WO2016/105207 WO 20160630
- Main IPC: G01V1/50
- IPC: G01V1/50 ; G01V9/00 ; E21B33/13 ; E21B43/00 ; E21B47/00 ; E21B49/00

Abstract:
A downhole installation includes a first pipe layer, a second pipe layer about the first pipe layer, an annulus between the first and second pipe layers, and a geological formation outside of the second pipe layer. A method for evaluating the downhole installation includes: exciting a flexural wave in the first pipe layer using an angled acoustic transmitter; receiving third interface echo data using a plurality of angled acoustic receivers at different locations along the longitudinal extent of the pipe layers; generating acoustic resonance across the thickness of the first and second pipe layers by use of full waveform excitation; receiving the acoustic response wave field generated by the full waveform; identifying a suitable component of the acoustic response wave field; determining if the material outside the second pipe layer is fluid or solid; and analyzing the third interface echo data to thereby evaluate material conditions in the annulus.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170350231A1 EVALUATION OF DOWNHOLE INSTALLATION Public/Granted day:2017-12-07
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