Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Acoustic downhole leak classification and quantification
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Application No.: US15539486Application Date: 2016-01-11
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Publication No.: US11053790B2Publication Date: 2021-07-06
- Inventor: Yinghui Lu , Paris Smaragdis , Avinash Vinayak Taware , Daniel Viassolo , Clifford Lloyd Macklin
- Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2016/012831 WO 20160111
- International Announcement: WO2016/115030 WO 20160721
- Main IPC: E21B47/107
- IPC: E21B47/107 ; G01V1/50 ; G01V1/52 ; E21B47/113 ; E21B49/08

Abstract:
Described herein are tools, systems, and methods for detecting, classifying, and/or quantifying underground fluid flows based on acoustic signals emanating therefrom, using a plurality of acoustic sensors disposed in the wellbore in conjunction with array signal processing and systematic feature-based classification and estimation methods.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180010443A1 Acoustic Downhole Leak Classification and Quantification Public/Granted day:2018-01-11
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