Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device and method to image flow in oil and gas wells using phased array doppler ultrasound
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Application No.: US15558946Application Date: 2016-03-15
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Publication No.: US11092002B2Publication Date: 2021-08-17
- Inventor: Osman S. Malik , Graham T. Manders , Stephen E. Robinson
- Applicant: DarkVision Technologies Inc.
- Applicant Address: CA North Vancouver
- Assignee: DarkVision Technologies Inc.
- Current Assignee: DarkVision Technologies Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: CA North Vancouver
- International Application: PCT/CA2016/050283 WO 20160315
- International Announcement: WO2016/145524 WO 20160922
- Main IPC: E21B47/10
- IPC: E21B47/10 ; E21B47/107 ; G01S15/89 ; G01S15/88 ; G01F1/66 ; G01F1/74 ; E21B47/002 ; E21B43/11 ; E21B43/26

Abstract:
A device and method for imaging, measuring and identifying multiphase fluid flow in wellbores using phased array Doppler ultrasound. The device includes a radially-configured or ring-shaped ultrasound transducer that when deployed in a well in Doppler mode can measure the velocity of radially flowing fluids in the wellbore and generate a 3D image of radial flow in the wellbore, including flowback into the wellbore after fracturing operations, or flow leaving the wellbore during water injection operations. The ring-shaped ultrasound transducer can also simultaneously operate in a B-mode to generate a B-mode image of the wellbore liner upon which the Doppler image can be overlaid. The device may also include a forward facing ultrasound transducer either instead of or in place of the ring-shaped transducer for obtaining information and images on axial flow in the wellbore in Doppler mode, and the location of phase boundaries and phase locations in B-mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180073353A1 DEVICE AND METHOD TO IMAGE FLOW IN OIL AND GAS WELLS USING PHASED ARRAY DOPPLER ULTRASOUND Public/Granted day:2018-03-15
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