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- Patent Title: Methodology and system for determining temperature of subsea infrastructure
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Application No.: US16262248Application Date: 2019-01-30
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Publication No.: US11209321B2Publication Date: 2021-12-28
- Inventor: Andrew Speck , Albert Ballard Andrews , Irfan Bulu , Yi-Qiao Song , Neil Herbst
- Applicant: OneSubsea IP UK Limited
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: OneSubsea IP UK Limited
- Current Assignee: OneSubsea IP UK Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agent Eileen Pape
- Main IPC: G01K11/12
- IPC: G01K11/12 ; E21B41/00 ; G01S17/89 ; G01K3/14 ; E21B41/04 ; G01K11/00 ; G01K7/42 ; G01S17/88

Abstract:
A technique utilizes spatially resolved temperature measurements to infer the temperature of a subsea infrastructure. According to an embodiment, temperature data, e.g. a temperature map, is determined for the subsea infrastructure and comprises performing remote temperature measurements of water surrounding the subsea infrastructure. Additionally, a metrological scan of the subsea structure may be obtained. Furthermore, a simulation or simulations may be run for an assumed temperature profile along a surface of the subsea infrastructure. The data obtained from the remote temperature measurements, the metrological scan, and the simulation is processed to determine a temperature profile of the subsea infrastructure. This temperature profile can then be used to facilitate a variety of subsea infrastructure management decisions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190234808A1 METHODOLOGY AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING TEMPERATURE OF SUBSEA INFRASTRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2019-08-01
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