- Patent Title: Detecting downhole events using acoustic frequency domain features
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Application No.: US16563689Application Date: 2019-09-06
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Publication No.: US11215049B2Publication Date: 2022-01-04
- Inventor: Tommy Langnes , Pradyumna Thiruvenkatanathan
- Applicant: BP Exploration Operating Company Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Middlesex
- Assignee: BP Exploration Operating Company Limited
- Current Assignee: BP Exploration Operating Company Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Middlesex
- Agency: Conley Rose, P.C.
- Main IPC: E21B47/107
- IPC: E21B47/107 ; E21B49/00 ; G01V1/22 ; G01V1/50 ; E21B43/26 ; G01V1/00 ; E21B47/135 ; G01H3/04 ; G01H9/00 ; E21B33/13 ; E21B34/06 ; E21B43/14

Abstract:
A method of detecting an event within a wellbore includes obtaining a sample data set, determining a plurality of frequency domain features of the sample data set, comparing the plurality of frequency domain features with an event signature, determining that the plurality of frequency domain features matches the thresholds, ranges, or both of the event signature, and determining the presence of the event within the wellbore based on determining that the plurality of frequency domain features match the thresholds, ranges, or both of the event signature. The sample data set is a sample of an acoustic signal originating within a wellbore including a fluid. The sample data set is representative of the acoustic signal across a frequency spectrum. The event signature includes a plurality of thresholds, ranges, or both corresponding to the plurality of frequency domain features.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190390546A1 Detecting Downhole Events Using Acoustic Frequency Domain Features Public/Granted day:2019-12-26
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