Invention Application
- Patent Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF A WELL CASING
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Application No.: US16229136Application Date: 2018-12-21
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Publication No.: US20190112912A1Publication Date: 2019-04-18
- Inventor: Melvin Clark THOMPSON , James Daniel MONTOYA , Jacobo Rogelio ARCHULETA
- Applicant: CHEVRON U.S.A. Inc.
- Main IPC: E21B47/00
- IPC: E21B47/00 ; G01V11/00 ; E21B43/24

Abstract:
This disclosure relates to a system and method for detecting structural integrity of a well casing. The system may detect casing structural integrity events. The casing structural integrity events may include structural failures of the casing and/or potential structural failures of the casing. The well casing may be drilled and/or otherwise embedded into a geologic structure. The well casing may be subject to geologic forces generated by the geologic structure. Unplanned and/or unexpected forces and/or movement may pose a risk to the structural integrity of the casing. Forces and/or movement of sufficient magnitude may result in damage to and/or destruction of the casing. Damage to and/or destruction of the casing may cause a loss of the natural resources being extracted via the well associated with the well casing, contamination of areas surrounding the well, undesirable surface expression, and/or other negative effects.
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