Downhole fiber installation equipment and method

    公开(公告)号:US11486215B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-01

    申请号:US16325996

    申请日:2016-10-10

    Abstract: Various embodiments include methods and apparatus structured to install an optical fiber cable into a well at a well site. In a from-bottom-to-top embodiment, an anchor deployed at a selected location in a hole of the well can be used and the optical fiber cable can be pulled up to a surface of the well from the selected location. In a from-top-to-bottom embodiment, an optical fiber cable can be moved down from the surface until an end of the optical fiber cable is locked at a selected location by a catcher disposed at the selected location. With the optical fiber cable in the well, a portion of the optical fiber cable can be coupled to surface instrumentation. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods can be implemented in a variety of applications.

    AUTOMATIC CABLE AND DEVICE DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20220120142A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-21

    申请号:US17072467

    申请日:2020-10-16

    Abstract: A method performed during a run-in-hole process for a casing section includes applying pressure to a cable against an outer portion of the casing section. Additionally, the method includes ultrasonic welding the cable to the outer portion of the casing section while the pressure is applied to the cable against the outer portion of the casing section.

    WELL INTERFERENCE SENSING AND FRACTURING TREATMENT OPTIMIZATION

    公开(公告)号:US20210189874A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-24

    申请号:US16724581

    申请日:2019-12-23

    Abstract: A fracturing treatment optimization system using multi-point pressure sensitive fiber optic cables to measure interwell fluid interaction data, microdeformation strain data, microseismic data, distributed temperature data, distributed acoustic data, and distributed strain data from multiple locations along a wellbore. The fracturing treatment optimization system may analyze the interwell fluid interaction data, microdeformation strain data, microseismic data, distributed temperature data, distributed acoustic data, and distributed strain data, modify a subsurface fracture network model, and calculate interwell fluid interaction effects. The fracturing treatment optimization system may use the fracture network model to measure current and predict future fracture growth, hydraulic pressure, poroelastic pressure, strain, stress, and related completion effects. The fracturing treatment optimization system may enable real-time monitoring and analysis of treatment and monitoring wells. The fracturing treatment optimization system may suggest and effect modifications to optimize treatment of the treatment and monitoring wells.

    Electroacoustic pump-down sensor
    137.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10711599B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-14

    申请号:US15775807

    申请日:2015-12-16

    Abstract: Disclosed are pump-down sensor devices that operate in conjunction with a fiber-optic sensing system to take downhole measurements and communicate them to the surface while moving untethered through a borehole. A pump-down sensor device in accordance with various embodiments includes one or more flow baffles configured for a specified buoyancy, and an electronics module for measuring one or more downhole parameters and transmitting an acoustic signal encoding the measured parameter(s). The acoustic signal can be detected using the fiber-optic sensing system. Additional embodiments are disclosed.

    Flow sensing in subterranean wells
    140.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10370959B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-06

    申请号:US15325413

    申请日:2014-08-20

    Abstract: A flow rate sensing system can include an optical waveguide, an optical interrogator that detects optical scatter in the optical waveguide, and an emitter that produces vibration in response to flow, the optical scatter being influenced by the vibration. A method of measuring flow rate can include detecting optical scattering in an optical waveguide, the optical scattering varying in response to changes in vibration produced by an emitter, and the vibration changing in response to the flow rate changing. A well system can include at least one tubular string positioned in a wellbore, multiple locations at which fluid flows between an interior and an exterior of the tubular string, multiple emitters, each of which produces vibration in response to the flow between the interior and the exterior of the tubular string, and an optical waveguide in which optical scatter varies in response to changes in the vibration.

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