METHODS FOR DETERMINING A POSITION OF A DROPPABLE OBJECT IN A WELLBORE

    公开(公告)号:US20240035371A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-01

    申请号:US18257307

    申请日:2020-12-16

    CPC classification number: E21B47/095 E21B47/06

    Abstract: The position of a droppable object (e.g., a cementing plug or drillpipe dart) in a cased wellbore may be determined in real time during a cementing operation. A pressure data acquisition system is installed at a wellsite, a pressure transducer is installed at the wellhead and a flowmeter is placed to measure fluid displacement rate. The fluid displacement causes the droppable object to travel through the casing towards a target position. During displacement the pressure data and flow-rate data are transmitted to a pressure data acquisition system and a flowmeter, respectfully. The pressure and flow-rate data are processed mathematically to obtain pressure pulses, pulse reflections or both. The fluid flow rate data and pressure data are processed by generating a pressure spectrogram converted to pulses. The pulses are then matched with casing tally pulses, thus allowing correction of the droppable object depth.

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