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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8215164 | Systems and methods for monitoring groundwater, rock, and casing for production flow and leakage of hydrocarbon fluids One embodiment of the present invention is a system comprising one or more subsystems, which can be practiced alone or in combination, which together allow for monitoring of groundwater, rock, and casing for production flow and leakage of hydrocarbon fluids. A flow ... | 07/10/2012 |
| 7536905 | System and method for determining a flow profile in a deviated injection well A system and method is provided for determining flow profiles in a deviated well. The system and method utilize temperature measurements and a modeling technique that enable the use of temperature profiles in deriving flow profiles for fluid injected into deviated w... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7430903 | Fluid flow measurement using optical fibres A method of monitoring fluid flow uses an optical fiber having a heatable coating. The fiber is disposed within flowing fluid, and the heatable coating heated so that heat is transferred from the coating to the fluid. Optical measurements of the temperature of the h... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7412881 | Fluid flowrate determination A method and apparatus are useful for determining the flowrate of fluid flowing within a passage. The method comprises the step of measuring the equilibrium temperature of a location of interest within or proximate to the passage within which fluid flows. The temper... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7409858 | Method for monitoring fluid properties A method for monitoring fluid properties with a distributed sensor in a wellbore having an inner surface, a top and a bottom comprising causing the distributed sensor to assume a helical shape, pulling the distributed sensor towards the bottom of the wellbore, while... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7216533 | Methods for using a formation tester A method of testing a downhole formation using a formation tester on a drill string. The formation tester is disposed downhole on a drill string and a formation test is performed by forming a seal between a formation probe assembly and the formation. A drawdown pist... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7027928 | System and method for determining formation fluid parameters A method for determining a parameter of interest of a formation fluid, comprises moving a tool attached to a tubular member along a borehole in a subterranean formation. The tool is used to determine a formation fluid pressure and a formation fluid temperature at pr... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7017650 | Earth loop energy systems Wellbore heat loop systems, fillers for bores in the systems, and methods of the use of such systems; the systems in certain aspects having a heat loop wellbore in the earth having heat loop pipe extending down to one side of a bottom member and up therefrom on anot... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6905241 | Determination of virgin formation temperature A method for determining virgin formation temperature of earth formations surrounding a borehole is provided. The time duration of drilling fluid circulation and the time after cessation of drilling fluid circulation at the borehole depth regions of interest are tra... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6769805 | Method of using a heater with a fiber optic string in a wellbore A heater cable is deployed in a well bore to elevate the temperature of the wellbore above the temperature of the surrounding fluid and the formation. One or more fiber optic strings are included in or carried by the heater cable which is placed along a desired leng... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6751556 | Technique and system for measuring a characteristic in a subterranean well A technique usable with a subterranean well includes deploying a first optical sensor downhole in the subterranean well. The technique includes observing an intensity of backscattered light from the first optical sensor to measure a distribution of a characteristic ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6702017 | Apparatus and method for well fluid sampling A well fluid sampling tool (5) having a sample chamber (315) at least partly contained within an at least partially evacuated jacket (160, 165, 170), the outermost wall (160) of the jacket (160, 165, 170) being adjacent to or forming an outermost wall of ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6618677 | Method and apparatus for determining flow rates A fiber optic sensor system provides sufficient thermal information to determine the mass flow rates of produced fluids within a well bore, using an optical fiber placed within or adjacent to the well bore without interference with production or prejudici... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6585036 | Energy systems An earth energy transfer system with a moving energy transfer fluid, the system for transferring energy for an entity, the system, in certain aspects, having apparatus and related items for measuring an amount of energy transferred for the entity to or fr... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6540021 | Method for detecting inflow of fluid in a well while drilling and implementing device A method for detecting inflow of fluid in a well while drilling, wherein the drilling is carried out using an installation including a hollow cylindrical drill string (3) wherein is injected fresh mud, a tubing (5) defining with the drill string (3) an an... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6497279 | Method of using a heater with a fiber optic string in a wellbore The present invention provides a heater cable (10) that may be deployed in a wellbore to elevate the temperature of the wellbore above the temperature of the surrounding fluid and the formation. One or more fiber optic strings are included in or are carri... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6474176 | Fluid flow measuring devices and methods for determining fluid flow rates in soils A fluid flow device for determining fluid flow rates in soils includes a conduit for receiving a fluid. The conduit has a reduced channel portion to form a reduced channel portion which amplifies the fluid flow rate of the fluid. A sensor device is couple... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6276438 | Energy systems An earth energy transfer system with a moving energy transfer fluid, the system for transferring energy for an entity, the system, in certain aspects, having apparatus and related items for measuring an amount of energy transferred for the entity to or fr... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6076398 | Method for measuring of flow and flowmeter A measuring procedure and a flowmeter for the measurement of liquid flow in a hole bored in the ground, such as rock. The flowmeter consists of a long cylindrical body comprising: ring-shaped sealing elements (5) placed at a distance from each other in th... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5661236 | Pad production log tool A production logging tool includes a plurality of pads affixed on a log tool so that the pads are located on the outer periphery of the well and are directed toward the borehole center. In the preferred embodiment, eight pads are used, with two groups of ... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5631413 | Fluid holdup tool and flow meter for deviated wells A production logging tool is provided for use within a well to directly measure a velocity profile of a multiphase fluid flow within a cross-section of a well. The production logging tool includes a tool housing from which a plurality of arms are radially... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5509474 | Temperature logging for flow outside casing of wells Apparatus and method for detecting varying flow velocity at differing points outside the casing in a wellbore are provided. The flow is detected by stationary temperature sensors inside the casing. Logging means, sensors left in the well with data storage... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5226333 | Deep-well thermal flowmeter The flowmeter includes a planar wire grid immersed in the fluid flow perpendicular to the direction of fluid flow. Capacitors discharge an electrical current through the wire grid to heat the wire grid and thereby produce, by heat conduction, a thermopuls... | 07/13/1993 |
| 4520666 | Methods and apparatus for determining flow characteristics of a fluid in a well from temperature measurements The invention relates to method and apparatus for determining the flow rate of fluid in a well over an interval including zones where fluid is exchanged between the well and the formations through which it is bored. A logging sonde is used to measure the tempe... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4435978 | Hot wire anemometer flow meter A hot wire anemometer flow meter device is disclosed which is particularly adapted to be inserted down hole in a gas or oil well line or casing to accurately measure fluid flow through the line. The device comprises an elongate member formed of a pluralit... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4420974 | In-situ measurement system A multipurpose in situ underground measurement system comprising a plurality of long electrical resistance elements in the form of rigid reinforcing bars, each having an open loop "hairpin" configuration of shorter length than the other resistance element... | 12/20/1983 |
| 3975941 | Oil well rate metering method A process for determining the production rate of an oil well by measuring the intensity of radiant heat from a fire at the end of a flowline leading from the oil well. The oil from the well head is lead through a horizontal flowline to a burn pit and igni... | 08/24/1976 |
