GB2408327B - Use of fiber optics in deviated flows - Google Patents

Use of fiber optics in deviated flows

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GB2408327B
GB2408327B GB0500832A GB0500832A GB2408327B GB 2408327 B GB2408327 B GB 2408327B GB 0500832 A GB0500832 A GB 0500832A GB 0500832 A GB0500832 A GB 0500832A GB 2408327 B GB2408327 B GB 2408327B
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fiber optics
deviated
flows
deviated flows
optics
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Glynn R Williams
George Albert Brown
Arthur Harold Hartog
Kevin J Forbes
Christian Koeniger
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Sensor Highway Ltd
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Sensor Highway Ltd
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01FMEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F1/00Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow
    • G01F1/74Devices for measuring flow of a fluid or flow of a fluent solid material in suspension in another fluid
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21BEARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B47/00Survey of boreholes or wells
    • E21B47/06Measuring temperature or pressure
    • E21B47/07Temperature
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21BEARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B47/00Survey of boreholes or wells
    • E21B47/10Locating fluid leaks, intrusions or movements
    • E21B47/103Locating fluid leaks, intrusions or movements using thermal measurements
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21BEARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B47/00Survey of boreholes or wells
    • E21B47/12Means for transmitting measuring-signals or control signals from the well to the surface, or from the surface to the well, e.g. for logging while drilling
    • E21B47/13Means for transmitting measuring-signals or control signals from the well to the surface, or from the surface to the well, e.g. for logging while drilling by electromagnetic energy, e.g. radio frequency
    • E21B47/135Means for transmitting measuring-signals or control signals from the well to the surface, or from the surface to the well, e.g. for logging while drilling by electromagnetic energy, e.g. radio frequency using light waves, e.g. infrared or ultraviolet waves
GB0500832A 2002-12-17 2003-12-09 Use of fiber optics in deviated flows Expired - Fee Related GB2408327B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US10/321,216 US6997256B2 (en) 2002-12-17 2002-12-17 Use of fiber optics in deviated flows
GB0328443A GB2397648B (en) 2002-12-17 2003-12-09 Use of fiber optics in deviated flows

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GB0500832D0 GB0500832D0 (en) 2005-02-23
GB2408327A GB2408327A (en) 2005-05-25
GB2408327B true GB2408327B (en) 2005-09-21

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GB2408328B (en) 2005-09-21
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GB2408328A (en) 2005-05-25
GB2408329B (en) 2005-09-21

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