GB2408328B - Use of fiber optics in deviated flows - Google Patents

Use of fiber optics in deviated flows

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GB2408328B
GB2408328B GB0500834A GB0500834A GB2408328B GB 2408328 B GB2408328 B GB 2408328B GB 0500834 A GB0500834 A GB 0500834A GB 0500834 A GB0500834 A GB 0500834A GB 2408328 B GB2408328 B GB 2408328B
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fiber optics
deviated
flows
deviated flows
optics
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GB0500834D0 (en
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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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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F1/00—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow
    • G01F1/74—Devices for measuring flow of a fluid or flow of a fluent solid material in suspension in another fluid
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
    • E21B47/06—Measuring temperature or pressure
    • E21B47/07—Temperature
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
    • E21B47/10—Locating fluid leaks, intrusions or movements
    • E21B47/103—Locating fluid leaks, intrusions or movements using thermal measurements
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
    • E21B47/12—Means 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
    • E21B47/13—Means 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
    • E21B47/135—Means 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

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  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
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  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Geophysics (AREA)
  • Remote Sensing (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Measuring Temperature Or Quantity Of Heat (AREA)
GB0500834A 2002-12-17 2003-12-09 Use of fiber optics in deviated flows Expired - Fee Related GB2408328B (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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GB0500834D0 GB0500834D0 (en) 2005-02-23
GB2408328A GB2408328A (en) 2005-05-25
GB2408328B true GB2408328B (en) 2005-09-21

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GB2408329A (en) 2005-05-25
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