GB2411673B - Apparatus and method for measuring a position of a portion of a pump assembly - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for measuring a position of a portion of a pump assembly

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GB2411673B
GB2411673B GB0504159A GB0504159A GB2411673B GB 2411673 B GB2411673 B GB 2411673B GB 0504159 A GB0504159 A GB 0504159A GB 0504159 A GB0504159 A GB 0504159A GB 2411673 B GB2411673 B GB 2411673B
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measuring
pump assembly
pump
assembly
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Leslie Eric Jordan
Keith Kettlewell
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Zenith Oilfield Technology Ltd
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Zenith Oilfield Technology Ltd
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
    • E21B47/09—Locating or determining the position of objects in boreholes or wells, e.g. the position of an extending arm; Identifying the free or blocked portions of pipes
    • E21B47/092—Locating or determining the position of objects in boreholes or wells, e.g. the position of an extending arm; Identifying the free or blocked portions of pipes by detecting magnetic anomalies
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/12—Methods or apparatus for controlling the flow of the obtained fluid to or in wells
    • E21B43/121—Lifting well fluids
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/12—Methods or apparatus for controlling the flow of the obtained fluid to or in wells
    • E21B43/121—Lifting well fluids
    • E21B43/126—Adaptations of down-hole pump systems powered by drives outside the borehole, e.g. by a rotary or oscillating drive
    • E21B47/0007—
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
    • E21B47/008—Monitoring of down-hole pump systems, e.g. for the detection of "pumped-off" conditions
    • E21B47/0905—
GB0504159A 2004-03-01 2005-03-01 Apparatus and method for measuring a position of aportion of a pump assembly Expired - Fee Related GB2411673C (en)

Priority Applications (1)

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GB0716851A GB2439476B (en) 2004-03-01 2005-03-01 An apparatus and method for determining the torsion in an elongate member

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GBGB0404458.2A GB0404458D0 (en) 2004-03-01 2004-03-01 Apparatus & method

Publications (4)

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GB0504159D0 GB0504159D0 (en) 2005-04-06
GB2411673A GB2411673A (en) 2005-09-07
GB2411673B true GB2411673B (en) 2007-12-05
GB2411673C GB2411673C (en) 2010-01-04

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GB0716851A Expired - Fee Related GB2439476B (en) 2004-03-01 2005-03-01 An apparatus and method for determining the torsion in an elongate member
GB0504159A Expired - Fee Related GB2411673C (en) 2004-03-01 2005-03-01 Apparatus and method for measuring a position of aportion of a pump assembly

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GB0716851A Expired - Fee Related GB2439476B (en) 2004-03-01 2005-03-01 An apparatus and method for determining the torsion in an elongate member

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CA (1) CA2498984C (en)
GB (3) GB0404458D0 (en)

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US4206810A (en) * 1978-06-20 1980-06-10 Halliburton Company Method and apparatus for indicating the downhole arrival of a well tool
US5323856A (en) * 1993-03-31 1994-06-28 Halliburton Company Detecting system and method for oil or gas well
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GB0504159D0 (en) 2005-04-06
CA2498984C (en) 2015-04-28
GB2411673A (en) 2005-09-07
GB0404458D0 (en) 2004-03-31
GB0716851D0 (en) 2007-10-10
US20060000605A1 (en) 2006-01-05
GB2439476A (en) 2007-12-27
GB2411673C (en) 2010-01-04
CA2498984A1 (en) 2005-09-01

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