IE20160147A1 - Downhole sensing using solitons in optical fiber - Google Patents

Downhole sensing using solitons in optical fiber Download PDF

Info

Publication number
IE20160147A1
IE20160147A1 IE20160147A IE20160147A IE20160147A1 IE 20160147 A1 IE20160147 A1 IE 20160147A1 IE 20160147 A IE20160147 A IE 20160147A IE 20160147 A IE20160147 A IE 20160147A IE 20160147 A1 IE20160147 A1 IE 20160147A1
Authority
IE
Ireland
Prior art keywords
optical fiber
soliton
downhole
coupled
sensing
Prior art date
Application number
IE20160147A
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
Gopal Bhongale Satyan
Original Assignee
Halliburton Energy Services Inc
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Halliburton Energy Services Inc filed Critical Halliburton Energy Services Inc
Publication of IE20160147A1 publication Critical patent/IE20160147A1/en

Links

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS
    • G01V8/00—Prospecting or detecting by optical means
    • G01V8/10—Detecting, e.g. by using light barriers
    • G01V8/12—Detecting, e.g. by using light barriers using one transmitter and one receiver
    • G01V8/16—Detecting, e.g. by using light barriers using one transmitter and one receiver using optical fibres
    • 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
    • E21B47/007—Measuring stresses in a pipe string or casing
    • 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
    • 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
    • E21B47/12—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
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/30—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range using scattering effects, e.g. stimulated Brillouin or Raman effects
    • H01S3/302—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range using scattering effects, e.g. stimulated Brillouin or Raman effects in an optical fibre
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/25—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission
    • H04B10/2507—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission for the reduction or elimination of distortion or dispersion
    • H04B10/25077—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission for the reduction or elimination of distortion or dispersion using soliton propagation
    • 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
    • E21B47/113—Locating fluid leaks, intrusions or movements using electrical indications; using light radiations
    • E21B47/114—Locating fluid leaks, intrusions or movements using electrical indications; using light radiations using light radiation
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S2301/00—Functional characteristics
    • H01S2301/08—Generation of pulses with special temporal shape or frequency spectrum
    • H01S2301/085—Generation of pulses with special temporal shape or frequency spectrum solitons

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Geology (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geophysics (AREA)
  • Remote Sensing (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Measuring Temperature Or Quantity Of Heat (AREA)
  • Optical Transform (AREA)
  • Investigating Or Analysing Materials By Optical Means (AREA)
  • Optical Modulation, Optical Deflection, Nonlinear Optics, Optical Demodulation, Optical Logic Elements (AREA)
  • Length Measuring Devices By Optical Means (AREA)
IE20160147A 2015-06-26 2016-05-25 Downhole sensing using solitons in optical fiber IE20160147A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
PCT/US2015/038073 WO2016209279A1 (en) 2015-06-26 2015-06-26 Downhole sensing using solitons in optical fiber

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
IE20160147A1 true IE20160147A1 (en) 2016-12-28

Family

ID=56292799

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
IE20160147A IE20160147A1 (en) 2015-06-26 2016-05-25 Downhole sensing using solitons in optical fiber

Country Status (4)

Country Link
US (1) US10241230B2 (OSRAM)
FR (1) FR3037991A1 (OSRAM)
IE (1) IE20160147A1 (OSRAM)
WO (1) WO2016209279A1 (OSRAM)

Families Citing this family (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20190129062A1 (en) * 2017-10-27 2019-05-02 Baker Hughes, A Ge Company, Llc Environmental impact monitoring for downhole systems
US10247838B1 (en) * 2018-01-08 2019-04-02 Saudi Arabian Oil Company Directional sensitive fiber optic cable wellbore system
EP3877626B1 (en) * 2019-02-11 2024-09-18 Halliburton Energy Services Inc. Wellbore distributed sensing using fiber optic rotary joint
EP4650565A2 (en) 2020-02-21 2025-11-19 Silixa Ltd. Long range optical fiber sensing systems
CN114719959B (zh) * 2021-01-04 2025-09-26 中国石油天然气股份有限公司 管柱振动测试工具和管柱振动测试系统
EP4310469B1 (en) * 2022-07-21 2025-10-29 SubCom, LLC Multi-span optical fiber das system with dispersion management and staggered sensing pulses

Family Cites Families (23)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CA2304593A1 (en) * 1997-10-17 1999-04-29 Andrew J. Stentz Soliton pulse generator
KR100269040B1 (ko) * 1998-04-28 2000-10-16 서원석 파장이동 레이저 광원 및 파장이동 레이저 광 생성방법
US6259542B1 (en) * 1998-08-10 2001-07-10 Pirelli Cavi E Sistemi S.P.A. Method and apparatus for monitoring dispersive-wave energy to indicate and optimize soliton transmission performance
JP3390755B2 (ja) * 1998-09-29 2003-03-31 科学技術振興事業団 波長可変短パルス光発生装置及び方法
US6476959B2 (en) * 2000-01-10 2002-11-05 California Institute Of Technology Optical pulse synthesis using brillouin selective sideband amplification
US6885683B1 (en) * 2000-05-23 2005-04-26 Imra America, Inc. Modular, high energy, widely-tunable ultrafast fiber source
EP1288705A3 (en) * 2001-08-28 2005-03-02 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation Wavelength tunable light source and pulse light source
GB2397121B (en) 2002-12-20 2005-06-08 Sensor Highway Ltd System and method to minimize modulation instability
US7525724B2 (en) * 2006-03-16 2009-04-28 The University Of Kansas Laser system for photonic excitation investigation
CA2641492C (en) * 2007-10-23 2016-07-05 Fiberspar Corporation Heated pipe and methods of transporting viscous fluid
US9404360B2 (en) * 2008-02-12 2016-08-02 Baker Hughes Incorporated Fiber optic sensor system using white light interferometry
US9546548B2 (en) * 2008-11-06 2017-01-17 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Methods for locating a cement sheath in a cased wellbore
US20100207019A1 (en) * 2009-02-17 2010-08-19 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Optical monitoring of fluid flow
CA2763389C (en) * 2009-05-27 2017-10-24 Silixa Ltd Optical sensor and method of use
GB201008823D0 (en) 2010-05-26 2010-07-14 Fotech Solutions Ltd Fluid flow monitor
US9417103B2 (en) * 2011-09-20 2016-08-16 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Multiple spectrum channel, multiple sensor fiber optic monitoring system
US8910514B2 (en) * 2012-02-24 2014-12-16 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Systems and methods of determining fluid properties
US20130236153A1 (en) * 2012-03-06 2013-09-12 The Royal Institution For The Advancement Of Learning / Mcgill University Method of manufacturing optical fibers, tapered optical fibers and devices thereof
GB201205774D0 (en) * 2012-03-30 2012-05-16 Univ Heriot Watt Fibre laser
US9575209B2 (en) * 2012-12-22 2017-02-21 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Remote sensing methods and systems using nonlinear light conversion and sense signal transformation
JPWO2014125729A1 (ja) * 2013-02-13 2017-02-02 ソニー株式会社 測定装置及び測定方法
US20140285795A1 (en) * 2013-03-19 2014-09-25 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Downhole multiple core optical sensing system
US9702244B2 (en) * 2014-05-02 2017-07-11 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Distributed acoustic sensing gauge length effect mitigation

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
US10241230B2 (en) 2019-03-26
US20170219736A1 (en) 2017-08-03
FR3037991A1 (OSRAM) 2016-12-30
WO2016209279A1 (en) 2016-12-29

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US12066308B2 (en) Distributed optical fibre vibration sensor
US10241230B2 (en) Downhole sensing using solitons in optical fiber
AU2014342859B2 (en) Distributed acoustic sensing systems and methods employing under-filled multi-mode optical fiber
AU2012284535B2 (en) System and method of distributed fiber optic sensing including integrated reference path
US9222828B2 (en) Downhole flow measurements with optical distributed vibration/acoustic sensing systems
CA2940278C (en) Polymer coated optical fiber
Hofmann et al. Analysis of the acoustic response in water and sand of different fiber optic sensing cables
US10338270B2 (en) Sensing systems and methods with phase unwrapping based on a dynamic phase change model
US10221682B2 (en) Downhole sensing systems and methods employing squeezed light interferometry
CA2951232C (en) Downhole microseismic detection for passive ranging to a target wellbore
CA2932725C (en) Downhole sensing systems and methods employing spectral analysis of time-division multiplexed pulse sequences
Mellors et al. Understanding distributed fiber optic sensing response for modeling of signals
US20140230536A1 (en) Distributed acoustic monitoring via time-sheared incoherent frequency domain reflectometry

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
FC9A Application refused sect. 31(1)