Patents Represented by Attorney Winstead
  • Patent number: 7240730
    Abstract: A system to determine the mixture of fluids in the deviated section of a wellbore comprising at least one distributed temperature sensor adapted to measure the temperature profile along at least two levels of a vertical axis of the deviated section. Each distributed temperature sensor can be a fiber optic line functionally connected to a light source that may utilize optical time domain reflectometry to measure the temperature profile along the length of the fiber line. The temperature profiles at different positions along the vertical axis of the deviated wellbore enables the determination of the cross-sectional distribution of fluids flowing along the deviated section. Together with the fluid velocity of each of the fluids flowing along the deviated section, the cross-sectional fluid distribution enables the calculation of the flow rates of each of the fluids. The system may also be used in conjunction with a pipeline, such as a subsea pipeline, to determine the flow rates of fluids flowing therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Glynn R Williams, Kevin J Forbes, Arthur H Hartog, Christian Koeniger, George A Brown