COMPOSITE SLICKLINE CABLE INTEGRITY TESTING

摘要

A disclosed example embodiment includes a system of testing slickline cable integrity. The system includes a composite slickline cable including a fiber reinforced polymer having at least one optical fiber disposed therein. At least a portion of the optical fiber is placed in axial stress. An optical analyzer is optically coupled to the optical fiber. The optical analyzer is operable to send an optical signal into the optical fiber, receive optical feedback from the optical fiber, responsive to the received optical feedback, identify variations in at least one parameter of the optical fiber and determine whether any identified variations exceeds a predetermined threshold, thereby indicating possible loss of composite slickline cable integrity.

主权项

1. A method of testing composite slickline cable integrity, the method comprising:
providing a composite slickline cable having at least one optical fiber disposed within a fiber reinforced polymer matrix; placing at least a portion of the optical fiber in axial stress; sending an optical signal into the optical fiber; receiving optical feedback from the optical fiber; identifying, responsive to the received optical feedback, variations in at least one parameter of the optical fiber; and indicating possible loss of composite slickline cable integrity when at least one identified variation exceeds a predetermined threshold.