发明名称 Apparatus and method for detecting fluid entering a wellbore
摘要 The method and apparatus of the present invention provides for detecting a flow of a formation fluid entering into a wellbore. An ultrasonic sensor is placed in a wellbore. The sensor has a resonant member that is exposed to a fluid in the wellbore. At a location in the wellbore, acoustic energy is measured wherein the acoustic energy is related to turbulence from formation fluid entering the wellbore. In another embodiment of the invention a tool is provided for detecting a flow of a formation fluid into a downhole location in a wellbore. The ultrasonic sensor has a resonant member that is adapted to be in contact with a fluid in the wellbore. The sensor generates electrical signals when exposed to ultrasonic turbulences caused by a formation fluid entering into the wellbore. A processor processes the electrical signals to detect the flow of the formation fluid.
申请公布号 GB2445498(A) 申请公布日期 2008.07.09
申请号 GB20080006420 申请日期 2006.10.13
申请人 BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 发明人 ROGER R STEINSIEK
分类号 E21B47/10 主分类号 E21B47/10
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