Monitoring strain in downhole tubulars by measuring transmit time of acoustic signals along the wall of the tubular

A method of monitoring the strain in a downhole tubular A (e.g. casing string in an oil, gas or water well) comprises measuring the time of travel of a signal (e.g. acoustic signal) from a signal transmitter B to one or more signal receivers C, D through the wall of the downhole tubular. The distanc...

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1. Verfasser:	DAVID WILLIAM BLACKLAW
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING COUNTING EARTH DRILLING EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES MEASURING MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER,MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUIDLEVEL METERING BY VOLUME MINING OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS PHYSICS TESTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A method of monitoring the strain in a downhole tubular A (e.g. casing string in an oil, gas or water well) comprises measuring the time of travel of a signal (e.g. acoustic signal) from a signal transmitter B to one or more signal receivers C, D through the wall of the downhole tubular. The distance travelled by the signal is calculated from the transit time. When the tubular is under tension the distance will increase, but when the tubular is in compression the distance will decrease. Also disclosed is a method of identifying a flow regime, a method of detecting sand in a fluid flow, a method of identifying localised events and a method of determining flow velocity.