E - Fixed Constructions – 21 – B
Patent
E - Fixed Constructions
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B
E21B 47/04 (2006.01) F04B 47/00 (2006.01) F04B 49/06 (2006.01) G01F 23/296 (2006.01) G01S 15/10 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2217411
A method and apparatus for measuring the depth of fluid in a well and for controlling the speed of a pump which pumps fluid out of the well according to the measured depth is disclosed. The depth of fluid in a well is measured by sending an acoustic pulse into an annulus between the well casing and the production tubing and sensing reflections of the acoustic pulse from collars on the tubing and a reflection from the fluid surface. Since the collar spacing on the production tubing is known, the distance from the top of the well to the surface of the fluid can be obtained by accumulating the distance associated with the collars detected in the reflection signal. The collar reflections are sensed by converting the reflected acoustic wave into electrical signals and then amplitude demodulating the broadband electrical signals. Once the distance from the top of the well to the surface of the fluid is determined, the height of the fluid above the pump inlet can be obtained by subtracting the distance from the top of the well to the surface of the fluid from the known distance from the top of the well to the pump inlet. The speed of the pump, and therefore its pumping capacity, is controlled according to the height of the fluid above the pump inlet.
Baker James A.
Dyck John G.
Halisky Ronald W.
Bennett Jones Llp
Integrated Production Services Ltd.
Tri-Ener-Tech Petroleum Services Ltd.
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