Apparatus and Method for Determining Fluid Interface Proximate an Electrical Submersible Pump and Operating The Same in Response Thereto
In one aspect, a production system is disclosed that in one embodiment may include a production tubing placed inside the wellbore, an ESP in the wellbore for flowing fluid from the wellbore into the production tubing, a sensor string including distributed sensors along the sensor string that provide...
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Format | Patent |
Language | English |
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18.09.2014
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Summary: | In one aspect, a production system is disclosed that in one embodiment may include a production tubing placed inside the wellbore, an ESP in the wellbore for flowing fluid from the wellbore into the production tubing, a sensor string including distributed sensors along the sensor string that provides temperature measurements along the production tubing uphole of the ESP, and a controller that determines from the temperature measurements a change in temperature that exceeds a threshold and determines therefrom level of a liquid in the wellbore. |
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Bibliography: | Application Number: US201313838177 |