GB2439476B - An apparatus and method for determining the torsion in an elongate member - Google Patents

An apparatus and method for determining the torsion in an elongate member

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GB2439476B
GB2439476B GB0716851A GB0716851A GB2439476B GB 2439476 B GB2439476 B GB 2439476B GB 0716851 A GB0716851 A GB 0716851A GB 0716851 A GB0716851 A GB 0716851A GB 2439476 B GB2439476 B GB 2439476B
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torsion
determining
elongate member
elongate
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Leslie Eric Jordan
Keith Kettlewell
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Zenith Oilfield Technology Ltd
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
    • E21B47/09—Locating or determining the position of objects in boreholes or wells, e.g. the position of an extending arm; Identifying the free or blocked portions of pipes
    • E21B47/092—Locating or determining the position of objects in boreholes or wells, e.g. the position of an extending arm; Identifying the free or blocked portions of pipes by detecting magnetic anomalies
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/12—Methods or apparatus for controlling the flow of the obtained fluid to or in wells
    • E21B43/121—Lifting well fluids
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/12—Methods or apparatus for controlling the flow of the obtained fluid to or in wells
    • E21B43/121—Lifting well fluids
    • E21B43/126—Adaptations of down-hole pump systems powered by drives outside the borehole, e.g. by a rotary or oscillating drive
    • E21B47/0007—
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
    • E21B47/008—Monitoring of down-hole pump systems, e.g. for the detection of "pumped-off" conditions
    • E21B47/0905—

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  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Geology (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Geophysics (AREA)
  • Control Of Positive-Displacement Pumps (AREA)
  • Structures Of Non-Positive Displacement Pumps (AREA)
GB0716851A 2004-03-01 2005-03-01 An apparatus and method for determining the torsion in an elongate member Expired - Fee Related GB2439476B (en)

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GB0716851A GB2439476B (en) 2004-03-01 2005-03-01 An apparatus and method for determining the torsion in an elongate member

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GBGB0404458.2A GB0404458D0 (en) 2004-03-01 2004-03-01 Apparatus & method
GB0504159A GB2411673C (en) 2004-03-01 2005-03-01 Apparatus and method for measuring a position of aportion of a pump assembly
GB0716851A GB2439476B (en) 2004-03-01 2005-03-01 An apparatus and method for determining the torsion in an elongate member

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GB0716851D0 GB0716851D0 (en) 2007-10-10
GB2439476A GB2439476A (en) 2007-12-27
GB2439476B true GB2439476B (en) 2008-05-07

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GB0716851A Expired - Fee Related GB2439476B (en) 2004-03-01 2005-03-01 An apparatus and method for determining the torsion in an elongate member

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GB2411673C (en) 2010-01-04
CA2498984C (en) 2015-04-28
GB0404458D0 (en) 2004-03-31
GB2411673B (en) 2007-12-05
CA2498984A1 (en) 2005-09-01
US20060000605A1 (en) 2006-01-05
GB0504159D0 (en) 2005-04-06
GB2411673A (en) 2005-09-07
GB2439476A (en) 2007-12-27
GB0716851D0 (en) 2007-10-10

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