Enhanced slickline
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsSean Gregory Thomas, Wei Zhang, David L. Perkins
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Abstract
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a slickline for use in well drilling and hydrocarbon recovery operations includes a cable and an intermediate layer disposed around the cable. The slickline also includes a doped polymeric coating layered around the intermediate layer. The doped polymeric coating is a different material from the intermediate layer, and the doped polymeric coating includes a polymeric material doped with an element that is detectable within the doped polymeric coating via a detection machine for purposes of determining wear or other aspects about the conditions of the slickline.
Claims20
A slickline, comprising:
- a cable;
- an intermediate layer disposed around the cable;
- and
- a first doped polymeric coating layered around the intermediate layer, wherein the first doped polymeric coating comprises a different material from the intermediate layer, and wherein the first doped polymeric coating comprises a polymeric material doped with an element that is detectable within the first doped polymeric coating via a detection machine.
A slickline, comprising:
- a cable;
- an intermediate layer disposed around the cable;
- a polymeric coating layered around the intermediate layer, wherein the polymeric coating comprises a different material from the intermediate layer;
- and
- an outer coating disposed over the polymeric coating, wherein the outer coating comprises a hydrophobic coating or a hydrophilic coating.
A method for detecting wear on a slickline, comprising:
- moving the slickline past a detection machine during deployment or retraction of the slickline from a wellbore, wherein the slickline comprises:
- a cable;
- an intermediate layer disposed around the cable;
- and
- a first doped polymeric coating layered around the intermediate layer, wherein the first doped polymeric coating comprises a different material from the intermediate layer, and wherein the first doped polymeric material comprises a polymeric material doped with a detectable element that is detectable within the first doped polymeric coating via the detection machine;
- detecting, via the detection machine, a presence or an amount of the detectable element in the first doped polymeric coating of the slickline moving past the detection machine;
- and
- determining whether the first doped polymeric coating of the slickline is damaged based on the presence or amount of the detectable element detected by the detecting machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.