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US 2008/0185144 A1Published application
Providing an expandable sealing element having a slot to receive a sensor array
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorJohn R. Lovell
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Abstract
A completion assembly has an expandable sealing element provided on an outer surface of the completion assembly. The expandable sealing element has a slot. The slot of the expandable sealing element enables the expandable sealing element to expand around a spoolable sensor array.
Claims23
An apparatus for use in a well, comprising:
- a completion assembly;
- an expandable sealing element provided on an outer surface of the completion assembly, wherein the expandable sealing element has a slot;
- and
- a sensor array,
- wherein the slot of the expandable sealing element enables the expandable sealing element to expand around a portion of the sensor array.
2 more elements
A system comprising:
- a spool for location at an earth surface above a well, wherein the spool includes a communication line wound on the spool;
- a completion assembly for deployment in the well;
- and
- a sensor connected to the communication line,
- wherein the communication line is unwound from the spool for deployment into the well with the completion assembly, and wherein the completion assembly has at least one expandable sealing element provided on an outer surface of the completion assembly, the expandable sealing element having a slot,
- wherein the communication line is positioned to be received gradually deeper into the slot as the expandable sealing element expands.
3 more elements
A method for use in a well, comprising:
- deploying a completion assembly into the well, wherein the completion assembly has an expandable sealing element provided on an outer surface of the completion assembly, and wherein the expandable sealing element has a slot;
- deploying a sensor array into the well with the completion assembly, wherein the sensor array is attached to the completion assembly;
- activating the expandable sealing element to cause the sealing element to expand radially outwardly, wherein the sensor array is received in the slot as the expandable sealing element expands around the sensor array.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.