Method and system for deploying sensors in a well bore using a latch and mating element
AssigneeMisc B.V.
InventorsBruce H. Storm, JR., Eugene Murphy
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Abstract
A method for deploying a sensor array into a wellbore, including inserting the sensor array into a secondary tubular coupled to a body at a surface of the wellbore, coupling the sensory array to the body, running the secondary tubular into a primary tubular fixed to the wellbore, engaging a latch mechanism located on the body with a mating element fixed to the primary tubular of the wellbore, and decoupling the secondary tubular from the body and retrieving the secondary tubular from the wellbore while the sensor array is held fixed by the latch.
Claims20
A method for deploying a sensor array into a wellbore, comprising:
- inserting the sensor array into a secondary tubular coupled to a body at a surface of the wellbore;
- coupling the sensory array to the body;
- running the secondary tubular into a primary tubular fixed to the wellbore;
- engaging a latch mechanism located on the body with a mating element fixed to the primary tubular of the wellbore;
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- decoupling the secondary tubular from the body and retrieving the secondary tubular from the wellbore while the sensor array is held fixed by the latch.
An apparatus for deploying a sensor array into a wellbore comprising a primary tubular, the apparatus comprising:
- a body into which an end of a cable is fixed, wherein the body comprises a seating lip configured to engage a secondary tubular housing the cable and the sensor array;
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- a latch mechanism operatively connected to the body, wherein the latch mechanism is configured to engage with a mating element fixed to the primary tubular;
- wherein the engagement of the latch mechanism and the mating element secure the sensor array in a down hole position while the secondary tubular is withdrawn from the wellbore.
A system for deploying a sensor array into a primary tubular of a wellbore, the system comprising:
- a primary tubular comprising a latch mating element;
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- a sensor array deployment apparatus comprising:
- a body;
- a secondary tubular configured to house the sensor array;
- a cable extending through the secondary tubular and coupled to the body;
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- a latch mechanism disposed on the body and configured to engage the latch mating element of the primary tubular.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.