Fluid flow location identification system and method of determining location of flow contributions in a commingled fluid

A method of determining location of flow contributions in a commingled fluid, comprising:

• flowing fluid through at least a first opening in a tubular past a first component having a first identifier;
• eroding the first component with the fluid flowing therepast;
• releasing trace amounts of the first identifier from the first component into the fluid flowing therepast;
• flowing fluid through at least a second opening in the tubular past a second component having a second identifier;
• eroding the second component with the fluid flowing therepast;
• releasing trace amounts of the second identifier from the second component into the fluid flowing therepast;
• and
• determining whether fluid is flowing through the first opening and the second opening by detecting trace amounts of the first identifier and trace amounts of the second identifier in a flowing commingled fluid.

A fluid flow location identification system, comprising:

• a tubular having at least one opening therethrough;
• a component in operable communication with the at least one opening such that the component is eroded at least by fluid flowing from an outside of the tubular to an inside of the tubular through the at least one opening;
• and
• an identifier in operable communication with the component, trace amounts of the identifier being releasable into fluid eroding the component as the component is eroded, the trace amounts of the identifier being detectable in fluid after having comingled with other fluid flowing within the tubular to allow determination of whether or not the at least one opening has fluid flowing therethrough.