# US 2024/0201032 A1 · Optical fiber equipped geomaterial test plug standards > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2024/0201032 A1 - Document ID: US20240201032A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/066,019 - Filed: 2022-12-14 - Published: 2024-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2022-12-14 - Assignees: Aramco Services Company - Applicants: Aramco Services Company - Inventors: Seth Busetti; Arpita Bathija; Harold Merry - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240201032A1 ## CPC - G01K 1/14: Supports; Fastening devices; Arrangements for mounting thermometers in particular locations - G01L 1/242: {the material being an optical fibre} - E21B 41/00: Equipment or details not covered by groups E21B15/00 - E21B40/00 - E21B 47/01: Devices for supporting measuring instruments on drill bits, pipes, rods or wirelines; Protecting measuring instruments in boreholes against heat, shock, pressure or the like - E21B 47/135: using light waves, e.g. infrared or ultraviolet waves - G01K 11/32: using changes in transmittance, scattering or luminescence in optical fibres - G01K 11/3206: at discrete locations in the fibre, e.g. using Bragg scattering - G01K: MEASURING TEMPERATURE; MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT; THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (radiation pyrometry G01J5/00) - G01L: MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE (weighing G01G) - E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS ## Abstract A system includes a plug standard formed of a geomaterial, a fiber optic cable and a support lattice embedded within the plug standard, and a joint attached to an end of the fiber optic cable outside of the plug standard. The fiber optic cable captures at least strain measurements and temperature measurements of the plug standard. The support lattice supports the fiber optic cable within the plug standard, and the joint connects the fiber optic cable with a fiber optic interrogator. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system comprising: a plug standard formed of a geomaterial; a fiber optic cable embedded within the plug standard, the fiber optic cable configured to capture at least strain measurements and temperature measurements of the plug standard; a support lattice disposed within the plug standard, the support lattice configured to support the fiber optic cable within the plug standard; and a joint attached to an end of the fiber optic cable outside of the plug standard, the joint configured to connect the fiber optic cable with a fiber optic interrogator. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the plug standard is cylindrically shaped. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the geomaterial of the plug standard comprises consistent material specifications throughout the plug standard. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the geomaterial is a solid material. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the geomaterial is a loose material. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the end of the fiber optic cable exits the plug standard through an upper surface of the plug standard. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the end of the fiber optic cable exits the plug standard through an outer surface of the plug standard. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein a cross-section of the plug standard is larger than a cross-section of the support lattice. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein a lower end of the support lattice is situated above a lower end of the plug standard. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the support lattice extends a total length of the plug standard. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the support lattice is formed of a mesh frame. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system according to claim 11, wherein the fiber optic cable is helically wrapped along the support lattice. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the system further comprises a mold configured to shape and support the plug standard. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system according to claim 13, wherein the mold is formed of a body having a cavity defined therein. ### Claim 15 A method comprising: supporting a fiber optic cable by securing the fiber optic cable along a support lattice; creating a plug standard by forming a geomaterial around the support lattice such that that the fiber optic cable is embedded within the plug standard; connecting the fiber optic cable embedded within the plug standard to a fiber optic interrogator by a joint attached to an end of the fiber optic cable outside of the plug standard; and capturing at least strain measurements and temperature measurements of the plug standard by the fiber optic cable embedded within the plug standard. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method according to claim 15, wherein securing the fiber optic cable along the support lattice comprises helically wrapping the fiber optic cable around the support lattice. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method according to claim 15, wherein creating the plug standard by forming a geomaterial around the support lattice comprises pouring the geomaterial into a mold. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method according to claim 17, further comprising inserting the support lattice within the mold prior to pouring the geomaterial into the mold. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The method according to claim 17, further comprising, subsequent to the geomaterial solidifying, removing the plug standard from the mold prior to capturing at least strain measurements and temperature measurements of the plug standard. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The method according to claim 17, further comprising housing the plug standard within the mold while capturing at least strain measurements and temperature measurements of the plug standard when the geomaterial is a loose material.