US 11,994,017 B2
Method and system for monitoring and controlling fluid movement through a wellbore
Oney Erge, Houston, TX (US); Ginger Vinyard Hildebrand, Houston, TX (US); and Wayne Kotovsky, Katy, TX (US)
Assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/814,246.
Application 17/814,246 is a continuation of application No. 16/721,920, filed on Dec. 20, 2019, granted, now 11,396,805.
Application 16/721,920 is a continuation of application No. 15/506,769, granted, now 10,519,764, issued on Dec. 31, 2019, previously published as PCT/US2015/042900, filed on Jul. 30, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/043,341, filed on Aug. 28, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0364459 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 47/005 (2012.01); E21B 33/13 (2006.01); E21B 33/14 (2006.01); E21B 47/047 (2012.01); E21B 47/06 (2012.01); E21B 33/12 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 47/005 (2020.05) [E21B 33/13 (2013.01); E21B 33/14 (2013.01); E21B 47/047 (2020.05); E21B 47/06 (2013.01); E21B 33/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving sensor-based measurements associated with pumping of fluid into a conduit in fluid communication with an annulus that is disposed between the conduit and an interior wall of a wellbore;
determining a pump pressure and flow rate of the fluid based on the sensor-based measurements;
determining an annulus pressure profile and flow regime profile based on the pump pressure, the flow rate, and rheological properties of the fluid pumped in the conduit and in the annulus, wherein the flow regime profile depends on density and viscosity of the fluid; and
adjusting a fluid pumping rate of the fluid based on an analysis of the flow regime profile and the annulus pressure profile against at least one predetermined pressure profile to maintain the pumping of the fluid within a predetermined range to optimize bonding between the fluid, the conduit, and the interior wall of the wellbore.