US 12,473,818 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 May 28, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/676,058.
Application 18/676,058 is a continuation of application No. 17/814,246, filed on Jul. 22, 2022, granted, now 11,994,017.
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, 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 2024/0309747 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
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)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
pumping cement into a conduit disposed in a borehole of a formation to displace a spacer fluid in the conduit and for placement of the spacer fluid in an annulus in the borehole disposed between the conduit and the formation;
acquiring sensor-based measurements during the pumping;
using the sensor-based measurements, controlling the pumping for turbulent flow of the cement in the annulus in the borehole disposed between the conduit and the formation; and
responsive to a transition to a deceleration phase of the cement, using the sensor-based measurements, controlling the pumping for laminar flow of the cement in the annulus.