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US 12,276,190 · App. 17/651,268 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Ultrasonic flow check systems for wellbores

Inventors: Ahmed Al-Mousa (Dhahran, SA); Hassan K. Al-Aswad (Al Qatif, SA); Omar M. Alhamid (Dammam, SA)
Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
E21B47/047E21B21/08E21B47/138
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Patent No.
US 12,276,190
App. No.
17/651,268
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An ultrasonic flow check system for wellbores includes an ultrasonic transceiver installed within an inner surface of a bell nipple attached to a well head of a wellbore at a surface. The bell nipple receives wellbore fluid from a flow line attached to a side surface of the bell nipple. An alarm is installed on a rotary table installed above the bell nipple such that the bell nipple is between the rotary table and the well head. A ultrasonic signal is caused to be transmitted, by the ultrasonic transceiver, into the bell nipple. The ultrasonic signal is reflected by the wellbore fluid within the bell nipple resulting in an ultrasonic response signal. The ultrasonic response signal is caused to be received by the ultrasonic transceiver. Based on the ultrasonic response signal, it is determined whether the fluid level within the bell nipple is static or mobile.

Claims (53)

1. A well tool system comprising:

a bell nipple attached to a well head of a wellbore at a surface;

a rotary table installed above the bell nipple such that the bell nipple is between the rotary table and the well head;

a flow line attached to a side surface of the bell nipple such that the flow line is between the rotary table and the well head, the flow line configured to permit flow of wellbore fluid into the bell nipple;

an ultrasonic transceiver attached to an inner surface of the bell nipple, the ultrasonic transceiver configured to transmit ultrasonic signals and receive ultrasonic response signals generated responsive to a reflection of the ultrasonic signals;

an alarm installed on the rotary table, the alarm operatively coupled to the ultrasonic transceiver; and

a control system operatively coupled to the ultrasonic transceiver and the alarm, the control system comprising:

one or more computers, and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

sending an instruction to the ultrasonic transceiver to transmit an ultrasonic signal into the bell nipple,

receiving a signal from the ultrasonic transceiver, the received signal representative of an ultrasonic response signal received by the ultrasonic transceiver responsive to a reflection of the transmitted ultrasonic signal by a wellbore fluid within the bell nipple, wherein the ultrasonic response signal represents a fluid level of the wellbore fluid within the bell nipple, and

determining, based on the transmitted ultrasonic signal and the received ultrasonic response signal, whether the fluid level within the bell nipple is static or mobile by determining whether a magnitude of the ultrasonic response signal remains constant over time or varies over time.

2. The well tool system of claim 1 , wherein the control system is installed on the rotary table.

3. The well tool system of claim 1 , wherein the alarm comprises a visual alarm.

4. The well tool system of claim 3 , wherein the alarm comprises an audible alarm.

5. The well tool system of claim 4 , wherein the transmitted ultrasonic signal is an ultrasonic status signal, wherein the operations comprise:

before sending the instruction to the ultrasonic transceiver to transmit the ultrasonic status signal, sending an instruction to the ultrasonic transceiver to transmit an ultrasonic test signal into the bell nipple;

receiving a signal from the ultrasonic transceiver, the received signal representative of an ultrasonic response-to-status signal received by the ultrasonic transceiver responsive to a reflection of the ultrasonic test signal by the wellbore fluid within the bell nipple; and

determining, based on the ultrasonic test signal and the ultrasonic response-to-status signal, that the fluid level is ready to be determined by transmitting the ultrasonic status signal.

6. The well tool system of claim 5 , wherein determining, based on the ultrasonic test signal and the ultrasonic response-to-status signal, that the fluid level is ready to be determined by transmitting the ultrasonic status signal comprises determining that the level of the wellbore fluid within the bell nipple represented by the ultrasonic response-to-status signal matches a threshold fluid level.

7. The well tool system of claim 6 , wherein the operations comprise, in response to determining that the level of the wellbore fluid within the bell nipple represented by the ultrasonic response-to-status signal matches the threshold fluid level, triggering the visual alarm.

8. The well tool system of claim 7 , wherein the operations comprise:

after receiving the signal from the ultrasonic transceiver, the received signal representative of the ultrasonic response signal received by the ultrasonic transceiver responsive to the reflection of the transmitted ultrasonic signal by the wellbore fluid within the bell nipple, determining that the fluid level within the bell nipple is mobile; and

in response to determining that the fluid level within the bell nipple is mobile, triggering the audible alarm.

9. The well tool system of claim 1 , wherein the operations comprise:

determining that the magnitude of the ultrasonic response signal remains constant over time; and

in response to determining that the magnitude of the ultrasonic response signal remains constant over time, not triggering alarm.

10. The well tool system of claim 1 , wherein the operations comprise:

determining that the magnitude of the ultrasonic response signal varies over time; and

in response to determining that the magnitude of the ultrasonic response signal varies over time, triggering the alarm.

11. The well tool system of claim 1 , wherein determining, based on the transmitted ultrasonic signal and the received ultrasonic response signal, whether the fluid level within the bell nipple is static or mobile comprises determining that the fluid level within the bell nipple is mobile, wherein the operations further comprise, in response to determining that the fluid level is mobile, causing flow of the wellbore fluid through the wellbore to be stopped.

12. A method comprising:

installing an ultrasonic transceiver within an inner surface of a bell nipple attached to a well head of a wellbore at a surface, wherein the bell nipple receives wellbore fluid from a flow line attached to a side surface of the bell nipple;

installing an alarm on a rotary table installed above the bell nipple such that the bell nipple is between the rotary table and the well head;

causing an ultrasonic signal to be transmitted, by the ultrasonic transceiver, into the bell nipple, wherein the ultrasonic signal is reflected by the wellbore fluid within the bell nipple resulting in an ultrasonic response signal;

causing the ultrasonic response signal to be received by the ultrasonic transceiver; and

determining, based on the ultrasonic response signal, whether the fluid level within the bell nipple is static or mobile by determining whether a magnitude of the ultrasonic response signal remains constant over time or varies over time.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the transmitted ultrasonic signal is an ultrasonic status signal, wherein the method comprises:

before transmitting the ultrasonic status signal, causing the ultrasonic transceiver to transmit an ultrasonic test signal into the bell nipple;

causing the ultrasonic transceiver to receive an ultrasonic response-to-status signal responsive to a reflection of the ultrasonic test signal by the wellbore fluid within the bell nipple; and

determining, based on the ultrasonic test signal and the ultrasonic response-to-status signal, that the fluid level is ready to be determined by transmitting the ultrasonic status signal.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein determining, based on the ultrasonic test signal and the ultrasonic response-to-status signal, that the fluid level is ready to be determined by transmitting the ultrasonic status signal comprises determining that the level of the wellbore fluid within the bell nipple represented by the ultrasonic response-to-status signal matches a threshold fluid level.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the operations comprise, in response to determining that the level of the wellbore fluid within the bell nipple represented by the ultrasonic response-to-status signal matches the threshold fluid level, triggering the visual alarm.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the method comprises:

after determining that the fluid level is ready to be determined by transmitting the ultrasonic status signal, determining that the fluid level within the bell nipple is mobile; and

in response to determining that the fluid level within the bell nipple is mobile, triggering the audible alarm.

17. The method of claim 12 , wherein the method comprises:

determining that the magnitude of the ultrasonic response signal remains constant over time; and

in response to determining that the magnitude of the ultrasonic response signal remains constant over time, not triggering alarm.

18. The method of claim 12 , wherein the method comprises:

determining that the magnitude of the ultrasonic response signal varies over time; and

in response to determining that the magnitude of the ultrasonic response signal varies over time, triggering the alarm.

19. The method of claim 12 , wherein determining, based on the transmitted ultrasonic signal and the received ultrasonic response signal, whether the fluid level within the bell nipple is static or mobile comprises determining that the fluid level within the bell nipple is mobile, the method further comprising, in response to determining that the fluid level is mobile, causing flow of the wellbore fluid through the wellbore to be stopped.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2022
From: AL-MOUSA, AHMED; AL-ASWAD, HASSAN K.; ALHAMID, OMAR M.
To: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Reel/Frame 059031/0887 →
Continuity (1)
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