Apparatus, method, and system for identifying, locating, and accessing addresses of a piping system
US10072488B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 14, 2017 |
| Grant date | Sep 11, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V3/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method, system, and associated apparatus are described for installing, inventorying, actuating, and/or accessing down-hole equipment in a wellbore. This comprises tagging a casing by inserting permanent components of material compositions within sections along the length of a casing. Inserted components and/or portions of an original section function as unique readable active and/or passive markers. The piping system is at least one pipe having a plurality of markers placed in radial sections strategically arranged with independently identical or different material compositions or embedded in a length of the wellbore casing. The sections function as markers forming a readable pattern readable by the reader(s). The reader is one of or a combination of any of the group consisting of a plug, a probe, a sensor, and/or a computer for reading markers. The reader travels in either a forward or backward direction.
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