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Washpipe Conveyed SpectraScan Technical Contact

Washpipe Conveyed SpectraScan Imaging

Introduction

One of the major advantages of memory logging devices is that they can be deployed by a variety of mechanisms. The patented SpectraScan® Imager can be deployed with slickline, coiled tubing, electric wireline, and can now be washpipe-conveyed. The tool is calibrated and run downhole inside the washpipe to a point at or below the sump packer. The tool "idles," awaiting the start of the frac-pack procedure. At the preprogrammed time after the tool is placed downhole, or through the use of a time delay after the tool’s pressure gauge recognizes the procedure has begun, the tool begins recording data to memory. The washpipe or workstring is tripped out of the hole during the recording so that a SpectraScan® Image is obtained as the tool passes the stimulated interval. No additional rigtime or logistical effort needs to be expended, which leads to substantial savings in time and money in the deepwater arena.

The Washpipe-Conveyed SpectraScan Imager, depicted to the right, illustrates the memory SpectraScan tool placed at or below the sump packer with a perforated sub used to communicate bottomhole pressures to the pressure gauge at the bottom of the SpectraScan Imager.