J4 ›› 2011, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (2): 47-50.

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A new optical fiber pressure sensor for oil well application

 LV Jing-Sheng1, GUO Shi-Sheng2, WANG Chang1, YAN Bo2   

  1. 1.Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber Sensing Technology, Laser Institute, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan 250014, China; 2.Shanghai Branch, China National Offshore Oil Corporation, Shanghai 200032, China
  • Received:2010-12-21 Published:2011-04-20 Online:2011-04-20

Abstract:

       Temperature and pressure are two significant reasons directly affecting oil production rate. This paper presents a new Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) based pressure sensor for oil well application.This sensor breaks through domestic laboratory limitations for the oil well application of a pressure sensor and is quite significant for the increase of oil production rate. Its performance parameters are measurement range of greater than 50 MPa, working temperature of -20~170℃, measurement accuracy of 0.5%FS, and pressure coefficient of up to 41.92 pm/MPa after encapsulation. This sensor has such positives as online, realtime and longterm detection for the temperature and pressure in an oil well, simple structure, high measurement accuracy, intrinsic safety and easy networking.It has been applied to the Tianjin experimental well of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC).

Key words: well logging, fiber Bragg grating, sensor, pressure and temperature detection

CLC Number: 

  • TP212.4

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