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Exel partners Ziebel on oil well sensor

Exel Composites company DSC has developed fibre optic-embedded carbon composite rod for Ziebel’s innovative well intervention system.

30th July 2018

Innovation in Textiles
 |  Runcorn

Industrial

In order to make informed decisions, oil drilling and completions teams need detailed information on fluid flow in and around the borehole during production or injection. Such data is usually collected using production logging tools, but this method is operationally challenging and provides limited, time- and location-specific information. Ziebel’s proprietary technology, the distributed fibre optic (DFO)-based Z-System, is free of many of the constraints that limit conventional well logging effectiveness, offering improved understanding of well and reservoir behaviour, the company explains.

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