| US 7,588,080 B2 | ||
| Method for installing well completion equipment while monitoring electrical integrity | ||
| Robert H. McCoy, Talala, Okla. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 20, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/358,191. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/664485, filed on Mar. 23, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0213659 A1, Sep. 28, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. E21B 47/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 166—250.01 [166/65.1] | 17 Claims |
| 7. A method of installing downhole completion equipment in a well, comprising:
(a) providing the completion equipment with at least one sensor that measures at least one parameter in the environment of
the completion equipment;
(b) electrically connecting one end of an electrical line to the sensor;
(c) lowering the completion equipment into the well and deploying the electrical line while the completion equipment is in
a non operational state;
(d) while lowering the completion equipment, at least periodically applying test voltage via the electrical line to the sensor
without the sensor measuring any parameter in the environment and displaying at the surface an indication that the sensor
is operational; then
(e) when at a desired depth, securing the completion equipment in the well and placing the completion equipment in an operational
state.
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