High-performance hermetic optical fiber for downhole applications

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 4729-4734

  Wang, C ^a   Drenzek, G ^a   Majid, I ^a   Wei, K ^a   Bolte, D ^a   Soufiane, A ^a  

^a Verrillon Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COATING TECHNIQUES; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; HERMETIC DEVICES; HYDROGEN; REFLECTOMETERS;

DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSING (DTS); HERMETIC OPTICAL FIBER; OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (OTDR); WATER DIFFUSION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 22044440005     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/91042-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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