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Wireless tag tracer method

  • US 8,397,810 B2
  • Filed: 08/29/2008
  • Issued: 03/19/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of tracking a fluid in a wellbore comprising:

  • entraining a plurality of wireless identification (WID) tags in the fluid to form a slurry, wherein the WID tags comprise a plurality of peer-to-peer long wavelength (LW) tags in a visibility network;

    injecting the slurry into the wellbore, whereby the LW tags enter a zone beyond range of a reader in the wellbore andlocating the LW tags in the beyond-range zone with at least one reader via the visibility network.

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