Patent ID: 11946362
Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A packing monitor for use in a wellbore, comprising:
a packing detector including multiple sensors that each corresponds to different positions along a length of a screen and are each configured to, when stationary within the wellbore, obtain a measurement that individually indicates presence of a particulate in an annulus of the wellbore at each of the different positions along the length of the screen, wherein at least one of the different positions is used to indicate an approaching screen-out; and
a packing controller configured to
determine, based on the measurements, different statuses associated with the particulate in the annulus wherein the different statuses include a screen-out warning,
generate a screen-out warning signal when a measurement from one of the multiple sensors located at the at least one of the different positions used to indicate an approaching screen-out indicates presence of the particulate, and
automatically initiate at least one downhole action of operating a downhole valve or operating a sleeve in the wellbore during a packing process when the screen-out warning signal is generated.