Patent ID: 11952885
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A production logging tool, comprising:
a housing comprising a first end attached to a wellbore string configured to run the housing along a production string disposed within a wellbore;
a flowmeter assembly comprising i) a spinner configured to be exposed, with the production logging tool within the production string, to fluid in the production string, and ii) a spinner shaft fixed to and extending from a rear surface of the spinner into the housing, the spinner shaft rotatably attached to a second end of the housing opposite the first end;
a heating element attached to the spinner;
a drive disposed within the housing;
a clutch comprising a rotor attached to the drive and an armature attached to the spinner shaft, the clutch configured to be activated with or after activation of the drive; and
a controller operationally coupled to and configured to activate and deactivate at least one of the drive or the heating element to heat a volume around the spinner with the heating element or selectively spin the spinner with the drive.