Patent ID: 9732606
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: E21B

Claim:
1. A gravel pack system for locating a gravel pack tool within a gravel pack assembly, the system comprising: a gravel pack assembly comprising a first differentiable sensing feature and a locating feature; a gravel pack tool comprising a mandrel disposed for receipt by the gravel pack assembly; a first sensing mechanism carried by the mandrel, the first sensing mechanism to detect the first differentiable sensing feature within the gravel pack assembly; a second sensing mechanism carried by the mandrel to detect a second sensing feature within the gravel pack assembly; a locating mechanism attached to the mandrel longitudinally between the second sensing mechanism and the first sensing mechanism along the mandrel, the locating mechanism to mechanically locate the mandrel on the locating feature, wherein, a distance between the locating mechanism and the first sensing mechanism corresponds to a distance between the locating feature and the first sensing feature; and a processing system to cause the locating mechanism to locate on the locating feature in response to the first sensing mechanism detecting the first sensing feature.