Patent ID: 9568628
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: E21B,G01F,G01S,G01V,G06T

Claim:
1. A system for monitoring for gas and oil flow venting from a surface, wherein the system comprises: a. a data feed from a data capture device; b. an analysis processor connected to a network for receiving the data feed; c. a storage connected to the analysis processor, wherein the storage is a non-transitory computer readable medium; d. computer instructions in the storage to receive a first bubble observed time inputted into the analysis processor when a first bubble is observed to flow from the surface; e. computer instructions in the storage to receive the data feed in the analysis processor; f. computer instructions in the storage for comparing the data feed during a first time interval from the first bubble observed time to a plurality of bubble flow categories in the storage; and g. computer instructions in the storage for identifying a bubble flow classification from a plurality of bubble flow classifications in the storage that most closely matches the data feed during the first time interval.