Patent ID: 7942202

Claim:
A continuous fiber based system for use with well bore completions, the system comprising: a plurality of continuous fibers deployable into a portion of the well bore completion; a fiber management module adapted and positioned within the borehole to facilitate deployment of and communication with the plurality of continuous fibers; at least one parameter of the plurality of continuous fibers is communicated to the fiber management module, the at least one parameter is from the group consisting of one of (a) a length measurement of at least one continuous fiber of the plurality of continuous fibers, (b) a velocity or (c) a tension, such that the communicated at least one parameter is providing one of a mapping of fluid velocities and a detection of one or more voids, wherein the length measurement of at least one continuous fiber of the plurality of continuous fibers provides a set of length measurements; and a quantitative description of a geometry of the portion of the well bore completion is determined from the set of length measurements, wherein the number of deployable continuous fibers provides sufficient redundancy to make at least a target measurement that is the detection of voids in a gravel pack relating to the completion.