Patent ID: 7891422

Claim:
A sensor system configured for permanent installation downhole as a part of a tubing or casing string comprising: a carrier configured for a specific application and to be made up as a part of the tubing or casing string; a signal interface mountable in a number of individual carriers and exposed to an external surface of the tubing or casing string; a feedthrough mountable in a number of individual carriers and in operable communication with the interface, the feedthrough providing signal communication through an inside diameter surface of a wall of the carrier and maintaining a pressure barrier between fluid within the tubing or casing string and fluid pressure outside of the tubing or casing string; a sensor mounting mountable in a number of individual carriers and in operable communication with the feedthrough to position the sensor mounting within a flow portion of the carrier; and a sensor array articulated to the sensor mounting so that the sensor is positioned within a flow through the tubing string, in use.