How Downhole Cameras Benefit Wellbore Operations
As oil and gas wellbores age, owners must invest in a new and better way to collect and understand intelligence a bout their assets’ condition. They can use a downhole camera to find restrictions in a wellbore during completions and locate areas where casing and other tubulars are corroded or damaged. Also, they can use the camera for measuring splits and cracks.
Evolution of Downhole Camera Technology
Before, downhole cameras could just look straight down; however, some can image a side view. Improvements resulted in a lighter and smaller version and extra LEDs help control lighting downhole. Some cameras deliver color or other capabilities like 3D. Existing unique fish eye camera technology makes it impossible to log the whole well in a series of 185/360 degrees seamless high-resolut...