June 2008
Special Focus

High-temperature fibers provide continuous DTS data in a harsh SAGD environment

A dopant-free, single-mode optical fiber delivered accurate temperature profiles for many months in a Western Canadian SAGD well, while conventional fiber quickly succumbed to “hydrogen darkening."

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