Reservoir monitoring and intelligent completions require installation of permanent downhole equipment for use by operations personnel to monitor and control wells with flow-control devices. reliability qualification testing (RQT) is essential for the success of these systems. This equipment is permanently installed in the severe downhole environment; it is rarely retrieved to surface for analysis, and it is impractical to run long-duration laboratory and field tests to qualify the system for its long lifetime before installation.
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