Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Additive manufacturing of a vugular loss zone simulating test device
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Application No.: US16867258Application Date: 2020-05-05
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Publication No.: US11268381B2Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: Md Amanullah , Abrar Alshaikh
- Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
- Current Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran
- Agency: Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP
- Main IPC: E21B49/08
- IPC: E21B49/08 ; G01N33/28 ; B33Y80/00

Abstract:
A loss circulation material (LCM) testing apparatus includes an LCM testing cell. The LCM testing fluid is a slurry of LCM material and a wellbore drilling fluid. A fluid flow pathway within the LCM testing cell is defined between an inlet and an outlet. The LCM testing cell includes a disk member that is removable positioned in the fluid flow pathway between the inlet and the outlet of the LCM testing cell. The disk member includes a disk base and a plurality of downstream-directed extensions, which combined define a plurality of flow openings. A method of evaluating a loss circulation material (LCM) includes introducing a LCM testing fluid into the LCM testing cell and detecting an amount of LCM testing fluid traversing the LCM test cell.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200370431A1 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF A VUGULAR LOSS ZONE SIMULATING TEST DEVICE Public/Granted day:2020-11-26
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