Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automated formation fluid clean-up to sampling switchover
- Patent Title (中): 自动地层流体清理到采样切换
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Application No.: US11844506Application Date: 2007-08-24
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Publication No.: US07644610B2Publication Date: 2010-01-12
- Inventor: Matthias Meister
- Applicant: Matthias Meister
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: E21B49/08
- IPC: E21B49/08

Abstract:
Apparatus and method for downhole formation fluid sampling include conveying a carrier into a well borehole that traverses a subterranean formation of interest, the carrier having a port and placing the port in fluid communication with the subterranean formation of interest. The method includes urging a fluid into the port using a fluid control device, the fluid containing a formation fluid and a contaminant, generating a first signal indicative of a first fluid characteristic of the fluid using a first test device in communication with the fluid, and generating a second signal indicative of a second fluid characteristic of the fluid using a second test device in communication with the fluid. The first signal and the second signal are processed using a processing device to estimate a level of contamination in the fluid, and a control signal is generated when the estimated level of contamination meets a predetermined value, the control signal actuating the fluid control device to direct fluid having a level of contamination at about or below the predetermined value to a fluid sampling chamber carried by the carrier.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090049904A1 AUTOMATED FORMATION FLUID CLEAN-UP TO SAMPLING SWITCHOVER Public/Granted day:2009-02-26
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