Invention Grant
- Patent Title: In-line methods and apparatuses for determining the composition of an emulsified drilling fluid
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Application No.: US15319561Application Date: 2016-02-02
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Publication No.: US10309173B2Publication Date: 2019-06-04
- Inventor: Kevin Gregory Kleinguetl , Dale E. Jamison , Drew A. Fowler , Brice Aaron Jackson
- Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC
- Agent Tenley Krueger
- International Application: PCT/US2016/016158 WO 20160202
- International Announcement: WO2017/135930 WO 20170810
- Main IPC: G01V1/40
- IPC: G01V1/40 ; E21B21/06 ; C09K8/02 ; E21B44/00 ; E21B21/00 ; C09K8/36 ; E21B47/10 ; E21B49/08 ; G01F1/712 ; G01N15/08 ; G01N29/22

Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses that measure thermal conductivity and electrical conductivity of a emulsified drilling fluid may be used to indirectly measure the salinity and the average specific gravity of the solids in the emulsified drilling fluid. For example, a drilling assembly may comprise a drill string extending into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation; a pump configured to circulate a drilling fluid through the drilling assembly; a first flow line fluidly coupling the wellbore to a retention pit; a second flow line fluidly coupling the retention pit to the pump; a third flow line fluidly coupling the pump to the drill string; and an in-line analysis system fluidly coupled to the retention pit, fluidly coupled to the second flow line, or fluidly coupled to the third flow line, the in-line analysis system comprising a thermal conductivity meter and/or an electrical conductivity meter to a sample container.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180202246A1 In-Line Methods And Apparatuses For Determining The Composition Of An Emulsified Drilling Fluid Public/Granted day:2018-07-19
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