- Patent Title: In-line viscometer for measuring the viscosity of drilling fluids
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Application No.: US14911501Application Date: 2015-05-01
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Publication No.: US10539002B2Publication Date: 2020-01-21
- Inventor: Xiangnan Ye
- 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/US2015/028786 WO 20150501
- International Announcement: WO2016/178650 WO 20161110
- Main IPC: E21B47/00
- IPC: E21B47/00 ; E21B21/06 ; G01N11/08 ; E21B47/06 ; E21B43/26

Abstract:
In-line viscosity measurement systems and related methods may be useful in measuring the viscosity of a fluid in a flow path and, more specifically, in-line measuring the viscosity of a drilling fluid when integrated with drilling systems. For example, a method may include drilling a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation while circulating a drilling fluid through the wellbore; measuring the viscosity of the drilling fluid with an in-line viscometer system after the drilling fluid has circulated through the wellbore, the in-line viscometer systems comprising either: (1) a two coaxial cylinder configuration, (2) a parallel plates configuration, or (3) a combination thereof positioned to allow for the drilling fluid to flow between the coaxial cylinders or parallel plates.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170276584A1 IN-LINE VISCOMETER FOR MEASURING THE VISCOSITY OF DRILLING FLUIDS Public/Granted day:2017-09-28
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