WO2009108254A4 - Apparatus and method for sampling downhole fluids - Google Patents
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- WO2009108254A4 WO2009108254A4 PCT/US2008/088563 US2008088563W WO2009108254A4 WO 2009108254 A4 WO2009108254 A4 WO 2009108254A4 US 2008088563 W US2008088563 W US 2008088563W WO 2009108254 A4 WO2009108254 A4 WO 2009108254A4
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- 238000009736 wetting Methods 0.000 claims abstract 9
- 239000005871 repellent Substances 0.000 claims abstract 7
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Classifications
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B49/00—Testing the nature of borehole walls; Formation testing; Methods or apparatus for obtaining samples of soil or well fluids, specially adapted to earth drilling or wells
- E21B49/08—Obtaining fluid samples or testing fluids, in boreholes or wells
- E21B49/081—Obtaining fluid samples or testing fluids, in boreholes or wells with down-hole means for trapping a fluid sample
- E21B49/082—Wire-line fluid samplers
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B49/00—Testing the nature of borehole walls; Formation testing; Methods or apparatus for obtaining samples of soil or well fluids, specially adapted to earth drilling or wells
- E21B49/08—Obtaining fluid samples or testing fluids, in boreholes or wells
- E21B49/087—Well testing, e.g. testing for reservoir productivity or formation parameters
- E21B49/0875—Well testing, e.g. testing for reservoir productivity or formation parameters determining specific fluid parameters
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- Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
- Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
- General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
- Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
- Sampling And Sample Adjustment (AREA)
- Application Of Or Painting With Fluid Materials (AREA)
Abstract
Tools and methods for downhole sample analysis are provided. An apparatus for sampling a downhole fluid includes a tool having at least one surface element wetted by a downhole fluid such as drilling fluid, return fluid or production fluids such as asphaltenic hydrocarbons. At least one surface element disposed on the tool can include a fluid-repellent material disposed on a substrate for repelling at least a portion of the downhole fluid wetting the surface element.
Claims
1. An apparatus for sampling a downhole fluid comprising: a fluid sampling tool including a sensing device having at least one surface element wetted by a downhole fluid, the at least one surface element including a fluid- repellant material disposed on a substrate and at least one sensor embedded in the fluid-repellant material, the fluid repellant material configured to repel some or all of the downhole fluid wetting the at least one surface element.
2. The apparatus of claim 1. wherein the sensing device is wetted by the downhole fluid while deployed downhole via wireline or while drilling.
3. The apparatus of claim 1. wherein the sensing device is wetted by the downhole fluid while deployed in a surface location.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sensing device includes one or more fluid test instruments having one or more surface elements.
5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the sensing device includes at least one of a sampling chamber and one or more sennsors exposed to the downhole fluid.
6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the one or more sensors comprise one or more pressure sensors, temperature sensors, viscosity sensors, density sensors, optical sensors, fluorescence sensors, and flow rate sensors.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, w herein the sensing device comprises a wavelength spectrum light generator and the fluid-repellant material is transparent to at least a portion of the wavelength spectrum generated by the wavelength spectrum light generator.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the downhole fluid comprises one or more of a drilling fluid, a return fluid, and a formation fluid.
9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the downhole fluid comprises hydrocarbons having twenty or more carbon atoms per molecule.
10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the downhole fluid comprises one or more of a polar fluid, and non-polar fluid.
11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the fluid-repellent material comprises one or more of polytetrafluoroethyleπe (PTFE) compounds, fluorocarbon resins, fluoropolymers, silicone polymers, acid fluorocarbon polymers.
12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the fiuid-repellent material comprises a coating applied to the substrate 'by one or more of powder coating, spraying, immersion, and electrostatic deposition.
13. A method for sampling a downhole fluid comprising: wetting at least one surface element of a sensing device with a dowπhole fluid, the at least one surface element comprising a fluid-repellant material disposed on a substrate and at least one sensor embedded in the fluid-repellant material; and repelling some or all of the downhole fluid from the at least one surface element.
14. The method of claim 13., wherein the wetting of the surface element with the downhole fluid occurs while the tool is deployed downhole via wireline or a drilling sub.
15. The method of claim 13, wherein wetting the at least one surface element occurs while the tool is deployed in a surface location.
16. The method of claim 13, wherein the downhole fluid includes at le_ast one_of a drilling fluid, a return fluid, and a formation fluid.
17. The method of claim 13, wherein wetting the at least one surface element includes wetting with one or more hydrocarbons having twenty or more carbon atoms per molecule.
IS. The method of claim 13, wherein wetting the at least one surface element includes wetting with one or more polar fluids, and one or more non-polar fluids.
19. The method of claim 13, wherein the fluid-repellent material comprises one or more of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) compounds, fluorocarbon resins, fluoropolymers, silicone polymers, and fluorocarbon polymers,
20. The method of claim 13, wherein the fluid-repellent material comprises a coating applied to the substrate by one or more of powder coating, spraying, immersion, and electrostatic deposition.
21. A method for manufacturing apparatus for sampling a downhole fluid comprising: disposing a fluid-repellaπt material on a substrate and embedding at least one sensor in the fluid-repellant materia] to form a surface element; forming at least a portion of a sensing device of a downhole fluid sampling tool using the surface element, the surface element being wettable by a downhole fluid during operation of the downhole fluid sampling tool.
22. The method of claim 21 , wherein the fluid-repellent material comprises one or more of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) compounds, fluorocarbon resins, fluoropolymers, silicone polymers, and fluorocarbon polymers.
23. The method of claim 21, -wherein the fluid-repellent material comprises a coating applied to the substrate by one or more of powder coating, spraying, immersion, and electrostatic deposition.
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