IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0238792
(2002-09-10)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Mullins, Oliver C.
- Terabayashi, Toru
- Kegasawa, Kazuyoshi
- Okuda, Ikko
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출원인 / 주소 |
- Schlumberger Technology Corporation
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
48 인용 특허 :
13 |
초록
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A method of determining GOR comprising subjecting a fluid to spectroscopic analysis at a first wavelength sensitive to gas and a second wavelength sensitive to oil, determining a response matrix for the contribution of gas at the first and second wavelengths and the contribution of oil at the first
A method of determining GOR comprising subjecting a fluid to spectroscopic analysis at a first wavelength sensitive to gas and a second wavelength sensitive to oil, determining a response matrix for the contribution of gas at the first and second wavelengths and the contribution of oil at the first and second wavelengths, determining a signal response vector and the two wavelengths, calculating a mass fraction vector from the response matrix and the signal response vector and using the mass fraction vector to determine GOR.
대표청구항
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1. A method of analyzing fluids from an underground formation using a spectrometer having a light source, a flow line including a measurement cell and a detector, the method comprising:a) making spectroscopic measurements of fluids in the measurement cell at a measurement channel having a wavelength
1. A method of analyzing fluids from an underground formation using a spectrometer having a light source, a flow line including a measurement cell and a detector, the method comprising:a) making spectroscopic measurements of fluids in the measurement cell at a measurement channel having a wavelength responsive to the presence of methane;b) providing a reference channel;c) correcting measurement channel with reference channel to remove scattering, wherein the correcting comprises subtracting the output of the reference channel from the measurement channel; andd)using the measurements to indicate the presence of gas in the flow line. 2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wavelength responsive to the presence of methane comprises approximately 1671 nm. 3. A method of analyzing fluids from an underground formation using a spectrometer having a light source, a flow line including more than one measurement cell and a detector, the method comprising:a) making spectroscopic measurements of fluids in at least one measurement cell at a measurement channel having a wavelength responsive to the presence of methane;b) providing a reference channel;c) correcting measurement channel with reference channel to remove scattering, wherein the correcting comprises subtracting the output of the reference channel from the measurement channel; andd) using the measurements to indicate the presence of contaminants in the fluid in the flow line. 4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the wavelength responsive to the presence of methane comprises approximately 1671 nm. 5. A method of analyzing fluids from an underground formation using a spectrometer having a light source, a flow line including a measurement cell and a detector, the method comprising:a) making spectroscopic measurements of fluids in at least one measurement cell at a measurement channel having a wavelength responsive to the presence of methane;b) providing a reference channel;c) correcting measurement channel with reference channel to remove scattering; andd) using the measurements to indicate the presence of contaminants in the fluid in the flow line to determine a time to take a sample from the flow line for further analysis. 6. A method of analyzing fluids from an underground formation using a spectrometer having a light source, a flow line including a measurement cell and a detector, the method comprising:a) making spectroscopic measurements of fluids in the measurement cell at a measurement channel having a wavelength responsive to the presence of methane;b) providing a reference channel;c) correcting measurement channel with reference channel to remove scattering, wherein the correcting comprises subtracting the output of the reference channel from the measurement channel;d) making spectroscopic measurements of fluid in the measurement cell at a wavelength responsive to the presence of oil; ande) using the measurements to indicate the presence of contaminants in the fluid in the flow line. 7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein a wavelength responsive to the presence of oil comprises a wavelength responsive to the presence of alkanes. 8. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein a wavelength responsive to the presence of oil comprises a wavelength responsive to the presence of CH 2 . 9. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein a wavelength responsive to the presence of oil comprises a wavelength responsive to the presence of CH 3 . 10. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the wavelength responsive to the presence of methane comprises approximately 1671 nm. 11. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the wavelength responsive to the presence of oil comprises approximately 1725 nm. 12. A method for sampling fluids from a formation surrounding a borehole comprising:a) deploying a tool into a borehole, said tool comprising multiple optical analysis modules, each capable of making optical measurements sensitive to the present of gas, said modules conne cted by a flow line;b) establishing fluid communication between tool and formation, whereby formation fluids pass in said flow line;c) measuring in more than one optical analysis modules the formation fluid passing in flow line;d) cross-correlating an optical measurement of one of the multiple optical analysis modules with an optical measurement of at least one other of the multiple optical analysis modules, ande) determining the flow rate of fluid in flow line. 13. The method of claim 12, further comprising the step of:f) deriving a sampling time using the flow rate of fluid in said flow line. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein said cross-correlated optical measurement is sensitive to the presence of contaminants in fluid in the flow line. 15. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of:g) sampling fluid in the flow line at a sampling time when the presence of contaminants is low. 16. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of cross-correlating an optical measurement comprises cross-correlating the same spectroscopy channel. 17. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of cross-correlating an optical measurement comprises cross-correlating a peak. 18. The method of claim 12, comprising two optical analysis modules, wherein said modules are spectroscopy modules. 19. The method of claim 12, wherein said cross-correlated optical measurement is sensitive to the presence of contaminants in fluid in the flow line. 20. A method for measuring flow rate in a flow line in a formation fluid sampling tool comprising:a) deploying sampling tool into a borehole, wherein sampling tool comprises two spectroscopy modules, each module capable of making measurements sensitive to the presence of gas in the formation fluid, said modules connected by a flow line;b) establishing fluid communication between sampling tool and the formation, whereby formation fluids pass in said flow line;c) measuring a channel peak using one spectroscopy module at a first time;d) measuring the same channel peak using the other spectroscopy module at a second time; ande) calculating the flow rate using the difference between said first and second times. 21. The method of claim 20, wherein said channel peak is measured at a wavelength responsive to the presence of contaminants in the flow line. 22. The method of claim 20, wherein said channel peak is measured at a wavelength responsive to the presence of alkanes in the flow line.
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