Radiant energy – Geological testing or irradiation – Well testing apparatus and methods
Patent
1992-10-01
1993-11-30
Fields, Carolyn E.
Radiant energy
Geological testing or irradiation
Well testing apparatus and methods
250253, 250301, 250343, 250339, 250255, 356 70, G01V 904, G01N 2131, G01N 2135
Patent
active
052668002
ABSTRACT:
Methods for distinguishing among oil samples, and more particularly between a fluid containing oil base mud and formation oil samples are described. The methods all rely on the discovery that the optical absorption spectrum of all crude oils in the visible and near infrared spectra can be described according to the equation OD=ae.sup.Eb, where (OD) is a measured optical density, (b) is a value between 0.37 and 0.55 chosen according to the wavenumber (E) and can be chosen as a constant equal to 4.6.times.10.sup.-4 cm, and (a) is an unknown which classifies the crude oil. By making measurements and solving for (a), a crude oil can be classified. In a flow stream which has a changing oil content, such as may be obtained by a borehole tool which obtains fluid samples from the formation, by monitoring the unknown (a), a determination may be made as to when a formation oil is being obtained as opposed to a mud filtrate.
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Fields Carolyn E.
Gordon David P.
Pojunas Leonard W.
Schlumberger Technology Corporation
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