Measuring and testing – Borehole or drilling – Downhole test
Patent
1992-10-08
1994-10-04
Williams, Hezron E.
Measuring and testing
Borehole or drilling
Downhole test
73 6144, 73 6148, 250301, 436 28, 436 29, G01N 2123, E21B 4700
Patent
active
053515323
ABSTRACT:
An in-hole oil-drilling probe is mountable in a drill string to measure hydrocarbon concentrations in drilling fluid flowing around the drill string. The probe consists of a drill collar which is mountable in the drill string. A solvent, in which hydrocarbons are soluble, circulates within the drill collar through a hydrocarbon detection chamber. A membrane in the drill collar has an outer surface positioned to contact flowing drilling fluid and an inner surface positioned to contact circulating solvent within the drill collar. The membrane allows hydrocarbons to permeate from the drilling fluid into the solvent and into the hydrocarbon detection chamber with the solvent. A radiant energy source directs radiant ultra-violet energy into the hydrocarbon detection chamber. A sensor apparatus measures fluorescent energy radiating from the hydrocarbon detection chamber to determine solvent hydrocarbon concentration. The sensor apparatus preferably comprises a pair of sensors which are responsive to two different energy wavelengths, respectively, to discriminate from hydrocarbons originating from sub-surface fluids and hydrocarbons (primarily diesel oil) originating from drilling fluid.
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Brock Michael
Paradigm Technologies
Williams Hezron E.
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