Core sample analysis
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1. A system for assessing a core sample comprising:
- a mobile enclosure;
an analysis system within the mobile enclosure;
a loading assembly coupled to the analysis system, projecting through a wall of the mobile enclosure, and that selectively receives the core sample, the loading assembly having a loading basin and a loading cover, the loading cover selectively movable relative to the loading basin between an open position and a closed position, the core sample isolated within the loading basin when the loading cover is in the closed position; and
a manipulator in the mobile enclosure having a core carrier on which the core sample is selectively disposed, and that selectively reciprocates the core sample within the analysis system, the manipulator disabled when the loading cover is in the open position.
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Abstract
A method and system for analyzing a core sample from a wellbore, where the analysis takes place in the field and proximate the wellbore. The system includes trailers adjacent one another. One of the trailers can include a unit for scanning the core sample and obtaining information within the sample. Other trailers can include units that further analyze the core, such as by grinding, laser spectroscopy, and Raman spectroscopy. The core sample scanning involves a computerized tomography (CT) scan, where a length of core is analyzed in the scanning unit. The unit includes a manipulator system for moving the core sample through a rotating scan source in the scanning unit.
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1. A system for assessing a core sample comprising:
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a mobile enclosure; an analysis system within the mobile enclosure; a loading assembly coupled to the analysis system, projecting through a wall of the mobile enclosure, and that selectively receives the core sample, the loading assembly having a loading basin and a loading cover, the loading cover selectively movable relative to the loading basin between an open position and a closed position, the core sample isolated within the loading basin when the loading cover is in the closed position; and a manipulator in the mobile enclosure having a core carrier on which the core sample is selectively disposed, and that selectively reciprocates the core sample within the analysis system, the manipulator disabled when the loading cover is in the open position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of assessing a core sample comprising:
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providing a sealed mobile enclosure having an analysis system with a loading assembly, the sealed mobile enclosure isolating a scan system within the sealed mobile enclosure from an ambient environment outside the sealed mobile enclosure, and the loading assembly projecting through a wall of the sealed mobile enclosure, the loading assembly having a loading basin and a loading cover, the loading cover selectively movable relative to the loading basin between an open position and a closed position, the core sample isolated within the loading basin when the loading cover is in the closed position; disposing the mobile enclosure proximate a wellbore; analyzing the core sample with the analysis system; and operating a manipulator that axially moves the core sample in the scan system, the manipulator disabled when the loading cover is in the open position. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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