Reservoir Sample Chain-of-Custody
First Claim
1. A method of assuring acquisition of a representative sample of a reservoir formation from a wellbore, the method comprising the steps of;
- acquiring a reservoir formation sample having a formation sample property;
measuring the formation sample property at a point of acquisition in the wellbore with a technique to obtain a measured point of acquisition property;
measuring the formation sample property at a remote location from the point of acquisition with a technique to obtain a measured remote location property; and
validating the formation sample by comparing the measured point of acquisition property to the measured remote location property.
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Abstract
Methods of assuring that a representative formation and/or fluid sample of a subterranean reservoir is obtained are provided. One method of validating a reservoir fluid sample obtained from a wellbore includes the steps of acquiring a reservoir fluid sample in the wellbore; measuring a property of the fluid sample downhole with a technique to obtain a measured downhole fluid property; replicating the measuring technique used to obtain the measured downhole fluid property to obtain at a remote location from the wellbore with a technique to obtain at least one measured remote location fluid property; validating the fluid sample through comparison of the measured downhole fluid property and the at least one measured remote location fluid property.
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29 Claims
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1. A method of assuring acquisition of a representative sample of a reservoir formation from a wellbore, the method comprising the steps of;
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acquiring a reservoir formation sample having a formation sample property;
measuring the formation sample property at a point of acquisition in the wellbore with a technique to obtain a measured point of acquisition property;
measuring the formation sample property at a remote location from the point of acquisition with a technique to obtain a measured remote location property; and
validating the formation sample by comparing the measured point of acquisition property to the measured remote location property. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 24, 25)
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13. A method of assuring acquisition of a representative sample of a subsurface reservoir from a wellbore, the method comprising the steps of:
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acquiring a reservoir formation sample having a formation sample property;
measuring the formation sample property at a point of acquisition in the wellbore with a technique to obtain a measured point of acquisition formation property;
measuring the formation sample property at a remote location from the point of acquisition with a technique to obtain a measured remote location formation property;
validating the formation sample by comparing the measured point of acquisition property to the measured remote location property;
recording formation sample validating parameter in a database archive;
acquiring a reservoir fluid sample in the wellbore;
measuring a property of the fluid sample downhole with a technique to obtain a measured downhole fluid property;
measuring the property of the fluid sample at a remote location from the wellbore with a technique to obtain a measured remote location fluid property;
validating the fluid sample through comparison of the measured downhole fluid property and the measured remote location fluid property; and
recording fluid sample validating parameter in the archive. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of validating a reservoir fluid sample obtained from a wellbore, the method comprising the steps of:
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acquiring a reservoir fluid sample in the wellbore;
measuring a property of the fluid sample downhole with a technique to obtain a measured downhole fluid property;
replicating the measuring technique used to obtain the measured downhole fluid property to obtain at a remote location from the wellbore with a technique to obtain at least one measured remote location fluid property; and
validating the fluid sample through comparison of the measured downhole fluid property and the at least one measured remote location fluid property. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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