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Formation fluid sampling method

  • US 3,254,531 A
  • Filed: 05/03/1962
  • Issued: 06/07/1966
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/03/1962
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A METHOD OF OBTAINING SMAPLES OF CONNATE FLUID CONTENT OF AN EARTH FORMATION ABOUT A BOREHOLE TRAVERSING THE SAME COMPRISING THE STEPS OF:

  • ESTABLISHING A FLOW OF FUILDS WITHIN AND FROM AND FORMATION;

    MEASURING THE ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY OF SAID FLOW;

    PURGING THE FORMATION OF FILTRATE FLUIDS WITHING THE BOUNDARY OF SAID FLOW UNTIL OF RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENT BECOMES SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT;

    DIVERTING SAID FLOW INTO A COLLECTION MEANS FOR OBTAINING A SAMPLE QUANTITY OF FLUID;

    MEASURING SAID FLOW IN SAID COLLECTION MEANS;

    AND, RECORDING THE VARIATION OF SAID FLOW MEASUREMENT WITH RESPECT TO TIME.

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