NMR sensor for monitoring multi-phase fluid settling

    公开(公告)号:US11732580B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-22

    申请号:US17114575

    申请日:2020-12-08

    CPC classification number: E21B49/0875 E21B49/086 G01N24/08 G01N33/2823

    Abstract: An NMR sensor is configured to make NMR measurements of a fluid and includes a housing defining a chamber. A nonmagnetic cap is deployed in the chamber and divides the chamber into first and second regions. The cap is sized and shaped to define a fluid collector in the first region. A magnet assembly is deployed in the second region and is configured to generate a static magnetic field in the fluid collector. A radio frequency (RF) coil is interposed between the magnet assembly and the cap and is configured to generate an RF magnetic field in the fluid collector. Methods include using the sensor to make NMR measurements of multi-phase fluids such as drilling fluid.

    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACQUIRING MAGNETIC RESONANCE DATA FROM A SAMPLE

    公开(公告)号:US20230168323A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-01

    申请号:US17997096

    申请日:2021-04-27

    CPC classification number: G01R33/4616 G01N24/08

    Abstract: The present document describes methods and systems for exciting magnetic resonance in a sample using trains of pulsed, oscillating magnetic fields that are modulated in their phase and amplitude according to a source waveform derived from the known or estimated magnetic response of a sample. Also disclosed are methods and systems for acquiring a response signal from the sample wherein data acquisition events are synchronized or interleaved with said modulated pulse trains. Further disclosed are methods and systems for identifying one or more of the presence, absence, amount, and concentration of a target substance in a sample. Also disclosed is a magnetic resonance device which uses such pulse trains and synchronized acquisition to improve the selectivity of magnetic resonance data.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING SURFACTANT IMPACT ON RESERVOIR WETTABILITY

    公开(公告)号:US20230152255A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-18

    申请号:US17988517

    申请日:2022-11-16

    CPC classification number: G01N24/081 G01V3/32

    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for determining surfactant impact on reservoir wettability. In one implementation, a nuclear magnetic resonance T1 measurement of a sample is obtained before surfactant imbibition is applied to the sample, and a second nuclear magnetic T2 measurement of the sample is made after forced imbibition of the surfactant. Moreover, another nuclear magnetic resonance T1 measurement (e.g., omitting surfactant imbibition) can be obtained simultaneously with the nuclear magnetic resonance T2 measurement using a twin core sample. The nuclear magnetic resonance T1 measurement and the nuclear magnetic resonance T2 measurement are captured under simulated reservoir conditions. A fluid typing map is generated using the nuclear magnetic resonance T1 measurement and the nuclear magnetic resonance T2 measurement. An impact of the surfactant on fluid producibility is determined based on the fluid typing map.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE MEASUREMENTS ON BOREHOLE MATERIALS

    公开(公告)号:US20230074144A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-09

    申请号:US17897346

    申请日:2022-08-29

    Inventor: Arcady Reiderman

    Abstract: An apparatus (and method) for automated NMR relaxation measurements on borehole materials (e.g., drill cuttings, sidewall cores and whole cores) includes a sample cassette and a sample transfer system operating synchronized with the NMR experiment. The apparatus implements an automatic calibration, adaptive data stacking and automated measurements of the sample volume for irregular shaped samples. The measurements throughput may be increased by creating more than one excitation/detection volume during a measurement cycle. The NMR surface data may be interpreted together with other bulk sensitive measurement data (e.g. natural gamma ray spectroscopy) or/and downhole data to evaluate earth formations while drilling an oil well.

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