SINGLE SIDE DETERMINATION OF A FIRST FORMATION FLUID-SECOND FORMATION FLUID BOUNDARY

    公开(公告)号:US20240011394A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-11

    申请号:US17857489

    申请日:2022-07-05

    IPC分类号: E21B49/08 E21B49/10

    摘要: The disclosure presents processes to determine a first formation fluid-second formation fluid boundary from one side of the boundary utilizing a formation tester tool. For example, the formation tester can be utilized in a borehole to determine an engagement point with a subterranean formation and determine one or more, or a combination of, injectable fluids to inject into the subterranean formation. Sensors coupled to the formation tester can measure the rebound pressure of the injected fluids. In some aspects, the fluid density of the collected fluid can be measured. The measured pressure changes and other collected data, can be utilized to determine a first formation fluid-second formation fluid boundary parameter. Other characteristic parameters can also be determined such as wettability parameters, porosity parameters, and capillary effects parameters. The formation tester can collect a core sample and an analyzation of the core sample can be utilized to determine the characteristic parameters.

    Formation tester tool
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11814908B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-14

    申请号:US17751084

    申请日:2022-05-23

    IPC分类号: E21B17/10 E21B49/10

    CPC分类号: E21B17/1014 E21B49/10

    摘要: A formation tester tool assembly includes a seal member mounted on rigid stabilizer that contacts a borehole wall separately from the seal member, so that seal exposure to a stabilization load that presses the tool against the borehole wall is limited or reduced by contact engagement of the stabilizer with the borehole wall. The stabilizer is provided by a hydraulically actuated probe piston reciprocally movable relative to a tool body on which it is mounted. The seal member is in some embodiments movable relative to the probe piston, for example being configured for hydraulic actuation to sealingly engage the borehole wall while the tool body is stabilized by action of the probe piston.

    System and method for fluid separation

    公开(公告)号:US11808150B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-07

    申请号:US17663473

    申请日:2022-05-16

    IPC分类号: E21B49/08 E21B49/10 E21B43/38

    摘要: This disclosure relates to a separating a fluid having multiple phases during formation testing. For example, certain embodiments of the present disclosure relate to receiving contaminated formation fluid on a first flow line and separating a contamination (e.g., mud filtrate) from the formation fluid by diverting the relatively heavier and/or denser fluid (e.g., the mud filtrate) downward through a second flow line and diverting the relatively lighter and/or less dense fluid upward through a third flow line. In some embodiments, the third flow line is generally oriented upwards at a height that may facilitate the separation of the heavier fluid from the relatively lighter fluid based on gravity and/or pumps.

    PRESSURE MEASUREMENT MITIGATION
    7.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230313674A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-05

    申请号:US18330134

    申请日:2023-06-06

    摘要: An apparatus comprises a formation tester tool to be positioned in a borehole within a formation, wherein the formation tester tool comprises a pressure sensor and a pad that is radially extendable with respect to an axis of the formation tester tool, and wherein the pressure sensor is inside the pad. The apparatus comprises a first radially extendable inner packer that is axially above the pad with respect to the axis of the formation tester tool and a second radially extendable outer packer that is axially above the first radially extendable inner packer. The apparatus comprises a third radially extendable inner packer that is axially below the pad with respect to the axis of the formation tester tool and a fourth radially extendable outer packer that is axially below the third radially extendable inner packer.

    Pressure measurement mitigation
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11686193B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-27

    申请号:US17833201

    申请日:2022-06-06

    摘要: A method includes positioning a formation tester tool into a borehole formed within a formation and radially expanding a first and second radially extendable packers of the formation tester tool out from the formation tester tool to the formation to form a sealed volume between the first radially extendable packer and the second radially extendable packer. The method includes radially extending a pad of the formation tester tool that is positioned between the first radially extendable packer and the second radially extendable packer to form a sealed connection volume between the formation and a pressure sensor within the pad. The method includes acquiring a first pressure measurement, using the pressure sensor, from fluids in the sealed connection volume and extracting fluid from the sealed volume to reduce pressure around the pad. The method includes acquiring a second pressure measurement, using the pressure sensor, from fluids in the sealed connection volume.