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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jody Marie Burks, Spring, TX (US);
Denise Nicole Benoit, Houston, TX (US);
Chandra Sekhar Palla-Venkata, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Assignee:
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 11/06 (2006.01); E21B 47/10 (2012.01); G01N 33/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/10 (2013.01); G01N 11/06 (2013.01); G01N 33/2823 (2013.01);
Abstract
System and method for monitoring frac fluid flow through a column bed includes preparing a vessel () with a column including a filtering member (), a column bed () simulating a downhole environment, and a frac fluid (). Frac fluid () is flowed through the column bed () at an acceleration exceeding gravity for a predetermined period of time. The amount of liquid that flows through the column bed () and that is recovered after the predetermined period of time is then determined.