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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2015
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Songhua Chen, Katy, TX (US);
Magdalena Traico Sandor, Humble, TX (US);
Cato Russell McDaniel, Montgomery, TX (US);
Jason Glen Bell, Kingwood, TX (US);
William W. Shumway, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 24/08 (2006.01); G01V 3/14 (2006.01); G01R 33/30 (2006.01); E21B 49/08 (2006.01); G01N 33/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 24/082 (2013.01); E21B 49/08 (2013.01); G01N 24/081 (2013.01); G01R 33/307 (2013.01); G01V 3/14 (2013.01); G01N 33/2847 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for monitoring the oleophilic fluid to aqueous fluid ratio of a drilling fluid includes selecting a sample of the drilling fluid that has been recirculated, measuring the NMR response of the sample of the drilling fluid and determining the oleophilic fluid to aqueous fluid ratio of the drilling fluid based at least in part on the NMR response.