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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 27, 2017
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Xinwei Lan, Spring, TX (US);

Li Gao, Katy, TX (US);

Daniel Stark, Houston, TX (US);

Yenny Natali Martinez, Houston, TX (US);

Michel Joseph LeBlanc, Houston, TX (US);

Gireesh K Bhat, Tomball, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 34/08 (2006.01); E21B 49/08 (2006.01); G01N 9/32 (2006.01); G01N 9/36 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01); E21B 43/14 (2006.01); G01N 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/12 (2013.01); E21B 34/08 (2013.01); E21B 43/14 (2013.01); E21B 49/08 (2013.01); G01N 9/002 (2013.01); G01N 9/32 (2013.01); G01N 9/36 (2013.01); G01N 2009/006 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a plurality of valves. Each valve of the plurality of valves is associated with a respective production zone of a well. Each valve includes a valve body having a passage and an inflow fluid input through which a formation fluid from the respective production zone associated with the valve is to enter the passage of the valve body. Each valve further includes a sensor located within the valve body to detect a density of the formation fluid. The apparatus further includes a processor programmed to determine a fraction of a subject fluid in the formation fluid based on the density of the formation fluid and a density of the subject fluid.


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