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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2020
Applicant:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventors:
Kentaro Indo, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Julian Pop, Houston, TX (US);
Maxim Yushko, Houston, TX (US);
Tudor Ioan Palaghita, Houston, TX (US);
Zeynep Alpman, Houston, TX (US);
Alexis Petit, Dhahran, SA;
Sepand Ossia, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Tullio Moscato, Clamart, FR;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/08 (2006.01); E21B 47/06 (2012.01); E21B 49/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/06 (2013.01); E21B 49/081 (2013.01); E21B 49/10 (2013.01); E21B 49/0875 (2020.05);
Abstract
A method for sampling a downhole formation fluid includes pumping formation fluid into the flowline of a downhole sampling tool While pumping, a saturation pressure of the formation fluid is measured. The pumping rate is adjusted such that the fluid pressure in the flowline remains above a threshold saturation pressure.