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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2018
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Li Guo, Humble, TX (US);
Jay Paul Deville, Spring, TX (US);
William Walter Shumway, Spring, TX (US);
Kay Ann Galindo, Montegomery, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/08 (2006.01); E21B 43/38 (2006.01); G01N 21/85 (2006.01); G01N 21/82 (2006.01); G01N 21/59 (2006.01); G01N 33/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/08 (2013.01); E21B 43/38 (2013.01); G01N 21/5907 (2013.01); G01N 21/82 (2013.01); G01N 21/85 (2013.01); G01N 33/2823 (2013.01); G01N 2021/5923 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide optical methods and systems to evaluate the performance of a demulsifying agent in wellbore fluid. The present embodiments provide an optical system which scans wellbore fluid in order to detect the phase separation caused by a demulsifying agent. Using spectral data, the optical system quantifies the opacity and/or transparency of the different phases in the wellbore fluid in order to evaluate the demulsifying agent.