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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nyal S. Walker, Houston, TX (US);
Michael A. Jarrett, Houston, TX (US);
Dennis K. Clapper, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/100 ;
Abstract
The invention concerns a method for determining the presence and quantity of an amine-based additive in fluids, particularly aqueous fluids used in hydrocarbon recovery such as drilling fluids, drill-in fluids, completion fluids, and the like. It was discovered that, after isolating the amine-based additive, the amount of clay stabilizer is linearly dependent upon the spectrometric count of its peak fluorescent spectrum. The method is reproducible and is not bothered by the presence of lignosulfonate and/or lignite which interferes with conventional methods.