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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2009
Cyrus A. Irani, Houston, TX (US);
Vincent P. Zeller, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Charles M. Macphail, Little Elm, TX (US);
Scott Brown, Houston, TX (US);
Timothy R. Carlson, Lisle, IL (US);
Cyrus A. Irani, Houston, TX (US);
Vincent P. Zeller, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Charles M. MacPhail, Little Elm, TX (US);
Scott Brown, Houston, TX (US);
Timothy R. Carlson, Lisle, IL (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus () for obtaining a plurality of fluid samples in a subterranean well includes a carrier (), a plurality of sampling chambers () and a pressure source () of the apparatus (). The carrier () has a longitudinally extending internal fluid passageway () providing a substantially smooth bore therethrough and a plurality of chamber receiving slots (). Each of sampling chamber () is positioned in one of the chamber receiving slots () of the carrier (). The pressure source () is selectively in fluid communication with each of the sampling chambers () such that the pressure source () is operable to pressurize each of the sampling chambers () after the samples are obtained.