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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2007
Anthony R. H. Goodwin, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Peter S. Hegeman, Stafford, TX (US);
Julian J. Pop, Houston, TX (US);
Ashley C. Kishino, Houston, TX (US);
Gary J. Tustin, Cambridge, GB;
Raymond V. Nold, Iii, Beasley, TX (US);
Kai Hsu, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Christopher S. Del Campo, Houston, TX (US);
Ricardo Vasques, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Anthony R. H. Goodwin, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Peter S. Hegeman, Stafford, TX (US);
Julian J. Pop, Houston, TX (US);
Ashley C. Kishino, Houston, TX (US);
Gary J. Tustin, Cambridge, GB;
Raymond V. Nold, III, Beasley, TX (US);
Kai Hsu, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Christopher S. Del Campo, Houston, TX (US);
Ricardo Vasques, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A formation fluid sampling tool is provided with a drill which drills into the formation in a manner perpendicular or oblique to the borehole wall. The tool comprises a mechanism for enhancing the mobility of the reservoir fluid, such as a heating element on the drill, hot fluid which is generated in the tool and injected into the drilled hole, or a solvent which is stored in the tool and injected by the tool into the drilled hole.