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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2005
Stephane Vannuffelen, Tokyo, JP;
Ahmed Hammami, Alberta, CA;
Toru Terabayashi, Sagamihara, JP;
Tsutomu Yamate, Yokohama, JP;
Terry Sopkow, Alberta, CA;
John Ratulowski, Missouri City, TX (US);
John A. Kerr, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Francois Auzerais, Houston, TX (US);
Robert J. Schroeder, Newtown, CT (US);
Jeffrey A. Tarvin, Brookfield, CT (US);
Andrew L. Kurkjian, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Laurent Prouvost, Ambares et Lagrave, FR;
Stephane Vannuffelen, Tokyo, JP;
Ahmed Hammami, Alberta, CA;
Toru Terabayashi, Sagamihara, JP;
Tsutomu Yamate, Yokohama, JP;
Terry Sopkow, Alberta, CA;
John Ratulowski, Missouri City, TX (US);
John A. Kerr, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Francois Auzerais, Houston, TX (US);
Robert J. Schroeder, Newtown, CT (US);
Jeffrey A. Tarvin, Brookfield, CT (US);
Andrew L. Kurkjian, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Laurent Prouvost, Ambares et Lagrave, FR;
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention contemplates implementation of transitory downhole video imaging and/or spectral imaging for the characterization of formation fluid samples in situ, as well as during flow through production tubing, including subsea flow lines, for permanent and/or long term installations. The present invention contemplates various methods and apparatus that facilitate one-time or ongoing downhole fluid characterization by video analysis in real time. The methods and systems may be particularly well suited to permanent and periodic intervention-based operations.