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Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013

Filed:

Jul. 25, 2011
Applicants:

Pierre-yves Corre, Eu, FR;

Stephen Yeldell, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Carsten Sonne, Houston, TX (US);

Anthony Robert Holmes Goodwin, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Stephane Briquet, Yokohama, JP;

Alexander F. Zazovsky, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Pierre-Yves Corre, Eu, FR;

Stephen Yeldell, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Carsten Sonne, Houston, TX (US);

Anthony Robert Holmes Goodwin, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Stephane Briquet, Yokohama, JP;

Alexander F. Zazovsky, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/00 (2006.01); E21B 49/08 (2006.01); E21B 36/00 (2006.01); E21B 43/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A technique involves collecting formation fluids through a single packer having at least one drain located within the single packer. The single packer comprises an outer seal layer, and the at least one drain is positioned in the outer seal layer. A viscosity system also is incorporated and enables the viscosity of a surrounding fluid to be selectively lowered for sampling.


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