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Patent No.:

US 8569685 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013

Filed:

Oct. 12, 2010
Applicant:

Alan Finlay, West Byfleet, GB;

Inventor:

Alan Finlay, West Byfleet, GB;

Assignee:

Microsaic Systems PLC, Woking, Surrey, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 5/00 (2006.01); H01J 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A portable analytical system for the rapid on-site analysis of fluids, and a method for using this system at the well-site for the analysis of samples extracted from drilling fluids is described. The portable analytical solution may be deployed at the well-site and used to perform detailed real-time analysis of formation fluids and extracts of rock cuttings. The method described could be used during hydrocarbon exploration and production to determine whether the drill stem has passed through a hydrocarbon-bearing region, or rocks that are capable of functioning as an oil reservoir or that may have been a source rock, or that may have come into contact with oil, or that may contain oil at present.


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