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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2012
Christopher Harrison, Auburndale, MA (US);
Farshid Mostowfi, Edmonton, CA;
Matthew T. Sullivan, Westwood, MA (US);
Elizabeth Smythe, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abdel M. Kharrat, Edmonton, CA;
Christopher Harrison, Auburndale, MA (US);
Farshid Mostowfi, Edmonton, CA;
Matthew T. Sullivan, Westwood, MA (US);
Elizabeth Smythe, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abdel M. Kharrat, Edmonton, CA;
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and a method including exposing a first fluid to a pre-filter, observing the first fluid, introducing a second fluid to the first fluid, exposing the first and second fluids to a filter, and observing the first and second fluids wherein the observing the first fluid and observing the first and second fluids comprise optical measurements and the first fluid comprises material from a subterranean formation. Some embodiments may compare the optical measurements of the first fluid and the first and second fluids and/or estimate the first fluid's likelihood of forming precipitants with other fluids and/or the first fluid's asphaltene content.