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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2013
Selman and Associates, Ltd., Midland, TX (US);
Thomas H. Selman, Midland, TX (US);
Matthew J. Jennings, Midland, TX (US);
Stephen M. Bergman, Casper, WY (US);
SELMAN AND ASSOCIATES, LTD., Midland, TX (US);
Abstract
A drilling rig having continuous gas analysis can include a substructure, base, mast, pipe handler, mud pump, drilling rig power source, drawworks, cabling, rotating head, blowout preventer, drill string, and drill bit. A rig server of the drilling rig can have a rig processor and rig data storage for implementing rig operations. Piping can be in fluid communication between the blowout preventer and a gas analyzer system for real-time measurement of a concentration of gases in a drilling fluid. The gas analyzer system can include a sample chamber, means for agitating and creating a vortex, gas capturing chamber for receiving liberated fluid, gas analyzer for providing real-time gas speciation of the liberated fluid, suction pump for pulling the liberated fluid, filtration means, exhaust port, and exhaust line for flowing non-analyzed fluid to a drilling fluid storage chamber, drilling fluid conduit, or both.