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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2013
Wade Bullock, Montgomery, TX (US);
James T. Cernosek, Missouri City, TX (US);
Wade Bullock, Montgomery, TX (US);
James T. Cernosek, Missouri City, TX (US);
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, a method of obtaining a fluid from a formation is disclosed that in one embodiment may include: pumping fluid received by a first probe from the formation into the wellbore; pumping fluid received by a second probe from the formation into the wellbore; determining when the fluid received by one of the first and second probes is clean; and pumping the fluid received by the first probe into a sample chamber while collecting the formation fluid received by the second probe from the formation into a storage chamber having an internal pressure less than the pressure of the formation.