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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2016
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Ronald E. G. van Hal, Cambridge, MA (US);
Albert Ballard Andrews, Wilton, CT (US);
Jeffrey Crank, Cambridge, MA (US);
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
Wellbore tools in accordance with the present disclosure may include a gas chromatograph; and a mass spectrometer, wherein the mass spectrometer is configured to operate at a pressure greater than 10Torr. Systems in accordance with the present disclosure may include a gas chromatograph; and a mass spectrometer, wherein the mass spectrometer is configured to operate at a pressure greater than 10Torr. Methods in accordance with the present disclosure may include emplacing a wellbore tool in a wellbore, the wellbore tool containing a gas chromatograph and a mass spectrometer, wherein the mass spectrometer is configured to operate at a pressure greater than 10Torr; drawing a sample of a fluid from the wellbore into the wellbore tool; and determining a molecular weight of one or more components of the fluid.