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US 10,207,203 B2Granted
Gas tray extraction processes
AssigneeBaker Hughes, A Ge Company, LLC
InventorBrian Ochoa
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Abstract
Systems and methods for mud logging wherein the effectiveness of a primary gas trap is measured during operation.
Claims17
A system for mud logging characterized by:
- a primary gas trap which receives a first amount of drilling mud and is operable to extract a first amount of hydrocarbon gas from the first amount of drilling mud;
- a secondary gas trap which receives a second amount of drilling mud and is operable to extract a second amount of substantially all extractable hydrocarbon gas from the second amount of drilling mud;
- and
- a gas analyzer that receives hydrocarbon gas separated from the first amount of drilling mud and from the second amount of drilling mud, the gas analyzer being operable to measure the hydrocarbon gas removed from each of the first and second amounts,
- wherein the system for mud logging compares the first amount of hydrocarbon gas extracted by the primary gas trap to the second amount of substantially all extractable hydrocarbon gas extracted by the secondary gas trap to determine a relative effectiveness for the primary gas trap.
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A system for mud logging characterized by:
- a mud conduit to supply drilling mud from a mud line;
- a primary gas trap which receives a first amount of drilling mud and is operable to extract a first amount of hydrocarbon gas from the first amount of drilling mud;
- a secondary gas trap which receives a second amount of drilling mud and is operable to extract a second amount of substantially all extractable hydrocarbon gas from the second amount of drilling mud;
- and
- a gas analyzer that receives hydrocarbon gas separated from the first amount of drilling mud and from the second amount of drilling mud, the gas analyzer being operable to measure the hydrocarbon gas removed from each of the first and second amounts,
- wherein the system for mud logging compares the first amount of hydrocarbon gas extracted by the primary gas trap to the second amount of substantially all extractable hydrocarbon gas extracted by the secondary gas trap to determine a relative effectiveness for the primary gas trap.
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A method of determining efficiency of a primary gas trap used in mud logging, the method characterized by the steps of:
- removing hydrocarbon gas from a first amount of drilling mud in the primary gas trap;
- completely removing hydrocarbon gas from a second amount of drilling mud with a secondary gas trap;
- measuring the amounts of hydrocarbon gas removed from the first amount of drilling mud and the second amount of drilling mud;
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- determining the relative effectiveness of the primary gas trap by comparing the amount of hydrocarbon gas removed from the first amount of drilling mud with the amount of hydrocarbon gas completely removed from the second amount of drilling mud.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.