Fluid evaluation devices for oil and gas applications
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorFahad Sadon A. Alnamasi
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Abstract
A fluid evaluation device for analyzing a fluid content within a container includes first and second fluid sampling conduits passing laterally into the container and respectively extending to first and second depths within fluid stored in the container, a common fluid conduit to which the first and second fluid sampling conduits extend for receiving fluid flowing out of the container through either of the first or second sampling conduits, and an optical device positioned along the common fluid conduit and including a viewing window for observing fluid flowing therethrough from the common fluid conduit.
Claims31
A fluid evaluation device for analyzing a fluid content within a container, the fluid evaluation device comprising:
- first and second fluid sampling conduits passing laterally into the container at a same height and respectively extending to first and second vertical depths below the height within fluid stored in the container;
- a common fluid conduit oriented horizontally and to which the first and second fluid sampling conduits extend for receiving fluid flowing out of the container through either of the first or second sampling conduits;
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- an optical device positioned along the common fluid conduit and comprising a viewing window for observing fluid flowing therethrough from the common fluid conduit.
A method of analyzing a fluid content within a container, the method comprising:
- flowing a first fluid at a first vertical depth within the container out of the container through a first fluid sampling conduit of a fluid evaluation device passing laterally into the container at a height above the first vertical depth and into a common fluid conduit of the fluid evaluation device, the common fluid conduit being oriented horizontally;
- flowing the first fluid out of the common fluid conduit and through an optical device of the fluid evaluation device;
- observing the first fluid through a viewing window of the optical device and determining that the first fluid is a first color;
- flowing a second fluid at a second vertical depth within the container out of the container through a second fluid sampling conduit of the fluid evaluation device passing laterally into the container at the same height, into the common fluid conduit, and through the optical device, the height being above the second vertical depth;
- observing the second fluid through the viewing window and determining that the second fluid is a second color;
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- determining an amount of the first fluid or the second fluid in the container based on the second depth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.