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AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsBin Dai, Wael Soliman Mohamed Elhawary, Christopher Michael Jones, Zhonghuan Chen
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Disclosed herein are systems and methods to obtain representative reservoir fluid samples faster. In embodiments, a formation testing tool, which includes a probe and a fluid passageway, is conveyed in a wellbore and the probe is pressed against the wellbore to create a fluidic seal in between the formation and the fluid passageway. The reservoir fluid is then pumped from the formation to the fluid passageway. The probe comprises a rubber disposed on an outer perimeter of the probe and an inflatable barrier disposed between the rubber and a central area of the probe. After reaching a first pre-determined value of drilling fluid contamination, the inflatable barrier of the probe is inflated. Sampling of the reservoir fluid is performed after reaching a second value of drilling fluid contamination in the reservoir fluid pumped from the formation to the fluid passageway.
A method comprising:
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