Apparatus and method for evaluating downhole fluids
AssigneeBaker Hughes Incorporated
InventorsPeter Schaefer, Tobias Kischkat
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Abstract
An apparatus for evaluating downhole fluids is disclosed. The apparatus includes: an optical block having an adjustable opening that receives electromagnetic energy emitted by an electromagnetic energy source; a controller operatively associated with the optical block for adjusting the opening size, wherein the opening size is adjusted at least in part based on one or more estimated downhole parameters; and a sensor that receives the electromagnetic energy emitted by the electromagnetic energy source after the emitted electromagnetic energy interacts with a downhole fluid. A method for evaluating downhole fluids is also disclosed.
Claims27
An apparatus for evaluating downhole fluids comprising:
- an optical block having an adjustable opening that receives electromagnetic energy emitted by an electromagnetic energy source;
- a controller operatively associated with the optical block for adjusting the opening size, wherein the opening size is adjusted at least in part based on one or more estimated downhole parameters;
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- a sensor that receives the electromagnetic energy emitted by the electromagnetic energy source after the emitted electromagnetic energy interacts with a downhole fluid.
A method for evaluating downhole fluids comprising:
- emitting electromagnetic energy toward an optical block having an adjustable opening;
- estimating one or more downhole parameters;
- adjusting the opening size at least in part based on the one or more estimated downhole parameters using a controller;
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- receiving with a sensor electromagnetic energy emitted by the electromagnetic energy source after the emitted electromagnetic energy interacts with a downhole fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.