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US 2014/0209302 A1Published application
Packer And Packer Outer Layer
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsMorten Kristensen, Cosan Ayan, Pierre-Yves Corre
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Abstract
A packer is disclosed comprising a body with a first end and a second end, wherein the first end and the second end are configured to establish a connection with downhole equipment and wherein at least one of the first end and the second end is configured to establish a fluid flow between the downhole equipment, at least one guard drain, at least one sample drain, at least one guard drain flow line, at least one sample drain flow line configured to transport fluid flow from and to the at least one sample drain and one of the first end and the second end of the body, two swivel connections and a sealing element.
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A packer, comprising:
- a body with a first end and a second end, wherein the first end and the second end are configured to establish a connection with downhole equipment and wherein at least one of the first end and the second end is configured to establish a fluid flow between the downhole equipment and the packer, and wherein at least a portion of the body is configured to expand from a first unexpanded configuration to a second expanded configuration;
- at least one guard drain with a circular shape through the body;
- at least one sample drain with an oval shape through the body, the at least one sample drain located in an axial line with the at least one guard drain with the circular shape;
- at least one guard drain flow line configured to transport fluid flow from and to the at least one guard drain;
- a swivel connection connected to the at least one guard drain flow line and one of the first end and the second end, the swivel connection configured to transport fluid from the at least one guard drain flow line to one of the first end and the second end;
- at least one sample drain flow line configured to transport fluid flow from and to the at least one sample drain;
- a second swivel connection connected to the at least one sample drain flow line and one of the first end and the second end, the second swivel connection configured to transport fluid to and from the at least one sample drain flow line to one of the first end and the second end;
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- a sealing element placed around a periphery of the body incorporating the at least one guard drain and the at least one sample drain, the sealing element configured to create a seal between the sealing element and a downhole geological formation.
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A packer, comprising:
- a body with a first end and a second end, wherein the first end and the second end are configured to establish a connection with downhole equipment and wherein at least one of the first end and the second end is configured to establish a fluid flow between the downhole equipment and the packer;
- at least two guard drains, each of the guard drains with one half circular shape;
- at least one sample drain with a rectangular shape, the at least one sample drain located in an axial line with the at least two guard drains with the one half circular shape;
- at least one guard drain flow line configured to transport fluid flow from and to the at least two guard drains;
- at least one swivel connection between the at least one guard drain flow line and one of the first end and the second end, the at least one swivel connection configured to transport fluid to and from the at least one guard drain flow line to one of the first end and the second end;
- at least one sample drain flow line configured to transport fluid flow from and to the at least one sample drain;
- at least one second swivel connection between the at least one sample drain flow line and one of the first end and the second end, the at least one second swivel connection configured to transport fluid;
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- a sealing element placed around a periphery of the body incorporating the at least two guard drains and the at least one sample drain with a rectangular shape, the sealing element configured to create a seal between the sealing element and a downhole geological formation.
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A packer, comprising:
- a body with a first end and a second end, wherein the first end and the second end are configured to establish a connection with downhole equipment and wherein at least one of the first end and the second end is configured to establish a fluid flow between the downhole equipment;
- at least two guard drains, each of the at least two guard drains with a rectangular shape;
- at least one sample drain with a rectangular shape, the at least one sample drain located in an axial line with the at least two guard drains with the rectangular shape;
- at least one guard drain flow line configured to transport fluid flow from and to the at least two guard drains with the rectangular shape;
- at least one swivel connection configured between the at least one guard drain flow line and one of the first end and the second end, the at least one swivel connection configured to transport fluid to and from the at least one guard drain flow line to one of the first end and the second end;
- at least one sample drain flow line configured to transport fluid flow from and to the at least one sample drain;
- at least one second swivel connection between the at least one sample drain flow line and one of the first end and the second end, the at least one second swivel connection configured to transport fluid;
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- a sealing element placed around a periphery of the body incorporating the at least two guard drains and the at least one sample drain with a rectangular shape, the sealing element configured to create a seal between the sealing element and a downhole geological formation.
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A method of sampling, comprising:
- expanding a packer from a first contracted state to a second expanded state, wherein the second expanded state occurs downhole to form an environment between the packer and a downhole formation when in the second expanded state;
- establishing a guard drain flow in the packer through a guard drain;
- establishing a sample drain flow in the packer through a sample drain, wherein the sample drain flow and the guard drain flow are in an axial relationship;
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- sampling at least a portion of the sample drain flow.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.