US 2025/0146945 A1 · QUANTIFICATION OF WELLBORE FLUID ADDITIVES BY LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY

Abstract

Techniques described herein can be used to quantify additives of wellbore fluids using laser induced breakdown spectroscopy. For example, a method can involve acquiring a sample of wellbore fluid from a wellbore. The wellbore fluid can include an additive. The sample can be processed to separate the wellbore fluid into a liquid sample and a solid sample. A laser induced breakdown spectroscopy device can identify a chemical composition of the liquid sample or the solid sample. A concentration of the additive in the wellbore fluid can be determined based on the chemical composition of the liquid sample or the solid sample. An adjustment to a composition of the wellbore fluid can be performed based on the concentration of the additive in the wellbore fluid.

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Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a fluid processing system usable to process a sample of wellbore fluid from a wellbore by separating the sample of the wellbore fluid into a liquid sample and a solid sample, the wellbore fluid comprising an additive;
and
a measurement system comprising:
a laser induced breakdown spectroscopy device usable to identify a chemical composition of the liquid sample or the solid sample;
a processor;
and
a memory that comprises instructions executable by the processor for causing the processor to:
determine a concentration of the additive in the wellbore fluid based on the chemical composition of the liquid sample or the solid sample;
and
output a command causing an adjustment to a composition of the wellbore fluid based on the concentration of the additive in the wellbore fluid.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program code that is executable by a processing device for causing the processing device to:

identify, via laser induced breakdown spectroscopy, a chemical composition of a liquid sample or a solid sample, the liquid sample and the solid sample produced by processing a sample of wellbore fluid acquired from a wellbore, the wellbore fluid comprising an additive;
determine a concentration of the additive in the wellbore fluid based on the chemical composition of the liquid sample or the solid sample;
and
output a command causing an adjustment to a composition of the wellbore fluid based on the concentration of the additive in the wellbore fluid.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Quantification of wellbore fluid additives by laser induced breakdown spectroscopy

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Quantification of wellbore fluid additives by laser induced breakdown spectroscopy

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