Fluid container reloading tool
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorRichard Thomas Hay
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Abstract
A fluid container reloading tool for a downhole fluid sampling tool (114) is described. The reloading tool includes an elongated cylindrical body. The body may include a bottom opening sized to engage with a fluid sampling tool deployed within a borehole. A cache (263) of empty fluid containers (210) may be included within the body (201). A piston may be coupled to at least one of the fluid containers in the cache of fluid containers. The piston may be used to transfer the cache of fluid containers into the fluid sampling tool. The reloading tool may also include a pump in fluid communication with the piston.
Claims20
A fluid container reloading tool for a downhole fluid sampling tool, comprising:
- an elongated cylindrical body, wherein the body comprises a bottom opening sized to engage with a fluid sampling tool deployed within a borehole;
- a cache of fluid containers disposed within the body;
- a piston coupled to at least one of the fluid containers in the cache of fluid containers;
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- a pump in fluid communication with the piston.
An method for reloading a fluid sampling tool disposed in a borehole, comprising:
- introducing a reloader tool into a borehole, wherein the reloader tool comprises an elongated body containing a cache of fluid containers;
- aligning the reloader tool with a fluid sampling tool disposed in the borehole;
- transferring the cache of fluid containers from the reloader tool to the fluid sampling tool;
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- retrieving the reloader tool to the surface.
A fluid container reloading tool for a downhole fluid sampling tool, comprising:
- an elongated cylindrical body, wherein the body comprises a bottom opening sized to engage with a fluid sampling tool deployed within a borehole;
- a cache of fluid containers disposed within the body, wherein each of the fluid containers of the cache of empty fluid containers is individually deployable to the surface;
- a piston coupled to at least one of the fluid containers in the cache of fluid containers using a shear pin;
- an anchoring mechanism disposed on an outer surface of the body;
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- a pump disposed within the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.