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Quantifying operational inefficiencies utilizing natural gasses and stable isotopes

US11525822B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC · US

Inventors

Bastian Baecker · Falkensee, DE
Alex Bruns · Conroe, US
Jessica Raines · Houston, US
Umesh Prasad · Spring, US
Svenja Erdmann · Farster Bauerschaft, DE
Ian McGlynn · Houston, US
Frank Walles · The Woodlands, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 16, 2020
Grant date	Dec 13, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 26, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE21B49/0875
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of monitoring a subterranean operation includes sampling fluid from a borehole during the operation, and estimating, in near real time, a concentration of one or more gases in the sampled fluid and an isotope composition of the sampled fluid. The method also includes identifying an operational inefficiency in the operation based on the isotope composition associated with the one or more gases, and performing, during the operation, at least one of: alerting an operator and adjusting an operational parameter of the operation, based on identifying the operational inefficiency.

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