Method and apparatus for drill cutting analysis
US12012852B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 3, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jun 18, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 3, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N33/24
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A robotic mud-logger having a slurry sampler to collect a slurry sample online from a drilling fluid circuit contemporaneous with drilling of a borehole, the slurry sample including drilling fluid and rock cuttings. A liquid separator removes drilling fluid from the slurry sample and discharges a sample of the rock cuttings. A spectrometer and other sensors perform elemental analysis of, and take other measurements related to, the sample of the rock cuttings substantially in real time with collection of the slurry sample. A system is provided for retaining stored samples in containers with identifying data.
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