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Apparatus and method for well fluid sampling

US6702017B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 24, 2001
Grant dateMar 9, 2004
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Expiry dateSep 24, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21B49/081
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A well fluid sampling tool (5) having a sample chamber (315) at least partly contained within an at least partially evacuated jacket (160, 165, 170), the outermost wall (160) of the jacket (160, 165, 170) being adjacent to or forming an outermost wall of the tool (5). In such a tool (5) the evacuated jacket (160, 165, 170) acts to maintain the sample as originally retrieved, e.g. in single phase form (at original temperature).

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