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Number: 73/152.42
Name: Measuring and testing > Borehole or drilling (e.g., drill loading factor, drilling rate, rate of fluid flow) > Fluid flow measuring or fluid analysis > Determining relative proportion of fluid constituent
Description: Subject matter wherein the determination of the physical characteristic of the borehole, the casing, or the drill rigging is made by measuring the amount of a constituent of a fluid within the borehole or a ratio of one constituent of a fluid to another constituent of the fluid.


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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7530265 Method and apparatus for elemental analysis of a fluid downhole May. 12, 2009
7395704 Method and apparatus for downhole fluid analysis using molecularly imprinted polymers Jul. 8, 2008
7380598 Method for detecting fluid leakage from a subterranean formation Jun. 3, 2008
7328624 Probe for measuring parameters of a flowing fluid and/or multiphase mixture Feb. 12, 2008
7197924 Apparatus and method for evaluating subterranean environments Apr. 3, 2007
7069776 Method for measuring particle concentration during injection pumping operations Jul. 4, 2006
7059180 Water cut rate of change analytic method Jun. 13, 2006
7032662 Method for determining the extent of recovery of materials injected into oil wells or subsurface formations during oil and gas exploration and production Apr. 25, 2006
6915685 Tool holder for measurement means Jul. 12, 2005
6891606 Real-time on-line sensing and control of mineral scale deposition from formation fluids May. 10, 2005
6886632 Estimating formation properties in inter-well regions by monitoring saturation and salinity front arrivals May. 3, 2005
6840091 Geophysical method for quantification of dense non-aqueous phase liquids in the subsurface Jan. 11, 2005
6823721 Method and system for mass flow balance accounting Nov. 30, 2004
6725926 Method of tracking fluids produced from various zones in subterranean wells Apr. 27, 2004
6659175 Method for determining the extent of recovery of materials injected into oil wells during oil and gas exploration and production Dec. 9, 2003
6611763 Method of early predicting paraffin deposition risks during production and transport Aug. 26, 2003
6591673 Methods for identifying fluid types of underground formations Jul. 15, 2003
6581685 Method for determining formation characteristics in a perforated wellbore Jun. 24, 2003
6499344 Apparatus and method to obtain representative samples of oil well production Dec. 31, 2002
6427529 Instrument for surveying the depth and volume of oil and brine in a static fluid column of an oil well Aug. 6, 2002
6328103 Methods and apparatus for downhole completion cleanup Dec. 11, 2001
6321595 Characterization of organic contaminants and assessment of remediation performance in subsurface formations Nov. 27, 2001
6308787 Real-time control system and method for controlling an underground boring machine Oct. 30, 2001
6305216 Method and apparatus for predicting the fluid characteristics in a well hole Oct. 23, 2001
6286367 Method of evaluating the effluent of a hydrocarbon well by means of a multiphase flowmeter, and installation implementing the same Sep. 11, 2001
6276190 Differential total-gas determination while drilling Aug. 21, 2001
6273202 Swab test for determining relative formation productivity Aug. 14, 2001
6182505 Method and apparatus for studying the properties of a multiphase fluid under pressure flowing in a duct, such as a petroleum stream Feb. 6, 2001
6176129 Method and apparatus for acquiring data in a hydrocarbon well Jan. 23, 2001
6003365 Characterization of organic contaminants and assessment of remediation performance in subsurface formations Dec. 21, 1999
5905036 Characterization of organic contaminants and assessment of remediation performance in subsurface formations May. 18, 1999
5744709 Measurement of specific interfacial areas of immiscible fluid interfaces in flow systems Apr. 28, 1998
5708203 Neutron logging method for quantitative wellbore fluid analysis Jan. 13, 1998
5661237 Method and apparatus for locally measuring flow parameters of a multiphase fluid Aug. 26, 1997
5633470 Velocity and holdup determination method for stratified gas-liquid flow in highly inclined conduits May. 27, 1997
5610331 Thermal imager for fluids in a wellbore Mar. 11, 1997
5212093 Method to determine drift and residual oil saturation May. 18, 1993
5211842 Three-phase well test apparatus using pumped recirculation to maintain homogenous flow May. 18, 1993
5205167 Method and apparatus for locating stratification in production fluid in a well Apr. 27, 1993
5201220 Apparatus and method for detecting the presence of gas in a borehole flow stream Apr. 13, 1993
5190103 Metering of two-phase fluids using flow homogenizing devices and chemicals Mar. 2, 1993
5167149 Apparatus and method for detecting the presence of gas in a borehole flow stream Dec. 1, 1992
5161409 Analysis of drilling solids samples Nov. 10, 1992
5095982 Method of characterizing the flowpath for fluid injected into a subterranean formation Mar. 17, 1992
5094103 Steam quality and flow rate measurement Mar. 10, 1992
5090238 Oil well production testing Feb. 25, 1992
5063776 Method and system for measurement of fluid flow in a drilling rig return line Nov. 12, 1991
5044436 Steam injection profiling with unstable radioactive isotopes Sep. 3, 1991
5042297 Well-logging process and device in a non-flowing production well Aug. 27, 1991
4979393 Process for rapidly determining the solids content in drilling fluids Dec. 25, 1990

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