Method and apparatus for soil mechanics measurements of filter cakes

Patent · Tue Oct 22 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:6270759

Sweet, E G. F.

An apparatus includes a main housing with a permeable cylindrical sleeve in the main housing to simulate a rock formation through which a well is drilled. A compartment is defined outside the sleeve and a solids-containing fluid is introduced into the interior of the sleeve and pressurized, so that the fluid passes through the sleeve and into the compartment, leaving a filter cake on the inside of the sleeve. A probe extends through the sleeve to simulate a drill string, and the probe can be moved toward and away from the inside surface of the sleeve. The apparatus includes a means for determining the filter cake thickness, preferably ultrasonically.

• Assignee: Ontario Research Foundation (Canada)
• Patent Number(s): US 4548080
• OSTI ID: 6270759
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
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03 NATURAL GAS
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Production
& Processing
ACOUSTIC TESTING
CUTTINGS REMOVAL
DESIGN
DRILL PIPES
DRILLING EQUIPMENT
DRILLING FLUIDS
EQUIPMENT
FILTRATION
FLUIDS
GEOPHYSICS
MATERIALS TESTING
MECHANICS
NATURAL GAS WELLS
NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING
OIL WELLS
PIPES
PRESSURIZING
PROBES
REMOVAL
RESERVOIR ROCK
ROCK MECHANICS
SAMPLING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SIMULATION
SLEEVES
SOIL MECHANICS
TESTING
ULTRASONIC TESTING
WELL LOGGING
WELL LOGGING EQUIPMENT
WELLS