Production logging tool and method for analyzing a produced fluid

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9528369-B2
Application number	US-201113326325-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 15, 2011
Priority date	Dec 15, 2011
Publication date	Dec 27, 2016
Grant date	Dec 27, 2016

Abstract

Disclosed are a production logging tool and method for evaluating fluid produced from a formation of an oilfield. The fluid is measured by a water sensor to determine if the fluid is water, and a chloride sensor to determine chloride levels of the fluid. Based on the chloride levels of the fluid, it can be determined whether the fluid is naturally occurring water, or if the fluid is an injection fluid.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for evaluating a fluid produced from a formation in an oil field, comprising:
determining whether the fluid comprises water or a hydrocarbon with a measurement of a water sensor on a production logging tool;
determining a chloride content of the fluid with a measurement of a chloride sensor on the production logging tool; and
based on a level of the chloride content, determining whether the fluid is water naturally occurring in the formation or an injection fluid.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the water sensor on the production logging tool comprises a capacitive water holdup probe, and the measurement comprises a water holdup measurement.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the chloride sensor on the production logging tool comprises a fluid resistivity sensor, and the measurement comprises a measurement of a resistivity of the fluid.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the chloride sensor on the production logging tool comprises a neutron capture cross-section sensor, and the measurement comprises a measurement of a sigma of the fluid.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the measurement of the water sensor and the chloride sensor occur simultaneously.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising raising an alert when the determining indicates that water in the fluid is the injection fluid.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising disposing the production logging tool in one of the wellbore and a production fluid flow line.

8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising correlating the measurements of the water sensor and the chloride sensor in time.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining whether the fluid is water naturally occurring in the formation or an injection fluid comprises determining the fluid is water naturally occurring in the formation if the level of the chloride content is less than approximately 20,000 ppm.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining whether the fluid is water naturally occurring in the formation or an injection fluid comprises determining the fluid is injection fluid if the level of the chloride content is greater than approximately 25,000 ppm.

11. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising determining the fluid is outside of the formation if the chloride content is greater than approximately 80,000 ppm.

12. A production logging tool for evaluating a fluid produced from a formation in an oil field, comprising:
a water sensor that obtains a downhole water measurement;
a chloride sensor that obtains a downhole chloride measurement; and
a processor that receives the downhole water measurement and determines whether the fluid is water or a hydrocarbon from the downhole water measurement, that receives the downhole chloride measurement and determines a chloride content of the fluid from the downhole chloride measurements, and based on a level of the chloride content of the fluid, determines whether the fluid is naturally occurring in the formation or an injection fluid.

13. The production logging tool according to claim 12 , wherein the water sensor on the production logging tool comprises a capacitive water holdup probe, and the measurement comprises a water holdup measurement.

14. The production logging tool according to claim 12 , wherein the chloride sensor on the production logging tool comprises a fluid resistivity sensor, and the measurement comprises a measurement of a resistivity of the fluid.

15. The production logging tool according to claim 12 , wherein the chloride sensor on the production logging tool comprises a neutron capture cross-section sensor, and the measurement comprises a measurement of a sigma of the fluid.

16. The production logging tool according to claim 12 , wherein the processor further correlates the measurements of the water sensor and the chloride sensor in time.

17. The production logging tool according to claim 12 , further comprising a conveyance comprising one of a wireline, a slickline, a coiled tubing conveyance, and a tractor.

18. The production logging tool according to claim 12 , wherein the processor determines the fluid is naturally occurring in the formation if the level of the chloride content is less than approximately 20,000 ppm.

19. The production logging tool according to claim 12 , wherein the processor determines the fluid is injection fluid if the level of the chloride content is greater than approximately 25,000 ppm.

20. The production logging tool according to claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the fluid is outside of the formation if the chloride content is greater than approximately 80,000 ppm.

Assignees

• Brown Christopher P
• Schlumberger Technology Corp

Inventors

• Brown Christopher P

Classifications

• E21B47/113 Primary

  using electrical indications; using light radiations · CPC title

• E21B47/11

  using tracers; using radioactivity · CPC title

• E21B47/10 Primary

  Locating fluid leaks, intrusions or movements · CPC title

• E21B47/1015

  Fixed Constructions · mapped topic