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Elemental Analysis and Chemostratigraphy Services
Ellington & Associates, Inc. and Chemostrat Inc. have formed and alliance to provide elemental analysis and chemostratigraphy from a base in Houston, Texas.
The Houston based lab is the first commercial XRF elemental service based in the U.S.
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Quasi-Stationary Simulator of non-Homogeneous Gaseous
Pack Rising in Borehole During Gas Kick Killing
Quasi-stationary (elastic waves are not accounted for) simulator in which upward movement of non-homogeneous gas-liquid packet (where gas velocity is greater than liquid velocity) is simulated taking into consideration presence of gas formation with abnormally high pressure and with ability to control borehole pressure by changing diameter of flow choke and changing pump output rate and mud density.
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Quasi-Stationary Simulator of Dynamics of Gas Kick Transition
into Uncontrollable Gas Fountain Well
Quasi-stationary (elastic waves are not accounted for) simulator in which upward movement of non-homogeneous gaseous liquid (where gas velocity is greater than liquid velocity) is simulated taking into consideration presence of gas formation with abnormally high pressure. It allows watching dynamics of transition of gas kick into gas fountain.
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Early Gas Kick Detection
This tool is intended for early detection and location of the gaseous packet of mud uprising in the annulus of the well during gas blowouts. The action of the tool is based on the comparison of pressure pulses generated in the mud by the mud pump using dynamic pressure sensors located in the annulus above the blowout preventer and in the high-pressure line. When the output signal decreases to the pre-specified level corresponding to the danger of blowout, the drilling is stopped and a pressure pulse is generated in the annulus; the location of the gaseous packet of mud is determined by the arrival time of the reflected signal.
The information obtained this way is used for taking a decision whether to resume drilling or to take measures to suppress gas entry into the borehole. The tool also makes it possible to detect free-phase highly dissolved gas entering the annulus at the saturation pressure; such gas is especially dangerous when formations saturated with hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide are penetrated.
The tool is recommended for incorporation in well-logging units, MWD systems and also as a stand-alone tool among the other instruments used at the well site. PROLOG makes it possible not only to ensure safety during drilling, but also to facilitate the introduction of the state-of-the-art drilling technologies based on reduction of the bottom-hole differential pressure.
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