US 12,134,968 B2
Inorganic scale detection or scaling potential downhole
Christopher Michael Jones, Houston, TX (US); James Martin Price, Houston, TX (US); Anthony Herman VanZuilekom, Houston, TX (US); and Rohin Naveena-Chandran, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/946,140.
Prior Publication US 2024/0093595 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 47/07 (2012.01); E21B 49/08 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 47/07 (2020.05) [E21B 49/081 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
disposing a fluid sampling tool into a wellbore wherein the fluid sampling tool comprises:
at least one probe to fluidly connect the fluid sampling tool to a formation in the wellbore; and
at least one passageway that passes through the at least one probe and into the fluid sampling tool;
drawing a formation fluid, as a fluid sample, through the at least one probe and through the at least one passageway;
isolating the drawn formation fluid in the at least one passageway from an annulus;
perturbing the formation fluid within a sensor section, wherein the sensor section is in fluid communication with the at least one passageway within the fluid sampling tool, wherein perturbing the formation fluid is performed
by cooling the formation fluid with a eutectic cooling source or
by using a heat source; and
analyzing the fluid sample in the fluid sampling tool for one or more indications of inorganic scale in a water sample.