US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on Oct. 7 for "XRF measurements of multiphase oilfield fluids" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,123, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"XRF measurements of multiphase oilfield fluids" was invented by Reda Karoum (Houston) and Carlos Abad (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for estimating an elemental composition of a multiphase oilfield fluid includes obtaining a sample of a multiphase oilfield fluid; blending the sample with a viscosity modifying agent to transform the sample into a high viscosity paste; introducing the high viscosity paste into a chamber of an XRF apparatus; using the XRF apparatus to make an XRF measurement of the high viscosity paste; and evalua...