US 11,808,146 B2
Apparatus and method for observing performance of a treatment fluid in a core sample
Ayrat Gizzatov, Cambridge, MA (US); Karim Ismail, Houston, TX (US); Mohammed Sayed, Houston, TX (US); and Amy J. Cairns, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by ARAMCO SERVICES COMPANY, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/157,256.
Prior Publication US 2022/0235655 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 49/00 (2006.01); E21B 49/06 (2006.01); G01N 33/24 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 49/005 (2013.01) [E21B 49/06 (2013.01); G01N 33/241 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A testing apparatus, comprising:
a top housing coupled to a front side of a base housing configured for a surface-surface contact between the top housing and the base housing,
a light connector comprising a light source configured to couple to a back side of the base housing and configured for a surface-surface contact between the base housing and the light connector,
where the testing apparatus is configured with a sample viewing window that is paneless, a sample recess defined by the base housing on the front side,
a core sample assembly comprising a core sample positioned within the sample recess observable though the sample viewing window, and
a primary fluid distribution hole defined by the base housing,
wherein the core sample positioned in the sample recess is fluidly accessible through the primary fluid distribution hole, and
wherein the core sample assembly positioned in the sample recess while the top housing is coupled to the base housing is secured and immobile, and is configured for a surface-surface contact between a lower surface of the core sample assembly and the front side of the base housing.