Patent ID: 11898408
Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  B | IPC B  E

Claim 0:
1. A method for treating working fluids in the oil and gas industry, the method comprising:
combining a working fluid with a paramagnetic material;
introducing the working fluid into a wellbore;
passing the return working fluid through a quadrupole magnetic field;
measuring a magnetic field of the return working fluid;
dynamically adjusting the quadrupole magnetic field to concentrate a first portion of the return working fluid at a first diameter within the conduit; and
utilizing the dynamically adjusted quadrupole magnetic field to concentrate a second portion of the return working fluid at a second diameter within the conduit,
wherein the second diameter is greater than the first diameter;
wherein a magnetic field sensor is located inside the second diameter and another magnetic field sensor is located outside the first diameter; and, wherein the second portion of the return fluid contains a higher density of paramagnetic materials than the first portion.