Patent ID: 8726988
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for obtaining a fluid at a position within a wellbore that penetrates a subterranean formation, comprising: a body adapted to be disposed in the wellbore on a conveyance equipped with one or more expandable packers providing a sample region disposed between an upper cleanup zone and a lower cleanup zone when expanded into abutting contact with the wellbore wall; an upper cleanup port provided at the upper cleanup zone, wherein the upper cleanup port is configured between at least two packers; a lower cleanup port provided at the lower cleanup zone, wherein the lower cleanup port is configured between at least two packers; at least one fluid cleanup flowline in fluid connection with the upper and lower cleanup ports; a sampling inlet provided at the sampling region; and a sampling flowline in fluid connection with the sampling inlet for drawing fluid from the sampling region wherein the sampling region is provided between an upper sampling packer section and a lower sampling packer section wherein the one or more expandable packers comprises an upper packer providing the upper sampling packer section and a lower packer providing the lower sampling packer section.