DENISON CORE BARREL (Sam pler)

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TheS amplersuccessful
lyre c
oversundisturbe
ds am- *Av ailablein2 . or5 . Assembl ies
plesfrom har
dpa n,highl
yc ompa ct
e dforma onsi n- FE ATURE S
cludi
ngs os hales,c
ohe si
v esoi
ls
,raree art
hs,kaol
in, Ess ena ll
yadoubl etube ,swiveltypeof cor eba rrel
,the
sands,seabo om a ndot herso a nde asi
lyerode d De nisoni scapableofpr oduc i
ngundi s
tur beds amples
ma te
rial
s.T hi
st ypeofv ersali
tya ccountsforthe froms o ma teri
alsaswe llashards oil
swhe ret hepre s
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De ni
son’sworldwidea cceptancebys oil
se ngi
ne e
rs, sur esre quire
dt opus hore vendr ivethinwa l
l sample r
s
founda on de si
gners,c ontrac
tors,a rc
hitec
tsa nd mi ghtpr oduceunde s
irableresults.T heDe nisonha s
consulta
nts. sev eralimpor tantdisnconsf rom adoubl et ubec ore
ba rr
e l:
THEDE NISONPE RFORMSWHE REOT HE RSFAIL 1)T hei nne rtubeoft hes amplerc ontai
nsapl ascl iner
Unde rc e
rtai
ncondions ,ordinar
ythinwa lls
amplers de si
g nedt oret
a i
nt hes ampledur i
ngs ampl inga ndt o
obtainundi s
turbedsamplesf rom clay,si
lt
sa ndor- prote ctt hesampl eonc eiti
sremov edfori tstriptot he
ganic( peat
)depos i
ts
.But ,whe nt hede posi
thard- l
a bor atory.
ens,a nde xt
remepr ess
urei sne e
de dt ocol
lectt
he 2)T hei nnertubes how pr ecede sthec u ngbi tinto
sample ,theDenisondoesthej obwi t
he ase. thef or ma ont opr eventtorsi
ona ldi
sturba nceoft he
sampl ebyt hec i
rcula ngdr i
ll
flui d.
TheDe
nisonCor
eBarr
elhaspr
ove
nt hati
tisati
ts 3) T hr eei nt
e r
cha ngeableha r
df acedc u ngbi t
sa re
bes
twhenadver
sec
ondionsar
eencounte
red. prov idedf orv ar
ia on in ma te ri
a l
s,allowingundi s
-
turbe ds a mpli
ngtobea ccomplishe d.
TRULYUNDI STURBE DS
AMPL E SRECOVERED
OPE RAT ION
Themos timpor t
antadv ant
ageofAc kerDe ni
son
TheDe nisonS ampl erisr ota tedwhi lebe ingpr e ss
e d
CoreBarr
elisthatthesamplesobtai
nedarenotde-
i
nt ot hes oil
ineitherac asedhol eorahol es tabil
iz
e dby
for
me dordi s
turbedduringther ecov
eryprocess
.
dr i
ll
ingmud.T hes oilsampl eorc or eisr etainedi nthe
Suchsample
sa retr
ulyundist
urbedasdefinedinthe
sa mpl e
rbywa llfri
conorbyaba sk etty peofr e t
a i
ner.
gener
all
yacceptedme ani
ngoft hete
rm.
Thr eedi fferentlengthsofs a wt oot hc ue rbitsarepr o-
videdt oa idsampl i
ngi nso, me di
umorha rdma terial
s.
LARGERS AMPL E
SOBT AINED
Whe ne x tr
eme lyha rda ndc ompa ctedf orma onsa re
Becauseofthesi
zeoftheDe nisonSample,s
ampli
ng
enc ount ered,t
heDe nisonc anbefi e dwi thac ue rbit
dis
toroni sconsi
de r
ablyle
sst hanthati
ns amples
i
sr e comme ndedf ora veragec ondions .T hei nterme -
fr
oms malle
r,thi
ntubes a
mple r
s.Thelar
gerDenis
on
diatec u ngbi tisr ecomme ndedf ora ve r
ag ec ondi-
Samplecanbet r
imme dinthel abor
atorytomini-
ons.S tandardleng thDe nisonsr ec ove rtwof oot(.6m)
mizethepossi
bil
it
yofa nysl
ightdefor
ma onbywa ll
sa mpl e
s .Op ona lconversionpa r
t sa rea va i
lableif5 .
fr
iconors li
ghtdragofthecoreretai
nerspr
ings
.
(1.5m) samplesa rer equi
red.T heDe nis onS ampl erca n
beope ra tedbya nys t a
nda rddr i
l
lr i
g.T heS ampl eris
de si
g nedf orusewi the i
therwa t
er, dril
lingmudora i
r.
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nope ra on,theDe nis
onCor eBarreli
srotatedint
othe 1.T HRE
ADEDHE AD-Avail
abl
efors
tanda
rdDCDMAr
od
s
oilei
theri nacasedholeorahol estabi
l
izerwithdri
ll
i
ng conneconsorAPIcoupl
i
ngs.
mud.T hei nnerbarrelisafullswi
ngt ypemount edon
2.RUGGEDHEADSECTI
ON-Hi
ghstr
engt
ha l
l
oyst
eelc
on-
an-fr
iconbe ari
ngs.Theinnertubeprotrudesbel
owthe st
ruconrei
nfor
cedonout
ers
urf
aceswit
htung
stencar
-
cu ngbitc ar
ri
edbyt heouterbarr
el.Purposeofthi
spro- bi
deri
bs.
t
rusi
onist hreef
old:
3.RECESSE
DGRE ASEFI
TTI
NG-Pe
rmit
scompl
etel
ubri
ca-
1.Toinsur
etha
tthes
ampl
eisr
ecove
redfr
om ma
ter
ial onofint
ernalmov
ingpar
tsa
ndswi
velj
oi
ntwi
thoutdi
s-
mantl
ingbarr
el.
undi
st
urbedbyc
u ngaconoft
herot
a ngbit
,
4.O-RI
NGSEAL-Ins
ure
sac omplet
ehy dr
aul
icse
albe
-
2.Tosea
loffthesampl
efr
om wa
terordr
il
li
ngflui
ddi
s- twe
enthec
oreba
rrel
heada
ndt heoute
rbarre
l.
cha
rge
datthebi
tfa
ce,a
nd
5.OVERSI
ZEINTERNALF L
UIDPASSAGES-Larg
e ,a
nnular
pass
age
wa ysi
nsur
ef ul
lfluidflowdir
ectl
ytothef ac
eof
3.Toprot
ectt
hesamplef
romdefor
ma onbypre
v en ng thecu ngbi twit
houtrestr
iconbe t
we e
ni nnera nd
anyrot
av edragont
heinnerba
rrel
.Thei
nnertubere- oute
rbarr
els
.
mainss
ta ona
ryatal
lme s.
6.MECHANI
CALSEALS-Pr
ote
ctbe
ari
ngsbyk
eepi
ngout
AstheDe ni
sonCor eBarreli
sforceddownwi thgra duall
y muda
nddril
l
ingflui
d.
i
ncreasedpressure,t
hes amplepa ssest hr
oughthec ore 7.SE AL
EDHE AVY-DUTYBAL LBEARING-4s tack
e dan-
ret
ainerint
ot heinnerba rr
ela ndi t
spl ascl i
ner.T he fr
iconbe ari
ng sprovi
dee xt
rarig
idi
tytotheinnerbarre
l.
pl
ascl i
nerse rv
esa sape rma nentc ontai
nerf ort he Becauseoft heirhig
ht hrustcapac
itythepos s
ibil
i
tyof
sample.Twoty pesofcoreretai
ne r
sa reused-as plitr
ing sampledist
oroni sminimiz
e d.Beari
ngsarecompl e
tely
ty
pef orhar
derma teri
alsorabas ketspri
ngtypewi ththin seal
eda g
ainstdril
l
ingfluidandc u ngs.
flexi
blespri
ngsfors os oi
ls. 8.POS I
TI
VELOCKINGDEVI CE-Dis
ctypewithrai
sedsea
t
andlar
geportopeni
ngsinsuref
ullflowwithoutsc k
ing.
I
nt hes ma l
lersiz
eDe nisonCor eBa rr
e l
s(2-15/
16”& Dri
ll
i
ngfluidsarevent
edt othelowpress
ureareaonthe
3-1/2”),i
tissome me spos s
ibletoomitthecoreret
ainer out
sideoft
hecorebarr
el.
al
tog etherandrel
yont hes kinfri
conof theinnert
ubeto
9.OVERS I
ZEVENTVAL VE-Disct
ypewithra
ise
ds eata
nd
reta
int hesample.T hes hoeoft heinnertubeismadeto l
argeportopeni
ngsins
urefull
flowwithoutscking.Dri
l
l-
provideas li
ghtcl
earances ot hatthesampleswe l
l
sa e r i
ngfluidsarev e
ntedtothelowpres
sureare
aont heout-
enteringtheba r
rel
,itwilltendt oberet
a i
nedbywa l
lfri
c- si
deofthecorebarrel
.
on.
10.OUT ERANDI NNERBARRE LS-Ma defrom s
ele
cted
seamle
sss t
eelt ubi
ngwi thsufficientwallst
rengt
ht o
Asthes a
mpl epushesupwa r
dint heba rre
l,dri
llfluidor i
nsurecon nuedus eunderdi
fficultoper
a on.Extr
along
wateront opofitisvent
edthroughadi s
kv al
vetot helow thr
eada r
easinsurerig
idi
tyandpreventdamagetoba r
-
press
urea re
aont heoutsi
deoft hec oreba r
relitsel
f. rel
s.
Withso ma t
eri
a l
sthepres
surediffe r
ena lt
husc re
ated
11.THIN-
WALLPLASTI
CLINER-Provi
desaperma
nent
,
i
sinstr
ume ntal
inhelpi
ngtoretai
nthes ample.Duringthe
non-
cor
ros
ivec
ont
aine
rforundi
st
urbe
ds a
mple
s.
sampli
ngope ra on,flui
dflowi sre ducedtot hepointof
keepi
ngt hebi tcleanandreturncu ng ssl
owlyflowi ng 12.CORERE T
AINER-Te mper
ed,
flexi
blest
eel
bas
ketty
pe
outofthehol e. remainssa
mplewi thoutunduedis
toronandfri
con.
(Spl
i
t-ri
ngt
yperet
ainersal
soava
il
abl
e.)
Whe nthefulll
engthofsamplehasbeenruna ndt hec or
e
13.SAW TOOT HCUTTI
NGS HOE-Cu ngteet
har
eface
d
ba r
relr
emov edfrom t
hehole,theinnertubeline risre- wit
ht ungs
tencar
bideall
oyforope
ra oni
ng ht
lyc
om-
mov edwiththesa mpl
einta
ctands eal
edwi t
hpa ra ffinin pact
eds oi
landsor oc
kforma ons
.
thes t
andardma nnerfordel
iver
ytot helaboratorya sa
trueundis
turbedsample. 14.RE MOVABECUT TI
NGS HOE( E
XT E
NDE DTY
PE )-Re-
movalofshowfull
yexposesthebo oma s
sembl
y,permit
-
ngre
c ov
e r
yofinnerl
inerandsamplei
ntact
,wi
thoutfur
-
the
rdisas
s e
mblyofba r
rel.