1. A method for characterizing formation fluid present in a subsurface earth formation, the method comprising:
extracting a plurality of gas components from a volume of drilling mud comprising formation fluid and gases, while drilling;
measuring a gas trap value for each gas component of interest;
determining a gas trap response factor for each gas component of interest by dividing the gas trap value by a laboratory fluid analysis value for each gas component of interest;
determining a relative response factor for each gas component of interest by dividing the gas trap response factor for each gas component of interest by the gas trap response factor for the gas component of interest with the lowest molecular weight; and
calculating the corrected gas trap value for each gas component of interest by dividing the gas trap value by the relative response factor for each gas component of interest;
wherein the corrected gas trap value for each gas component of interest is utilized to calculate gasoil ratios for characterizing the formation fluid from the volume of drilling mud.
2. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the plurality of gas components are extracted from the volume of drilling mud using a gas trap.
3. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the plurality of gas components comprises methane, ethane, propane, butane, andor pentane.
4. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the gas components of interest are chosen from the group of methane, ethane, propane, butane, andor pentane.
5. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the gas trap values are measured using gas chromatography or gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
6. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the laboratory fluid analysis value is measured using gas chromatography or gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
7. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the corrected gas trap values are used to calculate gas to oil ratios to characterize the formation fluid.
8. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the determined relative response factors are utilized to correct gas trap values measured in the same well at various depths.
9. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the determined relative response factors are utilized to correct gas trap values measured in surrounding wells utilizing a similar drilling fluid.
10. A method for using previously determined relative response factors for correcting gas trap values for gas components in a drilling mud, comprising:
extracting a plurality of gas components from a volume of drilling mud comprising formation fluid and gases, while drilling;
measuring a gas trap value for each gas components of interest; and
calculating the corrected gas trap value for each of the gas components of interest by dividing each gas trap value by a previously determined relative response factor for each of the gas components of interest;
wherein, the corrected gas trap value for each of the gas components of interest is utilized to calculate gasoil ratios for characterizing formation fluids from the volume of drilling mud.
11. The method in accordance with claim 10, wherein the previously determined relative response factor for each gas component of interest is utilized to correct gas trap values for each of the gas components of interest measured in surrounding wells utilizing a similar drilling fluid.
12. A system for automatically correcting a plurality of gas trap values, comprising:
a data storage device having non-transitory computer readable data including mud logging data relating to the plurality gas trap values;
a processor, configured and arranged to execute machine executable instructions stored in a processor accessible memory for performing a method comprising:
acquiring a gas trap value for each gas component of interest;
determining a gas trap response factor for each gas component of interest by dividing the gas trap value by a laboratory fluid analysis value for each gas component of interest;
determining a relative response factor for each gas component of interest by dividing the gas trap response factor for each gas component of interest by the gas trap response factor for the gas component of interest with the lowest molecular weight;
correcting the gas trap value for each gas component of interest by dividing the gas trap value by the relative response factor for each gas component of interest; and
utilizing the corrected gas trap value for each gas component of interest to calculate gasoil ratios for characterizing formation fluids.
13. A system as in claim 12, further comprising a user interface configured and arranged to allow a user to adjust parameters used in correcting the gas trap value for each gas component of interest.
14. A system as in claim 12, further comprising a user interface configured and arranged to allow a user to adjust parameters used in the calculation gasoil ratios.
15. A system as in claim 12, further comprising a display, configured and arranged to display a layer structure of a subsurface region from which the formation fluid and gases were taken, based, at least in part, on the gas trap values.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A plug connector for use in a connector system having a receptacle connector, the receptacle connector having alignment projections projecting toward an interior of a box shaped housing of the receptacle connector, the plug connector comprising:
a body having a bottom plate with a width W, a top plate with a width W\u2032 that is smaller than W, a first side plate and a second side plate each having a step to accommodate the width differential between the top and bottom plates, wherein the first and second side plates are smaller relative to the top and bottom plate providing a substantially flat body; and
a plurality of electrodes located within the body, the plurality of electrodes consisting of a single row of electrodes extending in the direction of the depth of the body and being positionally secured by insulating material to an interior surface of the bottom plate of the body leaving an insertion cavity in the interior of the body between the single row of electrodes and the top plate, wherein all electrodes within the body are in the single row,
wherein the steps in the first and second side plates are aligned with the alignment projections of the receptacle connector to guide insertion of the plug connector into the receptacle connector housing.
2. The plug connector of claim 1 further comprising a shell that is made of a single sheet of conductive material wrapped around the plug connector.
3. The plug connector of claim 1 wherein the steps on each side plate of the plug connector have curved edges.
4. The plug connector of claim 1 wherein the single row of electrodes can have up to 30 pins.
5. The plug connector of claim 1 further comprising an integrated trim ring molded to a base of the plug connector.
6. The plug connector of claim 5 wherein the trim ring is made of high temperature resilient material such as glass reinforced nylon.
7. The plug connector of claim 5 wherein the trim ring and the plug connector dimensions are selected to improve acoustic performance.
8. The plug connector of claim 5 wherein the plug connector with the integrated trim ring is disposed on a printed circuit board at a predetermined angle from the vertical axis.
9. The plug connector of claim 8 wherein the predetermined angle is approximately 10 degrees from the vertical axis.
10. The plug connector of claim 1 wherein using a single row of electrodes provides a thin plug connector.
11. The plug connector of claim 1 wherein the single row of electrodes comprises 30 electrodes.
12. The plug connector of claim 1 wherein the top, bottom, first side, and second side plates are formed of a single piece of conductive material.
13. The plug connector of claim 12 wherein the single piece of conductive material forms at least one chassis contact.
14. A cable connector assembly including the plug connector of claim 1, further comprising:
a cable housing a plurality of wires;
a boot connecting a first end of the cable to the plug connector, wherein electrical coupling between the plurality of wires inside the cable and the single row of electrodes inside the body of the plug connector is made via a printed circuit board integrated into the boot; and
a resistor disposed on the printed circuit board and electrically coupled to a predetermined electrode of the plug connector.
15. The cable connector assembly of claim 14 wherein the printed circuit board comprises a plurality of solder pads adapted to receive a corresponding plurality of wires from the cable.
16. The cable connector assembly of claim 15 wherein the printed circuit board further comprises a plurality of conductive traces electrically coupling the plurality of solder pads to a corresponding plurality of contacts for the single row of electrodes.
17. The cable connector assembly of claim 14 further comprising one or more electronic components placed on the printed circuit board and configured to perform one or more predetermined functions.
18. The cable connector assembly of claim 17 wherein electrostatic discharge protection circuitry is disposed on the printed circuit board and is electrically coupled to one or more predetermined electrodes of the plug connector.
19. The cable connector assembly of claim 17 wherein EMI containment means are disposed on the printed circuit board.
20. The cable connector assembly of claim 14 wherein the resistor disposed on the printed circuit board identifies a type of the cable connector.
21. The cable connector assembly of claim 14 wherein the second end of the cable is coupled to a universal serial bus connector.
22. The cable connector assembly of claim 14 wherein the resistor is coupled between two predetermined electrodes.
23. The cable connector assembly of claim 22 wherein the single row of electrodes comprises at least 30 pins disposed in a row and wherein the resistor is coupled between electrode number 15 and a ground electrode.
24. The cable connector assembly of claim 14 wherein the plurality of wires comprises four wires for universal serial bus (USB) connection.
25. The cable connector assembly of claim 14 wherein the cable comprises one or more mesh braids configured to provide electrical shielding.
26. The cable connector assembly of claim 14 wherein the printed circuit board is in the shape of a bracket with its opening adapted to receive the cable.
27. The cable connector assembly of claim 14 wherein the cable comprises a Ferrite wrap adapted to increase EMI absorption.
28. A plug connector comprising:
a connector shell formed from a single piece of conductive material, the connector shell having a bottom portion with a width W, a top portion with a width W\u2032 that is smaller than W, a first side portion and a second side portion each having a step to accommodate the width differential between the top and bottom portions;
insulating material on the inside of the bottom portion of the connector shell, such that an insertion cavity is formed between the insulating material and the top portion of the connector shell; and
a single row of pins disposed within the connector shell, the pins of the single row being secured in position by the insulating material on the inside of the bottom portion of the connector shell such that pins are present only along a bottom side of the insertion cavity,
wherein having all pins in a single row allows the connector shell to be substantially flat.
29. The plug connector of claim 28 wherein the single row of pins comprises 30 pins.
30. The plug connector of claim 28 wherein the connector shell forms at least one chassis contact.
31. The plug connector of claim 28 wherein the connector shell includes at least one raised tab.
32. A plug connector comprising:
a body having a bottom plate with a first width, a top plate with a second width that is smaller than the first width, a first side plate and a second side plate each having a step to accommodate the width differential between the top and bottom plates, wherein the first and second side plates are smaller relative to the top and bottom plate providing a substantially flat body; and
a plurality of electrodes located within the body, the plurality of electrodes consisting of a single row of electrodes extending in the direction of the depth of the body and being positionally secured by insulating material to an interior surface of the bottom plate of the body leaving an insertion cavity in the interior of the body between the single row of electrodes and the top plate, wherein all electrodes within the body are in the single row,
wherein a region extending from a top side of the insertion cavity to an interior surface of the top plate is devoid of electrodes.
33. The plug connector of claim 32 wherein the single row of electrodes comprises 30 electrodes.
34. The plug connector of claim 32 wherein the top, bottom, first side, and second side plates are formed of a single piece of conductive material.
35. The plug connector of claim 34 wherein the single piece of conductive material forms at least one chassis contact.
36. A plug connector comprising:
a body having a bottom plate with a width W, a top plate with a width W\u2032 that is smaller than W, a first side plate and a second side plate each having a step to accommodate the width differential between the top and bottom plates, wherein the first and second side plates are smaller relative to the top and bottom plate providing a substantially flat body; and
a plurality of electrodes located within the body, the plurality of electrodes consisting of a single row of electrodes, each electrode having a single elongated finger shape, the electrodes extending in the direction of the depth of the body and being positionally secured by insulating material to an interior surface of the bottom plate of the body leaving an insertion cavity in the interior of the body between the single row of electrodes and the top plate, wherein all electrodes within the body are in the single row,
wherein the steps in the first and second side plates are aligned with alignment projections of a receptacle connector to guide insertion of the plug connector into the receptacle connector.
37. The plug connector of claim 36 wherein the single row of electrodes comprises 30 electrodes.
38. The plug connector of claim 36 wherein the top, bottom, first side, and second side plates are formed of a single piece of conductive material.
39. The plug connector of claim 38 wherein the single piece of conductive material forms at least one chassis contact.