The present invention provides an down hole apparatus and method for
ultrahigh resolution spectroscopy using a tunable diode laser (TDL) for
analyzing a formation fluid sample downhole or at the surface to
determine formation fluid parameters. In addition to absorption
spectroscopy, the present invention can perform Raman spectroscopy on the
fluid, by sweeping the wavelength of the TDL and detecting the
Raman-scattered light using a narrow-band detector at a fixed wavelength.
The spectrometer analyzes a pressurized well bore fluid sample that is
collected downhole. The analysis is performed either downhole or at the
surface onsite. Near infrared, mid-infrared and visible light analysis is
also performed on the sample to provide an onsite surface or downhole
analysis of sample properties and contamination level. The onsite and
downhole analysis comprises determination of aromatics, olefins,
saturates, gas oil ratio, API gravity and various other parameters which
can be estimated by correlation, a trained neural network or a
chemometric equation.