Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for mapping hydrocarbon reservoirs using electromagnetic transmissions
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Application No.: US15704161Application Date: 2017-09-14
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Publication No.: US10534103B2Publication Date: 2020-01-14
- Inventor: Howard Khan Schmidt , Jesus Manuel Felix Servin , Erika Shoemaker Ellis
- Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran
- Agency: Bracewell LLP
- Agent Constance G. Rhebergen; Christopher L. Drymalla
- Main IPC: G01V3/00
- IPC: G01V3/00 ; G01V3/08 ; E21B43/16 ; G01V3/12 ; G01V3/15 ; G01V3/28 ; G01V3/30 ; G01V1/00 ; E21B47/10 ; G06F19/00 ; G01S13/88

Abstract:
Provided are systems and methods for mapping hydrocarbon reservoirs. Operations include disposing an electromagnetic (EM) transmitter and an EM receiver into first and second wellbores of first and second wells, respectively, penetrating a resistive layer of a subsurface formation bounded by first and second conductive layers. The EM transmitter and receiver each being disposed at depths proximate to intersections of the first and second wellbores and the resistive layer, respectively. The operations further including transmitting an EM signal between the EM transmitter and receiver via the resistive layer, determining transport properties associated with propagation of the EM signal from the EM transmitter to the EM receiver via the resistive layer, and determining the presence of an anomaly in at least one of the conductive layers based on the travel time.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180003848A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAPPING HYDROCARBON RESERVOIRS USING ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSMISSIONS Public/Granted day:2018-01-04
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