Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for identifying two or more charges into reservoir using downhole fluid analysis
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Application No.: US15599533Application Date: 2017-05-19
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Publication No.: US10746018B2Publication Date: 2020-08-18
- Inventor: Hadrien Dumont , Vinay K. Mishra , German Garcia , Li Chen , Thomas Pfeiffer , Soraya S. Betancourt Pocaterra , Jerimiah Forsythe , Andrew Emil Pomerantz , Youxiang Zuo , Oliver C. Mullins
- Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Applicant Address: US TX Sugar Land
- Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Sugar Land
- Agent Trevor G. Grove
- Main IPC: G06F30/17
- IPC: G06F30/17 ; E21B49/08 ; E21B49/10 ; G06F30/28

Abstract:
Systems and methods for identifying a likelihood that a reservoir of a geological formation received a secondary charge of hydrocarbons of relatively very different thermal maturity of composition are provided. One method includes positioning a downhole acquisition tool in a wellbore in a geological formation and testing one or more fluid properties of the formation fluid. Data processing circuitry may identify whether a relationship of the one or more fluid properties exceeds a first threshold that indicates likely asphaltene instability. When this is the case, data processing circuitry may be used to model the geological formation using a realization scenario in which multiple charges of hydrocarbons of substantially different thermal maturity or substantially different composition, or both, filled a reservoir of the geological formation over geologic time.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170342828A1 Systems and Methods for Identifying Two or More Charges into Reservoir Using Downhole Fluid Analysis Public/Granted day:2017-11-30
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