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- Patent Title: Measuring the wettability of porous media based on the temperature sensitivity of nuclear magnetic resonance relaxation time
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Application No.: US16574764Application Date: 2019-09-18
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Publication No.: US10976274B2Publication Date: 2021-04-13
- Inventor: Hyung Tae Kwak , Ahmad Mubarak Al-Harbi
- 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: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: G01N24/08
- IPC: G01N24/08 ; G01R33/50 ; G01R33/48 ; G01R33/46 ; G01V3/32 ; G01R33/44

Abstract:
The present disclosure describes methods and systems, including computer-implemented methods, computer program products, and computer systems, for measuring wettability of a rock sample. One method includes: at each temperature of a plurality of temperatures, obtaining a first Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) surface relaxation time for a rock sample having a saturation level; determining a first temperature sensitivity based on the first NMR surface relaxation times and corresponding temperatures; at each temperature of the plurality of temperatures, obtaining a second NMR surface relaxation time for the rock sample that is saturated with oil; determining a second temperature sensitivity based on the second NMR surface relaxation times and corresponding temperature; and determining a wettability of the rock sample based on the first temperature sensitivity and the second temperature sensitivity.
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