Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and systems for determining residual fluid saturation of a subsurface formation
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Application No.: US16781080Application Date: 2020-02-04
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Publication No.: US11408811B2Publication Date: 2022-08-09
- Inventor: Quan Chen , Subhash Chandrabose Ayirala , Ali Abdallah Al-Yousef
- 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; Keith R. Derrington
- Main IPC: G01N15/08
- IPC: G01N15/08 ; E21B43/16 ; E21B49/08

Abstract:
A method for determining residual fluid saturation of a subsurface formation includes acquiring a sample of the subsurface formation, determining a first residual oil saturation during a water flooding process, determining a second residual oil saturation during a gas flooding process, determining a third residual oil saturation during an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes, and determining irreducible water saturation during an oil displacing water process.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210239002A1 Methods and Systems for Determining Residual Fluid Saturation of a Subsurface Formation Public/Granted day:2021-08-05
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