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- Patent Title: Relative permeability ratio from wellbore drilling data
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Application No.: US16661586Application Date: 2019-10-23
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Publication No.: US11492895B2Publication Date: 2022-11-08
- Inventor: Babatope Kayode , Bander Ghamdi
- 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: E21B49/00
- IPC: E21B49/00 ; E21B47/10 ; E21B47/06 ; E21B47/003

Abstract:
Certain methods to determine wellbore relative permeability ratio from wellbore drilling data are described. A section of a wellbore is drilled in a subterranean zone including a subsurface reservoir in which hydrocarbons are entrapped. The hydrocarbons include a multiphase fluid including oil phase and water phase. A relevant suite of logs of rock in the section of the wellbore is determined. Water saturation is determined from the relevant suite of logs. A relative permeability ratio of the rock in the section to a flow of the oil phase and the water phase is determined. Using the relative permeability ratio, a flow rate of the oil phase or a flow rate of the water phase through the rock is determined.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200149391A1 RELATIVE PERMEABILITY RATIO FROM WELLBORE DRILLING DATA Public/Granted day:2020-05-14
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