Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Determining ultimate waterflood residual oil saturation
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Application No.: US16638014Application Date: 2018-08-07
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Publication No.: US11940437B2Publication Date: 2024-03-26
- Inventor: Yildiray Cinar , Tony R. Pham , Naseem J. Al-Dawood
- 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.
- International Application: PCT/US2018/045632 2018.08.07
- International Announcement: WO2019/032597A 2019.02.14
- Date entered country: 2020-02-10
- Main IPC: E21B49/00
- IPC: E21B49/00 ; G01N13/00 ; G01N33/24

Abstract:
A method of determining waterflood residual oil saturation includes testing, in a laboratory multispeed centrifuge test, a reservoir core sample to obtain a set of average water saturation (Sw,avg) and imbibition capillary pressure (Pci) data points, applying a best-fit smoothing function to the data points to obtain a best-fit average saturation curve, converting the best-fit average saturation curve to an outlet-face saturation curve, applying a best-fit straight line to the outlet-face saturation curve associated with a substantially constant outlet water saturation and changing imbibition capillary pressure, and determining a waterflood residual oil saturation (Sorw) of the core sample. The waterflood residual oil saturation is associated with a point on the outlet-face saturation curve where the best-fit straight line deviates from the outlet-face saturation curve.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200173975A1 DETERMINING ULTIMATE WATERFLOOD RESIDUAL OIL SATURATION Public/Granted day:2020-06-04
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