Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Determining oil and water production rates in multiple production zones from a single production well
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Application No.: US17644641Application Date: 2021-12-16
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Publication No.: US12000278B2Publication Date: 2024-06-04
- Inventor: Hsieh Chen , Martin E. Poitzsch , Hooisweng Ow , Ivan Cetkovic
- 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: E21B49/08
- IPC: E21B49/08 ; E21B34/06 ; E21B43/12 ; E21B47/11

Abstract:
A wellbore that supplies production fluid from a first production zone and a second production zone is produced. Production fluids from the first and second production zone are comingled within a same production tubular. A first tracer is pulsed into the first production zone. A second tracer is pulsed into the second production zone. The first tracer and the second tracer are barcoded such that the first tracer and the second tracer can be differentiated from one another. A first tracer decay is measured at a topside facility. A second tracer decay is measured at the topside facility. A water cut of the first production zone and the second production zone is determined based upon the first tracer decay and the second tracer decay.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230193755A1 DETERMINING OIL AND WATER PRODUCTION RATES IN MULTIPLE PRODUCTION ZONES FROM A SINGLE PRODUCTION WELL Public/Granted day:2023-06-22
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