Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gas saturation distribution monitoring in hydrocarbon reservoir
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Application No.: US17617476Application Date: 2019-07-29
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Publication No.: US12078772B2Publication Date: 2024-09-03
- Inventor: Yongchae Cho , Yang Cao , Yevgeniy Zagayevskiy , Terry W. Wong , Yuribia Patricia Munoz
- Applicant: Landmark Graphics Corporation
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation
- Current Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2019/043835 2019.07.29
- International Announcement: WO2021/021097A 2021.02.04
- Date entered country: 2021-12-08
- Main IPC: E21B47/00
- IPC: E21B47/00 ; E21B43/16 ; E21B49/08 ; G01V7/06

Abstract:
A method includes collecting a first set of borehole gravity data at a first time step along a length of a first wellbore and collecting a second set of borehole gravity data at the first time step along a length of a second wellbore. The method also includes interpolating a third set of borehole gravity data at the first time step in an area between the first wellbore and the second wellbore using the first and the second sets of borehole gravity data. Further, the method includes determining a first fluid saturation and a fluid saturation change over time in a reservoir containing the first wellbore and the second wellbore using the first set, the second set, and the third set. Moreover, the method includes controlling wellbore production operations or wellbore injection operations at the first wellbore based on the fluid saturation change.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220236444A1 GAS SATURATION DISTRIBUTION MONITORING IN HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR Public/Granted day:2022-07-28
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