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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Conocophillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Siluni Wickramathilaka, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/40 (2006.01); G01N 15/08 (2006.01); G01N 13/02 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); C09K 8/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/082 (2013.01); G01N 13/02 (2013.01); C09K 8/58 (2013.01); G01N 2013/0208 (2013.01);
Abstract
A new method of assessing wettability of a reservoir rock is provided, using a mineral oil/alkane saturated sample first, a crude oil and water saturated sample equivalent to natural reservoir rock second, and a third crude oil saturated, water free sample, measuring different wettability states and comparing the slopes of all three adjusted values to determine a wettability state for the reservoir rock.