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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 13, 2018
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventors:

Alberto F. Marsala, Dhahran, SA;

Michael S. Zhdanov, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Vladimir Burtman, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/12 (2012.01); G01V 3/26 (2006.01); G01V 3/24 (2006.01); G01V 3/06 (2006.01); G01V 3/38 (2006.01); G01V 3/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/26 (2013.01); E21B 47/12 (2013.01); G01V 3/06 (2013.01); G01V 3/24 (2013.01); G01V 3/34 (2013.01); G01V 3/38 (2013.01);
Abstract

Some examples of monitoring hydrocarbon reservoirs using induced polarization effect includes inducing polarization in a subterranean zone using an induced polarization fluid. The subterranean zone includes first formations and second formations. A quantity of hydrocarbons in the first formations is greater than quantity of hydrocarbons in the second formations. The induced polarization data is obtained from the subterranean zone. A portion of the induced polarization data from the first formations is different from a portion of the induced polarization data from the second formations. The second formations in the subterranean zone are identified based on the obtained induced polarization data.


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