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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:
Jun. 25, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 09, 2012
Applicant:

Exxon-mobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Sebastien L. Dreyfus, Houston, TX (US);

Michael Lawson, Houston, TX (US);

Aaron B. Regberg, Houston, TX (US);

A. Lucie N'Guessan, Houston, TX (US);

Robert J. Pottorf, Houston, TX (US);

Steven R. May, Missouri City, TX (US);

Amelia C. Robinson, Houston, TX (US);

William G. Powell, Houston, TX (US);

Sumathy Raman, Annandale, NJ (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/24 (2006.01); G01V 9/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 29/14 (2006.01); G01V 1/38 (2006.01); G01V 3/08 (2006.01); G01V 8/02 (2006.01); G01V 5/00 (2006.01); B63G 8/00 (2006.01); G01V 8/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2018.01); G01V 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/241 (2013.01); G01N 1/00 (2013.01); G01N 29/14 (2013.01); G01V 1/38 (2013.01); G01V 3/08 (2013.01); G01V 3/081 (2013.01); G01V 9/005 (2013.01); G01V 9/007 (2013.01); B63G 8/001 (2013.01); G01V 5/00 (2013.01); G01V 8/00 (2013.01); G01V 8/02 (2013.01); G01V 11/00 (2013.01); G06F 19/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is disclosed for determining for determining a presence, type, quality and/or volume of a subsurface hydrocarbon accumulation from a sample related thereto. The method may include determining a noble gas signature of a sample and at least one or more of determining a clumped isotope signature of the sample and characterizing the ecology signature of the sample. Then, the method integrates signatures to determine information about the subsurface accumulation, such as the location, fluid type and quality, and volume of a subsurface hydrocarbon accumulation.


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