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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
May. 20, 2016
Applicant:
Aramco Services Company, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran, SA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/08 (2006.01); G01N 33/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/08 (2013.01); G01N 33/24 (2013.01); G01N 2015/0813 (2013.01); G01N 2015/0866 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to methods for determining imbibition of hydraulic fracturing fluids into hydrocarbon-bearing formations. More specifically, the disclosure relates to laboratory methods for determining certain unconventional flow parameters to measure the imbibition over time of hydraulic fracturing fluids into a low-permeability hydrocarbon-bearing rock formation.