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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2016
Applicant:
Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Inventors:
Michael J. Formolo, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Isolde Belien, Kingwood, TX (US);
Aaron B. Regberg, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/48 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01); C12Q 1/02 (2006.01); G01N 33/24 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/02 (2013.01); G01N 33/004 (2013.01); G01N 33/005 (2013.01); G01N 33/241 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are methods of estimating a volume of a biogenic gas for an area of interest. The method includes predicting a methanogenesis rate for one or more of the periods of time for the area of interest based on energy available for microbial activity and calculating the volume of the biogenic gas based on the predicted methanogenesis rate for the one or more of the periods of time for the area of interest.