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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2017
Brent Wheelock, Houston, TX (US);
Mehmet Deniz Ertas, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Lang Feng, New Providence, NJ (US);
Qiuzi LI, Clinton, NJ (US);
Harry W. Deckman, Clinton, NJ (US);
Brent Wheelock, Houston, TX (US);
Mehmet Deniz Ertas, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Lang Feng, New Providence, NJ (US);
Qiuzi Li, Clinton, NJ (US);
Harry W. Deckman, Clinton, NJ (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods of determining a spatial distribution of an injected tracer material within a subterranean formation are disclosed, including flowing the tracer material, which includes a tracer electrical capacitance that differs from a formation electrical capacitance of a region of the subterranean formation, into the region of the subterranean formation via a wellbore. Subsequent to the flowing, the methods also include providing an input electromagnetic signal to the region of the subterranean formation. Responsive to the providing, the methods further include receiving an output electromagnetic signal from the subterranean formation. The methods further include determining the spatial distribution of the tracer material within the subterranean formation based, at least in part, on the output electromagnetic signal.