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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:
Sep. 14, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 25, 2014
Applicant:

Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Inventors:

John Ratulowski, Cambridge, MA (US);

Denis Klemin, Houston, TX (US);

Mark Andersen, Houston, TX (US);

Oleg Dinariev, Moscow, RU;

Nikolay Vyacheslavovich Evseev, Moscow, RU;

Evgeny Ivanov, Moscow, RU;

Sergey Sergeevich Safonov, Moscow, RU;

Dmitry Anatolievich Koroteev, Moscow, RU;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); E21B 43/20 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 49/02 (2006.01); G06F 111/10 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/0092 (2013.01); E21B 41/00 (2013.01); E21B 43/20 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); E21B 49/00 (2013.01); E21B 49/02 (2013.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); G06F 2111/10 (2020.01);
Abstract

A method for performing a simulation of a field having a subterranean formation is described. The method includes obtaining phase behavior data of subterranean fluids of the field, generating an equation of state (EOS) model of the fluids based on the phase behavior data, generating a Helmholtz free energy model that reproduces predictions of the EOS model over a pre-determined pressure and temperature range, and performing the simulation of the field using the Helmholtz free energy model. The method may further include reducing the EOS model to a reduced EOS model having a reduced number of components to represent the EOS model over a pre-determined pressure and temperature range, generating the Helmholtz free energy model based on the reduced EOS model, and obtaining and using phase behavior data of injection fluids used. A computer system data.


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