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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Conocophillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
James J. Howard, Tulsa, OK (US);
Gary Lovell, Wailuku, HI (US);
Assignee:
ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/08 (2006.01); G01N 33/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/241 (2013.01); G01N 15/088 (2013.01); G01N 2015/0846 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods of combining mineral composition and laboratory test results for reservoir rock samples to predict future responses to secondary and tertiary oil recovery treatments are disclosed. Particular, SEM and EDS will be combined to produce a mineral map, including mineral distribution around the rock's pore space, for comparison with laboratory data to predict and/or interpret how certain mineral distributions will respond to various fluid-rock interactions.