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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2021
Applicant:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/08 (2006.01); G01N 1/22 (2006.01); G01V 9/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/10 (2012.01); G01N 1/08 (2006.01); G01N 33/24 (2006.01); G01N 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/08 (2013.01); E21B 47/10 (2013.01); G01N 1/2294 (2013.01); G01V 9/007 (2013.01); G01N 1/08 (2013.01); G01N 33/241 (2013.01); G01N 2001/021 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for detecting seepage of hydrocarbons in subterranean zones. In one aspect, a method includes detecting hydrocarbon seepage at multiple different sampling depths from a surface in a surveyed geographic region, comparing each of the hydrocarbon seepage at the multiple different sampling depths, wherein hydrocarbon seepage at a reference depth is known, and determining hydrocarbon seepage through the surveyed geographic region based on a result of the comparison.