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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:
Jan. 27, 2026

Filed:

Sep. 27, 2023
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventors:

Stacey M. Althaus, Houston, TX (US);

Jin-Hong Chen, Katy, TX (US);

John David Broyles, Houston, TX (US);

Mohammed Boudjatit, El Kennar Jijel, DZ;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 24/08 (2006.01); G01N 1/34 (2006.01); G01N 15/08 (2006.01); G01N 33/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 24/081 (2013.01); G01N 1/34 (2013.01); G01N 15/088 (2013.01); G01N 33/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for determining a geologic property of a rock sample include (i) measuring, using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), a volume of a fluid retained within a solid matrix of a processed rock sample; (ii) measuring, using a gas porosimeter, a volume of gas space of the processed rock sample; (iii) measuring, with an Archimedes assembly, a first mass value in air of the processed rock sample and a second mass value in a liquid of the processed rock sample; and (iv) determining, based at least on the measured volume of the fluid, the measured volume of the gas space, and the measured first and second mass values, at least one of a bulk volume, a bulk density, a grain density, or a porosity of the processed rock sample.


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