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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2023
Applicants:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran, SA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/31 (2006.01); G01J 3/42 (2006.01); G01N 21/3577 (2014.01); G01N 21/359 (2014.01); G01N 33/18 (2006.01); G01N 33/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/31 (2013.01); G01J 3/42 (2013.01); G01N 21/3577 (2013.01); G01N 21/359 (2013.01); G01N 33/1833 (2013.01); G01N 33/2847 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for water cut sensing in an oil-water flow involves obtaining a composite absorbance spectrum of the oil-water flow, obtaining a reference absorbance spectrum of a reference fluid, computing a slope for data points associated with the composite absorbance spectrum of the oil-water flow vs corresponding data points associated with the reference absorbance spectrum of the known fluid, and based on the slope, determining the water cut of the oil-water flow.