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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2008
Terizhandur S. Ramakrishnan, Boxborough, MA (US);
Fikri John Kuchuk, Meudon, FR;
Yusuf Bilgin Altundas, Somerville, MA (US);
Lang Zhan, Pearland, TX (US);
Terizhandur S. Ramakrishnan, Boxborough, MA (US);
Fikri John Kuchuk, Meudon, FR;
Yusuf Bilgin Altundas, Somerville, MA (US);
Lang Zhan, Pearland, TX (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for improving the determination of at least one multiphase flow parameter of an earth formation comprising propagating within the formation a first salinity front, determining a first value of the at least one multiphase flow parameter, propagating in the formation a second salinity front and improving the determination of the at least one multiphase flow parameter from the first value for the at least one multiphase flow parameter and a saturation profile associated with the first and second salinity fronts within the formation.