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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2009
Youxiang (Julian) Zuo, Edmonton, CA;
Oliver C. Mullins, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Jinglin Gao, Edmonton, CA;
Abdel M. Kharrat, Edmonton, CA;
Kentaro Indo, Edmonton, CA;
Michael O'keefe, Blackmans Bay, AU;
Soraya S. Betancourt, Cambridge, MA (US);
Chengli Dong, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Francois Dubost, Idron, FR;
Youxiang (Julian) Zuo, Edmonton, CA;
Oliver C. Mullins, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Jinglin Gao, Edmonton, CA;
Abdel M. Kharrat, Edmonton, CA;
Kentaro Indo, Edmonton, CA;
Michael O'Keefe, Blackmans Bay, AU;
Soraya S. Betancourt, Cambridge, MA (US);
Chengli Dong, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Francois Dubost, Idron, FR;
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and system for characterizing asphaltene gradients of a reservoir of interest and analyzing properties of the reservoir of interest based upon such asphaltene gradients. The analysis employs a correlation that relates insoluble asphaltene concentration to spectrophotometry measurement data measured at depth.