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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2008
Max Deffenbaugh, Califon, NJ (US);
John H. Dunsmuir, Flemington, NJ (US);
Limin Song, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Ganglin Chen, Houston, TX (US);
Shiyu Xu, Kingwood, TX (US);
Michael A. Payne, Spring, TX (US);
Enru Liu, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Max Deffenbaugh, Califon, NJ (US);
John H. Dunsmuir, Flemington, NJ (US);
Limin Song, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Ganglin Chen, Houston, TX (US);
Shiyu Xu, Kingwood, TX (US);
Michael A. Payne, Spring, TX (US);
Enru Liu, Sugar Land, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A hydrocarbon exploration method is disclosed for developing a model of at least one effective material property of a subsurface reservoir as a function of the composition and structure of the reservoir rock. In one embodiment, the method comprises: obtaining a 3D image () of a rock sample characteristic of a reservoir of interest (); segmenting the 3D image into compositional classes () based on similarities in mineralogy, structure and spatial distribution; selecting a model () that relates an effective material property of interest to the volume fractions of each compositional class; and determining the parameters of the model (). The model may be used to assess the commercial potential of the subsurface reservoir ().