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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2010
Jerald J. Hinkel, Houston, TX (US);
Dean Willberg, Tucson, AZ (US);
Markus Pagels, West Jordan, UT (US);
Jerald J. Hinkel, Houston, TX (US);
Dean Willberg, Tucson, AZ (US);
Markus Pagels, West Jordan, UT (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for determining a characteristic of an underground formation with a fluid is described. The method includes providing a sample material of the underground formation; measuring the permeability and the porosity of the sample material; performing a drainage test on the sample material using the fluid; estimating the threshold pressure of the sample material from the drainage test, the permeability and the porosity measurements; and determining the receding contact angle of the fluid on the sample material from the threshold pressure. The sample material can be disaggregated material.