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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2011
Youxiang Zuo, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Oliver C. Mullins, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Chengil Dong, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Denise Freed, Newton Highlands, MA (US);
Andrew Pomerantz, Lexington, MA (US);
Eric Lehne, Edmonton, CA;
Dingan Zhang, Edmonton, CA;
Youxiang Zuo, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Oliver C. Mullins, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Chengil Dong, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Denise Freed, Newton Highlands, MA (US);
Andrew Pomerantz, Lexington, MA (US);
Eric Lehne, Edmonton, CA;
Dingan Zhang, Edmonton, CA;
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A methodology for reservoir understanding that performs investigation of asphaltene instability as a function of location in a reservoir of interest. In the preferred embodiment, results derived as part of the investigation of asphaltene instability are used as a workflow decision point for selectively performing additional analysis of reservoir fluids. The additional analysis of reservoir fluids can verify the presence of asphaltene flocculation onset conditions and/or determine the presence and location of phase-separated bitumen in the reservoir of interest.