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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 03, 2009
Applicants:

Valerie Lafitte, Cambridge, GB;

Trevor Hughes, Cambridge, GB;

Slaheddine Kefi, Velizy Villacoublay, FR;

Matthew Miller, Cambridge, GB;

Gary Tustin, Sawston, GB;

Shiyi Wang, Cambridge, GB;

Inventors:

Valerie Lafitte, Cambridge, GB;

Trevor Hughes, Cambridge, GB;

Slaheddine Kefi, Velizy Villacoublay, FR;

Matthew Miller, Cambridge, GB;

Gary Tustin, Sawston, GB;

Shiyi Wang, Cambridge, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/26 (2006.01); C09K 8/62 (2006.01); E21B 47/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/62 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); E21B 47/1015 (2013.01);
Abstract

A process of making observations of a subterranean reservoir penetrated by a wellbore uses distinguishable sets of tracer particles and comprises steps of: The tracer substances are sufficiently distinguishable from each other to enable a tracer substance detected in the produced fluid to identify the set of tracer particles from which it has come and hence identify the location from which it has come. The process may be used in conjunction with hydraulic fracturing, placing sets of particles at different locations within a fracture and/or in different fractures extending from a single wellbore.


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