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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Proptester, Inc., Cypress, TX (US);
Inventors:
Allan R. Rickards, Cypress, TX (US);
Ian J. Renkes, Tomball, TX (US);
David A. L. Garner, Tomball, TX (US);
Assignee:
PropTester, Inc., Cypress, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 19/00 (2006.01); G01N 3/08 (2006.01); G01N 11/00 (2006.01); G01N 11/02 (2006.01); G01N 15/08 (2006.01); G01N 33/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 19/00 (2013.01); G01N 3/08 (2013.01); G01N 11/00 (2013.01); G01N 11/02 (2013.01); G01N 15/08 (2013.01); G01N 33/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems that may be employed to dynamically test the effect of fluids (e.g., well treatment chemicals such as well stimulation treatment chemicals, enhanced oil recovery 'EOR' chemicals, etc.) on hydrocarbon recovery from crushed reservoir formation materials under conditions of applied stress. The disclosed methods and systems may be used in one embodiment to dynamically test types of low permeability formations (e.g., such as shale, limestone, quarried rock, etc.).