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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2011
Applicants:
Andrew E. Pomerantz, Lexington, MA (US);
Oliver C. Mullins, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Albert Ballard Andrews, Wilton, CT (US);
Eric Lehne, Edmonton, CA;
Inventors:
Andrew E. Pomerantz, Lexington, MA (US);
Oliver C. Mullins, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Albert Ballard Andrews, Wilton, CT (US);
Eric Lehne, Edmonton, CA;
Assignee:
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 9/00 (2006.01); E21B 49/08 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 9/00 (2013.01); E21B 49/082 (2013.01); G06F 17/00 (2013.01); E21B 2049/085 (2013.01);
Abstract
A methodology for reservoir understanding employs analysis of fluid property gradients to investigate and distinguish between non-compartmentalization of the reservoir, compartmentalization of the reservoir, and lack of thermodynamic equilibrium in the reservoir.