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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2014
Hubert E. King, Jr., Flemington, NJ (US);
Stephen D. Cameron, Milford, NJ (US);
Marsha W. French, Estes Park, CO (US);
Hubert E. King, Jr., Flemington, NJ (US);
Stephen D. Cameron, Milford, NJ (US);
Marsha W. French, Estes Park, CO (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A method, including: obtaining a grain size for amorphous silica associated with a basin and a grain size for quartz associated with the basin; obtaining kinetics of silica dissolution corresponding to the basin and quartz precipitation corresponding to the basin; determining, with a processor, a concentration of amorphous silica in water based on the grain size for amorphous silica, the grain size for quartz, and the kinetics of silica dissolution and quartz precipitation; comparing, with the processor, the concentration of amorphous silica in water to an amorphous silica saturation condition; and determining, with the processor, a presence of microquartz based on a result of the comparing.