ConocoPhillips
Enhanced recovery response prediction

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Abstract:

Methods of combining mineral composition and laboratory test results for reservoir rock samples to predict future responses to secondary and tertiary oil recovery treatments are disclosed. Particular, SEM and EDS will be combined to produce a mineral map, including mineral distribution around the rock's pore space, for comparison with laboratory data to predict and/or interpret how certain mineral distributions will respond to various fluid-rock interactions.

Status:
Grant
Type:

Utility

Filling date:

14 Jul 2016

Issue date:

7 Jun 2022