Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for determining retained hydrocarbon fluid
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Application No.: US14427751Application Date: 2012-09-12
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Publication No.: US10012764B2Publication Date: 2018-07-03
- Inventor: Tony Barwise , Mark James Osborne
- Applicant: Tony Barwise , Mark James Osborne
- Applicant Address: GB Middlesex
- Assignee: BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED
- Current Assignee: BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Middlesex
- Agency: Conley Rose, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/EP2012/067872 WO 20120912
- International Announcement: WO2014/040622 WO 20140320
- Main IPC: G01V99/00
- IPC: G01V99/00 ; G01V1/50 ; G06F17/18

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method for determining an amount of hydrocarbon fluid present in a rock of a hydrocarbon-producing reservoir is provided. The rock comprises organic matter and porous and permeable inorganic matter. The method comprises the steps of receiving data relating to chemical and kinetic properties of the organic matter, rock lithology data, rock thickness and reservoir temperature and pressure data, inputting the received data into a computer-implemented model, and operating the model. The model operates to a) simulate hydrocarbon fluid generation in the rock based on the input data and thereby determine an amount of generated hydrocarbon fluid, b) generate predicted data, and c) determine a total amount of hydrocarbon fluid present in the rock based on the predicted data. The generated predicted data is indicative of i) an amount of the generated hydrocarbon fluid adsorbed onto a surface of the organic matter within the rock, ii) an amount of the generated hydrocarbon fluid present in the pores of the organic matter by determining the porosity of the organic matter, based on the chemical and kinetic properties of the organic matter, and iii) an amount of the generated hydrocarbon fluid present in the pores of the inorganic matter by determining the porosity of the inorganic matter, based on the rock lithology data. A corresponding system, a computer program and a computer readable medium are also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150212235A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING RETAINED HYDROCARBON FLUID Public/Granted day:2015-07-30
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