Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Avoiding water breakthrough in unconsolidated sands
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Application No.: US15263489Application Date: 2016-09-13
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Publication No.: US10685086B2Publication Date: 2020-06-16
- Inventor: Lee Chin , Michael E. Vienot
- Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
- Current Assignee: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: ConocoPhillips Company
- Main IPC: G06F17/50
- IPC: G06F17/50 ; E21B43/20

Abstract:
The proposed method is an improved method of flooding weak reservoirs and avoiding premature breakthrough of the displacing fluid used in the flooding operation by first modeling the performance of the reservoir under a rage of flooding pressures in a couple geomechanic and multiphase flow model. Ideal pressures are thus selected from use in a flooding operation, thus avoiding rock failure and fluid breakthrough.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170076022A1 AVOIDING WATER BREAKTHROUGH IN UNCONSOLIDATED SANDS Public/Granted day:2017-03-16
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