Invention Application
- Patent Title: TRACERS FOR PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS
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Application No.: US17551598Application Date: 2021-12-15
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Publication No.: US20220170362A1Publication Date: 2022-06-02
- Inventor: Hooisweng Ow , Rena Shi , Jason R. Cox , Sehoon Chang
- Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran
- Main IPC: E21B47/11
- IPC: E21B47/11 ; E21B49/08 ; G01N21/64 ; C09K11/07 ; C07D213/79 ; C09K8/03 ; C07D401/04 ; C07D213/89 ; C07D213/55 ; C07D471/04 ; E21B43/16

Abstract:
The disclosure features methods of analyzing a fluid extracted from a reservoir, the methods including introducing a first composition featuring a first complexing agent into a reservoir at a first location, extracting a fluid from the reservoir at a second location different from the first location, combining the fluid with a second composition featuring a concentration of a lanthanide ion to form a third composition featuring a concentration of a complex formed by the first complexing agent and the lanthanide ion, exposing a quantity of the complex to electromagnetic radiation for a first time period ending at a time t0, detecting fluorescence emission from the quantity of the complex for a second time period starting at a time t1>t0, where t1−t0 is greater than 2 microseconds, and determining information about a fluid flow path between the first location and the second location.
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