Tracers for petroleum reservoirs
    21.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11299982B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-12

    申请号:US16252133

    申请日:2019-01-18

    Abstract: Analyzing a fluid extracted from a reservoir includes 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.

    Microfluidic chip with multiple porosity regions for reservoir modeling

    公开(公告)号:US11660595B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-30

    申请号:US17567636

    申请日:2022-01-03

    Abstract: A blocking material is injected into a microfluidic chip that includes microscale-porosity microchannels etched in a substrate, filling at least a portion of the microchannels. Silicon dioxide spheres are injected into the microfluidic chip. The blocking material prevents the silicon dioxide spheres from entering the portion of the microchannels filled with the blocking material. The silicon dioxide spheres form a region of nanoscale porosity in a portion of the microchannels not filled with the blocking material. A solvent is injected into the microfluidic chip, the solvent operable to dissolve the blocking material and thereby providing a region of microscale porosity adjacent to the region of nanoscale porosity.

    MICROFLUIDIC CHIP WITH MULTIPILE POROSITY REGIONS FOR RESERVOIR MODELING

    公开(公告)号:US20220212185A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-07

    申请号:US17567636

    申请日:2022-01-03

    Abstract: A blocking material is injected into a microfluidic chip that includes microscale-porosity microchannels etched in a substrate, filling at least a portion of the microchannels. Silicon dioxide spheres are injected into the microfluidic chip. The blocking material prevents the silicon dioxide spheres from entering the portion of the microchannels filled with the blocking material. The silicon dioxide spheres form a region of nanoscale porosity in a portion of the microchannels not filled with the blocking material. A solvent is injected into the microfluidic chip, the solvent operable to dissolve the blocking material and thereby providing a region of microscale porosity adjacent to the region of nanoscale porosity.

    TRACERS FOR PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS
    28.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220170362A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-02

    申请号:US17551598

    申请日:2021-12-15

    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.

    Tracers for petroleum reservoirs
    29.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11230919B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-25

    申请号:US16252228

    申请日:2019-01-18

    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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