Radiant energy – Geological testing or irradiation – Well testing apparatus and methods
Patent
1982-09-24
1985-07-16
Howell, Janice A.
Radiant energy
Geological testing or irradiation
Well testing apparatus and methods
G01V 510
Patent
active
045298785
ABSTRACT:
A method for determining residual oil saturation of a formation using an improved log-inject-log technique that does not require knowledge of the porosity of the formation or any other property of the formation or its indigenous fluids. The method consists of injecting a first fluid to remove the formation waters and logging the formation to determine the thermal neutron cross section and then injecting a second fluid having a different cross section to displace the first fluid, then re-logging the formation. Next, the residual oil and gas are swept from the formation by a chemical flood followed by the injection of a third fluid to displace the chemical flood. The formation is logged and a fourth fluid injected to displace the third fluid and the formation is logged again. Normally, the first and third and second and fourth injection fluids will be the same.
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Hannaher Constantine
Howell Janice A.
Shell Oil Company
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