Wells – Processes – With indicating – testing – measuring or locating
Reexamination Certificate
2005-05-03
2005-05-03
Bagnell, David (Department: 3672)
Wells
Processes
With indicating, testing, measuring or locating
C166S064000, C166S252300, C166S254200, C073S152410, C073S152420
Reexamination Certificate
active
06886632
ABSTRACT:
A method and system of monitoring the movement of at least one front in an inter-well region is comprised of: providing a first well representing the origination of at least one front (such as a saturation front or a salinity front); providing one or more monitoring locations, each equipped with at least one sensor; and monitoring the arrival of at least one front at one or more monitoring locations. The origination well may be any type of permanent or temporary well, but is preferably an injector well. Likewise, the monitoring location(s) may be any type of permanent or temporary well such as an observation well, a production well, an exploratory well, and an appraisal well. Information regarding front arrival times may be used to characterize or appraise the formation. Front arrivals may be monitored as a function of time to develop their respective time evolution and shape.
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Auzerais Francois M.
Raghuraman Bhavani
Bagnell David
Batzer William B.
DeStefanis Jody Lynn
Gaudier Dale
Gay Jennifer H
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