Petroleum recovery chemical retention prediction technique

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4273187
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06061963

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The amount of a petroleum recovery chemical retained within a subterranean reservoir is predicted by first gathering data from at least one injection-soak-production cycle in a single well wherein the produced fluids are monitored for both the chemical concentration in the produced fluid as well as the concentration of a nonabsorbing tracer and, second, utilizing this data in a chemical flood mathematical model to simulate at least one repetition of the injection-soak-production cycle. The simulated cycles are repeated until the simulated produced fluid concentration of the chemical is virtually the same as the actual produced fluid concentration of the nonabsorbed tracer. The amount of the chemical retained per unit of reservoir volume is then determined by conventional techniques.

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  • TEXACO INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Howard, Curtis E Porter, TX 4 99
Satter, Abdus Houston, TX 3 97
Shum, Yick M Houston, TX 3 133
Widmyer, Richard H Houston, TX 8 177

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