Method for determining the location, size, and fluid composition of a subsurface hydrocarbon accumulation
US10330659B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 9, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jun 25, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 11, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V11/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method is disclosed for determining for determining a presence, type, quality and/or volume of a subsurface hydrocarbon accumulation from a sample related thereto. The method may include determining a noble gas signature of a sample and at least one or more of determining a clumped isotope signature of the sample and characterizing the ecology signature of the sample. Then, the method integrates signatures to determine information about the subsurface accumulation, such as the location, fluid type and quality, and volume of a subsurface hydrocarbon accumulation.
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