Sampling techniques to detect hydrocarbon seepage
US10787903B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 6, 2019 |
| Grant date | Sep 29, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 6, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2001/021
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for detecting seepage of hydrocarbons in subterranean zones. In one aspect, a method includes detecting hydrocarbon seepage at multiple different sampling depths from a surface in a surveyed geographic region, comparing each of the hydrocarbon seepage at the multiple different sampling depths, wherein hydrocarbon seepage at a reference depth is known, and determining hydrocarbon seepage through the surveyed geographic region based on a result of the comparison.
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