Device and process for maintaining zero capillary pressure boundary condition during core flood experiments

US11187642B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY · SA

Inventors

• Quan Chen · Madison, US
• Sultan Enezi · Dhahran, SA
• Ali Abdallah Al-Yousef · Dhahran, SA

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 27, 2019
• Grant date: Nov 30, 2021
• Expiry date: Jul 16, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E21B25/005
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A core sample holder assembly for performing core flood experiments includes a first end cap having a first cylindrical body with a first central chamber and a first inner end that is ring shaped, and a second end cap having a second cylindrical body with a second central chamber and a second inner end that is ring shaped. Three flow lines are spaced elevationally apart, the three flow lines extending from a first outward end to a first inward facing surface of each end cap. A flexible sleeve circumscribes the first end cap and the second end cap. A test sample bore is defined by the first inner end, the second inner end, and an inner diameter surface of the flexible sleeve. A central axis extends through the first end cap, the second end cap, and the flexible sleeve, the first end cap, the second end cap, and the flexible sleeve being axially aligned.