Tool and method for determining formation parameter
US8297354B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 15, 2008 |
| Grant date | Oct 30, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 9, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V3/32
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An apparatus and method of measuring a parameter characteristic of a rock formation in an oil well is provided with a device for generating a sensing field within a volume of the rock formation and a device for causing a flow through the volume in the presence of the sensing field, further including sensors responsive to changes in the volume, wherein a sensor response is indicative of the amounts of fluid, particularly hydrocarbon and water saturations and irreducible hydrocarbon and water saturations. Measurements can be made before the flow affects the measuring volume and after onset of the flow through the measuring volume.
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