Method of tracing flow of hydrocarbon from a subterranean reservoir
US8640773B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 14, 2013 |
| Grant date | Feb 4, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 14, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE21B49/00
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A method of tracing flow of hydrocarbon from a subterranean reservoir including forming a dispersion, injecting a hydraulic fracturing fluid containing the dispersion down a well penetrating a hydrocarbon reservoir, thereafter collecting a sample of hydrocarbon fluid flowing from the reservoir, and analyzing the sample to determine whether the tracer compound is present in the sample. The dispersion includes a discontinuous condensed phase having a hydrocarbon-soluble tracer compound and a continuous phase which includes an aqueous liquid.
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