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Method for determining residual oil saturation of a gas-saturated reservoir

CA 1320007 C · Owner: Esso Resources Canada Limited · Inventors: Harker, Bradford C.; Tang, Joseph S.

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Abstract, A method for determining in situ residual oil saturation of a gas-saturated reservoir by injecting at least two non-reactive tracers into an injector well and analyzing the samples from a production well. The tracers have different partition coefficients and are chromatographically retarded to different extents during their passage through the formation.

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  • Granted July 6, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 6, 2010.
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FiledAugust 28, 1989
GrantedJuly 6, 1993
Term endedJuly 6, 2010
Patent numberCA 1320007 C
Classification (IPC)G01V5/00 +2 more

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1990199319961999200220052008Application filedAug 28, 1989Patent grantedJuly 6, 1993Term endedJuly 6, 2010

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