CA1320007C - Methode de determination de la saturation en huile residuelle d'un reservoir sature de gaz - Google Patents

Methode de determination de la saturation en huile residuelle d'un reservoir sature de gaz

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Publication number: CA1320007C
Authority: CA; Canada
Prior art keywords: tracer; gas; oil; tracers; hydrocarbons
Prior art date: 1989-08-28
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired - Lifetime

Application number

CA000609612A

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English (en)

Inventor

Joseph S. Tang

Bradford C. Harker

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Imperial Oil Resources Ltd

Original Assignee

Esso Resources Canada Ltd

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1989-08-28

Filing date

1989-08-28

Publication date

1993-07-06

1989-08-28 Application filed by Esso Resources Canada Ltd filed Critical Esso Resources Canada Ltd

1989-08-28 Priority to CA000609612A priority Critical patent/CA1320007C/fr

1993-07-06 Application granted granted Critical

1993-07-06 Publication of CA1320007C publication Critical patent/CA1320007C/fr

2010-07-06 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

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- G—PHYSICS
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- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
- E21B47/10—Locating fluid leaks, intrusions or movements
- E21B47/11—Locating fluid leaks, intrusions or movements using tracers; using radioactivity

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CA000609612A 1989-08-28 1989-08-28 Methode de determination de la saturation en huile residuelle d'un reservoir sature de gaz Expired - Lifetime CA1320007C (fr)

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