US 11,754,546 B2
Methods and systems for crude oil blending with quality and composition monitoring and control
Sharath Chandra Mahavadi, Lexington, MA (US); Ravinath Kausik Kadayam Viswanathan, Sharon, MA (US); Kamilla Fellah, Somerville, MA (US); Simon Ivar Andersen, Tikoeb (DK); Yiqiao Tang, Chongqing (CN); Yi-Qiao Song, Newton Center, MA (US); Shawn David Taylor, Reading, MA (US); and Gary Potten, Spring, TX (US)
Assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Appl. No. 16/954,512
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 10, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/064652
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 16, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/125794, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/607,601, filed on Dec. 19, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0340971 A1, Oct. 29, 2020
Int. Cl. G01N 33/28 (2006.01); C10G 7/00 (2006.01); G01N 24/08 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 33/2829 (2013.01) [C10G 7/00 (2013.01); G01N 24/085 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1033 (2013.01); C10G 2300/302 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of blending a plurality of crude oils of different constituent makeups to obtain a blended crude oil of desired quality, comprising:
utilizing a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) system having a plurality of NMR sensors and at least one processor, and a supplemental sensor including at least one of (i) infrared spectroscopy sensors, (ii) UV-Vis spectroscopy sensors, (iii) Raman spectroscopy sensors, (iv) viscometers, and (v) densitometers, to sense crude oil flowing in a plurality of individual crude oil input streams which are combined and mixed to generate a blended output stream;
sensing said blended output stream utilizing said NMR system;
making a first determination regarding a property of said blended crude oil;
comparing said first determination with a desired value; and
modifying the rate of flow of at least one of the plurality of crude oil input streams if the determination does not meet said desired value.