US 12,153,003 B2
Method to determine a mass of an absorbed gas and a mass of a pore gas in a sample
Jin-Hong Chen, Katy, TX (US); Stacey M. Althaus, Houston, TX (US); Mohammed Boudjatit, El Kennar (DZ); and Houzhu Zhang, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by ARAMCO SERVICES COMPANY, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/937,309.
Prior Publication US 2024/0118224 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G01N 24/08 (2006.01); E21B 7/04 (2006.01); E21B 47/022 (2012.01); G01N 33/24 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 24/081 (2013.01) [E21B 7/04 (2013.01); E21B 47/022 (2013.01); G01N 33/241 (2013.01); G01N 33/246 (2013.01); E21B 2200/20 (2020.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
15. A system, comprising:
a pressure cell;
a sample configured to be inserted into the pressure cell;
an NMR pressure and injection system configured to:
establish a predetermined measurement pressure within the pressure cell, and
create a gas saturated sample in the pressure cell; and
an NMR control and data acquisition system configured to:
acquire a baseline NMR spectrum of the pressure cell containing the sample;
acquire a saturated NMR spectrum of the pressure cell containing the gas saturated sample;
determine a differential NMR spectrum of the sample by subtracting the baseline NMR spectrum from the saturated NMR spectrum;
separate the differential NMR spectrum into an absorbed gas NMR spectrum and a pore gas NMR spectrum by performing a spectral deconvolution;
determine an absorbed gas NMR signal based, at least in part, on the absorbed gas NMR spectrum and a pore gas NMR signal based, at least in part, on the pore gas NMR spectrum:
acquire a normalization NMR spectrum of the pressure cell containing the gas saturated sample;
determine a gas calibration NMR spectrum based, at least in part, on the normalization NMR spectrum;
determine a gas calibration NMR signal based, at least in part, on the normalization NMR spectrum;
determine a mass of an absorbed gas and a mass of a pore gas based, at least in part, on the absorbed gas NMR signal, the pore gas NMR signal and the gas calibration NMR signal, and
determine a reservoir characteristic of the sample based, at least in part, on the mass of the absorbed gas and the mass of the pore gas.