ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,292, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Method for determining connected and non-connected porosities" was invented by Chao Liu (Brookshire, Texas), Dung T. Phan (Brookshire, Texas) and Younane N. Abousleiman (Norman, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for determining a connected porosity and a non-connected porosity in a fluid-saturated hydrocarbon reservoir are disclosed. The methods include obtaining at least one rock sample from the fluid-saturated hydrocarbon reservoir, determining, using a petrophysical sample analyzer, at least one petrophysical paramete...