Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Thermal analysis for source rocks
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Application No.: US16569474Application Date: 2019-09-12
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Publication No.: US11268919B2Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: Shannon L. Eichmann , Katherine Leigh Hull , Younane N. Abousleiman , David Jacobi
- Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: G01N25/18
- IPC: G01N25/18 ; G01K13/00 ; G01K15/00 ; G01J5/00 ; G01Q60/24

Abstract:
A system and method for evaluating a geological formation including subjecting a source-rock sample from the geological formation to atomic force microscopy (AFM) to determine a thermal property or material property of the source-rock sample. The properties determined may include thermal conductivity or material transition temperature.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210080414A1 Thermal Analysis for Source Rocks Public/Granted day:2021-03-18
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