US Patent Issued to China University of Petroleum (East China) on April 21 for "Thermal simulation experiment method for hydrocarbon-water-rock interactions based on isotope tracing" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,606, issued on April 21, was assigned to China University of Petroleum (East China) (Qingdao, China).

"Thermal simulation experiment method for hydrocarbon-water-rock interactions based on isotope tracing" was invented by Guanghui Yuan (Qingdao, China), Yingchang Cao (Qingdao, China), Zihao Jin (Qingdao, China) and Keyu Liu (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal simulation experiment method for hydrocarbon-water-rock interactions based on isotope tracing is disclosed. N-eicosane, water and feldspar grains are first heated and reacted in a high temperature high pressure (HTHP) reactor. The reactor is quenched in wat...