ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,669, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Acid stimulation methods" was invented by Murtaza Ziauddin (Katy, Texas) and Mahmoud Ali (Stafford, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Stimulation treatments are designed and performed in a manner that takes into account radial acid flow into the formation. A reservoir core plug is selected and a linear core flow test is performed. The core flow test comprises measuring a flowing fraction, injecting into the core plug a treatment volume of at least one candidate stimulation fluid at an injection rate at reservoir conditions, and measuring an...