Patents Assigned to Cornell Universiy
  • Carbon-based fluorescent tracers as oil reservoir nano-agents
    Patent number: 9528045
    Abstract: The present invention relates to carbon-based fluorescent nano-agent tracers for analysis of oil reservoirs. The carbon-based fluorescent nano-agents may be used in the analysis of the porosity of a formation. The nanoagents are suitable for injection into a petroleum reservoir and may be recovered from the reservoir for the determination of hydrocarbon flow rates and retention times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Cornell Universiy
    Inventors: Mazen Y. Kanj, Mohammad Harunar Rashid, Emmanuel Giannelis