Patents by Inventor Hyung T. Kwak

Hyung T. Kwak has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11573348
    Abstract: A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) logging system and method is disclosed. The method may include obtaining an NMR well log, a measured downhole temperature, and at least one rock sample for a formation in a subsurface region. The method may further include determining an NMR distribution for each sample and selecting a set of samples based on the determined NMR distribution. For each selected sample, the method may further include determining a first parameter of the NMR distribution, a regression parameter of a relationship, and a first and second fractal parameters of the NMR distribution. The method may further include determining a second parameter of the NMR distribution based on the first and second fractal parameters, the regression parameter, and the downhole temperature. The method may still further include determining a parameter of the formation based on the second parameter of the NMR distributions of the set of samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Jun Gao, Hyung T. Kwak
  • Patent number: 10444171
    Abstract: The longitudinal relaxation times (T1) of water and hydrocarbon inside porous media, such as rock from subsurface formations, behave differently when external magnetic fields vary. A Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation Dispersion (NMRD) profile from Fast Field Cycling Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (FFC-NMR) technique differentiates the type of fluids filling the pores. Different types of pores in a rock sample are filled with different fluids, water and hydrocarbon, and the absolute porosity and the pore size of each type of pores is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Hyung T. Kwak, Ali A. Al-Yousif, Salah H. Al-Saleh
  • Publication number: 20190178825
    Abstract: The longitudinal relaxation times (T1) of water and hydrocarbon inside porous media, such as rock from subsurface formations, behave differently when external magnetic fields vary. A Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation Dispersion (NMRD) profile from Fast Field Cycling Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (FFC-NMR) technique differentiates the type of fluids filling the pores. Different types of pores in a rock sample are filled with different fluids, water and hydrocarbon, and the absolute porosity and the pore size of each type of pores is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: HYUNG T. KWAK, Ali A. Al-Yousif, Salah H. Al-Saleh
  • Patent number: 10288571
    Abstract: The longitudinal relaxation times (T1) of water and hydrocarbon inside porous media, such as rock from subsurface formations, behave differently when external magnetic fields vary. A Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation Dispersion (NMRD) profile from Fast Field Cycling Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (FFC-NMR) technique differentiates the type of fluids filling the pores. Different types of pores in a rock sample are filled with different fluids, water and hydrocarbon, and the absolute porosity and the pore size of each type of pores is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Hyung T. Kwak, Ali A. Al-Yousif, Salah H. Al-Saleh
  • Patent number: 10156531
    Abstract: The connectivity between different pore types in porous media is measured by using low-field nuclear magnetic (NMR) and fast field cycling NMR techniques. Due to the fluid exchange between connected pores, T1(T2) NMR relaxation times of proton nuclei of fluids in the different pore types are shifted. By comparing the T1(T2) NMR relaxation times of porous media samples which are 100% brine saturated with relaxation times for the samples containing brine and hydrocarbon in the different pore systems of the samples, the connectivity between the pores can be measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Hyung T. Kwak, Ali Abdullah Al-Yousef, Salah Hamad Al-Saleh
  • Publication number: 20180259468
    Abstract: The longitudinal relaxation times (T1) of water and hydrocarbon inside porous media, such as rock from subsurface formations, behave differently when external magnetic fields vary. A Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation Dispersion (NMRD) profile from Fast Field Cycling Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (FFC-NMR) technique differentiates the type of fluids filling the pores. Different types of pores in a rock sample are filled with different fluids, water and hydrocarbon, and the absolute porosity and the pore size of each type of pores is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Hyung T. Kwak, Ali A. Al-Yousif, Salah H. Al-Saleh
  • Publication number: 20170115242
    Abstract: The connectivity between different pore types in porous media is measured by using low-field nuclear magnetic (NMR) and fast field cycling NMR techniques. Due to the fluid exchange between connected pores, T1(T2) NMR relaxation times of proton nuclei of fluids in the different pore types are shifted. By comparing the T1(T2) NMR relaxation times of porous media samples which are 100% brine saturated with relaxation times for the samples containing brine and hydrocarbon in the different pore systems of the samples, the connectivity between the pores can be measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Hyung T. Kwak, Ali Abdullah Al-Yousef, Salah Hamad Al-Saleh
  • Patent number: 7768260
    Abstract: A method for determining a proportion of a hydrocarbon constituent in a mixture including at least one hydrocarbon, includes determining at least one nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) property for at least one hydrocarbon constituent in the mixture; correlating an NMR response for the property for each hydrocarbon constituent in the mixture; and from the correlating, calculating the proportion of at least the constituent. A computer program product is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Songhua Chen, Jiansheng Chen, Hyung T. Kwak
  • Publication number: 20080206887
    Abstract: A method for determining a proportion of a hydrocarbon constituent in a mixture including at least one hydrocarbon, includes determining at least one nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) property for at least one hydrocarbon constituent in the mixture; correlating an NMR response for the property for each hydrocarbon constituent in the mixture; and from the correlating, calculating the proportion of at least the constituent. A computer program product is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Songhua Chen, Jiansheng Chen, Hyung T. Kwak