Patents by Inventor Shuangfang Lu

Shuangfang Lu 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: 11378509
    Abstract: An evaluation method for hydrogen-bearing components, porosity and pore size distribution of organic-rich shale is provided, relating to a technical field of oil and gas development. The evaluation method includes steps of: according to differences among NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) T1-T2 maps of kerogen, oil-adsorbed kerogen, clay minerals of different water-containing conditions, shale, dry shale sample, oil-saturated shale sample and water-saturated shale sample, establishing a classification scheme for each hydrogen-bearing component and a quantitative characterization method for fluid components of the organic-rich shale; with a T2 distribution of the organic-rich shale after being saturated with oil as a target and a T2 distribution of the dry shale sample as a basement, subtracting the basement, and obtaining a T2 distribution of oil in pores; and based on the T2 distribution of oil in the pores, evaluating the porosity and the pore size distribution of the organic-rich shale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM(EAST CHINA)
    Inventors: Min Wang, Jinbu Li, Zhiqiang Guo, Chuanming Li, Shuangfang Lu
  • Patent number: 11313207
    Abstract: A deep-sea submarine gas hydrate collecting method and a production house for the first time, the collecting method comprises the steps of: determining an active methane leakage zone near a landward limit of a submarine gas hydrate stability zone, acquiring submarine methane leakage in-situ observation data, determining a methane leakage rate and evaluating its economy; mounting a production house on the seabed, opening a monitoring system after the mounting, monitoring the submarine methane leakage condition and hydrate generation progress in real time, evaluating a hydrate generation amount, and performing hydrate acquisition work; and rapidly processing the gas hydrate in the house by a gas hydrate collecting system of an offshore platform, and continuously monitoring the methane leakage condition. A large amount of methane leaked can be collected, thereof, the method has dual meanings of resources and environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM (EAST CHINA)
    Inventors: Jinxiu Yang, Mingyue Lu, Shuangfang Lu, Min Wang, Ning Qi, Ying Xia, Shaogui Deng, Yong Chen, Zhoutuo Wei, Mingming Tang
  • Publication number: 20220098958
    Abstract: A deep-sea submarine gas hydrate collecting method and a production house for the first time, the collecting method comprises the steps of: determining an active methane leakage zone near a landward limit of a submarine gas hydrate stability zone, acquiring submarine methane leakage in-situ observation data, determining a methane leakage rate and evaluating its economy; mounting a production house on the seabed, opening a monitoring system after the mounting, monitoring the submarine methane leakage condition and hydrate generation progress in real time, evaluating a hydrate generation amount, and performing hydrate acquisition work; and rapidly processing the gas hydrate in the house by a gas hydrate collecting system of an offshore platform, and continuously monitoring the methane leakage condition. A large amount of methane leaked can be collected, thereof, the method has dual meanings of resources and environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Jinxiu YANG, Mingyue LU, Shuangfang LU, Min WANG, Ning QI, Ying XIA, Shaogui DENG, Yong CHEN, Zhoutuo WEI, Mingming TANG
  • Patent number: 10937210
    Abstract: A reconstruction method for a pore structure of a core with micro-CT (Computed Tomography) is provided. With utilizing a FIB-SEM (Focused Ion Beam-Scanning Electron Microscope) experiment, an actual porosity corresponding to a grey level in micro-CT results is obtained, so as to establish a relationship between the grey level of a micro-CT image and the porosity. Thereafter, according to the above relationship, a certain porosity is assigned to each pixel in the micro-CT image, so as to establish a soft segmentation method of the pore structure. The reconstruction method provided by the present invention discloses a soft segmentation method for digital reconstruction of the pore structure of the core combined with FIB-SEM data and micro-CT data, and establishes a fractional digital pore structure model of the core, which further improves a matching degree between the digital pore structure model of the core and an actual core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM (EAST CHINA)
    Inventors: Mingming Tang, Shuangfang Lu, Yang Gao, Shunwei Wu, Jing Zhang, Haisheng Hu, Wenbiao Huang, Huifang Ma, Jiafan Tang, Hongkun Tan, Changhong Chu
  • Patent number: 10816452
    Abstract: An evaluation method for different types of pore evolution in shale is related, which is applied to the field of unconventional oil and gas research. As the shale depth or maturity increases, different types of pores (including intergranular pores, intragranular pores, organic pores and fractures) developed in shale are constantly changing, which is important for shale oil and gas accumulation. The present invention starts from the high-resolution scanning electron micrography of shale, and respectively extracts the areal porosity of different types of pores based on the division criteria of different types of pores and pore identification in the established shale, and combines the low-temperature N2, CO2 adsorption experiments and the high-pressure mercury intrusion experiments to obtain the total pore volume and establish the evolution chart of different types of pores. The proposed method has an important application value for the exploration of unconventional shale oil and gas resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: China University of Petroleum(East China)
    Inventors: Min Wang, Yang Liu, Chuanming Li, Shuangfang Lu
  • Patent number: 10801941
    Abstract: An isotope nuclear magnetic method for analyzing ineffective water absorption of rock pores includes steps of: saturating core pores of a core sample with a wetting phase fluid of water H2O, and obtaining a core T2 spectrum after being saturated with the water; re-saturating the core pores with a wetting phase fluid of heavy water D2O, and obtaining a rock baseline T2 spectrum; injecting fluorinated oil into the core sample saturated with the heavy water; injecting the water H2O, simulating a water injection process, and injecting the fluorinated oil, so as to analyze a content of immobile water and obtain a residual T2 spectrum, wherein a range formed by a difference between the residual T2 spectrum and the rock baseline T2 spectrum is an ineffective water absorption portion of the rock pores, and an ineffective water absorption amount is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: China University of Petroleum (East China)
    Inventors: Mingming Tang, Shuangfang Lu, Huifang Ma, Yang Gao, Shunwei Wu, Jing Zhang, Haisheng Hu, Wenbiao Huang, Jiafan Tang, Min Wang, Jijun Li, Xueping Liu, Hongkun Tan, Changhong Chu
  • Publication number: 20200191697
    Abstract: A method for evaluating thickness and density of adsorbed methane in pores contributed by organic matter, clay and other minerals in a mud shale reservoir, including: crushing a sample and selecting three or more subsamples with different meshes to determine TOC, kerogen, whole rock analysis, low-temperature nitrogen adsorption-desorption and methane isotherm adsorption; calculating contents of organic matter in respective subsamples from TOC and kerogen contents; normalizing contents of organic matter, clay and other minerals; evaluating the volume of pores contributed by organic matter, clay and other minerals per unit mass according to contents thereof and low-temperature nitrogen adsorption-desorption; evaluating content of adsorbed methane in organic matter, clay and other minerals per unit mass according to contents thereof and methane isotherm adsorption; and establishing a model for calculating density and thickness of adsorbed methane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Fangwen CHEN, Shuangfang LU, Xue DING, Hongqin ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20190331583
    Abstract: An evaluation method for different types of pore evolution in shale is related, which is applied to the field of unconventional oil and gas research. As the shale depth or maturity increases, different types of pores (including intergranular pores, intragranular pores, organic pores and fractures) developed in shale are constantly changing, which is important for shale oil and gas accumulation. The present invention starts from the high-resolution scanning electron micrography of shale, and respectively extracts the areal porosity of different types of pores based on the division criteria of different types of pores and pore identification in the established shale, and combines the low-temperature N2, CO2 adsorption experiments and the high-pressure mercury intrusion experiments to obtain the total pore volume and establish the evolution chart of different types of pores. The proposed method has an important application value for the exploration of unconventional shale oil and gas resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Min Wang, Yang Liu, Chuanming Li, Shuangfang Lu
  • Publication number: 20190257733
    Abstract: An isotope nuclear magnetic method for analyzing ineffective water absorption of rock pores includes steps of: saturating core pores of a core sample with a wetting phase fluid of water H2O, and obtaining a core T2 spectrum after being saturated with the water; re-saturating the core pores with a wetting phase fluid of heavy water D2O, and obtaining a rock baseline T2 spectrum; injecting fluorinated oil into the core sample saturated with the heavy water; injecting the water H2O, simulating a water injection process, and injecting the fluorinated oil, so as to analyze a content of immobile water and obtain a residual T2 spectrum, wherein a range formed by a difference between the residual T2 spectrum and the rock baseline T2 spectrum is an ineffective water absorption portion of the rock pores, and an ineffective water absorption amount is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Mingming Tang, Shuangfang Lu, Huifang Ma, Min Wang, Jijun Li, Hongkun Tan, ChangHong Chu
  • Publication number: 20190251715
    Abstract: A reconstruction method for a pore structure of a core with micro-CT (Computed Tomography) is provided. With utilizing a FIB-SEM (Focused Ion Beam-Scanning Electron Microscope) experiment, an actual porosity corresponding to a grey level in micro-CT results is obtained, so as to establish a relationship between the grey level of a micro-CT image and the porosity. Thereafter, according to the above relationship, a certain porosity is assigned to each pixel in the micro-CT image, so as to establish a soft segmentation method of the pore structure. The reconstruction method provided by the present invention discloses a soft segmentation method for digital reconstruction of the pore structure of the core combined with FIB-SEM data and micro-CT data, and establishes a fractional digital pore structure model of the core, which further improves a matching degree between the digital pore structure model of the core and an actual core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Mingming Tang, Shuangfang Lu, Hongkun Tan, Huifang Ma, ChangHong Chu