Patents by Inventor Shuichang ZHANG

Shuichang ZHANG 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: 11268944
    Abstract: The present invention a method for determining the gas saturation of a tight reservoir. The method comprises the steps of: determining the pore size distribution of the tight reservoir rock sample, and calculating the free water saturation; calculating the water-membrane water saturation; calculating the corner water saturation; calculating the gas saturation of the tight reservoir rock sample according to the following equation: Sg=100?Sw wherein Sw is the water saturation in %; Sw is the sum of the free water saturation, the water saturation and the corner water saturation; Sg is the gas saturation in %. The method for determining the gas saturation of a tight reservoir uses model calculations, which avoids errors in the determination results of the gas saturation caused by water volatilization, surface adsorption, and observation of water flow during experiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hua Tian, Caineng Zou, Shuichang Zhang, Shaobo Liu, Xuesong Lu, Zhichao Yu
  • Patent number: 10884155
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for measuring oil content of a tight reservoir based on nuclear magnetic resonance includes applying a pulse sequence to a tight reservoir rock, and after applying a first pulse and a last pulse in the pulse sequence, applying a gradient magnetic field to the tight reservoir rock, respectively, directions of the two applied gradient magnetic fields being opposite to each other, wherein the pulse sequence is composed of three 90° pulses; acquiring a nuclear magnetic resonance signal of the tight reservoir rock; and determining oil content of the tight reservoir rock according to an intensity of the nuclear magnetic resonance signal. The method can accurately distinguish an oil phase nuclear magnetic resonance signal and a water phase nuclear magnetic resonance signal in nanopores of tight reservoir rock, thereby effectively improving the accuracy of the detection result of the oil content of the tight reservoir rock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: PetroChina Company Limited
    Inventors: Hua Tian, Shuichang Zhang, Shaobo Liu, Caineng Zou, Keyu Liu, Xuesong Lu, Mengjun Zhao, Lin Jiang, Xingzhi Ma, Bin Zhang, Junjia Fan, Peiqiang Yang
  • Publication number: 20200249216
    Abstract: The present invention a method for determining the gas saturation of a tight reservoir. The method comprises the steps of: determining the pore size distribution of the tight reservoir rock sample, and calculating the free water saturation; calculating the water-membrane water saturation; calculating the corner water saturation; calculating the gas saturation of the tight reservoir rock sample according to the following equation: Sg=100?Sw wherein Sw is the water saturation in %; Sw is the sum of the free water saturation, the water saturation and the corner water saturation; Sg is the gas saturation in %. The method for determining the gas saturation of a tight reservoir uses model calculations, which avoids errors in the determination results of the gas saturation caused by water volatilization, surface adsorption, and observation of water flow during experiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Hua Tian, Caineng Zou, Shuichang Zhang, Shaobo Liu, Xuesong Lu, Zhichao Yu
  • Patent number: 10598595
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for determining oil contents in rocks. The method comprises steps of: measuring a plurality of calibration oil samples having different oil contents, and acquiring a holographic fluorescence spectral intensity corresponding to the calibration oil samples; acquiring a fit relation between the holographic fluorescence spectral intensity and the oil contents of the calibration oil, according to the oil contents of the plurality of calibration oil samples and a plurality of three-dimensional fluorescence spectral intensities corresponding thereto; adding a certain amount of the calibration oil after dilution to rocks to be measured, acquiring a sample of the rocks to be measured and performing a holographic fluorescence measurement of the rock sample to be measured; and introducing the holographic fluorescence spectral intensity of the rock sample to be measured to the fit relation, thus an oil content of the rock sample to be measured is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hua Tian, Keyu Liu, Caineng Zou, Shuichang Zhang, Shaobo Liu, Xuesong Lu, Junjia Fan, Xiuli Li, Mengjun Zhao, Qingong Zhuo, Yanjie Gong
  • Patent number: 10533944
    Abstract: A device and method of determining thermal maturity of oil source rocks by total scanning fluorescence including testing the organic solution of the extract from a series of oil source rock samples collected at different depths by total scanning fluorescence; building a model for interpretation of the oil source rock maturity according to the variation with depth of the TSF Intensity parameter and the TSF R1 parameter obtained by total scanning fluorescence, and identifying the stage of initial oil generation, the stage of major oil generation and the stage of major gas generation; and establishing the relationship between the TSF Intensity parameter and/or the TSF R1 parameter with the existing characteristic parameters that quantitatively characterize the maturity of oil source rocks, thereby accomplishing the analysis and determination of the maturity of the oil source rocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Keyu Liu, Hua Tian, Caineng Zou, Shuichang Zhang, Shaobo Liu, Mengjun Zhao, Xuesong Lu, Junjia Fan, Xiuli Li, Lili Gui, Qingong Zhuo, Xingzhi Ma, Yanjie Gong, Zhichao Yu, Qingyang Meng
  • Publication number: 20190170644
    Abstract: A device and method of determining thermal maturity of oil source rocks by total scanning fluorescence including testing the organic solution of the extract from a series of oil source rock samples collected at different depths by total scanning fluorescence; building a model for interpretation of the oil source rock maturity according to the variation with depth of the TSF Intensity parameter and the TSF R1 parameter obtained by total scanning fluorescence, and identifying the stage of initial oil generation, the stage of major oil generation and the stage of major gas generation; and establishing the relationship between the TSF Intensity parameter and/or the TSF R1 parameter with the existing characteristic parameters that quantitatively characterize the maturity of oil source rocks, thereby accomplishing the analysis and determination of the maturity of the oil source rocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: PetroChina Company Limited
    Inventors: Keyu LIU, Hua TIAN, Caineng ZOU, Shuichang ZHANG, Shaobo LIU, Mengjun ZHAO, Xuesong LU, Junjia FAN, Xiuli LI, Lili GUI, Qingong ZHUO, Xingzhi MA, Yanjie GONG, Zhichao YU, Qingyang MENG
  • Publication number: 20190113649
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for measuring oil content of a tight reservoir based on nuclear magnetic resonance includes applying a pulse sequence to a tight reservoir rock, and after applying a first pulse and a last pulse in the pulse sequence, applying a gradient magnetic field to the tight reservoir rock, respectively, directions of the two applied gradient magnetic fields being opposite to each other, wherein the pulse sequence is composed of three 90° pulses; acquiring a nuclear magnetic resonance signal of the tight reservoir rock; and determining oil content of the tight reservoir rock according to an intensity of the nuclear magnetic resonance signal. The method can accurately distinguish an oil phase nuclear magnetic resonance signal and a water phase nuclear magnetic resonance signal in nanopores of tight reservoir rock, thereby effectively improving the accuracy of the detection result of the oil content of the tight reservoir rock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Hua TIAN, Shuichang ZHANG, Shaobo LIU, Caineng ZOU, Keyu LIU, Xuesong LU, Mengjun ZHAO, Lin JIANG, Xingzhi MA, Bin ZHANG, Junjia FAN, Peiqiang YANG