Patent ID: 9322268
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: E21B

Claim Text:
1. A method for characterizing a hydrocarbon reservoir of interest traversed by at least one wellbore, the method comprising: (a) using a numerical model to simulate over time non-equilibrium concentration of at least one hydrocarbon component as a function of location within the wellbore; and (b) analyzing fluid samples acquired from at least one wellbore that traverses the reservoir of interest to measure concentration of the at least one hydrocarbon component as a function of location within the wellbore; (c) comparing the non-equilibrium concentration of the at least one hydrocarbon component as a function of location within the wellbore resulting from the simulation of (a) to the concentration of the least one hydrocarbon component as a function of location within the wellbore as measured in (b); and (d) characterizing the reservoir of interest based upon the comparing of (c).