Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Production of barium sulfate and fracturing fluid via mixing of produced water and seawater
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Application No.: US17347053Application Date: 2021-06-14
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Publication No.: US11746280B2Publication Date: 2023-09-05
- Inventor: Fahd Ibrahim AlGhunaimi , Young Chul Choi , Regis Didier Alain Vilagines , Tao Chen , Nahr M. Abulhamayel , Sultan S. AlOtaibi
- Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: C09K8/66
- IPC: C09K8/66 ; C01F11/46 ; C02F9/00 ; C09K8/03 ; C02F1/00 ; C02F1/24 ; C02F1/28 ; C02F5/02 ; C02F101/10 ; C02F1/38 ; C02F1/40 ; C02F1/42 ; C02F1/44 ; C02F1/52 ; C02F101/32 ; C02F103/08 ; C02F103/10
Abstract:
A system and method for generating base water and precipitate, including combining produced water with seawater to precipitate barium sulfate from barium in the produced water and from sulfate in the seawater, and separating the precipitate to give the base water and the precipitate. The base water may have less than a specified amount of sulfate and be utilized for hydraulic fracturing fluid. The precipitate may give a weighting agent for drilling.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220396727A1 PRODUCTION OF BARIUM SULFATE AND FRACTURING FLUID VIA MIXING OF PRODUCED WATER AND SEAWATER Public/Granted day:2022-12-15
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