CONCURRENT OIL SATURATION AND POROSITY IMAGING USING COMPLETION-BASED ON-DEMAND ELECTRODES

    公开(公告)号:US20240402380A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-05

    申请号:US18325731

    申请日:2023-05-30

    Abstract: Methods and systems for determining electrical characteristics of a subsurface formation are disclosed. The method may include installing a first electrically insulating spacer between well liners in the well to form an on-demand electromagnetic source electrode and installing a second electrically insulating spacer between well liners in the well to form an on-demand electromagnetic receiver electrode. The method may further include performing an electrical survey using the on-demand electromagnetic source and receiver electrodes, determining a map of the at least one electrical characteristic in a subsurface region surrounding on-demand electromagnetic source and receiver electrodes based on the electrical survey, determining a map of at least one formation property based on the map of the electrical characteristic, and updating a hydrocarbon reservoir production plan based on the map of at least one formation property.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODELING NATURAL FRACTURE NETWORKS

    公开(公告)号:US20240354474A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-24

    申请号:US18303383

    申请日:2023-04-19

    CPC classification number: G06F30/28

    Abstract: In some examples, a system includes a stress field assessment engine, implemented by at least one processor, to determine stress distribution and yield state data based on a geomechanical model, and a natural fracture determination engine, implemented by the at least one processor, to generate a natural fracture network model based on the stress distribution and yield state data. The system may implement a method that includes generating a geomechanical model of a subsurface formation, where the geomechanical model includes a formation model and a wellbore model, simulating the geomechanical model to determine stress distributions and yield states in the subsurface formation, and generating a natural fracture network model using a machine learning technique on the stress distributions and yield states.

    INTEGRATED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ELECTRIC MOTOR (ICEM) CONCEPT FOR HYBRID AND PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLE APPLICATION

    公开(公告)号:US20240351422A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-24

    申请号:US18305160

    申请日:2023-04-21

    CPC classification number: B60K6/26 B60K6/24 B60K6/365 B60K6/48 B60K2006/4825

    Abstract: A hybrid machine includes an engine, a first and second motor, a first and second generator, and a first and second geartrain. The engine generates power from a combustion reaction and includes an intake port, a combustion chamber, a piston, a crankshaft, and an exhaust port. The intake port receives air from an external environment. The combustion chamber mixes the air with fuel to create a mixture that is ignited. The piston actuates to rotate the crankshaft. The exhaust port delivers exhaust gases out of the engine. The first and second motors respectively include a first and second hub that rotate from supplied power. The first and second generators respectively generate power when a first and second shaft rotate. A first and second geartrain respectively connect to the first and second motors, the first and second generators, and the crankshaft to transmit power to a first and second wheel.

    FAST SCREENING OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURE AND RESERVOIR MODELS CONDITIONED TO PRODUCTION DATA

    公开(公告)号:US20240141781A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-02

    申请号:US18050904

    申请日:2022-10-28

    Inventor: Harun Ates

    CPC classification number: E21B49/087 E21B43/16 E21B43/2607 E21B2200/20

    Abstract: A method involves obtaining a measured drainage function for a well and obtaining a set of drainage models, wherein each drainage model includes a reservoir model and a fracture model. The method also includes, for each drainage model, forming a predicted drainage function based, at least in part, on the drainage model, and determining a misfit value based, at least in part, on the predicted drainage function and the measured drainage function. The method further includes determining a set of candidate drainage models based, at least in part, on the misfit value for each drainage model, wherein each candidate drainage model comprises a candidate reservoir model and a candidate fracture model.

    METHOD AND MATERIAL TO REDUCE ACID-CARBONATE REACTION RATE BY ENDOTHERMIC REACTION

    公开(公告)号:US20240093083A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-21

    申请号:US18521781

    申请日:2023-11-28

    CPC classification number: C09K8/528 C09K8/36 C09K8/92 C09K23/18 C09K23/52

    Abstract: Well treatment fluids may include solid particles comprising one or more components selected from the group consisting of urea, ammonium nitrate, ammonium chloride, barium hydroxide, and ammonium thiocyanate. These well treatment fluids may also include a carrier fluid, which may be an aqueous polymeric fluid, an oil, or combinations thereof. The aqueous polymeric fluid may include a polymer selected from the group consisting of guar gum, hydroxypropyl guar, carboxymethyl hydroxypropyl guar, cellulose, or polyacrylamide. The oil may include a material selected from the group consisting of diesel, mineral oil, and wax. Methods for reducing an acid carbonate reaction in a carbonate formation may include pumping a composition of solid particles into a formation; releasing the solid particles from the capsules or emulsion within the formation; and injecting an acid following the releasing step or during pumping, wherein the acid carbonate reaction is carried out at a reduced reaction rate.

    METHOD FOR DETERMINING CONNECTED AND NON-CONNECTED POROSITIES

    公开(公告)号:US20240027642A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-25

    申请号:US17814380

    申请日:2022-07-22

    CPC classification number: G01V1/306 E21B49/006 E21B2200/20

    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining a connected porosity and a non-connected porosity in a fluid-saturated hydrocarbon reservoir are disclosed. The methods include obtaining at least one rock sample from the fluid-saturated hydrocarbon reservoir, determining, using a petrophysical sample analyzer, at least one petrophysical parameter of the rock sample, and measuring at least one of an elastic wave velocity and an elastic wave attenuation for each of a plurality of wave frequencies. The methods further include determining, using a computer processor, the connected porosity and the non-connected porosity of the rock sample using a dual-porosity single-permeability model based, at least in part, on at least one petrophysical parameter and at least one of the elastic wave velocity and the elastic wave attenuation.

    HELICAL OPTICAL FIBERS FOR STRAIN MEASUREMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20240003763A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-04

    申请号:US17854926

    申请日:2022-06-30

    CPC classification number: G01L1/242

    Abstract: A method for measuring a strain field involves determining an expected source mechanism of the strain field, based on the expected source mechanism, estimating strain field tensors of the strain field in an area of interest, determining principal strain vectors from the strain field tensors, identifying the most extensional principal strain vectors, ε3, from the principal strain vectors, establishing a trajectory of a fiber optic path through the area of interest, discretizing the fiber optic path to obtain directions of fiber axial strain, εa, comparing εa against ε3, and based on the comparison, optimizing the fiber optic path for an alignment of εa with ε3.

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