Abstract:
método para medição de volumes das fases totais em fluxo de multifases em tubulações. a presente invenção é relativa a um método para medição de volumes das fases totais em fluxo de multifases em tubulações. as frações em multifases compreendem fase líquida de hidrocarboneto e/ou fase aquosa e/ou fase sólida transportada. um ou mais rastreadores são injetados na tubulação, preferivelmente na entrada e as concentrações de rastreador são medidascomo uma função de tempo no ponto de injeção e em um ou mais pontos de medições a jusante e o ponto de injeção. além disto, os tempos médios de residência são medidos para transporte dos rastreadores injetados a partir do ponto de injeção até dito um ou mais pontos de medições. os volumes das fases liquida são calculados com base na quantidade de rastreadores injetados e as concentrações de rastreador medidas em cada fase e o tempo médio de residência.
Abstract:
"métodos de detectar, caracterizar ou monitorar uma zona de hidrocarboneto, uso de uma ou mais sondas de oligonucleotídeo, bateria de sondas oligonucleotídeo, suporte solido, e, kit para uso no método". a presente invenção refere-se a um método de detectar, caracterizar ou monitorar uma fonte de hidrocarboneto, método este compreendendo a análise genotípica de uma amostra quanto à presença de um ou mais microorganismos termofílicos ou extremofílicos e, em particular, à geração de perfis microbiológicos de amostras e à comparação destes perfis com perfis de amostras de referência.
Abstract:
método de controlar água em uma formação subterrânea, usos de um agente de tratamento de controle de água e de um organossilano, método de tratamento de uma formação subterrânea produzindo água e hidrocarboneto, agente de tratamento de controle de água, e, método de vedar ou tamponar uma formação subterrânea rica em água esta invenção provê um método de controlar água em uma formação subterrânea, o referido método compreendendo contatar a referida formação com um agente de tratamento de controle de água, que compreende um organossilano em uma quantidade eficaz para reduzir a permeabilidade à água de pelo menos parte da referida formação. ao mesmo tempo, qualquer diminuição na permeabilidade a hidrocarboneto (por exemplo óleo) global de referida formação é preferivelmente minimizada. a invenção ainda provê um método de tamponar ou vedar uma formação subterrânea.
Abstract:
A marine seismic source arrangement for conducting a seismic survey of a solid geological formation below water, comprises: at least one acoustic source for emitting an acoustic wave in said water, and a solid acoustic ceiling positioned in use above said acoustic source; wherein said acoustic ceiling: a) has a positive effective reflection coefficient so that down going components of said acoustic wave vertically below the source interfere constructively with components of said acoustic wave reflected from said ceiling; and b) is arranged to float on the surface of said water during use.
Abstract:
A subsea oil and/or gas production system comprises a host production facility (15) and a plurality of subsea wells (19, 20, 21). A fluid conveying network is provided that connects each subsea well to the host production facility. A separate electrical power and data network is provided for conveying direct current electrical power and data, operatively connected to each subsea well for providing each subsea well with data transfer and electrical power services. The use of direct current ensures that the electrical power and data network can provide power over much greater distances than currently available, and the use of separate networks for conveying fluids and for providing electrical power and data transfer allows for a much more flexible system.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus is disclosed for controlling the flow of fluid in oil and/or gas production, involving a control device or an autonomous valve (2) operating by the Bernoulli principle and comprising a moveable disk or body (9) provided within a housing (4) for opening and closing said valve (2), involving use of a material (24) within the valve (2) that changes its properties as to shape and/or volume and/or elastic modulus when exposed to a chemical substance contained in the flow of fluid and thus altering said flow of fluid.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for monitoring formation of coke on the interior surface in a heater or an oven. The apparatus comprises an x-ray source configured to be introduced into a pipe in the wall of the oven, and a cassette containing an imaging means, such as a film. The method comprises introducing an x-ray source through an opening in a wall of an oven or a heater and introducing a cassette containing an imaging means into another opening in the wall of the heater or the oven, taking images of the interior surface of the heater or the oven.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a process for simultaneously extracting and upgrading a heavy hydrocarbon mixture, said process comprising: i) injecting supercritical or near-supercritical CO 2 at a temperature of around the critical temperature and a pressure of from around the critical pressure into a heavy hydrocarbon deposit; and ii) removing a stream of CO 2 from the deposit, which stream is charged with a hydrocarbon mixture having a lower average molecular weight than that of the heavy hydrocarbon deposit, wherein the removed CO 2 is optionally recovered and either recycled for subsequent re-injection or injected for long-term sub-surface storage.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for capturing C02 from a gas stream (10) by introducing droplets of an absorption liquid (15, 17, 40) into the gas stream mainly in the flow direction of the gas. According to the invention, CO2 is captured from the gas stream during a capture phase by means of the absorption liquid droplets, where the absorption liquid droplets are airborne during the capture phase, absorption liquid droplets are introduced into the gas stream with a velocity high enough to ensure internal circulation inside the absorption liquid droplets, and the absorption liquid droplets are introduced into the gas stream with a Sauter mean diameter in the range of 50 10E-6 m - 500 10E-6 •m. An apparatus suitable for conducting said method is also disclosed.
Abstract:
In order to perform a passive survey, sensors (5, 8) for obtaining data relating to the structure of the region (1) are deployed on ice bodies (4) which move as a result of natural drift. The sensors (5, 8) are used to obtain data at different locations resulting from movement of the ice bodies (4) with respect to the region (1). The sensors (5, 8) may be seismometers which respond to ambient noise, for example resulting from cracking or colliding of the ice bodies (4, 24).