DISSOLVABLE BALLAST FOR UNTETHERED DOWNHOLE TOOLS

    公开(公告)号:US20250129680A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-24

    申请号:US18989597

    申请日:2024-12-20

    Abstract: A method involves mixing metallic particles and a liquefied polymer to form a mixture, placing the mixture within a mold, placing a magnet in the vicinity of the mixture within the mold, thereby causing the metallic particles to position themselves in a self-assembly formation within the mixture in response to a magnetic field generated by the magnet, and solidifying the liquefied polymer, such that a polymer matrix is formed. The metallic particles are distributed and secured in the self-assembly formation throughout the polymer matrix, thereby forming a ballast for an untethered downhole tool configured to be lowered into a well formed in a subterranean formation. The polymer matrix is configured to dissolve in response to being exposed to downhole fluid within the well at specified downhole conditions.

    Method and material to reduce acid-carbonate reaction rate by endothermic reaction

    公开(公告)号:US12258517B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-25

    申请号:US18521781

    申请日:2023-11-28

    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.

    Salt tolerant friction reducer
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12247167B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-11

    申请号:US17644450

    申请日:2021-12-15

    Abstract: Provided are water-soluble polymers that may include a water-soluble bipolymer, a water-soluble anionic terpolymer, and a water-soluble cationic terpolymer. The water-soluble polymers may include a reaction product of a first monomer that has a vinyl-containing group linked to a pendant carbohydrate moiety; a second monomer that has a vinyl group, a carbonyl group and a nitrogen; an anionic monomer in a water-soluble anionic terpolymer; and a cationic monomer in a water-soluble cationic terpolymer. Further provided are aqueous solutions that may include a water-soluble bipolymer, a water-soluble anionic terpolymer, and a water-soluble cationic terpolymer. Further provided are methods of use that may include introducing an aqueous solution into a formation such that the formation fractures, where the aqueous solution may include a water-soluble bipolymer, a water-soluble anionic terpolymer, and a water-soluble cationic terpolymer.

    METHOD FOR ESTIMATING DISSOLUTION OF SALT

    公开(公告)号:US20250076172A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-06

    申请号:US18459158

    申请日:2023-08-31

    Abstract: A method of estimating dissolution progress of a salt in construction of a salt cavern includes: defining, for each of a plurality of parameters, an operable range of respective parameter and an average value of the operable range of respective parameter; performing a plurality of flooding tests, by varying one particular parameter among the plurality of parameters from a lowest value to a highest value in the operable range of the one particular parameter and keeping all other parameters at the average value of respective parameter; and obtaining an analytical relationship of a mass of dissolved salt versus the one particular parameter.

    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A WASHOUT AREA

    公开(公告)号:US20250075618A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-06

    申请号:US18458876

    申请日:2023-08-30

    Abstract: A method for evaluating and controlling a washout region of a wellbore placed in a formation includes: obtaining information about the wellbore and the formation; establishing a washout indicator function as a function of time and location; computationally determining whether the washout region exists by calculating the washout indicator function on a cross section of the wellbore and the formation, at each depth in a specific depth range; and upon finding presence of the washout region in the specific depth range, quantifying the washout region. The washout indicator function returns: a negative value for a point within the formation; a positive value for a point within the washout region; and zero for a point on a boundary.

    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LARGE-SCALE RESERVOIR SIMULATIONS USING AUTOMATED LOCAL GRID REFINEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20250068804A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-27

    申请号:US18456394

    申请日:2023-08-25

    Abstract: Method and systems for generating a reservoir simulation grid for a subterranean reservoir are disclosed. The method may include, using a reservoir simulation system, to obtain a reservoir model, where the reservoir model comprises a plurality of wellbore trajectories, define a coarse simulation grid pertaining to, at least a portion, of the reservoir model, and determine a grid refinement field based, at least in part, on the reservoir model. The method may further include, using a reservoir simulation system, to form a tree based on the coarse simulation grid, refine the tree at least in part, on an intersection of the grid refinement field and the coarse simulation grid, and define the reservoir simulation grid based, at least in part, on the refined tree and the coarse simulation grid.

    METHOD TO DESIGN SALT CAVERN FOR CYCLICAL WITHDRAWAL OF GAS

    公开(公告)号:US20250067717A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-27

    申请号:US18453569

    申请日:2023-08-22

    Abstract: Methods and systems include obtaining a correlation and obtaining a salt sample from a salt formation. The methods and systems further include, for each of N cycles, exposing, using an injection system, the salt sample to an nth amount of a gas and determining an nth value of a property by subjecting the salt sample, using an atomic force microscopy (AFM) system, to an AFM test. The methods and systems further include determining a relationship using the N values of the property, determining, using the correlation, a macroscale relationship based on the relationship, and generating a fit constitutive model by fitting the constitutive model to the macroscale relationship. The methods and systems include generating a model of a salt cavern within the salt formation based on the fit constitutive model and designing a salt cavern for withdrawal cycles of the gas using the model.

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