公开(公告)号：US20240183259A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-06

申请号：US18437718

申请日：2024-02-09

Applicant: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.

Inventor： Dawit Yenesew Dagnaw ,  Yifan Li ,  Brian Paul Price ,  Nabijan Nizamidin ,  Wei Shi ,  Omar Visairo ,  Kristen Anne Belcourt ,  Leonardo F. Chaves Leal ,  Aleisha Nichole Guiler ,  Amos Sunghyun Kim ,  Neil Robert Steil Dilorenzo

IPC: E21B43/26 ,  E21B37/06 ,  E21B43/20

CPC classification number: E21B43/26 ,  E21B37/06 ,  E21B43/20

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to processes for adding a chemical composition to a produced water mixture upstream of a pad related to a well to be fracked. The added chemical composition comprises a drag reducing agent, or a biocide, or a scale inhibitor, or any combination thereof. The produced water mixture comprising the added chemical composition may then be transferred in a pipeline to the well to be fracked. This offers a number of advantages that may include, for example, reducing the footprint at the pad, improved efficacy of biocide, reduced time to transfer produced water, and/or reduced pumping time during the fracking.