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公开(公告)号:US12221883B1
公开(公告)日:2025-02-11
申请号:US18407919
申请日:2024-01-09
Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Inventor: Jinxun Wang , Ming Han
Abstract: A method includes acquiring a core sample from a first reservoir of interest that is producing hydrocarbons at a first recovery rate. The method includes performing a coreflooding study using a core flood apparatus. The coreflooding study includes a plurality of coreflooding simulations using the core sample disposed in the core flood apparatus. The method includes performing a reservoir simulation study on the first reservoir using a coreflooding simulation model and using the coreflooding study. The method includes adjusting a core flood fluid based on the reservoir simulation study to form an adjusted treatment fluid that produces a second recovery rate from the first reservoir. The second recovery rate may be greater than the first recovery rate. The method includes using an injection well and the adjusted treatment fluid for performing an injection operation of a reservoir.
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公开(公告)号:US20240329027A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-03
申请号:US18193787
申请日:2023-03-31
Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Inventor: Ming Han , Jinxun Wang , Abdulaziz AlKhateeb , Abdulkareem AlSofi
CPC classification number: G01N33/24 , E21B43/121 , G01N1/2035 , G01N15/0826 , G01N2001/2064
Abstract: A removable apparatus having a core holder body and a core sample assembly fitted inside the core holder body is disclosed. The core sample assembly includes a core sample and a sleeve fitted around the core sample. A first flanged stopper and a second flanged stopper are positioned at opposite axial ends of the core holder body. A flow path is formed through the first and second flanged stoppers and interfaces at opposite end surfaces of the core sample. Also provided are an assembly and a system comprising the removable apparatus for use in oilfield applications. Further, a method of testing a property of a fluid using the removable apparatus is provided.
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公开(公告)号:US20230323192A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-12
申请号:US18325593
申请日:2023-05-30
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Shaohua Chen , Ming Han , Abdulkareem AlSofi
Abstract: A viscosity reducer composition may include one or more polycyclic compounds, one or more polymers covalently attached to one or more polyaromatic compounds, one or more rheology modifiers, one or more surfactants, and an aqueous solution.
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公开(公告)号:US11591291B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-28
申请号:US17551915
申请日:2021-12-15
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Xuan Zhang , Ming Han , Jinxun Wang
IPC: C07C237/52 , C07C231/02 , C07C233/36 , C07C233/38 , C09K8/584
Abstract: Compositions that include cationic surfactants and methods of synthesizing compositions that include cationic surfactants. The surfactants include a quaternary amine and a saturated or unsaturated alkyl chain with 4 to 28 carbons. The surfactants can be generated by reacting a fatty acid modified with an amino alkyl group and an epihalohydrin in the presence of a base. The cationic surfactants can be generated by reacting a fatty acid modified with an amino alkyl group, an epihalohydrin, and a carboxylic acid. The cationic surfactants can be generated by reacting a carboxylic acid, an epihalohydrin, and a catalyst to afford a halo-substituted alkyl ester, followed by reacting the halo-substituted alky ester with a fatty acid modified with an amino alkyl group.
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公开(公告)号:US11590708B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-28
申请号:US16014525
申请日:2018-06-21
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Ali Alkhatib , Amar Alshehri , Ming Han
Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a system that includes a three-dimensional fabricator. An image processing module acquires an image of a rock sample having a network of pores, a transformation module transforms the image into a binary matrix and determine a set of statistical moments of the binary matrix, a layer generation module generates a first representation of a first stochastic layer based on the set and emulative of the rock sample and generates a second representation of a second stochastic layer based on the set and emulative of the rock sample. An arrangement module arranges the first representation and the second representation as adjacent layers of a three-dimensional model emulative of the rock sample, and provides the first representation and the second representation to the 3D fabricator for fabrication as a physical three-dimensional fluid micromodel emulative of the rock sample.
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公开(公告)号:US20220025090A1
公开(公告)日:2022-01-27
申请号:US16935943
申请日:2020-07-22
Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Inventor: Xuan Zhang , Ming Han , Limin Xu
IPC: C08F220/58 , C07C233/38 , C07C231/12 , C08F220/56 , C09K8/588 , C09K8/584 , E21B43/16
Abstract: Provided is a quaternary ammonium surfmer, that may have the following general formula (I): N+—R1R2R3R4 (X−), where: R1 and R2 may independently be H or a C1-C3 alkyl, R3 may be a C19+ amidoalkyl group, R4 may be a C3-C6 alkyl having a terminal olefin double bond group, and X may be a halogen. Further provided is a method for synthesizing the quaternary ammonium surfmer and a method for recovering hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation that may include injecting a treatment fluid comprising the quaternary ammonium surfmer into the subterranean formation.
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公开(公告)号:US10266752B2
公开(公告)日:2019-04-23
申请号:US16025787
申请日:2018-07-02
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Ming Han , Ali Abdallah Al-Yousef , Salah Hamad Al-Saleh , Alhasan Fuseni
Abstract: A method for increasing oil production in a carbonate reservoir by incorporating a saline solution injection including a saline soluble surfactant and a saline soluble polymer. The method provides for increased oil production as compared to conventional waterflooding techniques.
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公开(公告)号:US20180300947A1
公开(公告)日:2018-10-18
申请号:US16014525
申请日:2018-06-21
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Ali Alkhatib , Amar Alshehri , Ming Han
Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a system that includes a three-dimensional fabricator. An image processing module acquires an image of a rock sample having a network of pores, a transformation module transforms the image into a binary matrix and determine a set of statistical moments of the binary matrix, a layer generation module generates a first representation of a first stochastic layer based on the set and emulative of the rock sample and generates a second representation of a second stochastic layer based on the set and emulative of the rock sample. An arrangement module arranges the first representation and the second representation as adjacent layers of a three-dimensional model emulative of the rock sample, and provides the first representation and the second representation to the 3D fabricator for fabrication as a physical three-dimensional fluid micromodel emulative of the rock sample.
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公开(公告)号:US20250019586A1
公开(公告)日:2025-01-16
申请号:US18350469
申请日:2023-07-11
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Limin Xu , Ming Han , Tianping Huang
IPC: C09K8/584
Abstract: A system and a method for making and using an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) fluid. The EOR fluid includes a base fluid, an anionic-nonionic surfactant including one of sodium alkylphenol ethoxylate carboxylate (APEC), sodium alkyl ethoxylate carboxylate (AEC), sodium alkylphenol ethoxylate sulfate (APES), or sodium alkyl ethoxylate sulfate (AES), and a second surfactant including a cationic surfactant including an alkyl pyridine salt.
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公开(公告)号:US12152194B2
公开(公告)日:2024-11-26
申请号:US18177577
申请日:2023-03-02
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Ziyuan Qi , Rajendra Arunkumar Kalgaonkar , Mohammed A. Bataweel , Ming Han
IPC: C09K8/68 , C09K8/60 , C09K8/80 , E21B43/267 , E21B43/26
Abstract: A hydraulic fracturing fluid and methods for using the hydraulic fracturing fluid fracturing a formation are provided. An exemplary hydraulic fracturing fluid includes a polymer additive, a breaker, a non-ionic surfactant. The hydraulic fracturing fluid also includes an amphoteric surfactant, or a cationic surfactant, or both, and a base fluid.
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