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公开(公告)号:US20180179858A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-28
申请号:US15756582
申请日:2016-03-03
Applicant: M-I L.L.C.
Inventor: James Fajt , Abraham Zambrano
IPC: E21B37/00 , C12Q1/06 , A01N59/08 , A01N37/34 , A01N33/12 , A01N43/88 , A01N57/20 , A01N35/02 , C09K8/04 , C09K8/66 , C09K8/84 , C09K8/60 , E21B47/00
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of controlling a microbial level in an aqueous fluid or a solid component used in an oilfield operation or a pre- or post-production process associated with wellbore production, the method comprising: measuring a microbial parameter of the aqueous fluid; and subsequently using the measured microbial parameter to decide on an appropriate antimicrobial treatment. These proposals also relate to methods further including monitoring of a microbial parameter in such a fluid or on such a solid component over a period of time. The methods and aspects of the present disclosure may be applied in any oilfield operation or a pre- or post-production process associated with wellbore production.
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公开(公告)号:US20180142135A1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-24
申请号:US15817865
申请日:2017-11-20
Applicant: M-I L.L.C.
Inventor: Yiyan Chen , Dimitri M. Khramov , Glynda A. Addicks
Abstract: A wellbore fluid, comprising an oleaginous continuous phase, a non-oleaginous discontinuous phase and a polymer having a polycyclic backbone. A method of drilling comprising pumping the said wellbore fluid into a wellbore through an earthen formation is also described.
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公开(公告)号:US09908125B2
公开(公告)日:2018-03-06
申请号:US14292139
申请日:2014-05-30
Applicant: M-I L.L.C.
Inventor: Thomas Geehan , Leonardo Renzo Vicentini , Albert Walraven
CPC classification number: B04B11/06 , B04B1/20 , B04B11/02 , B04B2001/2083 , Y10T29/49716
Abstract: A centrifuge, including: a flange closing off one axial end of a separation chamber; a plurality of apertures that traverse axially through the flange at a radial distance from a flange axis, wherein at least one aperture is in fluid communication with a first outlet passage; a plurality of weir inserts removably disposed within the plurality of apertures to control a flow of one or more fluids from the separation chamber; wherein at least one weir insert disposed within the at least one aperture in fluid communication with the first outlet passage is changeable to prevent or allow fluid communication between the separation chamber and the first outlet passage.
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公开(公告)号:US20170320095A1
公开(公告)日:2017-11-09
申请号:US15316189
申请日:2015-06-04
Applicant: M-I L.L.C.
Inventor: Robert A. Lunnemann , Bradley N. Jones , Marc D. Mayer
CPC classification number: B07B1/284 , B07B1/28 , B07B1/4618 , B07B2201/02 , B07B2201/04
Abstract: An apparatus includes a vibratory separator having a frame and a screen, a lift housing disposed proximate the vibratory separator, and a lift system disposed in the lift housing and configured to selectively engage a portion of the vibratory separator to lift the portion of the vibratory separator. A method includes actuating an actuator and vertically extending a lifting member, contacting an alignment device coupled to the lifting member with a corresponding alignment device coupled to a portion of a vibratory separator, and raising the portion of the vibratory separator to provide access to a screen of the vibratory separator.
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公开(公告)号:US20170320007A1
公开(公告)日:2017-11-09
申请号:US15657538
申请日:2017-07-24
Applicant: M-I L.L.C.
Inventor: Thomas G. Braga
Abstract: Disclosed herein is an agglomeration-resistant desulfurizing product for removing contaminants from a fluid stream. The agglomeration-resistant desulfurizing product comprising a metal oxide composition for reacting with contaminants and a polymeric crystallization inhibitor for reducing the agglomeration of the desulfurizing product resulting from using the desulfurizing product. A method to produce the agglomeration-resistant desulfurizing product and a method to treat a fluid stream is also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20170247958A1
公开(公告)日:2017-08-31
申请号:US15513555
申请日:2015-09-22
Applicant: M-I L.L.C. , Mantovani & Vicentini S.R.L.
CPC classification number: E21B21/067 , B01D19/0057 , B01D19/0063 , B01D21/267 , E21B21/063 , E21B21/065 , E21B21/08 , E21B21/106 , E21B41/00
Abstract: A method comprises controlling an operating pressure of a fluid from a borehole. The fluid comprises solids and entrained gas. The method further comprises removing at least a portion of the entrained gas from the fluid at an upstream location. The method further comprises removing residual entrained gas from the fluid at a downstream location. The method further comprises separating at least a portion of the solids from the fluid. The method further comprises circulating the separated fluid back to the borehole. Separating of solids occurs after the removing of entrained gases from the fluid at the downstream location.
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公开(公告)号:US09726589B2
公开(公告)日:2017-08-08
申请号:US14212063
申请日:2014-03-14
Applicant: M-I L.L.C.
Inventor: Mario Zamora
IPC: G01N11/14
CPC classification number: G01N11/14
Abstract: A method includes disposing an open end of a housing in a wellbore fluid, flowing the wellbore fluid into the housing though the open end, rotating an impeller disposed within the housing at a first rotational speed with a motor coupled to the impeller, and determining at least one of viscosity and rheology of the wellbore fluid based on the rotating an impeller. An apparatus includes a housing, a mechanical agitator disposed in the housing, a motor operatively coupled to the mechanical agitator, a first sensor coupled to at least one of the mechanical agitator and the motor, and a second sensor disposed in the housing and configured to measure a fluid property or characteristic.
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公开(公告)号:US09714565B2
公开(公告)日:2017-07-25
申请号:US14143098
申请日:2013-12-30
Applicant: M-I L.L.C.
Inventor: Aaron Blue , John D. Moffitt , Ahmed Said Amer
CPC classification number: E21B47/06 , G01N33/2823
Abstract: A method for using a drilling fluid test device including a test cell including a perforated plate disposed proximate a first end of the test cell, a piston disposed within the cell, a first chamber formed between the perforated plate and the piston, the first chamber configured to receive lost circulation material (LCM), a second chamber formed between the piston and a second end of the test cell, the piston providing a seal between the first and second chambers, a fluid inlet disposed proximate the second end of the test cell configured to introduce fluid into a second chamber of the test cell, a filtrate outlet disposed proximate the first end of the test cell to discharge filtrate, and a pump in communication with the fluid inlet.
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公开(公告)号:US20170199296A1
公开(公告)日:2017-07-13
申请号:US15400438
申请日:2017-01-06
Applicant: M-I L.L.C.
Inventor: Balakrishnan Panamarathupalayam , Amr Essawi
IPC: G01V3/20 , G01V3/34 , C09K8/035 , C08F220/56 , C09K8/12
CPC classification number: C09K8/52 , C08F212/14 , C08F220/54 , C08F220/56 , C08F228/02 , C09K8/035 , C09K8/12 , C09K8/5083 , C09K8/512 , C09K2208/26 , E21B37/00 , E21B37/08 , E21B43/082 , E21B43/10 , E21B43/25 , G01V3/20 , G01V3/24 , G01V3/34 , C08F2220/585
Abstract: A method of electrically logging a section of a wellbore includes circulating a wellbore fluid within the wellbore, the wellbore fluid including a base fluid; and a crosslinked and branched polymeric fluid loss control agent formed from at least an acrylamide monomer and a sulfonated anionic monomer; wherein the fluid loss control agent has an extent of crosslinking that is selected so that the fluid loss control agent has a viscosity that is within a peak viscosity response of the viscosity response curve; placing within the wellbore a wellbore logging tool capable of applying an electrical current to the wellbore; applying electrical current from the logging tool; and collecting an electrical log of the portion of the wellbore that has had electrical current applied thereto.
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公开(公告)号:US20170198192A1
公开(公告)日:2017-07-13
申请号:US15400354
申请日:2017-01-06
Applicant: M-I L.L.C.
Inventor: Balakrishnan Panamarathupalayam , Daniel Alvarez
CPC classification number: C09K8/52 , C08F212/14 , C08F220/54 , C08F220/56 , C08F228/02 , C09K8/035 , C09K8/12 , C09K8/5083 , C09K8/512 , C09K2208/26 , E21B37/00 , E21B37/08 , E21B43/082 , E21B43/10 , E21B43/25 , G01V3/20 , G01V3/24 , G01V3/34 , C08F2220/585
Abstract: A method may include circulating a breaker fluid into a wellbore having a filtercake on the walls thereon, the filter cake including copolymer formed from at least one acrylamide monomer and at least one sulfonated anionic monomer, the breaker fluid comprising: a base fluid; and a mixture of hydrolysable esters of dicarboxylic acids.
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