Method for removing iron sulfide and calcium carbonate scale

    公开(公告)号:US11421143B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-23

    申请号:US16133153

    申请日:2018-09-17

    Abstract: A method of removing a heterogeneous scale from a surface in fluid communication with a wellbore and/or subterranean formation comprising contacting the scale with a composition comprising tetrakis(hydroxmethyl)phosphonium sulfate (THPS) and N-(2-hydroxyethyl)ethylenediaminetriacetic acid (THEDTA) to dissolve the scale having a pH in the range of about 6.0 to 8.0. The composition is suitable to remove iron sulfide and calcium carbonate scale in the absence of corrosion resistance at a temperature up to about 150° C. Also, the composition may be used remove scale from surface pipe line and other petroleum oil handling equipment.

    WELL BORE WALL CLEAN UP METHOD
    12.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220220360A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-14

    申请号:US17707607

    申请日:2022-03-29

    Inventor: Mohamed Mahmoud

    Abstract: A well cleanup process involves removing an impermeable filter cake from a formation face with thermochemical and chelating agents to allow formation fluids to flow from a reservoir to a wellbore. The method may be used with oil and water-based drilling fluids with varied weighting agents, e.g., bentonite, calcium carbonate, or barite. Such thermochemical agents may involve two salts, e.g., NO2− and NH4+, which, when mixed together, can generate pressure and heat, in addition to hot H2O and/or N2. For example, the thermochemical agents may comprise Na+, K+, Li+, Cs+, Mg2+, Ca2+, and/or Ba2+ with NO2− and NH4+ with F−, Cl−, Br−, I−, CO32−, NO3−, ClO4−, and/or −OH. The thermochemical agents in combination with a chelator such as EDTA can removed the filter cake after 6 hours with a removal efficiency of 89 wt % for the barite filter cake in water based drilling fluid, exploiting the generation of a pressure pulse and heat which may disturb the filter cake and/or enhance barite dissolution and polymer degradation.

    Mapping a fracture geometry
    13.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11371335B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-28

    申请号:US17002267

    申请日:2020-08-25

    Abstract: A fracture geometry mapping method includes determining a value of a diffusive tortuosity in a first direction in a first rock sample from a subterranean formation with one or more hardware processors; determining a value of a diffusive tortuosity in a second direction in the first rock sample from the subterranean formation with the one or more hardware processors, the second direction orthogonal to the first direction in the first rock sample; determining a value of a diffusive tortuosity in third direction in the first rock sample from the subterranean formation with the one or more hardware processors, the third direction orthogonal to both the first direction and the second direction in the first rock sample; comparing the values of the diffusive tortuosities in the in the first direction, the second direction, and the third direction; and based on the comparison, generating a first fracture network map of the subterranean formation, the first fracture network map including a first plurality of anisotropic fracture pathways.

    Method for evaluation of permeability anisotropy using NMR diffusion measurements for oil and gas wells

    公开(公告)号:US11143607B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-12

    申请号:US16818467

    申请日:2020-03-13

    Abstract: A method for predicting formation permeability by measuring diffusional tortuosity in several directions by pulse gradient NMR. The method comprises evaluating an anisotropic diffusion coefficient by pulsed gradient NMR, determining diffusional tortuosity from the restricted diffusion data, supplementing the NMR results with resistivity and sonic logging data, measuring anisotropic tortuosity and porosity by resistivity and sonic data and combining all components in a single fitting model. The 11-coefficient model is trained to recognize the true values of permeability by comparing the real oil permeabilities measured in a library of oil-carrying rock cores with the NMR, resistivity and sonic correlates. The fitting coefficients are extracted by minimizing the discrepancy between the laboratory measured permeabilities and the predicted values combining all rapid logging information components with the agreement-maximizing weights.

    ACIDIZING OF SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION USING IN-SITU GENERATED HF

    公开(公告)号:US20210062073A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-04

    申请号:US16560501

    申请日:2019-09-04

    Abstract: A method for generating hydrofluoric acid (HF) in-situ in a subterranean formation (e.g. sandstone formation) by simultaneously injecting an acid generating component having ammonium fluoride and an oxidizing agent and a heat generating component having ammonium and nitrite salts into a wellbore of the formation. The method optionally involves a pre-flush of an acid (e.g. HCl) containing solution prior to the injecting. HF is generated via an endothermic reaction of the ammonium fluoride and the oxidizing agent with the assistance of the heat provided by an exothermic reaction of the ammonium and nitrite salts. The method is effective in enhancing permeability of the formation by at least 30%.

    Modified bentonite drilling fluid composition

    公开(公告)号:US12157854B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-03

    申请号:US18616673

    申请日:2024-03-26

    Abstract: A drilling fluid composition includes an aqueous base fluid, 0.01 to 10 wt. % of a date palm leaves extract (DPLE), 1 to 10 wt. % of clay particles, and 0.01 to 1 wt. % of a base, where each wt. % based on a total weight of the drilling fluid composition. The DPLE is homogenously disposed on surfaces of the clay particles. The clay particles disposed with the DPLE are present in the drilling fluid composition in the form of a composite. A pellet made from the clay particles treated with the DPLE has a swelling value at least 75% less than a swelling value of the pellet in an aqueous composition that does not contain the DLPE. A method of making the drilling fluid composition.

    Date palm residue drilling mud composition

    公开(公告)号:US12116524B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-15

    申请号:US18616739

    申请日:2024-03-26

    CPC classification number: C09K8/206 C09K2208/12

    Abstract: A drilling fluid composition includes an aqueous base fluid, 0.01 to 10 wt. % of a date palm leaves extract (DPLE), 1 to 10 wt. % of clay particles, and 0.01 to 1 wt. % of a base, where each wt. % based on a total weight of the drilling fluid composition. The DPLE is homogenously disposed on surfaces of the clay particles. The clay particles disposed with the DPLE are present in the drilling fluid composition in the form of a composite. A pellet made from the clay particles treated with the DPLE has a swelling value at least 75% less than a swelling value of the pellet in an aqueous composition that does not contain the DLPE. A method of making the drilling fluid composition.

    Method of removing sulfate scale
    20.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11795372B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-24

    申请号:US17671103

    申请日:2022-02-14

    CPC classification number: C09K8/528

    Abstract: A method of removing a sulfate scale from a surface is provided. The method includes contacting the sulfate-comprising scale with a conversion solution including 1 to 10 wt. % of an alkali metal carbonate, 0.5 to 10 wt. % of a borate salt or hydrate thereof, and 0.5 to 2.5 wt. % of a base to produce a carbonate-comprising scale. The method further includes exposing the carbonate-comprising scale with an acid solution including 2.5 to 25 wt. % of an acid.

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