Quantifying Zonal Flow in Multi-lateral Wells via Taggants of Fluids

    公开(公告)号:US20250003331A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-02

    申请号:US18342417

    申请日:2023-06-27

    Abstract: A system and method for quantifying zonal flow in a multi-lateral well, including providing a first taggant through a first dosing tubing to a first lateral in a wellbore of the multi-lateral well, providing a second taggant through a second dosing tubing to a second lateral in the wellbore, flowing a first produced fluid from a subterranean formation via the first lateral into production tubing, flowing a second produced fluid including from the subterranean formation via the second lateral into the production tubing, flowing a produced stream including the first produced fluid and the second produced fluid uphole through the production tubing and discharging the produced stream from the wellbore, and analyzing the produced stream to measure an amount of the first taggant in the produced stream and an amount of the second taggant in the produced stream, wherein the first taggant and the second taggant are water soluble.

    Microfluidic chip with mixed porosities for reservoir modeling

    公开(公告)号:US11911761B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-27

    申请号:US18072263

    申请日:2022-11-30

    CPC classification number: B01L3/502715 B01L2200/10 B01L2300/0816

    Abstract: Spherical grains and sacrificial particles are mixed in a suspension. The sacrificial particles are larger than the spherical grains. The suspension is injected into a channel in a microfluidic chip, and the spherical grains form microporous structures in the channel. The microporous structures are sintered in the channel. A solvent is injected into the channel, and the solvent dissolves the sacrificial particles and forms macropores between at least some of the microporous structures, thereby forming a mixed-porosity microfluidic chip.

    MULTIFUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC TAGS FOR MUD LOGGING

    公开(公告)号:US20230141819A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-11

    申请号:US17454176

    申请日:2021-11-09

    Abstract: Compositions and methods for determining the origin location of a subterranean sample are provided. Compositions include a nanoparticle tag including a superparamagnetic iron oxide core, an intermediate layer including a fluorescent dye, and a polymer shell. The nanoparticles can be synthesized by functionalizing a superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle core and covalently bonding a fluorescent dye to the functionalized nanoparticle core. In some implementations, a polymer is covalently bonded to the functionalized, fluorescent superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle core. The nanoparticle tag can be used to determine the origin location of a subterranean sample by mixing the nanoparticle tag into a fluid, flowing the fluid into a subterranean formation, recovering subterranean samples from the subterranean formation, and separating tagged samples from untagged samples using a magnet. The origin location of the subterranean sample can be determined by analyzing the fluorescent signal of the nanoparticle tag.

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