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公开(公告)号:US20230129954A1
公开(公告)日:2023-04-27
申请号:US17891678
申请日:2022-08-19
Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
Inventor: Subhadeep CHOWDHURY , Gary W. TARGAC
Abstract: Method of monitoring produced water at each perforation or entry point by real time ion sensor deployed downhole to measure the content of water soluble ions. Methods of determining and differentiating nature of water breakthrough in oil production; such as between cycled injection water through a void space conduit, matrix swept injection water and formation water, especially as relates to offshore oil production. Real time ion sensors are deployed and when compared with known standards are used to monitor and remediate water breakthrough, prevent scale deposition, and the like.
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公开(公告)号:US11619756B2
公开(公告)日:2023-04-04
申请号:US16838799
申请日:2020-04-02
Applicant: ConocoPhillips Company
Inventor: Peter M. Eick , Joel D. Brewer
Abstract: Methods of designing seismic survey and acquisition of seismic data with reduced noise using equally or optimally irregularly spaced sources or receivers are described. Specifically, prime number ratios for the station to line spacing is used to prevent harmonic leakage and other noise contaminations in the acquired seismic data.
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公开(公告)号:US20230084729A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-16
申请号:US17879014
申请日:2022-08-02
Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
Inventor: Peter N. SLATER
Abstract: Methods for reducing or reusing emissions and waste from oil and gas processing facilities are described. Specifically, emission and waste streams can be partially oxidized before being treated in a modified syngas fermentation process with parallel bioreactors to produce commodity chemicals of commercial importance while lowering greenhouse gas emissions. At least one bioreactor is online at all times, offline reactors being emptied to collect product and recharged for use.
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公开(公告)号:US11604025B2
公开(公告)日:2023-03-14
申请号:US17072565
申请日:2020-10-16
Applicant: ConocoPhillips Company
Inventor: Jinghua Chan , Qi Ma , Dale L. Embry , Attilio J. Praderio
Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for processing liquefied natural gas (LNG). In one implementation, a dry feed gas is received. The dry feed gas is chilled with clean vapor from a heavies removal column to form a chilled feed gas. The chilled feed gas is partially condensed into a vapor phase and a liquid phase. The liquid phase retains freezing components. The freezing components are extracted using a reflux stream in the heavies removal column. The freezing components are removed as a condensate. The vapor phase is compressed into a clean feed gas. The clean feed gas is free of the freezing components for downstream liquefaction.
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公开(公告)号:US20230058915A1
公开(公告)日:2023-02-23
申请号:US18045255
申请日:2022-10-10
Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
Inventor: Nicolas Patrick ROUSSEL , Yueming LIANG , Zijun FANG
Abstract: Method for characterizing subterranean formation is described. One method involves simulating a poroelastic pressure response of known fracture geometry utilizing a geomechanical model to generate a simulated poroelastic pressure response. Compiling a database of simulated poroelastic pressure responses. Measuring a poroelastic pressure response of the subterranean formation during a hydraulic fracturing operation to generate a measured poroelastic pressure response. Identifying a closest simulated poroelastic pressure response in the library of simulated poroelastic pressure response. Estimating a geometrical parameter of a fracture or fractures in the subterranean formation based on the closest simulated poroelastic pressure response.
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公开(公告)号:US11572514B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-07
申请号:US17494470
申请日:2021-10-05
Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
Inventor: Jay Locklear , David P. Cope
Abstract: Methods for preventing elemental sulfur deposition from a hydrocarbon fluid is disclosed. A mercaptan is added to a hydrocarbon fluid that has elemental sulfur and reacted with the elemental sulfur to produce a disulfide and hydrogen sulfide. Amines and/or surfactants can assist with the process. Secondary reactions between the disulfide and the elemental sulfur result in a polysulfide and a solvated sulfur-disulfide complex. The disulfide, hydrogen sulfide, polysulfide and solvated sulfur-disulfide complex do not deposit, and can optionally be removed.
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公开(公告)号:US20230012212A1
公开(公告)日:2023-01-12
申请号:US17834562
申请日:2022-06-07
Applicant: ConocoPhillips Company
Inventor: Phuong Hoang , Khalid A. Soofi , Benjamin Lascaud , Patrick R. Boyle
Abstract: A system and method of detecting subsurface karst features includes receiving surface mapping data. A potential surface pad location can be identified in view of the surface mapping data. A resistivity survey for the potential surface pad location can be designed. The resistivity survey can include at least one long line extending through a surface hole for each of one or more wellbores in the potential surface pad location, and a short line extending through the surface hole of one of the one or more wellbores, each short line intersecting the long line substantially at the surface hole of one of the one or more wellbores. High resistivity areas exceeding approximately 150 Ohm per meter can be identified as sub surface karst features within the resistivity survey.
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公开(公告)号:US11549068B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-10
申请号:US17032894
申请日:2020-09-25
Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
Inventor: Brian Colt Petty
Abstract: Provided are embodiments that include a hydrocarbon fluid processing system including an ultrasonic hydrocarbon degassing unit including a vapor recovery vessel adapted to direct flow of a hydrocarbon fluid mixture along a flowpath extending through an interior of the vapor recovery vessel, and an ultrasonic transducer system disposed inside the vapor recovery vessel and in the flowpath of the hydrocarbon fluid mixture. The hydrocarbon fluid mixture including a hydrocarbon liquid and a gas entrained in the hydrocarbon liquid, the ultrasonic transducer system adapted to transmit ultrasonic signals into the hydrocarbon fluid mixture along the flowpath, and the ultrasonic signals adapted to separate the gas from the hydrocarbon liquid.
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公开(公告)号:US20220391998A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-08
申请号:US17831488
申请日:2022-06-03
Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
Inventor: Yishu Song , Gerald E. Michael
Abstract: A method of predicting production characteristics of a hydrocarbon well using time lapse geochemistry fingerprinting and using machine learning to train a reservoir model to accurately predict production characteristics.
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公开(公告)号:US11486222B2
公开(公告)日:2022-11-01
申请号:US16944727
申请日:2020-07-31
Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
Inventor: Randall S. Shafer
IPC: E21B36/00 , E21B33/134 , E21B29/00 , E21B33/12 , H03H9/54 , H03H9/58 , H03H9/60 , H03H9/64 , H03H9/70 , H03H9/72
Abstract: A method of plugging a hydrocarbon well includes deploying a downhole tool to remove at least a portion of a casing at a section of well to be plugged. Deploying a blocking device downhole to block a bottom of the section of well to be plugged. Deploying a plugging material downhole onto the blocking device to fill an area to be plugged. Deploying an exothermic fluid downhole, wherein activation of the exothermic material liquefies the plugging material. Allowing the plugging material and the exothermic fluid to solidify form a cast-in-place plug that fills the section of well to be plugged.
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