公开(公告)号：US20150322764A1

公开(公告)日：2015-11-12

申请号：US14806062

申请日：2015-07-22

Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.

Inventor： Dennis John O'Rear ,  Clyde Dean Wehunt ,  Gregory A. Winslow

IPC: E21B43/38 ,  E21B43/00 ,  C09K8/58 ,  E21B49/00

CPC classification number: E21B43/38 ,  C09K8/52 ,  C09K8/528 ,  E21B43/34

Abstract: The simultaneous control of the two forms of mercury in petroleum reservoirs (elemental and particulate HgS) is accomplished by the use of agents which react with the elemental mercury and bind the particulate HgS to the formation material: a mercury capture agent and a chemical sand control agent. The elemental control agent reacts with and adsorbs the elemental mercury. The chemical sand control agents reduce or eliminate the dislodging of fine particulate mercury from the surface of the formation material. This simultaneous control can be applied for a new well during well completion operations wherein analyses indicate the presence of mercury. This simultaneous control can also be applied to a currently producing well during a work-over when mercury is detected in the gas or crude products.

Abstract translation: 通过使用与元素汞反应并将颗粒HgS与形成材料结合的试剂，即汞捕获剂和化学防砂控制剂，可同时控制石油储层中的两种形式的汞（元素和微粒HgS） 代理商 元素控制剂与元素汞反应并吸附元素汞。 化学防砂剂减少或消除细颗粒汞从地层材料表面的脱落。 这种同步控制可以在完井操作期间应用于新井，其中分析表明汞的存在。 在气体或原油产品中检测到汞时，这种同步控制也可以应用于当前生产的井。

公开(公告)号：US09180411B2

公开(公告)日：2015-11-10

申请号：US13624853

申请日：2012-09-21

Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.

Inventor： Prakhar Prakash ,  James Craig Pauley ,  Randall B. Pruet

IPC: B01D61/36 ,  B01D61/14 ,  B01D61/58 ,  C02F1/463 ,  C02F9/00 ,  B01D61/00 ,  B01D63/02 ,  B01D71/02 ,  C02F1/44

CPC classification number: B01D61/364 ,  B01D61/002 ,  B01D61/145 ,  B01D61/58 ,  B01D63/02 ,  B01D71/024 ,  C02F1/444 ,  C02F1/445 ,  C02F1/447 ,  C02F1/463 ,  C02F9/00 ,  C02F2209/06 ,  C02F2209/10 ,  C02F2209/20 ,  Y10T29/494

Abstract: The invention relates to the treatment of water, including for example treatment in connection with hydrocarbon production operations. Silica in water produces undesirable scaling in processing equipment, which causes excess energy usage and maintenance problems. Electrocoagulation (EC) at relatively high water temperature, followed by any of membrane distillation or forward osmosis (FO), may be combined with a subsequent process of ceramic ultra-filtration (UF filtration) employed to treat water. Water to be treated may be produced water that has been pumped from a subterranean reservoir. The treated water may be employed to generate steam. The treatment units (e.g., EC, forward osmosis, UF filtration, etc) can be configured into one system as an on-site installation or a mobile unit for on-site or off-site water treatment.

Abstract translation: 本发明涉及水的处理，包括例如与碳氢化合物生产操作有关的处理。 水中的二氧化硅在加工设备中产生不希望的结垢，这导致过多的能量消耗和维护问题。 在较高的水温下进行电凝（EC），随后进行膜蒸馏或正向渗透（FO）的任何处理，都可以与用于处理水的陶瓷超滤（UF过滤）的后续工艺相结合。 待处理的水可以产生已经从地下储层泵送的水。 处理过的水可用于产生蒸汽。 处理单元（例如EC，正向渗透，UF过滤等）可以被配置成一个系统作为现场安装或用于现场或非现场水处理的移动单元。

公开(公告)号：US20150252625A1

公开(公告)日：2015-09-10

申请号：US14110915

申请日：2013-03-14

Applicant: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.

Inventor： Manuel Eduardo Gonzalez ,  Melvin Clark Thompson ,  Jacobo Archuleta ,  Patrick Rodriguez ,  David William Beck ,  Scot Ellis ,  Wade Ogg

IPC: E21B17/00

CPC classification number: E21B17/003 ,  E21B17/028 ,  E21B43/128

Abstract: A system for applying power into a wellbore. The system can include a casing, a tubing string, a first and second isolator sub, a power source, and an electrical device. The casing has a first cavity running therethrough. The tubing string is disposed within the first cavity without contacting the casing, where the tubing string has a second cavity running therethrough. The first isolator sub is mechanically coupled to the tubing string and positioned between the neutral section and the power-transmitting section of the tubing string. The power source is electrically coupled to the power-transmitting section of the tubing string below the first isolator sub. The second isolator sub is mechanically coupled to the tubing string and positioned between the bottom neutral section and the power-transmitting section of the tubing string. The electrical device is electrically coupled to a bottom end of the power-transmitting section of the tubing string.

Abstract translation: 将电力施加到井筒中的系统。 该系统可以包括壳体，油管柱，第一和第二隔离器子，电源和电气装置。 壳体具有穿过其中的第一腔体。 油管柱设置在第一腔体内而不与壳体接触，其中油管柱具有穿过其中的第二腔体。 第一隔离器子机械地联接到管柱并且定位在中性部分和管柱的动力传递部分之间。 电源电耦合到第一隔离器子下方的管柱的动力传递部分。 第二隔离器子机械地联接到油管柱并且定位在油管柱的底部中性部分和动力传递部分之间。 电气装置电耦合到管柱的动力传递部分的底端。

公开(公告)号：US20150238949A1

公开(公告)日：2015-08-27

申请号：US14582019

申请日：2014-12-23

Applicant: The Regents of the University of California ,  Chevron U.S.A. Inc.

Inventor： Alexander Katz ,  Namal De Silva ,  Andrew Solovyov ,  Alexander Kuperman ,  Cong-Yan Chen ,  Partha Nandi ,  Alexander Okrut ,  Igor Busygin

IPC: B01J31/24 ,  B01J35/00 ,  C07C5/03 ,  C07F15/00

CPC classification number: B01J31/24 ,  B01J23/46 ,  B01J23/468 ,  B01J31/066 ,  B01J31/16 ,  B01J31/20 ,  B01J31/2273 ,  B01J31/2404 ,  B01J31/2447 ,  B01J31/2457 ,  B01J35/0013 ,  B01J37/086 ,  B01J2231/641 ,  B01J2231/645 ,  B01J2231/70 ,  B01J2531/0211 ,  B01J2531/827 ,  B01J2540/10 ,  B01J2540/50 ,  C07C5/03 ,  C07C2531/24 ,  C07F15/0033

Abstract: The invention provides complexes in which a calixarene-related compound is coordinated to an iridium-containing metal colloid. The complexes can be immobilized on a substrate. The complexes of the invention are useful as tunable and highly robust isolated metal colloids that find use in binding of molecules and catalysis of chemical reactions.

Abstract translation: 本发明提供了一种其中杯芳烃相关化合物与含铱金属胶体配位的配合物。 络合物可以固定在基底上。 本发明的配合物可用作可调和高度坚固的分离金属胶体，其用于结合分子和催化化学反应。

公开(公告)号：US20150196903A1

公开(公告)日：2015-07-16

申请号：US14664123

申请日：2015-03-20

Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.

Inventor： Alexander Kuperman ,  Theodorus Ludovicus Michael Maesen ,  Dennis Dykstra

IPC: B01J37/34 ,  B01J27/051 ,  B01J37/20 ,  B01J37/04 ,  B01J37/03 ,  B01J37/08

CPC classification number: B01J37/342 ,  B01J23/85 ,  B01J23/8885 ,  B01J27/0515 ,  B01J37/03 ,  B01J37/036 ,  B01J37/04 ,  B01J37/08 ,  B01J37/20 ,  B01J37/34

Abstract: In a process for forming a bulk hydroprocessing catalyst by sulfiding a catalyst precursor made in a co-precipitation reaction, up to 60% of the metal precursor feeds do not react to form catalyst precursor and end up in the supernatant as metal residuals. In the present disclosure, the metals can be recovered in a chemical precipitation step, wherein the supernatant is mixed with at least one of an acid, a sulfide-containing compound, a base, and combinations thereof to precipitate at least 50% of metal ions in at least one of the metal residuals, wherein the precipitation is carried out at a pre-select pH. The precipitate is isolated and recovered, yielding an effluent stream. The precipitate and/or the effluent stream can be further treated to form at least a metal precursor feed which can be used in the co-precipitation reaction. The process generates an effluent to waste treatment containing less than 50 ppm metals.

Abstract translation: 在通过硫化在共沉淀反应中制备的催化剂前体形成本体加氢处理催化剂的方法中，多达60％的金属前体进料不反应形成催化剂前体，最后作为金属残余物结合在上清液中。 在本公开中，可以在化学沉淀步骤中回收金属，其中将上清液与酸，含硫化物的化合物，碱及其组合中的至少一种混合以沉淀至少50％的金属离子 在至少一个金属残留物中，其中沉淀是在预先选择的pH下进行的。 分离并回收沉淀物，产生流出物流。 可以将沉淀物和/或流出物流进一步处理以形成可用于共沉淀反应的至少一种金属前体进料。 该过程产生含有少于50ppm金属的废水处理废水。

公开(公告)号：US20150167439A1

公开(公告)日：2015-06-18

申请号：US14568760

申请日：2014-12-12

Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.

Inventor： Raymond Stanley Kasevich ,  Jeb Xiaobing Rong ,  James Preston Koffer ,  Mark Dean Looney ,  Margaretha Catharina Maria Rijken

IPC: E21B43/26 ,  E21B43/00 ,  E21B43/24 ,  E21B43/16 ,  E21B47/00

CPC classification number: E21B43/26 ,  E21B7/15 ,  E21B33/124 ,  E21B43/006 ,  E21B43/168 ,  E21B43/24

Abstract: Controlled fracturing in geologic formations is carried out in a method employing a combination of alternating and impulsive current waveforms, applied in succession to achieve extensive fracturing and disintegration of rock materials for liquid and gas recovery. In a pre-conditioning step, high voltage discharges and optionally with highly ionizable gas injections are applied to a system of borehole electrodes, causing the formation to fracture with disintegration in multiple directions but confined between the locations of electrode pairs of opposite polarity. After pre-conditioning, intense current waveform of pulse energy is then applied to the system of borehole electrodes to create waves of ionization or shock waves with bubbles of heated gas that propagate inside and outside the high conductivity channels, resulting in rock disintegration with attendant large scale multiple fracturing.

Abstract translation: 在地质构造中的控制压裂是采用交替和脉冲电流波形的组合的方法进行的，连续施加以实现用于液体和气体回收的岩石材料的广泛的压裂和分解。 在预处理步骤中，将高压放电和任选地具有高度可离子化的气体注入施加到钻孔电极的系统，导致地层在多个方向上分解而断裂，但被限制在相反极性的电极对的位置之间。 预处理后，将脉冲能量的强电流波形施加到钻孔电极系统，以产生电离波或冲击波，伴随着高导电通道内外传播的加热气泡，导致岩石瓦解与伴随大的 规模多次压裂。

公开(公告)号：US20150165430A1

公开(公告)日：2015-06-18

申请号：US14632366

申请日：2015-02-26

Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.

Inventor： Saleh Ali Elomari ,  Thomas Van Harris

IPC: B01J31/40 ,  B01J35/12 ,  C07D213/20 ,  B01J38/54 ,  C01B17/90 ,  B01J27/30 ,  B01J31/02 ,  B01J38/50

CPC classification number: B01J31/4092 ,  B01J27/30 ,  B01J27/32 ,  B01J31/0284 ,  B01J31/0288 ,  B01J31/0298 ,  B01J35/12 ,  B01J38/50 ,  B01J38/54 ,  B01J2231/12 ,  B01J2231/20 ,  B01J2231/4205 ,  B01J2231/44 ,  B01J2531/31 ,  C01B17/905 ,  C07D213/20 ,  Y02P20/584

Abstract: We provide a process for regenerating a used acidic ionic liquid catalyst which has been deactivated by conjunct polymers in a reactor, by removing at least 57 wt % of the conjunct polymers originally present in the used acidic ionic liquid catalyst in a separate regeneration reactor, so as to increase the activity of the catalyst. We also provide a regenerated used acidic ionic liquid catalyst having increased activity.

Abstract translation: 我们提供一种再生使用的酸性离子液体催化剂的方法，其通过在反应器中通过结合聚合物失活，通过除去至少57重量％的原始存在于使用的酸性离子液体催化剂中的结合聚合物在另外的再生反应器中，因此 以增加催化剂的活性。 我们还提供一种具有增加的活性的再生使用的酸性离子液体催化剂。

公开(公告)号：US09026419B2

公开(公告)日：2015-05-05

申请号：US13973732

申请日：2013-08-22

Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.

Inventor： Ricky Howard Dean ,  Joseph Henry Schmidt

IPC: G06G7/48 ,  G01V99/00 ,  E21B43/00

CPC classification number: G01V99/005 ,  E21B43/00

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for use in predicting sand production in a geomechanical reservoir system. Computation of the sand production predictions can include solving a system of partial differential equations that model the geomechanical reservoir system. Systems and methods also are provided for use in operating a geomechanical reservoir system based on the sand production prediction for controlling sand production in the geomechanical reservoir system.

Abstract translation: 提供系统和方法用于预测地质力学储层系统中的砂生产。 砂产量预测的计算可以包括求解建立地质力学储层系统的偏微分方程组。 还提供了系统和方法，用于基于用于控制地质力学储层系统中的砂生产的砂生产预测来操作地质力学储层系统。

公开(公告)号：US20150041121A1

公开(公告)日：2015-02-12

申请号：US14384291

申请日：2013-03-14

Applicant: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.

Inventor： Daniel Francis Alan Hunt ,  Luis Carlos Baralho Bianco ,  Christian André Andresen ,  Jomar Skalmerås

IPC: E21B47/10 ,  E21B21/08 ,  E21B43/04

CPC classification number: E21B47/1015 ,  E21B21/08 ,  E21B43/04

Abstract: A localized inflow tracer (112) may be flushed from a gravel pack (104) surrounding a base pipe (102) of a production well by outwardly venting the inflow tracer. The base pipe (102) may include a non-perforated section (106) disposed adjacent to one or more perforated sections (108). A tracer carrier (110) may be disposed circumferentially about at least a portion of the non-perforated section (106) of the base pipe (102). An inflow tracer (112) may be released from the tracer carrier (110) into production fluid within the gravel pack (104) proximate to the non-perforated section (106) of the base pipe (102) such that the inflow tracer is flushed from the gravel pack (104) into individual ones of the one or more perforated sections (108) of the base pipe (102) and transported with the production fluid. The inflow tracer (112) may be prevented from being flushed directly from the tracer carrier (110) into the base pipe (102) due to a lack of permeability of the non-perforated section of the base pipe (102).

Abstract translation: 可以通过向外排出流入示踪器，从围绕生产井的基管（102）的砾石包（104）冲洗局部流入示踪剂（112）。 基管（102）可以包括邻近一个或多个穿孔部分（108）设置的非穿孔部分（106）。 示踪载体（110）可以围绕基管（102）的非穿孔部分（106）的至少一部分周向地设置。 流入示踪剂（112）可以从示踪剂载体（110）释放到靠近基管（102）的非穿孔部分（106）的砾石包装（104）内的生产流体中，使得流入示踪剂被冲洗 从所述砾石包装（104）到所述基管（102）的所述一个或多个穿孔部分（108）中的单独的一个，并与所述生产流体一起运输。 由于基管（102）的未穿孔部分的渗透性不足，可以防止流入示踪剂（112）从示踪剂载体（110）直接冲入基管（102）。

公开(公告)号：US20150030524A1

公开(公告)日：2015-01-29

申请号：US13948861

申请日：2013-07-23

Applicant: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP ,  Chevron U.S.A. Inc.

Inventor： Lei JI ,  Ai-Fu CHANG ,  Michael S. Driver ,  Hye-Kyung Timken

IPC: B01D53/14 ,  C01B17/16 ,  C07C7/11 ,  B01D53/62 ,  B01D53/52 ,  B01D53/72 ,  C01B31/20 ,  B01D53/78

CPC classification number: C07C7/11 ,  B01D53/14 ,  B01D53/1462 ,  B01D53/1468 ,  B01D53/1475 ,  B01D53/1487 ,  B01D53/1493 ,  B01D53/229 ,  B01D53/52 ,  B01D53/526 ,  B01D53/62 ,  B01D53/72 ,  B01D53/78 ,  B01D2252/20426 ,  B01D2252/20473 ,  B01D2252/30 ,  B01D2256/22 ,  B01D2256/24 ,  B01D2257/304 ,  B01D2257/504 ,  B01D2257/7022 ,  C01B17/167 ,  C01B31/20 ,  C01B32/50 ,  C07C7/005 ,  C07C7/144 ,  C07C7/152 ,  C07C7/156 ,  Y02P20/152 ,  Y02P20/542 ,  C07C9/12 ,  C07C11/04

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods which provide a process stream comprising a gaseous component, capture the gaseous component from the process stream by an ionic liquid solvent of a separator, and recover a captured gaseous component from the ionic liquid solvent in a regenerator. A second gaseous component from the process stream may be captured by the ionic liquid solvent of the separator, and the second gaseous component may be recovered from the ionic liquid solvent in the regenerator. Alternatively, the second gaseous component from the process stream may be uncaptured by the ionic liquid solvent, and the uncaptured second gaseous component may be recovered from a membrane unit.

Abstract translation: 公开了提供包含气体组分的工艺流​​体的系统和方法，通过分离器的离子液体溶剂从工艺流捕获气态组分，并在再生器中从离子液体溶剂回收捕获的气态组分。 来自工艺物流的第二气态组分可以由分离器的离子液体溶剂捕获，并且第二气体组分可以从再生器中的离子液体溶剂中回收。 或者，来自工艺流的第二气态组分可以由离子液体溶剂未捕获，并且未捕获的第二气态组分可以从膜单元回收。