公开(公告)号：US11585179B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-21

申请号：US17493301

申请日：2021-10-04

Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY

Inventor： Rune Woie ,  Leif Kvarme

IPC: E21B33/035

Abstract: The invention relates to the drilling of subsurface oil and gas wells and the installation of subsurface equipment (11). A lifting vessel 7 brings heavy equipment such as Xmas trees or manifolds and wet parks this equipment (11) on the seafloor (5) during good weather when the significant wave height is low. The equipment (11), once it is underwater, has much lower weight and may easily be moved into place onto a wellhead (10) at an appropriate time using lower capacity lifting gear. The timing of this operation is much less sensitive to weather conditions because the equipment does not need to pass through the splash zone (sea surface). This makes for efficient use of expensive drilling rig time, and allows for acceleration of production of first wells on the template as critical heavy lifts could not else be done until rig has left the location. (FIG. 1).

公开(公告)号：US20230003119A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-05

申请号：US17741197

申请日：2022-05-10

Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY

Inventor： Ge JIN ,  Baishali ROY

IPC: E21B49/00 ,  E21B43/26 ,  G01V1/42 ,  E21B47/113

Abstract: Monitoring and diagnosing completion during hydraulic fracturing operations provides insights into the fracture geometry, inter-well frac hits and connectivity. Conventional monitoring methods (microseismic, borehole gauges, tracers, etc.) can provide a range of information about the stimulated rock volume but may often be limited in detail or clouded by uncertainty. Utilization of DAS as a fracture monitoring tool is growing, however most of the applications have been limited to acoustic frequency bands of the DAS recorded signal. In this paper, we demonstrate some examples of using the low-frequency band of Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) signal to constrain hydraulic fracture geometry. DAS data were acquired in both offset horizontal and vertical monitor wells. In horizontal wells, DAS data records formation strain perturbation due to fracture propagation. Events like fracture opening and closing, stress shadow creation and relaxation, ball seat and plug isolation can be clearly identified. In vertical wells, DAS response agrees well with co-located pressure and temperature gauges, and illuminates the vertical extent of hydraulic fractures. DAS data in the low-frequency band is a powerful attribute to monitor small strain and temperature perturbation in or near the monitor wells. With different fibered monitor well design, the far-field fracture length, height, width, and density can be accurately measured using cross-well DAS observations.

公开(公告)号：US20220389301A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-08

申请号：US17832149

申请日：2022-06-03

Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY

Inventor： James RUTHERFORD ,  Roy MIDDLETON

IPC: C09K8/40

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a sleeve (9) installed in a liner or casing (1) prior to a cementing operation. Completion equipment in the liner/casing creates an irregular inner profile which can cause cement to get trapped. A wiper dart (3) passed down the casing/liner (1) may have difficulty removing all residual cement (5). By using a sleeve or insert (8) in the liner/casing (1), a smooth inner profile (9) may be created which can be cleaned relatively easily by a wiper dart. Once cementing and cleaning are complete, the sleeve (9) may be removed by wellbore fluid or acid if it is made from a dissolvable material such as aluminum or magnesium.

公开(公告)号：US20220373531A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-24

申请号：US17746077

申请日：2022-05-17

Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY

Inventor： Jay LOCKLEAR ,  Molly MERRITT

IPC: G01N33/28 ,  G01N27/06

Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for analyzing drilling fluid from a drilling rig for accessing subterranean hydrocarbons. The system and method involve analysis for chloride by replacing conventional chemical titration with electrical conductivity titration.

公开(公告)号：US20220364787A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-17

申请号：US17875010

申请日：2022-07-27

Applicant: ConocoPhillips Company

Inventor： Stuart L. WILSON ,  Wesley R. QUALLS ,  Matthew C. GENTRY ,  Paula A. LEGER ,  Robert L. BOULANGER

IPC: F25J1/00 ,  B23K20/00 ,  B23K20/233 ,  B23K20/02 ,  F25J5/00 ,  F25J1/02 ,  F28D21/00 ,  F28D9/00 ,  F25J3/02 ,  F28D7/00 ,  F28D7/06 ,  F28F21/08

Abstract: A method of constructing a plate fin heat exchanger includes joining a first side bar formed from a nickel-iron alloy to a first end of a fin element formed from a nickel-iron alloy through a first nickel-iron alloy bond, and joining a second side bar formed from a nickel-iron alloy to a second end of the fin element through a second nickel-iron alloy bond to create a first layer of the plate fin heat exchanger. The fin element defines a fluid passage.

公开(公告)号：US20220364429A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-17

申请号：US17735043

申请日：2022-05-02

Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY

Inventor： Jason BURKE ,  Matthew L. WHITE ,  John G. ELLER

IPC: E21B33/12

Abstract: Methods of plugging a hydrocarbon well by using degradable plugs are provided. When the plug is no longer needed, a degradation fluid or fluids are pumped downhole under high pressure, typically via jet, such that the degradation fluid provides an erosive force to the degradable plug, thus both speeding its degradation and preventing or minimizing the leaving of solid plug material remnants in the well.

公开(公告)号：US20220364005A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-17

申请号：US17815178

申请日：2022-07-26

Applicant: ConocoPhillips Company

Inventor： Attilio J. PRADERIO ,  Qi MA ,  Wesley R. QUALLS ,  Will T. JAMES ,  Michael J. CALDERON ,  Paul R. DAVIES

IPC: C10L3/10

Abstract: The invention relates to a system, method and apparatus for processing natural gas in an LNG facility. A natural gas feed is introduced into a heavies removal unit. The heavies removal system includes a heavies removal column and a distillation column. The heavies removal column and the distillation column are connected via a purge/recovery line. One or more components of the natural gas feed is purged from the heavies removal column to the distillation column via the purge/recovery line to obtain a specified concentration or concentration range of heavy components feeding into the distillation column.

公开(公告)号：US20220356393A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-10

申请号：US17736087

申请日：2022-05-03

Applicant: ConocoPhillips Company

Inventor： Dallin P. Laycock ,  Charlotte Plombin ,  Samuel K. Huisman

IPC: C09K8/80 ,  E21B43/267

Abstract: Method of making and using a proppant from captured carbon in either a carbon mineralization process or in a carbon nanomaterial manufacturing process, followed by treatments to ensure the quality control of the proppants so that they are suitable for use in hydraulic and other reservoir fracturing methods.

公开(公告)号：US20220351111A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-03

申请号：US17734856

申请日：2022-05-02

Applicant: ConocoPhillips Company

Inventor： Vishal Bang ,  Qing Tao ,  Greg S. Lemons ,  Vinit N. Rajani

IPC: G06Q10/06

Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for predictive reservoir development. In one implementation, asset data is received for a particular asset, with the particular asset corresponding to a particular reservoir. A model of the particular asset is generated based on the asset data. Asset intelligence is generated for the particular asset at an asset life cycle stage based on the model, and development of the particular reservoir is optimized using the asset intelligence.

公开(公告)号：US20220341534A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-27

申请号：US17729782

申请日：2022-04-26

Applicant: ConocoPhillips Company

Inventor： Thomas J. Danielson ,  Brian P. Dyer ,  Probjot Singh

IPC: F16L55/46

Abstract: A method to reduce slugging in a pipeline, including flowing a fluid flow through a pipeline having a fluid flow path extending therethrough and determining a presence of a slug within the fluid flow path of the pipeline. Launching a chokeable pig into the fluid flow path, anchoring the chokeable pig at a predetermined location within the fluid flow path, and adjusting the pressure drop through the pipeline.