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公开(公告)号:US20230169237A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-01
申请号:US17919433
申请日:2021-04-16
Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc. , Schlumberger Technology Corporation
Inventor: Seong Hee Lee , Matei Tene , Song Du , Xian-Huan Wen , Yalchin Efendiev
CPC classification number: G06F30/23 , E21B43/16 , E21B2200/20 , G06F2111/10
Abstract: Embodiments of conservative, sequential fully implicit compositional reservoir simulation are disclosed where 1) pressure, 2) saturation, 3) component balance, and 4) phase equilibrium are computed sequentially to solve for movement of liquid and gas phases over a series of time-steps until convergence to represent fluid flow within the subterranean reservoir. All molecular components in each of the liquid and gas phases are fixed to move with an equivalent phase velocity. Thermodynamic fluxes are accounted for when computing phase equilibrium by computing a difference between fluid volume and pore volume. A hybrid upwinding scheme can be employed to reorder cells based on upwind direction to improve the saturation convergence, especially when phase equilibrium significantly alters the cell properties. The conservative, sequential fully implicit compositional reservoir simulation embodiments can be implemented in a multiscale finite volume formulation as it lends itself to modular programming design and provides natural physical interpretation.
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公开(公告)号:US11643373B1
公开(公告)日:2023-05-09
申请号:US17954438
申请日:2022-09-28
Applicant: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
Inventor: Huping Luo , Hye-Kyung Cho Timken , Bong-Kyu Chang
CPC classification number: C07C2/60 , B01J31/0277 , B01J31/0284 , C07C2/58 , C07C2/62 , C07C2531/02
Abstract: An alkylation process is described. The process involves alkylation of isobutane and ethylene in a loop reactor using an ionic liquid catalyst as a continuous phase. The alkylate typically has a research octane number of at least about 93, and the olefin conversion is typically at least about 95%.
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公开(公告)号:US20230134372A1
公开(公告)日:2023-05-04
申请号:US17514937
申请日:2021-10-29
Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Inventor: Mason C. Edwards , Evan James Earnest-Heckler , Stephen D. Yow , Min Li
Abstract: An image log of a subsurface region may be divided into multiple image log segments. The multiple image log segments may be processed through a computer vision neural network to identify both (1) the types of subsurface features within the subsurface region, and (2) the locations of the subsurface features within the subsurface region.
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公开(公告)号:US11639472B2
公开(公告)日:2023-05-02
申请号:US17237592
申请日:2021-04-22
Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Inventor: Hye-Kyung Timken
Abstract: Provided in one embodiment is a continuous process for converting waste plastic comprising polyethylene and/or polypropylene into recycle for polyethylene polymerization. The process comprises selecting waste plastics containing polyethylene, polypropylene, or a mixture thereof, and passing the waste plastics through a pyrolysis reactor to thermally crack at least a portion of the polyolefin waste and produce a pyrolyzed effluent. The pyrolyzed effluent is separated into offgas, a pyrolysis oil comprising a naphtha, diesel and heavy fractions, and char. The pyrolysis oil, or at least a fraction, is passed to a filtration/metal oxide treatment, with the treated product passed to a refinery FCC unit. A liquid petroleum gas C3 olefin/paraffin mixture fraction is recovered from the FCC unit, as well as a C4 olefin/paraffin mixture fraction. The liquid petroleum gas C3 olefin/paraffin mixture fraction is passed to a steam cracker for ethylene production.
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公开(公告)号:US11621059B2
公开(公告)日:2023-04-04
申请号:US17325310
申请日:2021-05-20
Applicant: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
Inventor: Toni Zhang Miao , Huping Luo , Hye-Kyung Cho Timken , Eddy Lee , Bong-Kyu Chang
IPC: G16C20/70 , G16C10/00 , G16C20/30 , C07C2/76 , G01N21/3577 , G01N33/28 , C07C2/66 , C07C2/64 , G01N21/35 , C07C2/68 , C07C2/70
Abstract: A method is provided for predicting conjunct polymer concentration in spent ionic liquid during a continuous hydrocarbon conversion process.
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公开(公告)号:US20230097426A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-30
申请号:US17936737
申请日:2022-09-29
Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Inventor: Jianlei Sun , Brandon Francis Hruby , Cory Layne Miller , Arvind Reddy Battula
Abstract: A computing system includes a machine learning algorithm executing a machine learning model to predict a probability of a fracture driven interaction associated with a hydrocarbon well. The machine learning algorithm trains the machine learning model using well treatment pumping data, offset well production data, and well stage data. Feature extraction is performed on the pumping data, production data, and well stage data to produce a machine learning model that is used to predict the probability of a fracture driven interaction. The resulting machine learning model can be deployed for use in ongoing hydraulic fracturing operations to predict and reduce real-time fracture driven interactions.
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公开(公告)号:US20230089102A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-23
申请号:US17904268
申请日:2021-02-11
Applicant: Trelleborg Offshore UK Ltd , Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Inventor: Antonio Critsinelis , Yiannis Constantinides , Will Twelvetrees , Sid Mebarkia , Austin Harbison
IPC: G01L1/10 , E21B17/01 , E21B47/001 , E21B47/007 , E21B47/01 , G01L3/14 , G01M5/00
Abstract: A device (10) for monitoring strain of an elongate member (12) is deployed underwater. The device (10) comprises a first clamp (14) configured to embrace and couple to the elongate member (12) at a first axial location, a second clamp (16) configured to embrace and couple to the elongate member at a second axial location separated from the first axial location, and a sensor which is responsive to an angle between the first clamp and the second clamp.
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公开(公告)号:US20230083056A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-16
申请号:US17943978
申请日:2022-09-13
Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
IPC: E21B49/08
Abstract: A method for collecting a heated fluid from a fractured subterranean formation can include removing a fluid having a liquid phase from the fractured subterranean formation through a wellbore that is in fluidic communication with the fractured subterranean formation. The method can also include collecting from the wellbore the heated fluid having a vapor phase that is expelled from a low permeability rock matrix of the fractured subterranean formation. The method can also optionally include injecting an injection fluid having the liquid phase into the low permeability rock matrix of the fractured subterranean formation through the wellbore when a parameter falls outside a range of acceptable values.
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公开(公告)号:US20230069445A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-02
申请号:US17463260
申请日:2021-08-31
Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Inventor: Sheng Luo , Dengen Zhou , Shihao Wang , Xundan Shi
IPC: E21B49/08 , E21B47/26 , G06F30/28 , G06F30/3308
Abstract: An equation state with a mixing rule that captures a multi-component layering within nanopores may be used to model (1) fluid mixture in the nanopores of the reservoir and (2) movement of fluid between the nanopores and large pores of the reservoir. Such modeling of fluid behavior in large pores and nanopores of the reservoir may enable more accurate simulation of the reservoir (e.g., for hydrocarbon recovery).
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公开(公告)号:US11571653B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-07
申请号:US17388124
申请日:2021-07-29
Applicant: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
Inventor: Joshua A. Thompson , Dan Xie
IPC: B01D53/047 , C07C7/13
Abstract: The present invention and embodiments thereof provide a process to separate ethylene products from impurities such as nitrogen, hydrogen, ethane, propane and isobutane without the need for distillation processes.
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