METHODS OF STIMULATING A HYDROCARBON WELL
    551.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240060409A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-22

    申请号:US18501155

    申请日:2023-11-03

    CPC classification number: E21B43/261 E21B43/267

    Abstract: Methods of stimulating a hydrocarbon well are disclosed herein. The hydrocarbon well includes a wellbore that extends within a subterranean formation and a tubular that extends within the wellbore and defines a tubular conduit. The methods include retaining a sealing structure within the tubular conduit and, during the retaining, stimulating a zone of the subterranean formation. Subsequent to the stimulating, the methods include fluidly isolating the zone of the subterranean formation from the uphole region by at least partially sealing the plurality of perforations. Subsequent to the fluidly isolating, the methods include moving the sealing structure in a downhole direction within the tubular conduit. The methods also include repeating the retaining, the stimulating, the fluidly isolating, and the moving a plurality of times to stimulate a plurality of corresponding zones of the subterranean formation.

    ODOR MANAGEMENT FOR DISULFIDE SOLVENTS AND SURFACES CONTACTED THEREWITH

    公开(公告)号:US20240034923A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-01

    申请号:US18256319

    申请日:2021-10-08

    CPC classification number: C09K8/532 C09K8/524

    Abstract: Disulfide solvents may be particularly effective for dissolving deposits comprising elemental sulfur, but the extreme odor of these solvent may make their use rather problematic. Solvent blends comprising at least one disulfide solvent, amine solvent, ketone solvent, and ester solvent may afford a less obnoxious odor and not appreciably compromise the sulfur dissolution capabilities. Surfaces contacted with such solvent blends or at least partially spent variants thereof may exhibit excessive odor due to loss of one or more of the amine, ketone, or ester solvents. Excessive odor resulting from a solvent residue upon a surface may be alleviated by contacting the surface with at least one oxidant. Odor balance may also be restored to at least partially spent solvent blends by introducing additional ester solvent, which may convert a biphasic mixture into an emulsion comprising the disulfide solvent.

    Graphitization Using Graphene Additives
    555.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240034628A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-01

    申请号:US18214346

    申请日:2023-06-26

    Inventor: Shiun Ling

    CPC classification number: C01B32/15

    Abstract: Oxygen-containing graphenic nanomaterial (OGN)-doped novolac polymers suitable for producing graphitized carbon may be synthesized based on a correlation between (a) the amount of OGN and/or the oxygen content of the OGN and (b) at least one property of a resultant graphitized carbon. For example, a method may comprise: synthesizing an OGN-doped novolac polymer, wherein an amount of OGN and/or an oxygen content of the OGN used in the synthesizing is based on a correlation between (a) the amount of OGN and/or the oxygen content of the OGN and (b) at least one property of a resultant graphitized carbon; and carbonizing and graphitizing the OGN-doped novolac polymer to yield a graphitized carbon.

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