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公开(公告)号:US20240287899A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-29
申请号:US18657136
申请日:2024-05-07
Applicant: Conocophillips Company
Inventor: David D. CRAMER
IPC: E21B49/00 , E21B33/12 , E21B43/116 , E21B43/26 , E21B47/06
CPC classification number: E21B49/008 , E21B33/12 , E21B43/116 , E21B47/06 , E21B43/26
Abstract: An economical process in which cement sheath integrity, perforation cluster spacing and frac plug integrity can be assessed for every frac stage, potentially leading to improvements in stimulation, completion, cementing and drilling practices. It is based on analyzing wellbore pressure responses occurring at key segments of the wireline pump-down and perforating operation and correlating the results among multiple frac stages and wells in a field or play. A special requirement is that the frac ball (ball check) is inserted in the frac plug and pumped to seat prior to performing perforating operations. A complementary benefit of this process is that selectively establishing injectivity in the most distant perforation cluster can be used to establish inhibited HCl acid (wireline acid) coverage across all perforation intervals for uniform reduction in near-wellbore tortuosity.
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公开(公告)号:US12072980B2
公开(公告)日:2024-08-27
申请号:US16386412
申请日:2019-04-17
Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
Inventor: Mark Jaques
IPC: G06F21/56
CPC classification number: G06F21/567 , G06F21/561 , G06F2221/034
Abstract: Method of detecting malware in a computer storage medium is described. The method involves connecting the computer storage medium to an air-gapped anti-malware device. Scanning the computer storage medium for malware.
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公开(公告)号:US12066012B2
公开(公告)日:2024-08-20
申请号:US18452722
申请日:2023-08-21
Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
Inventor: Mohammad H. Kalaei , Benjamin Lascaud , Thomas J. Wheeler , Gustavo A. Gomez , Julian Ortiz Arango , Harish T. Kumar
CPC classification number: F03G4/063 , E21B43/2406
Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to harvesting geothermal energy from mature and near end-of-life oil and gas reservoirs that have been subjected to secondary oil recovery steam processes like steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD), steamflood, etc. The geothermal potential of these mature SAGD reservoirs can be used to generate green electricity thus reducing the greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint of the oil production. Lateral spacing of injectors and producers, with closing of unused members of a well-pair for energy recovery is described.
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公开(公告)号:US12037866B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-16
申请号:US18056401
申请日:2022-11-17
Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
Inventor: Eivind C. Eike Halvorsen , Leif Kvarme , Rune Woie
IPC: E21B33/043
CPC classification number: E21B33/043
Abstract: The invention relates to the alignment of a tubing hanger (14) when installed in a subsea wellhead (11). Sensors (39a,b; 40a,b) detect when the orientation is correct and send a signal to the surface to provide positive confirmation of correct orientation, before a XMT (15) is installed on the wellhead (11) and the HP riser (31) removed, etc.
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公开(公告)号:US12025606B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-02
申请号:US17746077
申请日:2022-05-17
Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
Inventor: Jay Locklear , Molly Merritt
CPC classification number: G01N33/2823 , 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.
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公开(公告)号:US12006819B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-11
申请号:US17577848
申请日:2022-01-18
Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
Inventor: David D. Cramer
IPC: E21B43/116 , E21B33/12 , E21B47/06 , E21B49/00 , E21B43/26
CPC classification number: E21B49/008 , E21B33/12 , E21B43/116 , E21B47/06 , E21B43/26
Abstract: An economical process in which cement sheath integrity, perforation cluster spacing and frac plug integrity can be assessed for every frac stage, potentially leading to improvements in stimulation, completion, cementing and drilling practices. It is based on analyzing wellbore pressure responses occurring at key segments of the wireline pump-down and perforating operation and correlating the results among multiple frac stages and wells in a field or play. A special requirement is that the frac ball (ball check) is inserted in the frac plug and pumped to seat prior to performing perforating operations. A complementary benefit of this process is that selectively establishing injectivity in the most distant perforation cluster can be used to establish inhibited HCl acid (wireline acid) coverage across all perforation intervals for uniform reduction in near-wellbore tortuosity.
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公开(公告)号:US12006466B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-11
申请号:US17832149
申请日:2022-06-03
Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
Inventor: James Rutherford , Roy Middleton
IPC: C09K8/40
CPC classification number: 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.
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公开(公告)号:US12000226B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-04
申请号:US17457341
申请日:2021-12-02
Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
Inventor: Kenneth Maribu , John Gary Eller , Anthony Ryan
Abstract: A process is described for milling a window in the casing (2) of an oil or gas producing well, for example in order to drill a lateral well branching off from the main well. A wireline milling tool is first used, in a relatively low cost operation, to create a small window (14) or notch in the casing (2). Provided a small window (14) or notch can be created successfully, an expensive heavy duty coil tubing milling operation can then be conducted to create the full window, some 4-6 feet in length. Previous attempts to create a full window using wireline tools have encountered difficulties due to there being no circulating drilling fluid to remove metal swarf and due to the need for the tool to be supported by casing during the milling operation, when the integrity of the casing is being compromised by drilling the window. The proposed wireline tool has an actuator (4) with relatively small stroke length and a relatively small container (8) to manage the swarf produced by the milling process.
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公开(公告)号:US20240141746A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-02
申请号:US18405574
申请日:2024-01-05
Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
Inventor: Randall S. SHAFER
IPC: E21B33/134 , E21B29/00 , E21B29/02 , E21B33/12
CPC classification number: E21B33/134 , E21B29/002 , E21B29/02 , E21B33/12
Abstract: A method for creating access to annular spacing during plug and abandonment operations is described. Specifically, helical coils are cut into one or more casings before the plugging material is set. The plugging material is able to exit the helical coils, forming multiple, small rock-to-rock seals.
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公开(公告)号:US11959377B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-16
申请号:US17080216
申请日:2020-10-26
Applicant: Pipelines 2 Data (P2D) Limited , ConocoPhillips Company
Inventor: Geoff Steel , Mark Walsh , Stephen John Mayo
IPC: E21B47/005 , E21B33/134 , G01V1/46 , G01V1/50 , G10L25/18 , G10L25/51
CPC classification number: E21B47/005 , E21B33/134 , G01V1/46 , G01V1/50 , G10L25/18 , G10L25/51 , G01V2200/10 , G01V2210/48
Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for isolation detection. In one implementation, recorded data is obtained. The recorded data includes radial acoustic waves transmitted and received using a radial sensor of an acoustic logging tool deployed in a wellbore. Clockwise waves are separated from counterclockwise waves by converting the recorded data from a time domain to a frequency domain. The clockwise waves are shifted into shifted clockwise waves, and the counterclockwise waves are shifted into a shifted counterclockwise waves. A forward wave is generated by combining the shifted clockwise waves, and a reflected wave is generated by combining the shifted counterclockwise waves. One or more isolation regions are identified in the wellbore using the forward wave and the reflected wave.
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