Concentration determining method and system

    公开(公告)号:US09845674B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-19

    申请号:US14908175

    申请日:2014-07-23

    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and corresponding system for determining the concentration of one or more scale inhibiting polymers in a fluid received from one or more porous and permeable hydrocarbon-bearing rock formations is provided. Each polymer comprises a different chemical marker and the fluid comprises a plurality of commingled said scale inhibiting polymers. The method comprises receiving first input data representing a measured absorption spectrum, within a predetermined wavelength range, of the commingled scale inhibiting polymers, wherein the measured absorption spectrum is measured using a detector after chromatographic separation of the fluid; receiving second input data representing reference absorption spectra, the reference absorption spectra comprising: a) an absorption spectrum, over the predetermined wavelength range, of each of the scale inhibiting polymers; and b) baseline reference absorption spectra of other chemicals having absorbance values within the predetermined wavelength range that are expected to be present in the fluid; inputting the first and second input data into a computer program; and operating the computer program. The computer program is operated to, at each of a plurality of discrete time steps over an elution time from the separation, determine a factor for each reference absorption spectrum that results in a modelled spectrum comprising a best-fit linear combination of the second input data to the first input data. For each scale inhibiting polymer, the computer program also operates to use the factors corresponding to the absorption spectrum of said scale inhibiting polymer that have been determined for a predetermined number of said discrete time steps to determine an indication of the concentration of the scale inhibiting polymer.

    Identifying forces in a well bore
    62.
    发明授权
    Identifying forces in a well bore 有权
    识别井眼中的力量

    公开(公告)号:US09512710B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-06

    申请号:US14352374

    申请日:2012-10-19

    CPC classification number: E21B47/0006 E21B44/00 E21B47/00

    Abstract: A member is moved within a well bore in a plurality of cycles, each cycle including holding the member in slips, releasing the slips, moving the member within the well bore and applying the slips. The hook load is measured at multiple points during each of these cycles and the plurality of measured values are used to identify data indicative of the forces on the member within the well bore.

    Abstract translation: 一个构件在多个循环中在井眼内移动,每个循环包括将构件保持在滑动中,释放滑移件,使构件在井眼内移动并施加滑移。 在这些循环中的每一个循环期间,在多个点处测量挂钩负载,并且使用多个测量值来识别指示井眼内的构件上的力的数据。

    Wellbore Positioning System and Method
    63.
    发明申请
    Wellbore Positioning System and Method 审中-公开
    井筒定位系统及方法

    公开(公告)号:US20150019134A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-01-15

    申请号:US14370913

    申请日:2013-01-17

    CPC classification number: E21B41/0092 E21B7/04 E21B47/022

    Abstract: A method and a system are provided for determining the relative positions of a wellbore and an object. The wellbore is represented by a first ellipse and the object is represented by a second ellipse. The first ellipse represents the positional uncertainty of the wellbore and the second ellipse represents the positional uncertainty of the object. The method includes receiving input data relating to a measured or estimated position of the wellbore and the object. In addition, the method includes calculating an expansion factor representing an amount by which one, or both, of the first ellipse and the second ellipse can be expanded with respect to one or both of respective first and second sets of elliptical parameters so that the first and second ellipses osculate. Further, the method includes determining, based on the calculated expansion factor, position data indicative of the relative positions of the wellbore and the object.

    Abstract translation: 提供了一种用于确定井筒和物体的相对位置的方法和系统。 井眼由第一个椭圆表示,物体由第二个椭圆表示。 第一个椭圆表示井筒的位置不确定度,第二个椭圆表示物体的位置不确定度。 该方法包括接收与井筒和物体的测量或估计位置有关的输入数据。 此外,该方法包括计算展开因子,该展开因子表示第一椭圆和第二椭圆之一或两者相对于相应的第一和第二组椭圆参数中的一个或两个而扩展的量,使得第一 和第二个椭圆形。 此外,该方法包括基于所计算的膨胀系数来确定指示井筒和物体的相对位置的位置数据。

    Inhibitors and their uses in oils
    64.
    发明申请
    Inhibitors and their uses in oils 审中-公开
    抑制剂及其在油中的用途

    公开(公告)号:US20010056164A1

    公开(公告)日:2001-12-27

    申请号:US09853600

    申请日:2001-05-14

    Abstract: Inhibitors of wax deposition for crude oils are polymers of a monomer with structural units derived from at least one ester (i) of an aliphatic carboxylic acid with an aliphatic alcohol, wherein one of the acid and alcohol is ethylenically unsaturated and the other of the acid and alcohol has a long chain group of 14-40 carbons, and a monomer with structural units derived from a corresponding ester (3) with structural units derived from an aliphatic carboxylic acid and an aliphatic alcohol, wherein one of the acid and alcohol is ethylenically unsaturated and the other has an aliphatic group of 1-13 carbons, such that at least 30% preferably 50-90% of the said aliphatic groups have 15-35 carbons. They are preferably made by transesterification. Blends of such polymers and/or the corresponding homopolymers or copolymers of ester 1 and/or polyalkylene imines with long side chains, and optionally with monomeric polar additives may be used as inhibitors.

    Abstract translation: 用于原油的蜡沉积抑制剂是具有衍生自脂族羧酸与脂肪醇的至少一种酯(i)的结构单元的单体的聚合物,其中酸和醇之一是烯键式不饱和的,另一种酸 并且醇具有14-40个碳的长链基团和具有衍生自具有衍生自脂族羧酸和脂族醇的结构单元的相应酯(3)的结构单元的单体,其中酸和醇之一是烯属的 另一个具有1-13个碳原子的脂族基团,使得至少30%,优选50-90%的所述脂肪族基团具有15-35个碳原子。 它们优选通过酯交换反应制备。 可以使用这种聚合物和/或相应的酯1和/或聚亚烷基亚胺与长侧链的均聚物或共聚物以及任选的单体极性添加剂的共混物作为抑制剂。

    Self-degrading organogels
    65.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12203029B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-21

    申请号:US18173550

    申请日:2023-02-23

    Abstract: The problem of lost circulation is pertinent to the oil industry. To prevent fluid loss, a lost circulation material (LCM), or more generally, a plugging material, can be used to effectively plug the fractures in the rock formation. If the fractures are in the production zone, it is also ideal to unplug them when the drilling operation is complete. Therefore, a material engineered to degrade after a desired period would be useful. In examples, a plugging material has been developed by gelling an oil-based fluid using a low molecular weight gelator, dibenzylidene sorbitol (DBS). DBS gels are robust and show plugging behavior. DBS is shown to chemically degrade in presence of an acid. Hence, a self-degrading gel can be synthesized by incorporating an acid into the system. Further, by varying the type and concentration of the acid, the degradation time of the gel can be controlled.

    Clock drift
    69.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11966252B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-23

    申请号:US17769011

    申请日:2020-10-15

    CPC classification number: G06F1/14 G06F1/12 G06F1/10

    Abstract: In some examples, the disclosure provides a method for determining a drift in clock data that is provided by a clock of a seismic sensor. The sensor is exposed to an ambient temperature that varies over time. The method includes obtaining temperature data associated with the ambient temperature as a function of time. The method also includes obtaining the clock data. The method also includes obtaining timestamp data provided by a global navigation satellite system. The method also includes determining drift data which minimizes a difference of a temporal drift in the clock data, based on the timestamp data and the temperature data. The method also includes outputting corrective data based on the determined drift data.

    SEISMIC SENSOR GAIN
    70.
    发明公开
    SEISMIC SENSOR GAIN 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240103191A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-28

    申请号:US17769076

    申请日:2020-10-16

    Inventor: Amine OURABAH

    CPC classification number: G01V1/20 G01V1/168 G01V1/245 G01V1/307

    Abstract: In some examples, the disclosure provides a method for deploying a plurality N of seismic sensors, wherein each seismic sensor is adapted to measure seismic energy with at least one gain, within a survey area, the method comprising: obtaining a plurality M of gains from which the at least one gain may be selected; configuring the plurality N of seismic sensors such that, for each given gain of the obtained plurality M of gains, at least N/M seismic sensors are adapted to measure the seismic energy with at least one corresponding gain; and deploying the plurality N of configured seismic sensors on the survey area.

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