Downhole fluid flow control system having a fluidic module with a bridge network and method for use of same
    61.
    发明授权
    Downhole fluid flow control system having a fluidic module with a bridge network and method for use of same 有权
    具有桥式网络的流体模块的井下流体流量控制系统及其使用方法

    公开(公告)号:US08739886B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-06-03

    申请号:US13792515

    申请日:2013-03-11

    CPC classification number: E21B34/08 E21B43/08 E21B43/12

    Abstract: A downhole fluid flow control system includes a fluidic module (150) having a bridge network. The bridge network has first and second branch fluid pathways (163, 164) each including at least one fluid flow resistors (174, 180) and a pressure output terminal (178, 184). In operation, the pressure difference between the pressure output terminals (178, 184) of the first and second branch fluid pathways (163, 164) is operable to control fluid flow through the fluidic module (150).

    Abstract translation: 井下流体流量控制系统包括具有桥接网络的流体模块(150)。 桥接网络具有第一和第二分支流体路径(163,164),每个分支流体路径包括至少一个流体流动阻力器(174,180)和压力输出端子(178,184)。 在操作中,第一和第二分支流体路径(163,164)的压力输出端子(178,184)之间的压力差可操作以控制通过流体模块(150)的流体流动。

    Exit assembly having a fluid diverter that displaces the pathway of a fluid into two or more pathways
    62.
    发明授权
    Exit assembly having a fluid diverter that displaces the pathway of a fluid into two or more pathways 有权
    出口组件具有流体转向器,其将流体的路径移位成两个或更多个通路

    公开(公告)号:US08726941B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-05-20

    申请号:US13657441

    申请日:2012-10-22

    Inventor: Jason D. Dykstra

    CPC classification number: F15D1/14 F15D1/0015

    Abstract: An exit assembly comprises: a fluid inlet; an exit chamber; a fluid outlet; and a fluid diverter, wherein the fluid diverter is connected to the fluid inlet and the exit chamber, and wherein the shape of the fluid diverter is selected such that the fluid diverter is capable of displacing the pathway of the fluid from the fluid inlet into a first fluid pathway, a second fluid pathway, or combinations thereof. The fluid diverter increasingly displaces the pathway of the fluid from the fluid inlet into the first fluid pathway as the viscosity or density of the fluid decreases, or as the flow rate of the fluid increases, and the fluid diverter increasingly displaces the pathway of the fluid from the fluid inlet into the second fluid pathway as the viscosity or density of the fluid increases, or as the flow rate of the fluid decreases.

    Abstract translation: 出口组件包括:流体入口; 出口室; 流体出口; 以及流体转向器,其中所述流体转向器连接到所述流体入口和所述出口室,并且其中所述流体转向器的形状被选择为使得所述流体转向器能够使所述流体从所述流体入口移动到 第一流体通道,第二流体通道或其组合。 随着流体的粘度或密度减小,或当流体的流速增加时,流体转向器逐渐将流体从流体入口传递到第一流体通道中,并且流体转向器逐渐地使流体的路径移位 随着流体的粘度或密度增加,或当流体的流速减小时,从流体入口流入第二流体通道。

    Downhole Fluid Flow Control System Having a Fluidic Module with a Bridge Network and Method for Use of Same
    63.
    发明申请
    Downhole Fluid Flow Control System Having a Fluidic Module with a Bridge Network and Method for Use of Same 有权
    具有桥式网络的流体模块的井下流体流量控制系统及其使用方法

    公开(公告)号:US20130186634A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-07-25

    申请号:US13792515

    申请日:2013-03-11

    CPC classification number: E21B34/08 E21B43/08 E21B43/12

    Abstract: A downhole fluid flow control system includes a fluidic module (150) having a bridge network. The bridge network has first and second branch fluid pathways (163, 164) each including at least one fluid flow resistors (174, 180) and a pressure output terminal (178, 184). In operation, the pressure difference between the pressure output terminals (178, 184) of the first and second branch fluid pathways (163, 164) is operable to control fluid flow through the fluidic module (150).

    Abstract translation: 井下流体流量控制系统包括具有桥接网络的流体模块(150)。 桥接网络具有第一和第二分支流体路径(163,164),每个分支流体路径包括至少一个流体流动阻力器(174,180)和压力输出端子(178,184)。 在操作中,第一和第二分支流体路径(163,164)的压力输出端子(178,184)之间的压力差可操作以控制通过流体模块(150)的流体流动。

    Stochastic control method for mud circulation system

    公开(公告)号:US11319761B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-03

    申请号:US16923691

    申请日:2020-07-08

    Abstract: A stochastic control method includes determining a property of a solid present in a drilling fluid circulating within a mud circulation system and identifying a mud circulation model that dictates operation of the mud circulation system. The mud circulation model is based on one or more models of one or more uncertainties encountered during a wellbore drilling operation. The method further includes determining an accuracy of the mud circulation model based on a difference between the determined property of the solid present in the drilling fluid and a solid property of the drilling fluid as provided by the mud circulation model, and programming a controller of the mud circulation system based on the mud circulation model to modify operation of the mud circulation system.

    Real-time downhole drilling mud viscosity and density estimations

    公开(公告)号:US11268334B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-08

    申请号:US15323836

    申请日:2016-07-13

    Abstract: Methods and systems for enhancing workflow performance in the oil and gas industry may estimate the properties of drilling muds (e.g., density and/or viscosity) located downhole with methods that utilize real-time data, estimated drilling mud properties, and mathematical models. Further, the methods described herein may optionally account for the uncertainties induced by sensor readings and dynamic modeling. For example, a method may include circulating a drilling mud through a mud circulation system; performing a plurality of measurements from various sensors in a mud circulation system; modeling in real-time drilling mud flow dynamics in the drilling mud using a mathematical dynamics model; predicting physical states of the drilling mud with the mathematical dynamics model, thereby producing model physical state predictions; inputting the measurements into the mathematical dynamics model; and adjusting discrepancies between the model physical state predictions and the measurements using the mathematical dynamics model.

    Downhole vibration characterization

    公开(公告)号:US11143013B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-12

    申请号:US16074001

    申请日:2016-03-14

    Abstract: Vibrational behavior of a wellbore operation can be characterized as a vibrational map relating a modeled or sensed vibration level of the operation's equipment to operational parameters of the wellbore operation. The operational parameters can be controllable by settings of the equipment. The map can include multiple contour lines, each representing a set of adjacent coordinates of operational parameters that have the same vibrational level. Tracing a contour line can include determining vibration at a pre-tracing coordinate, adjusting the operational parameters until the vibration level to be mapped is reached at a tracing origin coordinate, then varying the operational parameters while keeping the vibration level constant until the tracing origin or a bound of the operational parameters is reached. Vibration levels having multiple, non-intersecting contour lines can be found by repeating tracing from a different pre-tracing coordinate.

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