公开(公告)号：US20240228347A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-11

申请号：US18559134

申请日：2022-02-03

Applicant: ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company

Inventor： Timothy J. NEDWED

IPC: C02F3/34 ,  C02F103/00 ,  C02F103/08 ,  E21B41/00 ,  E21B43/34

CPC classification number: C02F3/347 ,  C02F3/34 ,  E21B41/005 ,  E21B43/34 ,  C02F2103/007 ,  C02F2103/08 ,  C02F2209/22 ,  C02F2209/24 ,  C02F2209/285

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods that include producing oil and natural gas from a subterranean formation; separating the oil and the natural gas; dissolving at least a portion of the natural gas in water; exposing microorganisms that consume hydrocarbons to the water having the natural gas dissolved therein; and allowing higher-level organisms to consume the microorganisms.

公开(公告)号：US20240084191A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-14

申请号：US18451259

申请日：2023-08-17

Applicant: ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company

Inventor： Timothy J. NEDWED ,  Dragan STOJKOVIC ,  Lee J. HALL ,  P. Matthew SPIECKER

IPC: C09K8/66 ,  C09K8/68 ,  C09K8/80 ,  E21B43/267

CPC classification number: C09K8/665 ,  C09K8/66 ,  C09K8/68 ,  C09K8/80 ,  E21B43/267

Abstract: A slurry including a density-tunable aqueous heavy fracturing fluid and a method for completing a hydrocarbon well using such a slurry are provided herein. The slurry includes proppant particulates and the density-tunable aqueous heavy fracturing fluid, where the density-tunable aqueous heavy fracturing fluid includes a bromide-based compound. The density of the density-tunable aqueous heavy fracturing fluid is between 1 gram/cubic centimeter (g/cc) and 3.6 g/cc.