公开(公告)号：US07942206B2

公开(公告)日：2011-05-17

申请号：US12191921

申请日：2008-08-14

申请人： Tianping Huang ,  James Crews ,  Aaron C. Hammer ,  Martin Coronado

发明人： Tianping Huang ,  James Crews ,  Aaron C. Hammer ,  Martin Coronado

IPC分类号： E21B34/08 ,  E21B43/08

CPC分类号： E21B34/08

摘要： An apparatus for controlling fluid flow into a tubular includes an in-flow control device having a plurality of flow paths; and a reactive media disposed in each of the flow paths. The reactive media may change permeability by interacting with a selected fluid such as water. Two or more of the flow paths may be hydraulically parallel. The reactive media may include a Relative Permeability Modifier. An associated method may include conveying the fluid via a plurality of flow paths; and controlling a resistance to flow in plurality of flow paths using a reactive media disposed in each of the flow paths. An associated system may include a wellbore tubular; an in-flow control device; a hydraulic circuit formed in the in-flow control device; and a reactive media disposed in the hydraulic circuit, the reactive media may change permeability by interacting with a selected fluid.

摘要翻译： 用于控制流入管中的流体的装置包括具有多个流动路径的流入控制装置; 以及布置在每个流动路径中的反应介质。 反应介质可以通过与选定的流体例如水相互作用来改变渗透性。 两个或多个流路可以是液压平行的。 反应介质可以包括相对渗透性改性剂。 相关联的方法可以包括经由多个流动路径输送流体; 以及使用布置在每个流动路径中的反应介质来控制在多个流动路径中的流动阻力。 相关联的系统可以包括井筒管; 流量控制装置; 形成在流入控制装置中的液压回路; 以及设置在液压回路中的反应介质，反应介质可以通过与所选择的流体相互作用来改变渗透性。

公开(公告)号：US20090095484A1

公开(公告)日：2009-04-16

申请号：US12191921

申请日：2008-08-14

申请人： Tianping Huang ,  James Crews ,  Aaron C. Hammer ,  Martin Coronado

发明人： Tianping Huang ,  James Crews ,  Aaron C. Hammer ,  Martin Coronado

IPC分类号： E21B34/06

CPC分类号： E21B34/08

摘要： An apparatus for controlling fluid flow into a tubular includes an in-flow control device having a plurality of flow paths; and a reactive media disposed in each of the flow paths. The reactive media may change permeability by interacting with a selected fluid such as water. Two or more of the flow paths may be hydraulically parallel. The reactive media may include a Relative Permeability Modifier. An associated method may include conveying the fluid via a plurality of flow paths; and controlling a resistance to flow in plurality of flow paths using a reactive media disposed in each of the flow paths. An associated system may include a wellbore tubular; an in-flow control device; a hydraulic circuit formed in the in-flow control device; and a reactive media disposed in the hydraulic circuit, the reactive media may change permeability by interacting with a selected fluid.

摘要翻译： 用于控制流入管中的流体的装置包括具有多个流动路径的流入控制装置; 以及布置在每个流动路径中的反应介质。 反应介质可以通过与选定的流体例如水相互作用来改变渗透性。 两个或多个流路可以是液压平行的。 反应介质可以包括相对渗透性改性剂。 相关联的方法可以包括经由多个流动路径输送流体; 以及使用布置在每个流动路径中的反应介质来控制在多个流动路径中的流动阻力。 相关联的系统可以包括井筒管; 流量控制装置; 形成在流入控制装置中的液压回路; 以及布置在液压回路中的反应介质，反应介质可以通过与所选择的流体相互作用来改变渗透性。

公开(公告)号：US20080103066A1

公开(公告)日：2008-05-01

申请号：US11970389

申请日：2008-01-07

申请人： Tianping Huang ,  James Crews

发明人： Tianping Huang ,  James Crews

IPC分类号： C09K8/035

CPC分类号： C09K8/68 ,  C09K2208/26 ,  C09K2208/30

摘要： Fluids viscosified with viscoelastic surfactants (VESs) may have their fluid loss properties improved with at least one mineral oil which has a viscosity greater than 20 cps at ambient temperature. The mineral oil may initially be dispersed oil droplets in an internal, discontinuous phase of the fluid. In one non-limiting embodiment, the mineral oil is added to the fluid after it has been substantially gelled in an amount between about 0.2 to about 10% by volume.

摘要翻译： 用粘弹性表面活性剂（VES）粘稠的流体可以在至少一种在环境温度下粘度大于20cps的矿物油改善其流体损失性能。 矿物油可以最初分散在液体的内部不连续相中。 在一个非限制性实施方案中，矿物油在其基本上以约0.2至约10体积％的量凝胶化之后加入到流体中。

公开(公告)号：US20070151726A1

公开(公告)日：2007-07-05

申请号：US11689203

申请日：2007-03-21

申请人： James Crews ,  Tianping Huang

发明人： James Crews ,  Tianping Huang

IPC分类号： E21B43/22 ,  E21B43/27

CPC分类号： C09K8/72 ,  C09K8/602 ,  C09K8/68 ,  C09K8/74 ,  C09K2208/26 ,  C09K2208/30

摘要： Viscoelastic surfactant (VES) gelled aqueous fluids containing a VES, an internal breaker, and optionally a viscosity enhancer are useful as diverting fluid for directing placement of an acid into a subterranean formation, where the acid is injected subsequent to introducing the VES gelled fluid. These VES-based diverting fluids have faster and more complete clean-up than polymer-based diverting fluids. The viscosity enhancers may include pyroelectric particles and/or piezoelectric particles. The VES gelled fluid may optionally contain a fluid loss agent which increases the viscosity of the fluid and/or facilitates development of an external viscous VES fluid layer (e.g. a pseudo-filter cake) on the formation face. The VES gelled fluid may also optionally contain an agent that stabilizes the viscosity of the fluid, for instance at high temperatures, such as MgO, Mg(OH)2, CaO, Ca(OH)2, NaOH, and the like.

摘要翻译： 粘弹性表面活性剂（VES）含有VES，内部破碎剂和任选的粘度增强剂的凝胶水性流体可用作转向流体，用于将酸引入地下地层中，其中在引入VES凝胶流体之后注入酸。 这些基于VES的转向流体比基于聚合物的转移流体更快，更完整地清理。 粘度增强剂可以包括热电颗粒和/或压电颗粒。 VES凝胶化流体可以任选地含有流体损失剂，其增加流体的粘度和/或促进形成面上的外部粘性VES流体层（例如伪滤饼）的显影。 VES凝胶状流体还可任选地含有稳定流体粘度的试剂，例如在高温下，例如MgO，Mg（OH）2，CaO，Ca（OH） 2N，NaOH等。

公开(公告)号：US20080060812A1

公开(公告)日：2008-03-13

申请号：US11755581

申请日：2007-05-30

申请人： Tianping Huang ,  James Crews ,  James Treadway

发明人： Tianping Huang ,  James Crews ,  James Treadway

IPC分类号： E21B43/26 ,  C09K8/76

CPC分类号： C09K8/665 ,  C09K8/68 ,  C09K2208/30

摘要： Alkaline earth metal compounds may be fluid loss control agents for viscoelastic surfactant (VES) fluids used for well completion or stimulation in hydrocarbon recovery operations. The VES fluid may further include proppant or gravel, if it is intended for use as a fracturing fluid or a gravel packing fluid, although such uses do not require that the fluid contain proppant or gravel. The fluid loss control agents may include, but not be limited to, oxides and hydroxides of alkaline earth metal, and in one case magnesium oxide where the particle size of the magnesium oxide is between 1 nanometer to 0.4 millimeter. The fluid loss agent appears to associate with the VES micelles and together form a novel pseudo-filter cake crosslinked-like viscous fluid layer that limits further VES fluid flow into the porous media. The fluid loss control agent solid particles may be added along with VES fluids.

摘要翻译： 碱土金属化合物可以是用于油气回收操作中完井或刺激的粘弹性表面活性剂（VES）流体的流体损失控制剂。 VES流体可以进一步包括支撑剂或砾石，如果它旨在用作压裂流体或砾石填充流体，尽管这样的用途不需要流体包含支撑剂或砾石。 流体损失控制剂可以包括但不限于碱土金属的氧化物和氢氧化物，在一种情况下，可以包括氧化镁的粒度在1纳米到0.4毫米之间的氧化镁。 流体损失剂似乎与VES胶束缔合，并一起形成了一种新型的伪滤饼交联状粘性流体层，其限制了进一步的VES流体流入多孔介质。 流体损失控制剂固体颗粒可以与VES流体一起加入。

公开(公告)号：US20070299142A1

公开(公告)日：2007-12-27

申请号：US11849799

申请日：2007-09-04

申请人： James Crews ,  Tianping Huang

发明人： James Crews ,  Tianping Huang

IPC分类号： B01D17/05

CPC分类号： C09K8/584 ,  C09K8/602 ,  C09K8/68 ,  C09K2208/26 ,  C09K2208/30

摘要： Fluids viscosified with viscoelastic surfactants (VESs) may have their viscosities reduced (gels broken) by the direct or indirect action of an internal breaker composition that contains at least one mineral oil, at least one polyalphaolefin oil, at least one saturated fatty acid and/or at least one unsaturated fatty acid. The internal breaker may initially be dispersed oil droplets in an internal, discontinuous phase of the fluid. In one non-limiting embodiment, the internal breaker, e.g. mineral oil, is added to the fluid after it has been substantially gelled. An oil-soluble surfactant is present to enhance or accelerate the reduction of viscosity of the gelled aqueous fluid.

摘要翻译： 用粘弹性表面活性剂（VES）粘稠的流体可以通过含有至少一种矿物油，至少一种聚α-烯烃油，至少一种饱和脂肪酸和/或其混合物的内部破碎剂组合物的直接或间接作用使其粘度降低（凝胶破裂） 或至少一种不饱和脂肪酸。 内部破碎机最初可以将油滴分散在流体的内部不连续相中。 在一个非限制性实施例中，内部断路器，例如， 矿物油在其已基本凝胶化之后加入到流体中。 存在油溶性表面活性剂以增强或加速胶凝水性流体的粘度降低。

公开(公告)号：US10280361B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-07

申请号：US15186804

申请日：2016-06-20

申请人： Shiv Shankar Sangaru ,  Prahlad Yadav ,  Tianping Huang ,  Gaurav Agrawal ,  Pranjal Sarmah

发明人： Shiv Shankar Sangaru ,  Prahlad Yadav ,  Tianping Huang ,  Gaurav Agrawal ,  Pranjal Sarmah

IPC分类号： C09K8/68 ,  C09K8/60 ,  E21B43/04 ,  E21B43/26 ,  E21B43/267

摘要： A method of breaking the viscosity of a treatment fluid comprises: adding hydrophobic nanoparticles to a treatment fluid comprising a base fluid and a viscoelastic surfactant gelling agent, the hydrophobic nanoparticles comprising metallic nanoparticles that are surface modified with C6-30 aliphatic groups, wherein the hydrophobic nanoparticles are added in an amount effective to decrease the viscosity of the treatment fluid as compared to a treatment fluid absent the hydrophobic nanoparticles.

公开(公告)号：US20170362495A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-21

申请号：US15186804

申请日：2016-06-20

申请人： Shiv Shankar Sangaru ,  Prahlad Yadav ,  Tianping Huang ,  Gaurav Agrawal ,  Pranjal Sarmah

发明人： Shiv Shankar Sangaru ,  Prahlad Yadav ,  Tianping Huang ,  Gaurav Agrawal ,  Pranjal Sarmah

IPC分类号： C09K8/60 ,  E21B43/04 ,  C09K8/68 ,  E21B43/267 ,  E21B43/26

CPC分类号： C09K8/602 ,  C09K8/575 ,  C09K8/68 ,  C09K2208/10 ,  C09K2208/26 ,  C09K2208/30 ,  E21B43/04 ,  E21B43/26 ,  E21B43/267

摘要： A method of breaking the viscosity of a treatment fluid comprises: adding hydrophobic nanoparticles to a treatment fluid comprising a base fluid and a viscoelastic surfactant gelling agent, the hydrophobic nanoparticles comprising metallic nanoparticles that are surface modified with C6-30 aliphatic groups, wherein the hydrophobic nanoparticles are added in an amount effective to decrease the viscosity of the treatment fluid as compared to a treatment fluid absent the hydrophobic nanoparticles.

公开(公告)号：US09556376B2

公开(公告)日：2017-01-31

申请号：US12042439

申请日：2008-03-05

申请人： Tianping Huang ,  James B. Crews

发明人： Tianping Huang ,  James B. Crews

IPC分类号： C09K8/05 ,  C09K8/68

CPC分类号： C09K8/05 ,  C09K8/665 ,  C09K8/68 ,  C09K8/80 ,  C09K2208/10 ,  C09K2208/30

摘要： An aqueous, viscoelastic fluid gelled with a viscoelastic surfactant (VES) may suspend solids such as proppants, gravel, drilling debris, waste solids and the like with an effective amount of a nano-sized additive including, but not necessarily limited to alkaline earth metal oxides, alkaline earth metal hydroxides, alkali metal oxides, alkali metal hydroxides, transition metal oxides, transition metal hydroxides, post-transition metal oxides, and post-transition metal hydroxides. The additives may also reduce the amount of VES required to maintain a given viscosity. These viscoelastic surfactant gelled aqueous fluids may be used as treatment fluids for subterranean hydrocarbon formations, such as in hydraulic fracturing, gravel packing and the like. The magnesium oxide, zinc oxide or other nanometer scale-sized additives are at a scale that may provide unique particle charges that use chemisorption, crosslinking and/or other chemistries to associate the micelles and suspend the solids.

摘要翻译： 用粘弹性表面活性剂（VES）凝胶化的水性粘弹性流体可以用有效量的纳米尺寸添加剂来悬浮诸如支撑剂，砾石，钻屑，废物固体等固体，包括但不限于碱土金属 氧化物，碱土金属氢氧化物，碱金属氧化物，碱金属氢氧化物，过渡金属氧化物，过渡金属氢氧化物，过渡金属氧化物和过渡后金属氢氧化物。 添加剂还可以减少维持给定粘度所需的VES的量。 这些粘弹性表面活性剂胶凝的含水流体可以用作地下烃地层的处理流体，例如在水力压裂，砾石填充等中。 氧化镁，氧化锌或其他纳米级尺寸的添加剂的尺寸可以提供使用化学吸附，交联和/或其它化学物质来缔合胶束并悬浮固体的独特的颗粒电荷。

公开(公告)号：US09334708B2

公开(公告)日：2016-05-10

申请号：US13453563

申请日：2012-04-23

申请人： Tianping Huang

发明人： Tianping Huang

IPC分类号： E21B34/08 ,  E21B43/12 ,  E21B41/00

CPC分类号： E21B34/08 ,  E21B41/0085 ,  E21B43/12 ,  Y02C10/14 ,  Y10T137/0324 ,  Y10T137/8593

摘要： A flow control device includes, a body defining at least a portion of a flow passageway, at least one movable member in operable communication with the body, movable between at least a first position that provides a first restriction to flow through the flow passageway and a second position that provides a second restriction to flow through the flow passageway, and a circuit in operable communication with the at least one movable member that is configured to sense conductivity of fluid flowing through the flow passageway and to promote movement of the at least one movable member to move from the first position to the second position in response to a change in conductivity of fluid flowing through the flow passageway.

摘要翻译： 流量控制装置包括限定流动通道的至少一部分的主体，与主体可操作地连通的至少一个可动构件，可在提供第一限制件流过流动通道的至少第一位置和 提供流过所述流动通道的第二限制的第二位置，以及与所述至少一个可移动构件可操作地连通的电路，所述电路构造成感测流过所述流动通道的流体的导电性并且促进所述至少一个可移动的 构件响应于流过流动通道的流体的导电性的变化而从第一位置移动到第二位置。