Apparatus and Method for Extracting Petroleum from Underground Sites Using Reformed Gases
    4.
    发明申请
    Apparatus and Method for Extracting Petroleum from Underground Sites Using Reformed Gases 审中-公开
    使用改造气体从地下采集石油的设备和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140065026A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-03-06

    申请号:US14072729

    申请日:2013-11-05

    IPC分类号: B01J19/14

    摘要: Methods and apparatus for removing oil or natural gas from the ground. In one example, the method may include reforming a fuel source by reaction with water to generate driver gas, and injecting the driver gas into the oil well. The reforming operation may include causing the combustion of a combustible material with ambient oxygen for the release of energy; and heating a reforming reaction fuel and water sources, with the energy released from the combustion of the combustible material, to a temperature above that required for the reforming reaction wherein the fuel and water sources are reformed into driver gas. In one example, the amount of the combustible material combusted is sufficient to result in the release of enough energy to heat an amount of the reforming reaction fuel and water sources to the temperature above that required for the reforming reaction to proceed. The driver gas may be used to help extract oil from the ground and especially oil from depleted oil wells. It may also be used to drive natural gas trapped underground or in coal beds to the surface.

    摘要翻译: 从地面清除石油或天然气的方法和设备。 在一个实例中,该方法可以包括通过与水的反应来重整燃料源以产生驱动气体,并将驱动器气体注入油井。 重整操作可以包括使可燃材料与周围氧气一起燃烧以释放能量; 并且将从所述可燃材料的燃烧释放的能量的重整反应燃料和水源加热到高于重整反应所需的温度,其中燃料和水源被重整成驱动气体。 在一个实例中,燃烧的可燃材料的量足以导致释放足够的能量以将一定量的重整反应燃料和水源加热到高于重整反应进行所需的温度。 驾驶员气体可用于帮助从地面提取油,特别是从枯竭的油井中提取油。 也可用于驱动地下或煤层中被捕获的天然气。

    Systems and methods for generating in-situ carbon dioxide driver gas for use in enhanced oil recovery

    公开(公告)号:US09605523B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-28

    申请号:US14143754

    申请日:2013-12-30

    IPC分类号: E21B43/16

    摘要: The present invention is an in-situ apparatus for generating carbon dioxide gas at an oil site for use in enhanced oil recovery (EOR). The apparatus includes a steam generator adapted to boil and superheat water to generate a source of superheated steam, as well as a source of essentially pure oxygen. The apparatus also includes a steam reformer adapted to react a carbonaceous material with the superheated steam and the pure oxygen, in an absence of air, to generate a driver gas comprising primarily carbon dioxide gas and hydrogen gas. A separator is adapted to separate at least a portion of the carbon dioxide gas from the rest of the driver gas to generate a carbon dioxide-rich driver gas and a hydrogen-rich fuel gas. A compressor is used for compressing the carbon dioxide-rich driver gas for use in enhanced oil recovery, and the compressed carbon dioxide-rich driver gas, with substantially no oxygen, is injected to a predetermined depth in order to enhance oil recovery at the oil site. Unlike traditional CO2-EOR, which requires large power plants stationed near metropolitan areas and expensive pipeline networks, the in-situ apparatus can be placed or constructed at the site of the oil field, while a portion of the carbonaceous material may be obtained from a site outside the oil field.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURE OF DIMETHYL ETHER (DME) FROM NATURAL GAS AND FLARE GAS FEEDSTOCK
    8.
    发明申请
    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURE OF DIMETHYL ETHER (DME) FROM NATURAL GAS AND FLARE GAS FEEDSTOCK 有权
    二甲醚(DME)从天然气和柴油天然气制造的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160152537A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-06-02

    申请号:US14953268

    申请日:2015-11-27

    摘要: A unique design for a mobile system that reforms flare gas or natural gas, using air without steam, to directly produce dimethyl ether (DME), a diesel substitute, is disclosed. The system first reforms the air-methane mixture at ambient atmospheric pressures, and then compresses the resulting CO-hydrogen-nitrogen gas mixture to up to 600 psi, and feeds it through a combined reactor which reacts the gas mixture directly into dimethyl ether. The nitrogen is returned by the system back to the atmosphere. DME is an excellent diesel fuel, and can be used to displace significantly costlier and dirtier petroleum-based diesel fuel, while solving a critical problem with flaring. For example, the over 120 billion cubic feet per year that is currently flared in North Dakota could be converted into over 3 million tons of DME.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种独特的设计,用于改造火山燃气或天然气,使用无蒸汽的空气直接生产二甲醚(DME),一种柴油替代品。 系统首先在环境大气压力下改造空气 - 甲烷混合物,然后将所得CO-氢 - 氮气混合物压缩至高达600psi,并将其通过将气体混合物直接反应成二甲醚的组合反应器进料。 系统将氮气返回大气。 DME是一种优秀的柴油燃料,可用于替代昂贵且更脏的石油基柴油,同时解决燃烧中的关键问题。 例如,目前在北达科他州爆发的每年超过1200亿立方英尺可以转换为三百万吨DME。

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING IN-SITU CARBON DIOXIDE DRIVER GAS FOR USE IN ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY
    9.
    发明申请
    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING IN-SITU CARBON DIOXIDE DRIVER GAS FOR USE IN ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY 有权
    用于生产现场二氧化碳驱动气体的系统和方法用于增强油回收

    公开(公告)号:US20140284066A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-25

    申请号:US14143754

    申请日:2013-12-30

    IPC分类号: E21B43/16

    摘要: The present invention is an in-situ apparatus for generating carbon dioxide gas at an oil site for use in enhanced oil recovery (EOR). The apparatus includes a steam generator adapted to boil and superheat water to generate a source of superheated steam, as well as a source of essentially pure oxygen. The apparatus also includes a steam reformer adapted to react a carbonaceous material with the superheated steam and the pure oxygen, in an absence of air, to generate a driver gas comprising primarily carbon dioxide gas and hydrogen gas. A separator is adapted to separate at least a portion of the carbon dioxide gas from the rest of the driver gas to generate a carbon dioxide-rich driver gas and a hydrogen-rich fuel gas. A compressor is used for compressing the carbon dioxide-rich driver gas for use in enhanced oil recovery, and the compressed carbon dioxide-rich driver gas, with substantially no oxygen, is injected to a predetermined depth in order to enhance oil recovery at the oil site. Unlike traditional CO2-EOR, which requires large power plants stationed near metropolitan areas and expensive pipeline networks, the in-situ apparatus can be placed or constructed at the site of the oil field, while a portion of the carbonaceous material may be obtained from a site outside the oil field.

    摘要翻译: 本发明是一种在石油场地产生二氧化碳气体用于强化采油(EOR)的原位装置。 该设备包括适于沸腾和过热水的蒸汽发生器,以产生过热蒸汽源,以及基本纯净的氧源。 该设备还包括一种蒸汽重整器,其适于在没有空气的情况下使含碳材料与过热蒸汽和纯氧反应,以产生主要包含二氧化碳气体和氢气的驱动气体。 分离器适于将二氧化碳气体的至少一部分与驱动气体的其余部分分离以产生富含二氧化碳的驱动气体和富氢燃料气体。 压缩机用于压缩富含二氧化碳的驱动气体用于增强采油,并且基本上没有氧气的压缩的富含二氧化碳的驱动气体被注入到预定的深度以提高油的回收率 现场。 与传统的CO2-EOR不同,传统的CO2-EOR需要驻扎在大都市区附近的大型发电厂和昂贵的管道网络,原位装置可以在油田的位置放置或构造,而一部分碳质材料可以从 场外油田。