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公开(公告)号:US11906417B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-20
申请号:US17569141
申请日:2022-01-05
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Ying Wang , Ming Han , Dongqing Cao , Jinxun Wang
CPC classification number: G01N15/0826 , G01N15/08 , G01N15/082 , G01N15/0806 , G01N15/088
Abstract: The systems and method described in this specification relate to at least partially restoring porosity and brine permeability of carbonate core samples. The systems and methods include extracting a carbonate core sample from a subterranean formation. The extracted carbonate core sample is inserted into a core flooding test machine. A first porosity and a first brine permeability of the extracted carbonate core sample is measured. A fluid is pumped through the extracted carbonate core sample to flood the carbonate core sample. The fluid includes at least one of a high-molecular weight polymer solution and a gel particle solution. The systems and methods include at least partially restoring the porosity and the brine permeability of the carbonate core sample by pumping an oxidizing solution through the flooded carbonate core sample and heating the carbonate core sample to a temperature of at least 60° C. after pumping the oxidizing solution through the carbonate core sample.
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公开(公告)号:US11867039B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-09
申请号:US17571257
申请日:2022-01-07
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Subhash Chandrabose Ayirala , Dongqing Cao , Ming Han , Saleh Hamad Al-Salah , Ali Yousef
CPC classification number: E21B43/20 , C09K8/588 , E21B43/162
Abstract: A method for enhanced oil recovery in a reservoir is provided. The method includes injecting a microsphere suspension, including polymeric microspheres dispersed in seawater, into an injection well in the reservoir and injecting a low salinity tailored water (SmartWater) into the injection well in the reservoir. Oil is produced from a production well in the reservoir.
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公开(公告)号:US20250075606A1
公开(公告)日:2025-03-06
申请号:US18461578
申请日:2023-09-06
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Dongqing Cao , Tianping Huang , Ayman Mohammed Almohsin , Bader G. AlHarbi , Xingang Bu , Shaohua Chen
Abstract: Methods for treating a water zone of a subterranean formation by injecting a slurry including a water-swellable particle, a fiber, and a viscous oil to reduce water production from the formation.
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公开(公告)号:US20230102729A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-30
申请号:US17490686
申请日:2021-09-30
Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Inventor: Xuan Zhang , Ming Han , Jinxun Wang , Dongqing Cao
IPC: C09K8/584
Abstract: A surfactant composition is provided. The composition includes chemical structure represented by Formula (1): where R1 represents a hydrocarbon group, a substituted hydrocarbon group, an alkyl ester group, or an alkyl amine having from 4 to 28 carbon atoms, and R2 and R3 represent hydrocarbon groups having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms. Also provided is a composition including a brine comprising a total salinity of at least 20,000 mg/L and the chemical structure shown in Formula (1). Methods of making a composition including the chemical structure represented by Formula (1) are also provided.
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公开(公告)号:US11254855B2
公开(公告)日:2022-02-22
申请号:US16683761
申请日:2019-11-14
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Limin Xu , Ming Han , Alhasan Fuseni , Dongqing Cao
Abstract: Surfactant mixtures include a cationic surfactant, an anionic surfactant, and a nonionic surfactant in a brine solution. The cationic surfactant may include at least one quaternary ammonium, at least one brominated trimethylammonium, or combinations thereof. The anionic surfactant may include at least one organosulfate. The nonionic surfactant may include the nonionic surfactant comprised of a polyoxyethylene fatty acid ester, a phenylated ethoxylate, or combinations thereof. The surfactant mixtures may be incorporated into methods for reducing the interfacial tension between the surfactant mixture and oily fluids during chemical enhanced oil recovery. The methods for reducing the interfacial tension may include introducing the surfactant mixture comprising a cationic surfactant, an anionic surfactant, and a nonionic surfactant in a brine solution to a hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir, thereby reducing the interfacial tension at a liquid-liquid interface of the surfactant mixture and the fluid.
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公开(公告)号:US10927290B2
公开(公告)日:2021-02-23
申请号:US15267915
申请日:2016-09-16
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Ming Han , Jinxun Wang , Dongqing Cao , Abdullah Al-Boqmi , Amar J. Alshehri
Abstract: An imbibition gel composition that induces spontaneous imbibition of a water phase into a reservoir matrix is provided. The imbibition gel composition including a surfactant, the surfactant operable to alter the wettability of a surface of a reservoir matrix from oil-wet toward water-wet and the surfactant further operable to diffuse through the water phase. The imbibition gel composition further including a gel system, the gel system operable to retain the surfactant and the gel system further operable to release the surfactant in the presence of the water phase, where altering the wettability of the surface of the reservoir matrix toward water-wet induces the spontaneous imbibition of the water phase into the reservoir matrix.
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公开(公告)号:US20250052146A1
公开(公告)日:2025-02-13
申请号:US18000877
申请日:2022-05-05
Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Inventor: Ayman M. Almohsin , Dongqing Cao , Ming Han , Bader G. Alharbi
IPC: E21B47/117
Abstract: A system and method of testing pre-formed particle gels in an artificial fracture system may include introducing a suspension including a pre-formed particle gel into a testing device that includes an artificial fracture setup with a plurality of fracture model units. The system may be configured to inject pre-formed particle gels into an accumulator with magnetic stirrers first and then into a series of fracture model units configured to receive a fluid through a flow channel and, change the flow channel in a transverse direction relative to the direction of the fluid flow.
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公开(公告)号:US11795374B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-24
申请号:US17490686
申请日:2021-09-30
Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Inventor: Xuan Zhang , Ming Han , Jinxun Wang , Dongqing Cao
IPC: C09K8/584
CPC classification number: C09K8/584
Abstract: A surfactant composition is provided. The composition includes chemical structure represented by Formula (1):
where R1 represents a hydrocarbon group, a substituted hydrocarbon group, an alkyl ester group, or an alkyl amine having from 4 to 28 carbon atoms, and R2 and R3 represent hydrocarbon groups having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms. Also provided is a composition including a brine comprising a total salinity of at least 20,000 mg/L and the chemical structure shown in Formula (1). Methods of making a composition including the chemical structure represented by Formula (1) are also provided.-
公开(公告)号:US20230220754A1
公开(公告)日:2023-07-13
申请号:US17571257
申请日:2022-01-07
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Subhash Chandrabose Ayirala , Dongqing Cao , Ming Han , Saleh Hamad Al-Salah , Ali Yousef
CPC classification number: E21B43/20 , E21B43/162 , C09K8/588
Abstract: A method for enhanced oil recovery in a reservoir is provided. The method includes injecting a microsphere suspension, including polymeric microspheres dispersed in seawater, into an injection well in the reservoir and injecting a low salinity tailored water (SmartWater) into the injection well in the reservoir. Oil is produced from a production well in the reservoir.
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公开(公告)号:US20230212943A1
公开(公告)日:2023-07-06
申请号:US17569141
申请日:2022-01-05
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Ying Wang , Ming Han , Dongqing Cao , Jinxun Wang
CPC classification number: E21B49/001 , G01N15/082 , G01N15/088 , G01N15/0806
Abstract: The systems and method described in this specification relate to at least partially restoring carbonate core samples. The systems and methods include extracting a carbonate core sample from a subterranean formation. The extracted carbonate core sample is inserted into a core flooding test machine. A first brine permeability of the extracted carbonate core sample is measured. A fluid is pumped through the extracted carbonate core sample to flood the carbonate core sample. The fluid includes at least one of a high-molecular weight polymer solution and a gel particle solution. The systems and methods include at least partially restoring the porosity and the brine permeability of the flooded carbonate core sample by pumping an oxidizing solution through the carbonate core sample and heating the carbonate core sample to a temperature of at least 60° C. after pumping the oxidizing solution through the carbonate core sample.
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