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公开(公告)号:US20240384648A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-21
申请号:US18317335
申请日:2023-05-15
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Gawain Thomas , Hsieh Chen , Martin E. Poitzsch
IPC: E21B47/11
Abstract: Hydrocarbon flow into multi-lateral wells is analyzed by controlled release of tracers from the surface. Hydrocarbons flow into a lateral formed from a wellbore into a subterranean zone. A wellbore production tubing is installed within the wellbore and extends toward the lateral. The wellbore production tubing defines an annulus between an outer surface of the tubing and an inner wall of the wellbore. Hydrocarbons flowing from the lateral into the annulus flow within an internal volume defined by a body attached to the outer surface of the tubing. The hydrocarbons mix with tracers residing within the internal volume. A mixture of the hydrocarbons with the tracers flow out of the internal volume and towards the surface. At the surface, a concentration of the tracers in the mixture flowed to the surface is analyzed. Based on a result of the analyzing, properties of hydrocarbon flow into the lateral are determined.
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公开(公告)号:US20240255674A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-01
申请号:US18592215
申请日:2024-02-29
Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Inventor: Hsieh Chen , Martin E. Poitzsch
IPC: G01V20/00 , E21B43/08 , E21B47/002 , E21B47/113 , G01V3/26 , G01V3/38 , G06F30/20 , G06F111/10 , G06F113/08
CPC classification number: G01V20/00 , E21B43/08 , E21B47/0025 , E21B47/113 , G01V3/26 , G01V3/38 , G06F30/20 , E21B2200/20 , G06F2111/10 , G06F2113/08
Abstract: A method for monitoring waterfront movement in a subsurface formation involves performing forward modeling of at least one deep electromagnetic survey of the waterfront movement, and determining locations for installing an electrically insulating spacer between well liners to form an on-demand electromagnetic source electrode. Based on the forward modeling, repeat survey time intervals are predicted. The method involves, during well completion, installing the electrically insulating spacer between the well liners in a reservoir to form at least one on-demand electromagnetic source electrode, and installing the electrically insulating spacer between the plurality of well liners in a reservoir to form an on-demand electromagnetic receiver electrode. A waterfront survey is performed by conveying a production logging tool into a well that temporarily converts the well liners into an on-demand electromagnetic source electrode and an on-demand receiver electrode, and inverse modeling of the waterfront survey is performed to produce a water saturation image.
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公开(公告)号:US11534759B2
公开(公告)日:2022-12-27
申请号:US17155619
申请日:2021-01-22
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Wei Wang , Sehoon Chang , Martin E. Poitzsch
IPC: B01L3/00
Abstract: Spherical grains and sacrificial particles are mixed in a suspension. The sacrificial particles are larger than the spherical grains. The suspension is injected into a channel in a microfluidic chip, and the spherical grains form microporous structures in the channel. The microporous structures are sintered in the channel. A solvent is injected into the channel, and the solvent dissolves the sacrificial particles and forms macropores between at least some of the microporous structures, thereby forming a mixed-porosity microfluidic chip.
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公开(公告)号:US20220234040A1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-28
申请号:US17155619
申请日:2021-01-22
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Wei Wang , Sehoon Chang , Martin E. Poitzsch
IPC: B01L3/00
Abstract: Spherical grains and sacrificial particles are mixed in a suspension. The sacrificial particles are larger than the spherical grains. The suspension is injected into a channel in a microfluidic chip, and the spherical grains form microporous structures in the channel. The microporous structures are sintered in the channel. A solvent is injected into the channel, and the solvent dissolves the sacrificial particles and forms macropores between at least some of the microporous structures, thereby forming a mixed-porosity microfluidic chip.
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公开(公告)号:US11268016B2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-08
申请号:US17098050
申请日:2020-11-13
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Ghaithan Al-Muntasheri , Feng Liang , Hooisweng Ow , Jason Cox , Martin E. Poitzsch
Abstract: A treatment fluid system for reducing permeability of high permeability zones in a subterranean reservoir formation comprising a fluid composition comprising a nano-crosslinker, the nano-crosslinker comprising a nanomaterial, and a crosslinker, wherein the crosslinker comprises a chemical group selected from the group consisting of carbonyl, sulfhydryl, amine and imine, wherein the nano-crosslinker is produced by a method selected from the group consisting of pre-treating the nanomaterial with the crosslinker such that the crosslinker has been functionalized onto the nanomaterial, embedding the crosslinker on the nanoparticle, grafting the crosslinker onto the nanomaterial, and coating the crosslinker on the nanomaterial, a base polymer, and a base fluid, the base fluid operable to suspend the fluid composition, wherein the base fluid comprises water, wherein the treatment fluid system is operable to reduce permeability of a high permeability zone in the subterranean reservoir formation.
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公开(公告)号:US11237295B1
公开(公告)日:2022-02-01
申请号:US17069063
申请日:2020-10-13
Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Inventor: Klemens Katterbauer , Alberto Marsala , Nouf Jabri , Shitong Sherry Zhu , Martin E. Poitzsch
IPC: G01V9/00 , E21B49/00 , E21B47/04 , G01V99/00 , G05B19/401 , G06N20/00 , G06F30/20 , G06F113/08
Abstract: A method for depth determination of drilled rock cuttings is disclosed. The taggant is injected and transported downhole along the mud stream and attaches to the rock cuttings. Taggant impregnated cuttings are detected at the surface based on molecular weight, emission wavelengths or radio frequency characteristics for encoding the taggant. The identification code identifies the depth of the drill bit when the particular batch of the taggant is released into the mud. The detection data, in addition to mud properties, flow rates, drill volume and penetration rates, formation characteristics, and well specifications are transferred to and analyzed by a taggant analysis and control engine. The taggant analysis and control engine controls an IoT controller that adapts the parameters of the taggant injection pump to achieve an intelligent controlled release to optimize the depth characterization process.
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公开(公告)号:US20200325387A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-15
申请号:US16914146
申请日:2020-06-26
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Ghaithan Al-Muntasheri , Feng Liang , Hooisweng Ow , Jason Cox , Martin E. Poitzsch
Abstract: A fracturing fluid system for increasing hydrocarbon production in a subterranean reservoir formation comprising a fluid composition and a base fluid, the fluid composition comprising a nano-crosslinker, and a base polymer; and the base fluid operable to suspend the fluid composition, the base fluid comprising water; wherein the fluid composition and the base fluid are combined to produce the fracturing fluid system, wherein the fracturing fluid system is operable to stimulate the subterranean reservoir formation. In certain embodiments, the nano-crosslinker is an amine-containing nano-crosslinker and the base polymer is an acrylamide-based polymer. In certain embodiments, the fracturing fluid systems comprise proppants for enhancing hydraulic fracturing stimulation in a subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir.
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公开(公告)号:US10508230B2
公开(公告)日:2019-12-17
申请号:US16362986
申请日:2019-03-25
Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Inventor: Ghaithan Al-Muntasheri , Feng Liang , Hooisweng Ow , Jason Cox , Martin E. Poitzsch
Abstract: A fracturing fluid system for increasing hydrocarbon production in a subterranean reservoir formation comprising a fluid composition and a base fluid, the fluid composition comprising a nano-crosslinker, and a base polymer; and the base fluid operable to suspend the fluid composition, the base fluid comprising water; wherein the fluid composition and the base fluid are combined to produce the fracturing fluid system, wherein the fracturing fluid system is operable to stimulate the subterranean reservoir formation. In certain embodiments, the nano-crosslinker is an amine-containing nano-crosslinker and the base polymer is an acrylamide-based polymer. In certain embodiments, the fracturing fluid systems comprise proppants for enhancing hydraulic fracturing stimulation in a subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir.
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公开(公告)号:US20180171782A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-21
申请号:US15822546
申请日:2017-11-27
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Jason R. Cox , Martin E. Poitzsch , Shannon L. Eichmann , Wei Wang , Hooisweng Ow , Sehoon Chang , Rena Shi , David Robert Jung , Ayrat Gizzatov , Mohammad Hamidul Haque , Anthony Andrew Kmetz, II , Hsieh Chen
IPC: E21B47/10
Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods and systems for detecting a multi-modal tracer in a hydrocarbon reservoir. One method includes injecting a multi-modal tracer at a first location in a reservoir, wherein the multi-modal tracer mixes with subsurface fluid in the reservoir; collecting fluid samples at a second location in the reservoir; and analyzing the fluid samples to detect a presence of the multi-modal tracer in the fluid samples.
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公开(公告)号:US11873353B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-16
申请号:US16886850
申请日:2020-05-29
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Marta Antoniv , Hooisweng Ow , S. Sherry Zhu , Martin E. Poitzsch
IPC: C08F2/01 , C08F220/18 , B01J19/00 , B01J19/18 , C08F2/22 , C08F212/08 , B82Y40/00
CPC classification number: C08F2/01 , B01J19/0093 , B01J19/18 , C08F2/22 , C08F212/08 , C08F220/1804 , B01J2219/00029 , B01J2219/00033 , B01J2219/0086 , B01J2219/00891 , B01J2219/00959 , B82Y40/00
Abstract: A system and method for flow synthesis of polymer nanoparticles in a continuous flow reactor having a channel. The polymer nanoparticles are synthesized from monomer in the presence of an initiator.
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