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公开(公告)号:US12083593B2
公开(公告)日:2024-09-10
申请号:US17365521
申请日:2021-07-01
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Mohammed Ali Ibrahim Sayed , Yanhui Han , Brent Cooper , Rajesh Saini
CPC classification number: B22F10/14 , B28B1/001 , B29C64/165 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y80/00
Abstract: A 3D printed proppant includes a core having support bars extending from the core to a shell, the shell encapsulating the core and the support bars. Another 3D printed proppant includes a porous core and a shell encapsulating the porous core, where the porous core has a porosity from 25% to 75%. The 3D printed proppant has a particle size from 8 mesh to 140 mesh. The core, the support bars, the porous core, the shell, or combinations thereof includes metal, polymer, ceramic, composite, or combinations thereof. Additionally, a method for producing a 3D printed proppant is provided.
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公开(公告)号:US20240060406A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-22
申请号:US17889024
申请日:2022-08-16
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Chao Liu , Yanhui Han , Dung Phan , Katherine Leigh Hull , Younane N. Abousleiman
CPC classification number: E21B43/26 , E21B47/06 , E21B49/00 , E21B43/02 , E21B2200/20
Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting a breakdown pressure of a formation and fracturing the formation account for filter cake effects. The systems and methods measure a time-dependent permeability and a time-dependent thickness of a filter cake formed by a first drilling mud. The systems and methods determine a time-dependent permeability model and a time-dependent thickness model of the filter cake. The systems and methods select a breakdown pressure model based on (i) the time-dependent thickness of the filter cake, (ii) the time-dependent permeability of the filter cake, and (iii) the permeability of the formation. The systems and methods use the selected breakdown pressure model to predict the breakdown pressure of the formation and fracture the formation using a drilling fluid having a mud weight associated with the predicted breakdown pressure of the formation.
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公开(公告)号:US11669659B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-06
申请号:US16667097
申请日:2019-10-29
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Yanhui Han , Mohammad Hamidul Haque , Ming Fan , Younane N. Abousleiman
Abstract: Systems and methods for determining mechanical properties of formation rock using, for example, millimeter-scale test samples of the formation rock are disclosed. The test samples may be single edge notched beam (SENB) test samples. The systems and methods may include performing laboratory testing on the SENB test samples and recording laboratory testing data obtained from the laboratory testing and performing a simulation on a numerical model of the SENB test samples and recording the simulation data obtained from the simulation. The laboratory testing data and the simulation data may be compared, and a determination may be made as to whether a selected degree of correlation is present between the laboratory testing data and the simulation exists. Mechanical properties of the formation rock are obtained from the simulation data when the selected degree of correlation exists between the laboratory testing data and the simulation data.
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公开(公告)号:US20210406426A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-30
申请号:US16913957
申请日:2020-06-26
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Yanhui Han , Younane N. Abousleiman , Khalid Mohammed M. Alruwaili
Abstract: Methods for predicting a structural response and failure of a liner for a well can include receiving geometric properties of the liner; receiving structural properties of the liner; receiving material properties of the liner; developing a numerical model of the liner; calibrating one or more parameters of the constitutive model representing the material of the liner, the calibrating including: determining a numerical burst pressure failure; determining a numerical collapse failure pressure; and simulating the structural response and failure of the numerical model subjected to an expected non-uniform pressure loading of the well, where the numerical model is used to predict the structural response and failure of the liner when installed in the well.
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公开(公告)号:US20210363882A1
公开(公告)日:2021-11-25
申请号:US16879953
申请日:2020-05-21
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Hui-Hai Liu , Yanhui Han , Zhuang Sun
Abstract: Methods and systems for increasing normalized production rate of an oil and gas reservoir by optimizing the pressure drawdown of the subsurface formation are disclosed. The method includes determining permeability of the subsurface formation as a function of effective stresses, determining stress sensitivity factor, upscaling the permeability values determined for the core sample, determining the optimum pressure drawdown for the subsurface formation, controlling the pressure drawdown in a field operation such that it does not exceed the optimum pressure drawdown for the subsurface formation.
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公开(公告)号:US20210124809A1
公开(公告)日:2021-04-29
申请号:US16667097
申请日:2019-10-29
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Yanhui Han , Mohammad Hamidul Haque , Ming Fan , Younane N. Abousleiman
Abstract: Systems and methods for determining mechanical properties of formation rock using, for example, millimeter-scale test samples of the formation rock are disclosed. The test samples may be single edge notched beam (SENB) test samples. The systems and methods may include performing laboratory testing on the SENB test samples and recording laboratory testing data obtained from the laboratory testing and performing a simulation on a numerical model of the SENB test samples and recording the simulation data obtained from the simulation. The laboratory testing data and the simulation data may be compared, and a determination may be made as to whether a selected degree of correlation is present between the laboratory testing data and the simulation exists. Mechanical properties of the formation rock are obtained from the simulation data when the selected degree of correlation exists between the laboratory testing data and the simulation data.
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公开(公告)号:US20190309611A1
公开(公告)日:2019-10-10
申请号:US16374993
申请日:2019-04-04
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Feng Liang , Hui-Hai Liu , Yanhui Han , Kirk M. Bartko , Rajesh Kumar Saini
IPC: E21B43/267 , E21B33/138
Abstract: A subterranean zone can be treated by introducing an acid-generating material and a proppant to the subterranean zone. Fractures are created in the subterranean zone using the acid-generating material. The proppant is positioned within the created fractures to keep the fractures open.
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公开(公告)号:US20190078420A1
公开(公告)日:2019-03-14
申请号:US15701140
申请日:2017-09-11
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Yanhui Han , Feng Liang , Mohammad Hamidul Haque
Abstract: Systems and methods for producing fluids from a subterranean well include introducing expandable beads into a target region of a production zone of the subterranean well, the expandable beads being formed of thermally expandable material in an unexpanded condition with a first diameter. A radial confining stress is increased and a hoop stress is decreased within the target region by thermally expanding the expandable beads so that the beads are in an expanded condition with a second diameter, the second diameter being greater than the first diameter.
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公开(公告)号:US20180347355A1
公开(公告)日:2018-12-06
申请号:US15992907
申请日:2018-05-30
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Mohammad H. Haque , Younane N. Abousleiman , Katherine Leigh Hull , Yanhui Han
Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for determining fracture toughness of a subsurface geologic formation. Embodiments include collecting (from drilling fluid circulated into a wellbore during a drilling operation) a drill cutting generated by a drill bit cutting into a subsurface formation, preparing (from the drill cutting) a drill cutting specimen comprising a miniature single edge notch beam (SENB) having a specified length in the range of 1 millimeter (mm) to 100 mm, conducting a three-point bend testing of the drill cutting specimen to generate load-displacement measurements for the drill cutting specimen, and determining (based on the load-displacement measurements for the drill cutting specimen) a fracture toughness of the subsurface formation.
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公开(公告)号:US20180319708A1
公开(公告)日:2018-11-08
申请号:US15968982
申请日:2018-05-02
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Mohammad Hamidul Haque , Younane N. Abousleiman , Katherine Leigh Hull , David Jacobi , Yanhui Han
CPC classification number: C04B26/26 , C04B18/125 , C04B28/00 , C04B28/006 , C04B28/02 , C04B28/24 , C04B2111/54 , C04B14/10 , C04B24/36 , C04B40/0021 , C04B40/0263 , C04B14/04 , C04B14/06 , C04B14/26
Abstract: Methods and systems for fabricating synthetic source rocks with organic materials, for example, using high energy resonant acoustic mixing technology, are provided. An example method includes preparing one or more organic components including kerogen, mixing, by utilizing resonant acoustic waves, the one or more organic components with one or more inorganic components to obtain a mixture, and processing the mixture to fabricate a synthetic source rock. Another example method includes mixing one or more organic components and one or more inorganic components with a kerogen precursor as an organic binder to obtain a mixture including artificial kerogen and processing the mixture to fabricate a synthetic source rock. One or more mechanical or chemo-mechanical properties of the synthetic source rock can be characterized as one or more functions of the one or more organic components and the one or more inorganic components.
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