Using silica nanoparticles to reduce the deposition of solid sulfur in natural gas wells

    公开(公告)号:US12077712B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-03

    申请号:US18007574

    申请日:2021-06-01

    IPC分类号: E21B43/34 C09K8/532

    CPC分类号: C09K8/532 C09K2208/10

    摘要: A method to reduce the deposition of solid sulfur (S8(s)) in a natural gas producing well is described where hydrophobic surface modified silica nanoparticles are added into the tubing string, and the hydrophobic surface modified silica nanoparticles interact with the gaseous sulfur (S8(g)) present in the gas resulting in the reduction of the deposition of solid sulfur (S8(s)), The hydrophobic surface modified silica nanoparticles are selected from the group that includes silica, alumina and silica-aluminate. The hydrophobic surface modified silica nanoparticles may be added to the tubing string either dry or mixed first into a carrier fluid, which carrier fluid may be a liquid or a gas.

    Increasing scavenging efficiency of H

    公开(公告)号:US11814576B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-14

    申请号:US17968164

    申请日:2022-10-18

    IPC分类号: C09K8/532

    CPC分类号: C09K8/532 C09K2208/20

    摘要: Provided is a method of introducing a scavenger composition into a fluid contaminated with a sulfur contaminant, mixing the scavenger composition with the fluid in a vessel, and recovering the fluid containing a reduced amount of sulfur contaminant from the effluent. The scavenger composition comprises a hydrogen sulfide scavenger and a linear anionic polymer. The linear anionic polymer is present in an amount of about 0.1% to about 50% by weight of the scavenger composition and has a number average molecular weight of about 1.0×103 to about 2.0×104 Daltons.

    Hydrogen sulfide mitigating drilling fluid and method of drilling subterranean geological formation

    公开(公告)号:US11708517B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-25

    申请号:US17857411

    申请日:2022-07-05

    发明人: Sagheer A. Onaizi

    IPC分类号: C09K8/16 C09K8/532

    摘要: A method of drilling a subterranean geological formation is described. The method includes driving a drill bit to form a wellbore in the subterranean geological formation thereby producing a formation fluid including hydrogen sulfide. The method further includes injecting a drilling fluid into the subterranean geological formation through the wellbore. The drilling fluid includes an aqueous solvent, a hydrogen sulfide scavenger including particles of a manganese oxide supported on a porous support. The particles are suspended in the aqueous solvent. The method further includes reacting the hydrogen sulfide scavenger with the hydrogen sulfide present in the formation fluid to form a manganese sulfide.

    USING SILICA NANOPARTICLES TO REDUCE THE DEPOSITION OF SOLID SULFUR IN NATURAL GAS WELLS

    公开(公告)号:US20230220269A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-13

    申请号:US18007574

    申请日:2021-06-01

    IPC分类号: C09K8/532

    CPC分类号: C09K8/532 C09K2208/10

    摘要: A method to reduce the deposition of solid sulfur (S8(s)) in a natural gas producing well is described where hydrophobic surface modified silica nanoparticles are added into the tubing string, and the hydrophobic surface modified silica nanoparticles interact with the gaseous sulfur (S8(g)) present in the gas resulting in the reduction of the deposition of solid sulfur (S8(s)), The hydrophobic surface modified silica nanoparticles are selected from the group that includes silica, alumina and silica-aluminate. The hydrophobic surface modified silica nanoparticles may be added to the tubing string either dry or mixed first into a carrier fluid, which carrier fluid may be a liquid or a gas.