Abstract:
A system for fluidic siren based telemetry is provided. The system includes a non-rotating restrictor and a rotating restrictor positioned relative to the non-rotating restrictor that is configured to control a flow passage to the non-rotating restrictor. The system includes a turbine coupled to the rotating restrictor and configured to rotate in response to fluid flow along a flow path. The system also includes a generator coupled to the turbine and a controller device electrically coupled to the generator. The controller device is configured to provide one or more encoded signals to the generator to adjust a rotational velocity of the rotating restrictor and causing the rotating restrictor to create different acoustic signatures through the flow passage for wireless communication of a telemetry signal to a surface based on the adjusted rotational velocity of the rotating restrictor.
Abstract:
An electric submersible pump (ESP) gas separator is described. An ESP gas separator includes a propeller upstream of a fluid entrance to a crossover, the crossover including a production pathway and a vent pathway, and the propeller including a plurality of blades comprising washout twist, wherein gas rich fluid of multi-phase fluid traveling through the gas separator flows through the propeller and into the vent pathway, and gas poor fluid of the multi- phase fluid flows around the propeller and then through the production pathway. An ESP assembly includes a gas separator between a centrifugal pump and an induction motor, the gas separator serving as an intake for fluid into the centrifugal pump and including a propeller in a separation chamber, the propeller comprising a plurality of blades, each blade having a pitch that increases in coarseness from a hub towards a shroud of the propeller.
Abstract:
Provided are methods and systems for treating a subterranean formation. An example method comprises adding proppant particulates to a fluidized bed granulator; spraying a binding agent on the proppant particulates to at least partially coat the proppant particulates with the binding agent, wherein the coated proppant particulates form proto-aggregates; adding the proto-aggregates to a treatment fluid; and introducing the treatment fluid into a fracture within the subterranean formation.
Abstract:
Bridging different standards or requirements documents originating from different participants in a drilling project to unify the standards or requirements provides more efficiencies and cost savings for the drilling project. The standards or requirements may be automatically analyzed to determine which standards or requirements from the participants are to be utilized for a given drilling project to generate a common bridged document of requirements and standards thereby aiding to reduce costs and establish a common understanding of the requirements and standards that are to be met or implemented during the drilling project by all participants. The automatic process may select those standards or requirements, or portions thereof that are more stringent. Moreover, as an additional output of the automated process, output files may be produced that reflect those determined standards, requirements or parameters for subsequent use by standard engineering programs to generate technical parameters and requirements for the drilling project.
Abstract:
Provided are methods and systems for treating a subterranean formation. An example method comprises pumping an aerosol comprising a vaporized carrier fluid and a dispersed polyhydroxyetheramine in a wellbore penetrating the subterranean formation; depositing the polyhydroxyetheramine on a surface of the subterranean formation; and producing hydrocarbons from the treated subterranean formation.
Abstract:
Provided are methods and systems for treating a fracture. An example method comprises providing a treatment fluid comprising a solubilized polyester and a water- miscible solvent; dispersing the treatment fluid into an aqueous fluid; wherein the dispersing the treatment fluid into an aqueous fluid precipitates the solubilized polyester and forms an amorphous polymeric structure comprising the solid polyester; introducing the amorphous polymeric structure into a fracture within a subterranean formation; and allowing the amorphous polymeric structure to degrade.
Abstract:
The disclosed embodiments include a packing element and a sealing element. In one embodiment, the packing element includes a sealing element positioned on an outer surface of a mandrel deployed in the wellbore, where the sealing element is disposed in an annulus between the mandrel and a portion of the wellbore. The sealing element includes a first cavity on an inner surface of the sealing element, where the first cavity has a first size and is positioned proximate a first end of the sealing element. The sealing element also includes a second cavity on the inner surface of the sealing element, where the second cavity has a second size that is different from the first size, and is positioned proximate a second end of the sealing element. The packing element also includes a first and second gauge rings positioned at first and second ends of the sealing element, respectively.
Abstract:
The disclosed embodiments include a method and fiber optic cable to provide optical pulses for sensing, and an optical telemetry system. In one embodiment, the method includes sequentially transmitting a plurality of optical pulses through a first end of a first optical fiber disposed in a first section of a wellbore. The plurality of optical pulses is combined into a combined optical pulse at a distance from the first end of the first optical fiber. The method further includes transmitting the combined optical pulse through a second optical fiber disposed in a second section of the wellbore, and the second optical fiber includes a second dispersion value, where an absolute value of the first dispersion value is greater than an absolute value of the second dispersion value.
Abstract:
Methods of fracturing a subterranean formation are provided. An example method comprises introducing a treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation at a pressure sufficient to create or extend at least one fracture in the subterranean formation, wherein the treatment fluid comprises an aqueous base fluid and a hydrophobically-modified cellulose. Methods of preparing a treatment fluid are provided. An example method comprises adding solid hydrophobically-modified cellulose to an aqueous fluid comprising a total dissolved solids concentration of greater than 300,000 mg/L to produce hydrated hydrophobically-modified cellulose; and then adding at least a portion of the hydrated hydrophobically-modified cellulose to an aqueous base fluid to produce the treatment fluid.
Abstract:
A ball valve is disclosed that includes a valve housing, a first seat surface having a first inner diameter and a first outer diameter, and a second seat surface having a second inner diameter and a second outer diameter. The second inner diameter is larger than the first outer diameter, and may be separated by a channel. A resilient seat surface may be disposed within the channel. The valve further includes a ball that is rotatably movable within the housing and that contacts at least one of the first seat surface and the second seat surface to form a seal.