ENERGY HARVESTING AND RESOURCE CAPTURE FROM A WELL

    公开(公告)号:US20240392657A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-28

    申请号:US18324822

    申请日:2023-05-26

    Abstract: A system and method for generating and utilizing energy from a well flowback operation while separating and storing a commercial natural gas product is provided. The method includes connecting a portable unit comprising a multiphase turbine, an energy storage system, a multiphase conditioning unit and a plurality of storage units to a production tree during the well flowback operation and channeling a multiphase flow from the production tree to the portable unit. The method includes generating a created energy from channeling the multiphase flow from the production tree to the portable unit and utilizing the created energy by storing or directly consuming the created energy to power well operations. The method further includes separating the multiphase flow into a gas component and a nongaseous component, further conditioning the gas component into a commercial natural gas product and storing the commercial natural gas product in a plurality of storage units.

    POLYMER-SAND NANOCOMPOSITE FOR WATER SHUTOFF

    公开(公告)号:US20220106517A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-07

    申请号:US17551944

    申请日:2021-12-15

    Abstract: A method of preparing a polymer-sand nanocomposite for water shutoff. The method includes applying a surface polymerization to sand particles. The surfaced polymerization formed by combining a polymerization initiator dissolved in a solvent with the sand particles to form a precursor sand mixture, combining a co-monomer and additional polymerization initiator in the presence of graphene, where the graphene is not functionalized, to form a precursor polymer mixture, and combining the precursor sand mixture and the precursor polymer mixture to form a sand-copolymer-graphene nanocomposite. The method further includes drying the sand-copolymer-graphene nanocomposite, preparing a polymer hydrogel, and combining the polymer hydrogel and the sand-copolymer-graphene nanocomposite to crosslink the components and form the polymer-sand nanocomposite. The associated method of forming a barrier to shut off or reduce unwanted production of water in a subterranean formation utilizing the polymer-sand nanocomposite is also provided.

    METHODS OF MAKING HYDRAULIC FRACTURING FLUIDS AND USE THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20210403799A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-30

    申请号:US17472867

    申请日:2021-09-13

    Abstract: Methods of preparing a crosslinked hydraulic fracturing fluid include combining a hydraulic fracturing fluid comprising a polyacrylamide polymer with a plurality of coated proppants. The plurality of coated proppants include a proppant particle and a resin proppant coating on the proppant particle. The resin proppant coating includes resin and a zirconium oxide crosslinker. The resin includes at least one of phenol, furan, epoxy, urethane, phenol-formaldehyde, polyester, vinyl ester, and urea aldehyde. Methods further include allowing the zirconium oxide crosslinker within the resin proppant coating to crosslink the polyacrylamide polymer within the hydraulic fracturing fluid at a pH of at least 10, thereby forming the crosslinked hydraulic fracturing fluid.

    Well livening tool based on nitrogen producing chemistry

    公开(公告)号:US11111765B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-07

    申请号:US15953851

    申请日:2018-04-16

    Abstract: A well livening downhole tool for the in-situ production of nitrogen is provided. The well livening downhole tool may produce nitrogen in-situ in a well to lighten the fluid column and lift the well fluids. The well livening downhole tool may include sodium azide and other reactants to produce nitrogen and scavenge other reaction products to produce alkaline silicate and water. The well-livening downhole tool may include multiple modules each having nitrogen-producing reactants and ignition components such that each module may be activated independently to produce nitrogen at different depths. A process for lifting the well fluids using the well livening downhole tool is also provided.

    Polymer-sand nanocomposite for water shutoff

    公开(公告)号:US11261367B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-01

    申请号:US16854274

    申请日:2020-04-21

    Abstract: A method of preparing a polymer-sand nanocomposite for water shutoff. The method includes applying a surface polymerization to sand particles. The surfaced polymerization formed by combining a polymerization initiator dissolved in a solvent with the sand particles to form a precursor sand mixture, combining a co-monomer and additional polymerization initiator in the presence of graphene, where the graphene is not functionalized, to form a precursor polymer mixture, and combining the precursor sand mixture and the precursor polymer mixture to form a sand-copolymer-graphene nanocomposite. The method further includes drying the sand-copolymer-graphene nanocomposite, preparing a polymer hydrogel, and combining the polymer hydrogel and the sand-copolymer-graphene nanocomposite to crosslink the components and form the polymer-sand nanocomposite. The associated method of forming a barrier to shut off or reduce unwanted production of water in a subterranean formation utilizing the polymer-sand nanocomposite is also provided.

    Polymer gel compositions for treating aqueous zones in subterranean formations and methods of treating the aqueous zones

    公开(公告)号:US11111753B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-07

    申请号:US16451793

    申请日:2019-06-25

    Abstract: A polymer gel composition for treating an aqueous zone of a subterranean formation may include a base polymer, a cross-linking agent, and an adsorption system. The adsorption system may include one or more silane compounds or a combination of silane compounds and silicates. The adsorption system may improve bonding of the polymer gel composition to the pore surfaces of the rock in the aqueous zone. A method of treating an aqueous zone of a subterranean formation may include injecting the polymer gel composition into the aqueous zone of the formation and allowing the polymer gel composition to cure to form a cross-linked polymer gel matrix that provides a barrier that reduces or prevents the flow of aqueous materials from the aqueous zone to the wellbore.

    SURFACE POLYMERIZED PROPPANTS
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210062076A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-04

    申请号:US16553328

    申请日:2019-08-28

    Abstract: Coated particles include a particulate substrate, a surface copolymer layer surrounding the particulate substrate, and a resin layer surrounding the surface copolymer layer. The surface copolymer layer includes a copolymer of at least two monomers chosen from styrene, methyl methacrylate, ethylene, propylene, butylene, imides, urethanes, sulfones, carbonates, and acrylamides. The resin layer includes a cured resin. Methods of preparing the coated particles include preparing a first mixture including at least one polymerizable material, an initiator, and optionally a solvent; contacting the first mixture to a particulate substrate to form a polymerization mixture; heating the polymerization mixture to cure the polymerizable material and form a polymer-coated particulate; preparing a second mixture including the polymer-coated substrate, an uncured resin, and a solvent; and adding a curing agent to the second mixture to cure the uncured resin and form the coated particle.

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