HAZARDOUS WASTE REPOSITORY SYSTEMS
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240282474A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-22

    申请号:US18571589

    申请日:2022-06-21

    发明人: Richard A. Muller

    IPC分类号: G21F9/34 E21B41/00

    CPC分类号: G21F9/34 E21B41/005

    摘要: A hazardous waste repository system includes at least one vertical access drillhole formed from a terranean surface into a subterranean formation. The system further includes a first horizontal drillhole portion coupled to the vertical access drillhole and sized to receive a first hazardous waste canister. The first horizontal drillhole portion includes a first hazardous waste repository area formed at a first depth within the subterranean formation. The system further includes a second horizontal drillhole portion coupled to the at least one vertical access drillhole and sized to receive a second hazardous waste canister. The second horizontal drillhole portion includes a second hazardous waste repository area formed at a second depth within the subterranean formation such that a difference between the first and second depths is at least as much as a vertical drilling uncertainty. The second horizontal drillhole portion is horizontally spaced apart from the first horizontal drillhole portion by a distance less than a horizontal drilling uncertainty.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXCHANGING FRACTURING COMPONENTS OF A HYDRAULIC FRACTURING UNIT

    公开(公告)号:US20240151128A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-09

    申请号:US18543805

    申请日:2023-12-18

    摘要: Systems and methods for exchanging fracturing components of a hydraulic fracturing unit and may include an exchangeable fracturing component section to facilitate quickly exchanging a fracturing component of a hydraulic fracturing unit. The fracturing component section may include a section frame including a base, and a fracturing component connected to the base. The fracturing component section also may include a component electrical assembly and a component fluid assembly connected to the section frame. The fracturing component section further may include a coupling plate connected to the section frame. The fracturing component section also may include one or more of a plurality of quick-connect electrical couplers or a plurality of quick-connect fluid couplers connected to a coupling plate. The quick-connect electrical and fluid couplers may be positioned to receive respective electrical and fluid connections of the component electrical and fluid assemblies and connect to other portions of the hydraulic fracturing unit.

    SUPPORTING HAZARDOUS WASTE CANISTERS IN DRILLHOLES

    公开(公告)号:US20240003226A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-04

    申请号:US18038130

    申请日:2022-01-19

    发明人: Richard A. Muller

    IPC分类号: E21B41/00

    CPC分类号: E21B41/005

    摘要: A hazardous waste repository includes a drillhole formed from a terranean surface into a subterranean formation, the drillhole including an entry at the terranean surface and an access portion that extends from the entry toward a storage portion within the subterranean formation; a plurality of hazardous waste canisters emplaced within the storage portion of the drillhole, each of the hazardous waste canisters enclosing hazardous waste; and a granular material installed in a volume of the drillhole between a casing and the plurality of canisters and between adjacent canisters of the plurality of canisters, the granular material configured to support at least a portion of a weight of each of the plurality of canisters.

    RETRIEVABLE WASTE CAPSULES, RETRIEVAL-TOOL, SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20230279741A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-07

    申请号:US17687557

    申请日:2022-03-04

    发明人: Gary Schneider

    摘要: Elongate capsules for housing waste are configured for disposal (placement) into wellbore(s) that are located in particular deep underground geologic formation(s). These capsules have opposing structures for physically linking multiple capsules together in an end-to-end fashion. These opposing end structures may include a stinger with pins at a top end of the capsule; and a J-slots structure at the bottom end of the capsule. The stinger with pins of a first capsule may be (removably) attached to the J-slots of a second capsule. Further, a retrieval-tool also has the J-slots structure at one end. The J-slots structure of the retrieval-tool may be configured to (removably) attach to a stinger with pins of a given capsule (which may be linked to other capsule(s)); and then the retrieval-tool may be used to retrieve the given capsule(s) from a given wellbore. Capsule retrieval systems and/or method may utilize such capsule(s) and the retrieval-tool.

    Storing Hazardous Material in a Subterranean Formation

    公开(公告)号:US20180182504A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-28

    申请号:US15897481

    申请日:2018-02-15

    IPC分类号: G21F5/008 B09B1/00 G21F9/34

    摘要: A hazardous material storage bank includes a wellbore extending into the Earth and including an entry at least proximate a terranean surface, the wellbore including a substantially vertical portion, a transition portion, and a substantially horizontal portion; a storage area coupled to the substantially horizontal portion of the well bore, the storage area within or below a shale formation, the storage area vertically isolated, by the shale formation, from a subterranean zone that includes mobile water; a storage container positioned in the storage area, the storage container sized to fit from the wellbore entry through the substantially vertical, the transition, and the substantially horizontal portions of the wellbore, and into the storage area, the storage container including an inner cavity sized enclose hazardous material; and a seal positioned in the wellbore, the seal isolating the storage portion of the wellbore from the entry of the wellbore.

    Portable drill cuttings solidification system and method
    9.
    发明授权
    Portable drill cuttings solidification system and method 有权
    便携式钻屑固化系统及方法

    公开(公告)号:US09574413B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-21

    申请号:US14132759

    申请日:2013-12-18

    摘要: A drill cuttings solidification system includes a cuttings tank for storage of a drill cuttings material, an additive tank for storage of a solidification material, and a solidification chamber. The cuttings tank and the additive tank are operatively connected to a portable unit. The cuttings tank includes a cuttings auger assembly for conveyance of the drill cuttings material to a cuttings outlet. The additive tank includes an additive auger assembly for conveyance of the solidification material to an additive outlet. The solidification chamber includes a housing enclosing the cuttings outlet and the additive outlet, and an impeller for mixing drill cuttings material transferred through the cuttings outlet and solidification material transferred through the additive outlet. The system further includes a discharge assembly extending from the solidification chamber to a discharge outlet. The discharge assembly is configured to rotate and vertically pivot a discharge conduit relative to the portable unit.

    摘要翻译: 钻屑固化系统包括用于储存钻屑材料的切屑罐,用于保存固化材料的添加剂罐和凝固室。 切割罐和添加剂罐可操作地连接到便携式单元。 切屑槽包括用于将钻屑材料输送到切屑出口的切割螺旋钻组件。 添加剂罐包括用于将凝固材料输送到添加剂出口的添加剂螺旋输送器组件。 凝固室包括封闭切屑出口和添加剂出口的壳体,以及用于混合通过切屑出口转移的钻屑材料和通过添加剂出口转移的凝固材料的叶轮。 该系统还包括从凝固室延伸到排出口的排放组件。 排出组件构造成相对于便携式单元旋转并垂直地枢转排放管道。