Abstract:
The method and apparatus for producing shock waves in a well wherein a device connected to the bottom of the tubing string in the borehole of the well filled by liquid and containing the upper and lower plungers movably arranged within corresponding cylinders for compressing a liquid inside the compression chamber and discharging the liquid into the borehole on upstroke thereby generating a shock wave. In addition, providing a required force N of said linear permanent magnet motor for the mover determined by the following expression:
N ≥
[
π 4
(
D 1 2
-
D 2 2
)
A
S W
+
g (
M 1
+
M 2
)
(
1 +
k f
)
]
,
where D1 is the outside diameter of the lower plunger, D2 is the outside diameter of the upper plunger, Asw is the required amplitude of the generated shock wave, M1 is a mass of the lower and upper plungers, M2 is the mass of sucker rods, kf is a friction coefficient between plungers and corresponding cylinders, g is a gravity of acceleration.
Abstract:
A downhole acoustic stimulation tool comprises: a sealed chamber containing a liquid; a pair of electrodes located in the chamber; at least one transducer arranged to generate an acoustic field between the electrodes thereby inducing cavitation in a volume of the liquid between the electrodes; and at least one capacitor configured to apply a pulse voltage across the electrodes when discharged, thereby causing the cavitating volume of liquid to form a plasma which collapses to form a shockwave. The at least one transducer constitutes a first energy source, and the at least one capacitor back and electrodes constitute a second energy source. Alternative forms and arrangements of the first and second energy sources are also disclosed.
Abstract:
An apparatus for generating acoustic waves in a medium to stimulate oil recovery within an oil reservoir, the apparatus being operable with a single moving part—a central rotor. The apparatus being suitable for use in association with a system to facilitate the co-generation of geothermal energy or sequestration and storage of CO2.
Abstract:
A method for the recovery of hydrocarbon from a reservoir includes arranging a chamber in fluid communication with the reservoir via at least one conduit. The chamber includes first and second wall parts movable relative to each other. An impact pressure is provided in the fluid to propagate to the reservoir via the conduit, where the impact pressure is generated by a collision process between an object arranged outside of the fluid and the first wall parts for the first wall part to impact on the fluid in the chamber. The chamber is arranged to avoid a build-up of gas-inclusions where the first wall part impacts on the fluid. This may be obtained by arranging the conduit in or adjacent to the zone where the gas-inclusions naturally gather by influence of the gravitational forces, or by placing the first wall part impacting on the fluid away from this zone.
Abstract:
Disclosed are methods, systems, and devices for increasing well and oil field productivity. The method comprises positioning an acoustic device in a well located within the geological formation and performing an acoustic treatment impacting a muddled zone in cycles comprising one or more manipulated waves of ultrasonic pressure on the muddled zone. The cycles comprise a Fourier transformation of a periodic function. The transformation determines a rate at which an acoustic treatment pressure of each cycle rises from zero to a maximum value. This rate is directly proportional to a force of an impact on the formation, and the greater the rate, the greater the impact. The acoustic treatment can further be detected by placing emitters and receivers in surrounding wells and calculating the signal received to determine if wells are hydrodynamically connected, such that a synergistic effect may be achieved through simultaneous treatment at several well locations.
Abstract:
Provided is a fracturing device using a shock wave of a plasma reaction, the fracturing device comprising: a partition unit for partitioning a reaction space such that a reaction medium is accommodated therein, by sealing a part having a plurality of through-holes among well casing of a gas well provided at shale rock layer so as to extract shale gas; and a probe for applying energy to the reaction medium such that the reaction medium generates shock wave by a plasma reaction as the energy is applied to the reaction medium accommodated inside the reaction space, so as to propagate shock wave to the shale rock layer.
Abstract:
Adaptive stimulation systems combine impulse-generated swept-frequency stimulation vibration with cyclically-varying hydraulic pressure to provide adaptive down-hole stimulation. Swept-frequency stimulation vibration arises from cyclical shifts of the power spectral density (PSD) of each stimulator's vibration (via closed-loop control of rebound cycle time). PSD's are adjusted for resonance excitation, fracturing and/or analysis of geologic materials at varying distances from a wellbore. And closed-loop control incorporates backscatter vibration from stimulated geologic material. Stimulators can be arranged singly or in spatial arrays of multiple stimulators, each stimulator generating vibration in bursts comprising a plurality of vibration frequencies. Timed signals from a programmable controller affect directional propagation of combined vibration wave fronts from a stimulator array. As fracturing proceeds to smaller (e.g., proppant-sized) fragments having higher resonant frequencies, PSD's are up-shifted, increasing relative stimulation vibration power in higher frequencies. Progressive stimulation is thereby optimized, facilitating plain-water (or liquefied propane) fracs with self-generated proppant.
Abstract:
The method and apparatus for producing shock waves in a well wherein a device connected to the bottom of the tubing string in the borehole of the well filled by liquid and containing the damper, the upper and lower plungers movably arranged within corresponding cylinders for compressing the liquid inside the compression chamber and discharging the liquid into the borehole on upstroke thereby generating a shock wave. In addition, providing a length of upstroke Lstr of the pumping unit determined by the following expression: L str ≥ H 1 + ( D 1 2 - D 2 2 ) A sw L 2 Ed r 2 , where H1 is the length of the lower cylinder, L2 is the distance between the lower and upper plungers, D1 is the diameter of the lower plunger, D2 is the diameter of the upper plunger, Asw is the required amplitude of the generated shock wave, E is a modulus of elasticity of the sucker rod's material, dr is the diameter of the sucker rods.
Abstract:
A method is provided for fracturing a geological hydrocarbon reservoir, including the static fracturing of the reservoir by hydraulic pressure, and the electrical fracturing of the reservoir by generating an electric arc in a well drilled into the reservoir. This enables the improved fracturing of the reservoir.
Abstract:
Methods to induce pressure transients in fluids for use in hydrocarbon recovery operations. Pressure transients are induced in a fluid by a collision process. The collision process employs a moving object that collides outside the fluid with a body that is in contact with the fluid inside a partly enclosed space. The pressure transients must be allowed to propagate in the fluid. The fluid may be one or more of the following group: primarily water, consolidation fluid, treatment fluid, cleaning fluid, drilling fluid, fracturing fluid and cement.