Controlling lost circulation while drilling

    公开(公告)号:US12012810B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-18

    申请号:US17458032

    申请日:2021-08-26

    IPC分类号: E21B34/08 E21B21/00 E21B49/08

    摘要: A tubular defines a central flow passage. A camera has an aperture and attached to an outer surface of the tubular with the aperture oriented away from the outer surface of the tubular. A lost circulation media reservoir is circumferentially surrounding at least a portion of the outer surface of the tubular. The lost circulation media reservoir is adjacent to the camera. The lost circulation media reservoir includes actuable gates along a periphery of the lost circulation media reservoir. A trigger is communicably coupled with the actuable gates and configured to actuate the actuable gates.

    DETERMINATION OF LOCATION AND TYPE OF RESERVOIR FLUIDS BASED ON DOWNHOLE PRESSURE GRADIENT IDENTIFICATION

    公开(公告)号:US20240084699A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-14

    申请号:US17899413

    申请日:2022-08-30

    IPC分类号: E21B49/08

    CPC分类号: E21B49/0875 E21B49/088

    摘要: A method comprises receiving a measurement of a pressure in a subsurface formation at a number of depths in a wellbore formed in the subsurface formation across a sampling depth range of the subsurface formation to generate a number of pressure-depth measurement pairs and partitioning the sampling depth range into a number of fluid depth ranges. The method comprises performing a fitting operation over each of the number of fluid depth ranges to determine a fluid gradient for the type of the reservoir fluid for each of the number of fluid depth ranges. The method comprises generating a solution set of one or more solutions based on the fluid gradient of the reservoir fluid for each of the number of fluid depth ranges determined from performing the fitting operation, wherein each solution defines a partitioning of the sampling depth range and the fluid gradient of each fluid depth range.

    Well system with attached sealant line

    公开(公告)号:US11767731B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-26

    申请号:US17408904

    申请日:2021-08-23

    摘要: A device and method for collecting sample fluids from an underground source which includes sample wells terminating in a corrugated conduit and sieve. The sampling regions for each sample well is separated by a grout or expanding seal barrier. Negative pressure is optionally applied to extract fluids from the underground matrix for sampling. The device can also be used for remediating an environmental contaminant from soil or aquifers. Upon identification of at least one environmental contaminant, a remediation composition is injected into the soil or aquifer using the sampling wells of the device. The remediation fluids can be directed to specific locations by selectively utilizing one or more sampling wells to inject the remediation fluid.

    APPARATUS FOR TCA BLEED OFF AND WELL START-UP

    公开(公告)号:US20230220753A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-13

    申请号:US17647394

    申请日:2022-01-07

    摘要: A treatment system comprises a treatment bladder associated with a volume of a tubing-casing annulus of a wellhead system to be treated. The treatment bladder contains a treatment fluid and is at an elevated pressure. The treatment bladder is coupled to the tubing-casing annulus utilizing a fluid conduit through a lower fluid junction. The fluid conduit permits two-way fluid communication between the treatment bladder and the tubing-casing annulus. A method for treating the tubing-casing annulus includes coupling the treatment bladder containing the treatment fluid of the treatment system to the tubing-casing annulus of the wellhead system using the fluid conduit, establishing two-way fluid communication between the tubing-casing annulus and the treatment bladder though the fluid conduit, halting fluid communication though the fluid conduit, and decoupling the treatment bladder from the tubing-casing annulus.