Patent classifications
E21B43/30
Single-tube double-wellhead drilling and production apparatus
A single-tube double-wellhead drilling and production apparatus is provided, which includes a suction pile, two first wellhead heads, two second wellhead heads, two second guiding pipes, two tubings, two tubing hangers, and two plugs located inside and connected with a corresponding second wellhead head. Each second wellhead head is connected to a corresponding first wellhead head and is connected through a connecting pipeline which is provided with a control valve and a check valve. One end of each first wellhead head is connected with a corresponding first guiding pipe connected with the suction pile. Each second guiding pipe is located inside a corresponding first guiding pipe and is connected to an end of a corresponding second wellhead head. Each tubing hanger is located in and connected with a corresponding second wellhead head, is located below and communicates with a corresponding plug, end of which is provided with a corresponding tubing.
Wellfield management systems and methods
Systems and methods corresponding with improved wellfield management are provided. In some examples, the system may initiate a step drawdown test of well efficiency to determine a cause of a decreased discharge rate of the wellfield site. The system may alter pumping of the wellfield site based on the step drawdown test, wherein a command signal is transmitted via a SCADA system to the wellfield site.
Wellfield management systems and methods
Systems and methods corresponding with improved wellfield management are provided. In some examples, the system may initiate a step drawdown test of well efficiency to determine a cause of a decreased discharge rate of the wellfield site. The system may alter pumping of the wellfield site based on the step drawdown test, wherein a command signal is transmitted via a SCADA system to the wellfield site.
Recovery of copper from heap leach residues
A process for recovering copper from heap leach residues containing residual copper, includes identifying a production zone within the heap leach residues for secondary leaching, drilling wells into the heap at locations suitable for delivering leach solution into the production zone, injecting the leach solution including ferric ions through the wells and aerating the production zone to facilitate oxidative reactions within the production zone, and collecting effluent from the heap for copper recovery therefrom.
Recovery of copper from heap leach residues
A process for recovering copper from heap leach residues containing residual copper, includes identifying a production zone within the heap leach residues for secondary leaching, drilling wells into the heap at locations suitable for delivering leach solution into the production zone, injecting the leach solution including ferric ions through the wells and aerating the production zone to facilitate oxidative reactions within the production zone, and collecting effluent from the heap for copper recovery therefrom.
Method for improving recovery ratio of braided well pattern of hugely thick or multi-layer oil and gas reservoir
The invention discloses a method for improving a recovery ratio of a braided well pattern of a hugely thick or multi-layer oil and gas reservoir, which improves the recovery ratio of the hugely thick or multi-layer oil and gas reservoir by designing the braided well pattern. The braided well pattern is designed through the following method: dividing a cubic development unit of the oil and gas reservoir; measuring a physical property parameter of the cubic development unit; calculating a well pattern design parameter according to the physical property parameter, wherein the well pattern design parameter includes a number of wells and a well bore track; and drilling a large-displacement horizontal well according to the well pattern design parameter. The step of dividing the cubic development unit of the oil and gas reservoir specifically includes: obtaining a boundary of the oil and gas reservoir through seismic volume data; obtaining a main layer series of development of the oil and gas reservoir according to a geological model established on the basis of a prospecting parameter; and establishing a cube with a largest volume in the main layer series of development, wherein the cube is the cubic development unit. The invention can effectively improve the recovery ratio of the hugely thick or multi-layer oil and gas reservoir.
Method for improving recovery ratio of braided well pattern of hugely thick or multi-layer oil and gas reservoir
The invention discloses a method for improving a recovery ratio of a braided well pattern of a hugely thick or multi-layer oil and gas reservoir, which improves the recovery ratio of the hugely thick or multi-layer oil and gas reservoir by designing the braided well pattern. The braided well pattern is designed through the following method: dividing a cubic development unit of the oil and gas reservoir; measuring a physical property parameter of the cubic development unit; calculating a well pattern design parameter according to the physical property parameter, wherein the well pattern design parameter includes a number of wells and a well bore track; and drilling a large-displacement horizontal well according to the well pattern design parameter. The step of dividing the cubic development unit of the oil and gas reservoir specifically includes: obtaining a boundary of the oil and gas reservoir through seismic volume data; obtaining a main layer series of development of the oil and gas reservoir according to a geological model established on the basis of a prospecting parameter; and establishing a cube with a largest volume in the main layer series of development, wherein the cube is the cubic development unit. The invention can effectively improve the recovery ratio of the hugely thick or multi-layer oil and gas reservoir.
Multi-level cross mining areas surface well pattern deployment method
A multi-level cross-district surface well pattern deployment method is provided. Firstly, a horizontal well is drilled from a location on a land surface corresponding to a junction H.sub.1 of a district rise coal pillar of the first district C.sub.1 in a first level and an upper mine field boundary coal pillar. A multilateral well is drilled from a location on the land surface corresponding to a junction H.sub.3 of a level coal pillar between the first and second levels, and the district rise coal pillar of the first district C.sub.1 in the first level. Liquid nitrogen is injected for permeability improvement after a gas drainage quantity decreases to 20% of an initial quantity. Gas drainage is repeated multiple times until the drainage quantity of coal bed methane through a gas drainage pipe of the horizontal pipe is reached 3 m.sup.3/min.
Side-well injection and gravity thermal recovery processes
Methods and systems relate to recovering hydrocarbons with an injection well placed at a bottom of a reservoir some horizontal distance from a producer, such that the injection well and producer may both be in a common horizontal plane. For some embodiments, the process includes co-injection of steam with a non-condensable gas, such as methane, ethane, propane, carbon dioxide, combustion products and combinations thereof. The non-condensable gas provides additional solution gas drive while the location of the injection well beside, instead of above, the producer increases production time before a steam chamber reaches a top of the reservoir, increasing thermal and recovery efficiency of the process.
INFILL DEVELOPMENT PREDICTION SYSTEM
A method, apparatus, and program product may build parent-child well pairs from data associated with one or more wells in a basin and use one or more parameters associated with such well pairs to train or use a machine learning model to predict a production impact of an infill well on one or more neighboring wells in the basin.