Downhole tools, systems, and methods for electric-based fracturing are disclosed. A downhole tool for electric-based fracturing may include an outer enclosure, an insulator chamber disposed at least partially within the enclosure, and an electrode disposed at least partially within the insulator chamber. The electrode may extend out from the insulator chamber and the enclosure, and may be configured to transfer electric energy to an exterior environment surrounding the downhole tool. The insulator chamber may be configured to thermally and electrically insulate at least a portion of the electrode from the exterior environment.

A system and method for enhanced oil transport and storage are provided. Comprehensive energy recovery and generation systems are provided which supply a heated gas by product, such as carbon dioxide, which to heat oil stored in a storage tank or oil transported in a pipeline, which reduces the viscosity of the oil, thereby increasing the efficiency of the pipeline and the ability to store and transport the oil without sludge accumulations.

A system and method for enhanced oil transport and storage are provided. Comprehensive energy recovery and generation systems are provided which supply a heated gas by product, such as carbon dioxide, which to heat oil stored in a storage tank or oil transported in a pipeline, which reduces the viscosity of the oil, thereby increasing the efficiency of the pipeline and the ability to store and transport the oil without sludge accumulations.

A process for producing diluent for use in a hydrocarbon recovery process includes heating a dilbit feed stream comprising hydrocarbons produced from a hydrocarbon reservoir and an added diluent, to a temperature of 350° C. or less, fractionating the dilbit feed stream after heating to produce a light fraction and a heavy fraction, the light fraction comprising the diluent, additional light hydrocarbons, and sour water, separating the sour water from a remainder of the light fraction, and stabilizing the remainder of the light fraction to provide recovered diluent and cooling the recovered diluent. A volume of the recovered diluent is greater than a volume of the added diluent.

An example of an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a magnetic core to be inserted into a borehole to a formation. The apparatus further includes a first coil wound about the magnetic core. In addition, the apparatus includes a first current supply to generate a first current to run through the first coil. Furthermore, the apparatus includes a first controller to control the first current supply. The first controller is to oscillate the first current to generate a magnetic field in the formation. Heat is to be generated in the formation via induction.

The invention provides a method and an apparatus for determining an integrated exploitation approach for a shale and adjacent oil reservoirs. The method includes: determining a thickness of an effective shale, a top effective boundary and a bottom effective boundary of adjacent effective oil reservoirs; determining a maximum seepage radius of each of the adjacent effective oil reservoirs to the effective shale; determining a well pattern; determining a well completion approach; and determining a total number of perforation clusters of gas injection wells, a number of perforation clusters corresponding to each of the adjacent effective oil reservoirs, a gas injection amount per unit time of each of the perforation clusters, and a total gas injection amount per unit time of the gas injection wells. The effective shale is in communication with all the adjacent effective oil reservoirs by boring-through of a fluctuating horizontal well or a vertical well.

A method of improving natural gas recovery from a subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir includes at least one renewable energy source that is electrically coupled with a heat conducting element. The heat conducting element is positioned in a perforated section of a wellbore that traverses into the subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir. A temperature of the subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir is maintained above a cricondentherm temperature so that liquid condensation may be prevented at a final production time. In order to maintain the temperature within a required temperature range, an internal temperature, an internal pressure, and a set of reservoir properties are monitored and then utilized to plot a phase diagram that can be used to detect liquid condensation. If liquid condensation is detected, an electrical output of the renewable energy source is adjusted in order to control the temperature of the subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir at a producing end of a production tubing.

The present invention provides a centrifugal pump for heating fluid by eddy current comprising a volute (29) and a cover (34), in which internally regarding the volute (29) there are provided: an impeller (33) positioned between two supporting annular disks (32) of magnets each comprising a plurality of permanent magnets (31); and two armatures (30) positioned at the ends of the internal assembly. In addition, the invention also provides a subsea tool for fluid heating by eddy current comprising: a centrifugal pump (1) driven by a hydraulic motor (3) by means of a shaft (11); a fluid storage tank (2) hydraulically connected to the centrifugal pump (1); at least one piloted on-off valve (4); piloted directional valves (12, 13); and a filter (7) hydraulically connected to the centrifugal pump (1).

The present invention provides a centrifugal pump for heating fluid by eddy current comprising a volute (29) and a cover (34), in which internally regarding the volute (29) there are provided: an impeller (33) positioned between two supporting annular disks (32) of magnets each comprising a plurality of permanent magnets (31); and two armatures (30) positioned at the ends of the internal assembly. In addition, the invention also provides a subsea tool for fluid heating by eddy current comprising: a centrifugal pump (1) driven by a hydraulic motor (3) by means of a shaft (11); a fluid storage tank (2) hydraulically connected to the centrifugal pump (1); at least one piloted on-off valve (4); piloted directional valves (12, 13); and a filter (7) hydraulically connected to the centrifugal pump (1).

A method and apparatus for forecasting oil production from an oil well in a geological formation includes receiving a plurality of sets of predicted geological data, for each of the plurality of sets of predicted geological data, determining a probability for the predicted geological data of the formation, iteratively selecting one of the plurality of sets of predicted geological data using Monte Carlo sampling based on the determined probabilities, assigning the selected set of predicted geological data to a cluster of historical data, and for each set of historical data of the cluster generating a predicted oil production rate as a function of time utilizing a machine learning based oil model, generating, based on the predicted oil production rates, a forecasted oil production rate, determining, based on the forecasted oil production rate, a preferred operating parameter for the well, and operating based on the preferred operating parameter.