Patent classifications
E21B49/086
Well system with attached sealant line
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.
Method for differentiating between natural formation hydrocarbon and cracked hydrocarbon using mud gas measurements
A method may include collecting a sample of mud gas during a wellbore drilling operation, associating the sample with a depth of the wellbore, and detecting concentrations of methane, ethane and ethylene. With the detected concentrations, a determination can be made as to the degree of a mud gas artifact event occurring, including determining the differences between the logarithmic values of concentrations of methane and total C2 concentration and the logarithmic values of total C2 concentration and ethane. A visually displayed mud gas log is modified to indicate the degree of the determined mud gas artifact event.
SAMPLE PRESSURE REDUCING SYSTEM
A sample pressure reducing system is provided that integrates various pressure applications into a single system that provides the end user with a high-integrity sample without damaging equipment. The system facilitates sampling high-pressure product into a low-pressure container. The system fills and transfers product to reduce pressure automatically and repeatedly.
System and method for graphene-structure detection downhole
A method may comprise sampling a wellbore fluid; analyzing the wellbore fluid and determining a presence of a graphene-like substrate, a concentration of the graphene-like substrate, or both, in the wellbore fluid; and correlating the presence and the concentration of the graphene-like substrate to at least one subterranean formation characteristic.
WELL TEST MODULE
A well test module is disclosed including a production manifold, a well test manifold, and a plurality of diverter valves, each having an input port coupled to a well inlet, a first output port coupled to the production manifold by a production loop, and a second output port coupled to the well test manifold. The well test module also includes a first flow meter having an input port coupled to a first end of the well test manifold and an output port coupled to the production manifold by a first well test flow line and a second flow meter having an input port coupled to a second end of the well test manifold and an output port coupled to the production manifold by a second well test flow line.
Inflow testing systems and methods for oil and/or gas wells
Systems and methods for testing one or more closeable or fixed ports in a horizontal section of a well are provided. One of the systems comprises a jointed tubing string deployable by a service rig and a bottomhole assembly attached the jointed tubing string, the bottomhole assembly comprising a jet pump, a pressure sealing device, and an intake. The system may further include one or more of a shifting tool, a casing collar locator, an extension tubing, and an isolation device. The system draws fluid from the ports through the intake and the fluid may be tested as it flows through the buttonhole assembly and/or at surface. The isolation device may have a lower portion that is detachable from and re-attachable to the remaining components of the bottomhole assembly thereabove.
METHOD FOR CO2 SEQUESTRATION MEASUREMENT AND QUANTIFICATION
A illustrative process for quantifying CO2 sequestration within a reservoir includes, among other things, measuring a cumulative amount of CO2 injected into a reservoir via injection wells and at a CO2 storage plant, measuring the cumulative amount of CO2 produced via production wells and at a processing plant, estimating a cumulative amount of CO2 migrated from a reservoir based on measured CO2 via observations wells, and calculating a net amount of CO2 remaining in the reservoir based on the cumulative amount of CO2 injected, CO2 produced, and the CO2 that has migrated. An illustrative CO2 quantifying and sequestration system includes, among other things, injection wells, production wells, observation wells, measurement devices for measuring an amount of CO2 injected, observed and produced, and a measurement collection and analysis system for receiving signals from the measurement devices and for estimating an amount of CO2 sequestered within the reservoir.
PLUG ASSEMBLY FOR A MINERAL EXTRACTION SYSTEM
A system includes a plug assembly having a housing configured to be positioned within a first passageway formed in a wellhead component. A channel is formed in the housing, and the channel is configured to enable fluid to flow from a bore of the wellhead component into the channel. A sensor is supported by the housing and is configured to measure a condition of the fluid within the channel. An annular seal is configured to extend between an outer surface of the housing and an inner surface of a second passageway formed in a flange that circumferentially surrounds at least part of the plug assembly while the flange is coupled to the wellhead component.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING MULTIPHASE PRODUCTION FLUIDS
Systems and components thereof are provided for analyzing multiphase production fluids. The system comprises a fluidic separation chamber, a fluidic separation chamber valve, fluidic piping configured to supply multiphase production fluid to the fluidic separation chamber through the fluidic separation chamber valve, a plurality of composite sensing modules vertically spaced within the fluidic separation chamber, and a fluidic supply and analysis unit. Each of the sensing modules comprising an inductive sensor comprising opposing inductive sensing elements displaced from one another across a vertically extending measurement portion of the fluidic separation chamber, and a capacitive sensor comprising opposing capacitive sensing elements displaced from one another across the vertically extending measurement portion of the fluidic separation chamber. The capacitive sensor of each of the plurality of composite sensing modules to detect a height H.sub.O of an oil phase column in the multiphase production fluid in the fluidic separation chamber.
DOWNHOLE SAMPLE EXTRACTORS AND DOWNHOLE SAMPLE EXTRACTION SYSTEMS
The disclosed embodiments include downhole sample extractors and downhole sample extraction systems. In some embodiments, the downhole sample extractor includes a sample container chamber that holds a sample container containing a downhole sample. The downhole sample extractor also includes a sample extraction chamber having an internal chamber that is partially filled with a carrier solution, wherein the downhole sample is mixed with the carrier solution in the internal chamber of the extraction container. The downhole sample extractor further includes a first piston that, when actuated, inserts the sample container into the internal chamber of the sample extraction chamber.