Patent classifications
C09K8/57
Method for treatment of bottomhole formation zone
Methods for intensification of oil production with the aim of increasing the oil recovery factor include the sequential treatment of BHZ with an emulsion, limiting water inflows by artificially reducing the permeability of highly permeable intervals of the reservoir, an oil pack, and preventing the interaction of the emulsion with an acid composition, which is injected after. The wettability of reservoir rock in the BHZ is preliminarily determined, and in the case of hydrophilicity of the reservoir rock a direct type of the emulsion with the following composition is used, % mass.: hydrocarbon phase—20-25, emulsifier—3-5, colloidal silicon dioxide nanoparticles—0.5-3, aqueous phase—rest. In the case of hydrophobicity of the reservoir rock in use the invert type of emulsion of the following composition, % mass.: hydrocarbon phase—40-45, emulsifier—3-5, colloidal silicon dioxide nanoparticles—1-3, aqueous phase—rest.
Method for treatment of bottomhole formation zone
Methods for intensification of oil production with the aim of increasing the oil recovery factor include the sequential treatment of BHZ with an emulsion, limiting water inflows by artificially reducing the permeability of highly permeable intervals of the reservoir, an oil pack, and preventing the interaction of the emulsion with an acid composition, which is injected after. The wettability of reservoir rock in the BHZ is preliminarily determined, and in the case of hydrophilicity of the reservoir rock a direct type of the emulsion with the following composition is used, % mass.: hydrocarbon phase—20-25, emulsifier—3-5, colloidal silicon dioxide nanoparticles—0.5-3, aqueous phase—rest. In the case of hydrophobicity of the reservoir rock in use the invert type of emulsion of the following composition, % mass.: hydrocarbon phase—40-45, emulsifier—3-5, colloidal silicon dioxide nanoparticles—1-3, aqueous phase—rest.
ENHANCING WATER CHEMISTRY FOR IMPROVED WELL PERFORMANCE
A method for enhancing water chemistry at a surface for improved well performance may include testing water at the surface to identify a pH level of the water, a type of solid-generating component in the water, and an amount of a solid-generating component in the water. The method may also include identifying a type and an amount of an additive based on identifying the type and the amount of the solid-generating component, where the additive is configured to generate a solid when mixed with the water. The method may further include mixing the water and an additive at the surface to generate the solid and enhanced water, where the solid comprises at least some of the solid-generating components of the water. The enhanced water may be usable for a field operation to cause the improved well performance, and the solid may be removable from the enhanced water at the surface.
Methods and compositions for consolidating sand in subsurface formations
A method for consolidating sand in a subsurface formation includes introducing a consolidation composition into the subsurface formation. The consolidation composition includes asphaltene and maltene dissolved in a solvent. After introducing the consolidation composition, the method further includes introducing an aqueous composition to the subsurface formation in order to precipitate the asphaltene in the subsurface formation. The precipitated asphaltene consolidates sand within the subsurface formation and the maltene forms channels throughout the subsurface formation, thereby increasing the permeability of the subsurface formation.
Sand consolidation by enzyme mediated calcium carbonate precipitation
Methods for treating a formation may include introducing components of a treatment solution into a wellbore such that the treatment solution contacts the formation to be treated, where the treatment solution may include urea, urease, a calcium ion source, one or more polysaccharides, a casein protein, a protease, an ionic compound, and a sugar, where the formation may have an amount of sand production before treatment and may be in fluid contact with the wellbore, and where an amount of sand production after treatment may be less than the amount of sand production before treatment. Consolidated sand structure compositions may include previously unconsolidated sand interlinked by inter-particle cementitious bonds comprising deposited calcium carbonate crystals, where the consolidated sand has a structural strength and the consolidated sand structure is porous to permit fluid flow through the composition.
Methodology for developing treatment fluid compositions to enhance near- and far-field diversion downhole
A method comprises: deriving fluid properties that provide for suspension of particulate diverting agents using a 3-dimensional flow model and based on a downhole temperature and at least one size characteristic of the particulate diverting agents; identifying a treatment fluid composition that comprises a nanoparticulate suspending agent and achieves the fluid properties using a relationship between the treatment fluid composition and the fluid properties; and preparing a treatment fluid or a treatment fluid additive based on the treatment fluid composition.
CONTAMINANT REMEDIATION WITH FUNCTIONALIZED (METH)ACRYLIC POLYMER OR COPOLYMER MACROPARTICULATES AND SYSTEMS RELATED THERETO
Macroparticulates may be formed through at least partial self-assembly by reacting an epoxide-containing (meth)acrylic polymer or copolymer with a compound bearing a nitrogen nucleophile. An internal cavity may be formed when functionalizing the (meth)acrylic polymer or copolymer in the presence of a hindered amine base. When appropriately functionalized, the macroparticulates may be used to sequester a contaminant from a substance in need of contaminant remediation, such as produced water or flowback water from a wellbore job site. Reclaimed water obtained from the macroparticulates may be utilized to form a treatment fluid. The macroparticulates may be located within a continuous flow line, particularly within a removable cartridge, to promote removal of at least one contaminant from a substance in need of contaminant remediation. The substance in need of contaminant remediation and/or the macroparticulates may be visually or spectroscopically interrogated to determine whether the macroparticulates have become saturated with contaminant.
CONTAMINANT REMEDIATION WITH FUNCTIONALIZED (METH)ACRYLIC POLYMER OR COPOLYMER MACROPARTICULATES AND SYSTEMS RELATED THERETO
Macroparticulates may be formed through at least partial self-assembly by reacting an epoxide-containing (meth)acrylic polymer or copolymer with a compound bearing a nitrogen nucleophile. An internal cavity may be formed when functionalizing the (meth)acrylic polymer or copolymer in the presence of a hindered amine base. When appropriately functionalized, the macroparticulates may be used to sequester a contaminant from a substance in need of contaminant remediation, such as produced water or flowback water from a wellbore job site. Reclaimed water obtained from the macroparticulates may be utilized to form a treatment fluid. The macroparticulates may be located within a continuous flow line, particularly within a removable cartridge, to promote removal of at least one contaminant from a substance in need of contaminant remediation. The substance in need of contaminant remediation and/or the macroparticulates may be visually or spectroscopically interrogated to determine whether the macroparticulates have become saturated with contaminant.
HIGH DENSITY BRINE WITH LOW CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE
A wellbore fluid comprising a first aqueous base fluid and a plurality of silica nanoparticles suspended in the first aqueous base fluid. The nanoparticles are present in the fluid in an amount to have an effect of decreasing a crystallization temperature by at least 4 to 55° F. as compared to a second aqueous base fluid without the silica nanoparticles.
SAND CONSOLIDATION BY ENZYME MEDIATED CALCIUM CARBONATE PRECIPITATION
Methods for treating a formation may include introducing components of a treatment solution into a wellbore such that the treatment solution contacts the formation to be treated, where the treatment solution may include urea, urease, a calcium ion source, one or more polysaccharides, a casein protein, a protease, an ionic compound, and a sugar, where the formation may have an amount of sand production before treatment and may be in fluid contact with the wellbore, and where an amount of sand production after treatment may be less than the amount of sand production before treatment. Consolidated sand structure compositions may include previously unconsolidated sand interlinked by inter-particle cementitious bonds comprising deposited calcium carbonate crystals, where the consolidated sand has a structural strength and the consolidated sand structure is porous to permit fluid flow through the composition.