Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and computer- readable media for detecting and marking events that occur during a fracturing operation. Data related to performance of a fracturing operation in a wellbore during performance of a stage of the fracturing operation can be accessed. An event detection algorithm for detecting a specific event during the fracturing operation can be accessed. The event detection algorithm can be applied to the data to determine whether the specific event actually occurs during at least a portion of the stage of the fracturing operation. As follows, an indication of the specific event occurring during the stage of the fracturing operation can generated if it is determined that the specific event actually occurred during the at least a portion of the stage of the fracturing operation.
This disclosure presents processes for mitigating wellbore screen-out. The processes can automatically determine an onset of wellbore screen-out by analyzing corrected pressure data from the at least one pressure sensor, select at least one type of mitigation action based on the automatic determination of the onset of the wellbore screen-out, and mitigate the wellbore screen-out with the selected at least one type of mitigation action.
Provided, in one aspect, is a spin control valve assembly, comprising a stationary valve plate having a first stationary valve plate opening and a second stationary valve plate opening; and a rotating valve plate coupled longitudinally adjacent to the stationary valve plate, the rotating valve plate having a rotating valve plate opening, wherein the rotating valve plate is configured to rotate among at least three positions such that at each position of the at least three positions fluid flows at a different flow rate through the spin control valve assembly. The spin control valve assembly may be used to provide spin control for a motor of a pump within a wellbore.
F16K 3/08 - Robinets-vannes ou tiroirs, c. à d. dispositifs obturateurs dont l'élément de fermeture glisse le long d'un siège pour l'ouverture ou la fermeture à faces d'obturation planes; Garnitures d'étanchéité à cet effet avec éléments de fermeture articulés à pivot en forme de plaques disposées entre l'alimentation et l'évacuation les plaques étant circulaires et pivotant autour de leur centre
E21B 34/06 - Aménagements des vannes pour les trous de forage ou pour les puits dans les puits
F04D 13/10 - Ensembles comprenant les pompes et leurs moyens d'entraînement la pompe étant entraînée par l'électricité pour utilisation en position immergée adaptés pour l'utilisation dans les forages de mine
F04D 15/00 - Commande, p.ex.régulation de pompes, d'installations ou de systèmes de pompage
4.
VISUALIZING FLUID FLOW THROUGH POROUS MEDIA IN VIRTUAL REALITY
Systems and methods for visualizing fluid flows in a virtual reality (VR) environment are disclosed. A digital volume image representing a reservoir formation sample is obtained from an imaging device. The digital volume is segmented by assigning hydraulic properties of the formation sample to each volume element based on image properties associated with that volume element. Fluid flow is simulated using the segmented digital volume. A vector field representing flow properties at different points along one or more flow lines through the pore space is generated. An interactive visualization of a three-dimensional (3D) virtual environment representing the formation sample with the flow line(s) is provided via a VR display. Responsive to receiving user input specifying an area of the environment to view at a selected level of detail, the specified area is rendered at the selected level of detail and a current view of the interactive visualization is updated accordingly.
Bentonite-based grout fluids and methods of using the grout fluids are provided. A method of using a grout fluid includes placing a geothemial conduit in at least one hole in the earth, providing a grout fluid consisting essentially of water and a bentonite- based grout, wherein the bentonite-based grout consists essentially of calcium carbonate, a bentonite, one or more grout-setting modifiers, and one or more thennally conductive materials, introducing the grout fluid into a space between the geothennal conduit and sidewalls of the at least one hole so that the grout fluid is in contact with the geothennal conduit, and after introducing the grout fluid, allowing the grout fluid to set to fix the geothennal conduit to the at least one hole, wherein after setting, the grout fluid has a hydraulic conductivity of between about 1 x 10- 7 cm/s and about 1 x 10-9 cm/s.
C09K 8/467 - Compositions de cimentation, p.ex. pour la cimentation des tubes dans les trous de forage; Compositions de bouchage, p.ex. pour tuer des puits contenant des liants inorganiques, p.ex. ciment Portland contenant des additifs pour des utilisations spécifiques
C04B 28/00 - Compositions pour mortiers, béton ou pierre artificielle, contenant des liants inorganiques ou contenant le produit de réaction d'un liant inorganique et d'un liant organique, p.ex. contenant des ciments de polycarboxylates
E21B 33/138 - Plâtrage de la paroi du trou de forage; Injections dans la formation
6.
SIMULTANEOUS DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING WITH MULTIPLE GAUGE LENGTHS
A method for distributed acoustic sensing includes sending a first optical pulse down an optical fiber, wherein light from the first optical pulse is backscattered from positions along a length of the optical fiber according to coherent Rayleigh scattering; splitting backscattered light from the first optical pulse into a first portion for a first interferometer and a second portion for a second interferometer, the first interferometer having a first gauge length and the second interferometer having a second gauge length, wherein the first gauge length is different from the second gauge length; detecting a first interferometric signal from the first interferometer responsive to the first portion of backscattered light; detecting a second interferometric signal from the first interferometer responsive to the second portion of backscattered light; and processing the first and second interferometric signals for two different sensing applications adapted for the first and second gauge lengths, respectively.
E21B 47/008 - Surveillance des systèmes de pompe de fond de trou, p.ex. pour la détection de conditions appelées "cognement sur le fluide"
E21B 47/14 - Moyens pour la transmission de signaux de mesure ou signaux de commande du puits vers la surface, ou de la surface vers le puits, p.ex. pour la diagraphie pendant le forage utilisant des ondes acoustiques
G01D 5/353 - Moyens mécaniques pour le transfert de la grandeur de sortie d'un organe sensible; Moyens pour convertir la grandeur de sortie d'un organe sensible en une autre variable, lorsque la forme ou la nature de l'organe sensible n'imposent pas un moyen de conversion déterminé; Transducteurs non spécialement adaptés à une variable particulière utilisant des moyens optiques, c. à d. utilisant de la lumière infrarouge, visible ou ultraviolette avec atténuation ou obturation complète ou partielle des rayons lumineux les rayons lumineux étant détectés par des cellules photo-électriques en modifiant les caractéristiques de transmission d'une fibre optique
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PRESSURE-ACTIVATED VALVE ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS TO REMOTELY ACTIVATE A VALVE
Pressure-activated valve assemblies and methods to remotely activate a valve are disclosed. A pressure-activated valve assembly includes a valve, a latch mechanism configured to shift the valve to an open position, and a pressure-activated indexing mechanism that is initially engaged to the latch mechanism. The pressure-activated indexing mechanism is initially in an unarmed mode. After the pressure-activated indexing mechanism is in an armed mode, applying at least one cycle of threshold pressure to the pressure-activated indexing mechanism disengages the latch mechanism to shift the valve to the open position. The pressure-activated valve assembly also includes a remote-activated downhole system configured to receive an activation pressure signal having a signature profile, and in response to receiving the activation pressure signal, arm the pressure-activated indexing mechanism.
E21B 34/10 - Aménagements des vannes pour les trous de forage ou pour les puits dans les puits actionnés par un fluide de commande provenant de l'extérieur du trou de forage
E21B 34/08 - Aménagements des vannes pour les trous de forage ou pour les puits dans les puits sensibles à l'écoulement ou à la pression du fluide obtenu
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COLD SPRAYING A COATING ONTO A ROTOR IN A DOWNHOLE MOTOR ASSEMBLY
Systems and methods for cold-spraying coatings on rotors in motor assemblies for improving reliability of motor assembly use downhole in wellbores is provided. For example, a motor assembly can include a stator positioned downhole in a wellbore and rotor coupled to the wellbore. The rotor can include a base material and a first coating deposited onto the base material via cold spraying for reducing damage to the rotor. The first coating may include sprayed particles that have a melting point temperature that is higher than a temperature of a gas used in the cold spraying. In some examples, the rotor may include a second coating deposited onto the first coating via cold spraying, high velocity oxygen fuel coating, or high velocity air fuel. The first coating may have a first hardness that is less than a second hardness of the second coating.
Piston-less downhole tools and piston-less pressure compensation tools are presented. The piston-less downhole tool includes a first chamber comprising a first fluid, the first fluid being a fluid that thermally expands in response to an increase in a temperature of the first fluid. The piston-less downhole tool also includes a tubular having a first end that is fluidly sealed and a second end that is in fluid communication with the first fluid, wherein the tubular is configured to expand in response to thermal expansion of the first fluid. The piston-less downhole tool further includes a second chamber configured to store a second fluid. The tubular of the piston-less downhole tool is configured to contract in response to pressure applied by the second fluid.
E21B 23/04 - Appareils pour déplacer, mettre en place, verrouiller, libérer ou retirer, les outils, les packers ou autres éléments dans les trous de forage mis en œuvre à l'aide de moyens fluides, p.ex. actionnés par explosion
E21B 4/02 - Moyens d'entraînement de type rotatif par fluide
E21B 23/01 - Appareils pour déplacer, mettre en place, verrouiller, libérer ou retirer, les outils, les packers ou autres éléments dans les trous de forage pour ancrer les outils ou similaires
E21B 41/00 - Matériel ou accessoires non couverts par les groupes
10.
RANGING SOLENOID COIL TRANSMITTER AROUND DOWNHOLE BOTTOM HOLE ASSEMBLY ELEMENTS
The disclosure provides for a bottom hole assembly that comprises a stator solenoid winding transmitter assembly operable to generate a magnetic field. The stator solenoid winding transmitter assembly comprises a coil comprising a plurality of windings and a sleeve, wherein the coil is disposed within the sleeve. The bottom hole assembly further comprises a solenoid control assembly disposed adjacent to the stator solenoid winding transmitter assembly, wherein the solenoid control assembly is communicatively coupled to a controller and electrically connected to the coil and a mud motor comprising a rotor and a stator, wherein the stator solenoid winding transmitter assembly is disposed around the mud motor.
E21B 47/12 - Moyens pour la transmission de signaux de mesure ou signaux de commande du puits vers la surface, ou de la surface vers le puits, p.ex. pour la diagraphie pendant le forage
E21B 4/02 - Moyens d'entraînement de type rotatif par fluide
E21B 17/042 - Accouplements; Joints entre tige et trépan, ou entre tiges filetés
E21B 17/10 - Protecteurs contre l'usure; Dispositifs de centrage
E21B 47/024 - Détermination de l'inclinaison ou de la direction des dispositifs dans le trou de forage
11.
FLOW CONTROL CHOKE WITH CURVED INTERFACES FOR WELLBORE DRILLING OPERATIONS
Certain aspects and features relate to a drilling system usable to drill a borehole. The drilling system may include a first housing defining a main fluid flow path and a second housing defining a bypass flow path toward an annulus of a wellbore. A flow control choke may be positioned between the first housing and the second housing. The flow control choke may include a rotatable section and a stationary section that is stationary relative to the rotatable section. The stationary section may have a curved interface with the rotatable section for restricting a flow of a drilling fluid through the bypass flow path.
E21B 34/08 - Aménagements des vannes pour les trous de forage ou pour les puits dans les puits sensibles à l'écoulement ou à la pression du fluide obtenu
E21B 4/02 - Moyens d'entraînement de type rotatif par fluide
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SUBTERRANEAN DRILLING AND COMPLETION IN GEOTHERMAL WELLS
A method for strengthening a subterranean formation is disclosed herein. A method of strengthening a subterranean formation includes: introducing a first fluid into the subterranean formation, wherein the first fluid includes polyvalent cations; and introducing a second fluid into the subterranean formation, wherein the second fluid includes a dissolved silicate in an aqueous- base fluid; wherein the dissolved silicate reacts with the polyvalent cations in the subterranean formation to form a reaction product including precipitated silicate in the subterranean formation.
A hydraulic set packer system includes an outer sleeve and a mandrel extending through the outer sleeve. The mandrel has a setting port extending through a radial wall of the mandrel, and the setting port is configured to provide fluid communication from a central bore of the mandrel to a setting chamber formed between the outer sleeve and the mandrel. The system also includes a piston configured to move axially along the mandrel in response to a setting pressure in the setting chamber. The piston is configured to drive at least one radially actuatable component to actuate in a radial direction to engage a wellbore wall. Further, the system includes a pressure isolation assembly disposed in the setting chamber. The pressure isolation assembly is configured to move axially with respect to the mandrel from a first position to a second position to seal the setting port.
E21B 33/126 - Packers; Bouchons à cuvette ou jupe élastiques actionnées par pression d'un fluide
E21B 23/06 - Appareils pour déplacer, mettre en place, verrouiller, libérer ou retirer, les outils, les packers ou autres éléments dans les trous de forage pour le montage des packers
E21B 34/10 - Aménagements des vannes pour les trous de forage ou pour les puits dans les puits actionnés par un fluide de commande provenant de l'extérieur du trou de forage
Systems and methods for drilling a wellbore include delivering electrical energy to a downhole end of the wellbore. A tapered drill string, with larger drill pipes connected in an up-hole portion with a turbine and an electrical generator and a smaller drill pipes coupled in downhole portion may be used to deliver the electrical power. A turbine and generator may be sufficiently sized to harvest the necessary hydraulic energy and safely operated in a subterranean environment. An electrode carried by the downhole portion of the drill string is electrically coupled to the generator through the downhole portion of the drill string.
A pulsed power drilling (PPD) component includes a functional gradient of material from a first portion to a second portion of the PPD component. The functional gradient of material provides a greater wear resistance of the first portion relative to the second portion and a greater electrical conductivity or resistivity of the second portion relative to the first portion.
E21B 47/18 - Moyens pour la transmission de signaux de mesure ou signaux de commande du puits vers la surface, ou de la surface vers le puits, p.ex. pour la diagraphie pendant le forage utilisant des ondes acoustiques à travers le fluide du puits
E21B 47/01 - Dispositifs pour supporter des instruments de mesure sur des trépans, des tubes, des tiges ou des câbles de forage; Protection des instruments de mesure dans les trous de forage contre la chaleur, les chocs, la pression ou similaire
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DOWNHOLE MOTOR OR PUMP WITH STATOR MANUFACTURED WITH COLD SPRAY
A downhole motor or pump assembly that includes a stator and a rotor rotatable within the stator. The stator includes a tubular housing and an overlay deposited by cold spray onto an interior of the housing to form overlay lobes along a first length of the stator. The downhole motor or pump may be used to perform downhole operations.
E21B 4/02 - Moyens d'entraînement de type rotatif par fluide
F04C 2/107 - Machines ou pompes à piston rotatif du type à engrènement extérieur, c. à d. avec un engagement des organes coopérants semblable à celui d'engrenages dentés du type à axe interne, l'organe externe ayant plus de dents ou de parties équivalentes de prise, p.ex. de rouleaux, que l'organe interne avec des dents hélicoïdales
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MULTI-WELL IMAGE REFERENCE MAGNETIC RANGING & INTERCEPTION
A method for ranging to locate a target borehole. The method may include disposing a bottom hole assembly (BHA) into an intercept borehole, disposing a downhole tool into a reference borehole, imaging a target borehole for the intercept borehole to get a first set of measurement, imaging the target borehole from the reference borehole to get a second set of measurements, and combining the first set of measurements and the second set of measurements to determine a direction and distance to the target borehole form the intercept borehole.
E21B 47/002 - Relevés dans les trous de forage ou dans les puits par inspection visuelle
E21B 47/01 - Dispositifs pour supporter des instruments de mesure sur des trépans, des tubes, des tiges ou des câbles de forage; Protection des instruments de mesure dans les trous de forage contre la chaleur, les chocs, la pression ou similaire
G01V 1/40 - Séismologie; Prospection ou détection sismique ou acoustique spécialement adaptées au carottage
G01V 3/30 - Prospection ou détection électrique ou magnétique; Mesure des caractéristiques du champ magnétique de la terre, p.ex. de la déclinaison ou de la déviation spécialement adaptée au carottage fonctionnant au moyen d'ondes électromagnétiques
18.
CHARACTERIZING EFFECTS OF CO2 CHEMICAL REACTION WITH ROCK MINERALS DURING CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION
A method for measuring a carbon capture and sequestration site. The method may comprise acquiring one or more core samples from a carbon capture and sequestration site, performing a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurement on the one or more core samples to form a first NMR measurement performing a surface roughness measurement on the one or more core samples to determine a Rs,before wherein the Rs,before is a surface roughness of the one or more core samples before the one or more core samples are aged in a cell, and determining at least one property of the one or more core samples from at least the first NMR measurement and the Rs,before.
G01N 24/08 - Recherche ou analyse des matériaux par l'utilisation de la résonance magnétique nucléaire, de la résonance paramagnétique électronique ou d'autres effets de spin en utilisant la résonance magnétique nucléaire
E21B 49/02 - Test pour déterminer la nature des parois des trous de forage; Essais de couches; Procédés ou appareils pour prélever des échantillons du terrain ou de fluides en provenance des puits, spécialement adaptés au forage du sol ou aux puits par prélèvements mécaniques d'échantillons du terrain
G01V 3/32 - Prospection ou détection électrique ou magnétique; Mesure des caractéristiques du champ magnétique de la terre, p.ex. de la déclinaison ou de la déviation spécialement adaptée au carottage fonctionnant par résonance magnétique électronique ou nucléaire
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OIL TRANSPORT STRUCTURE IN AN ELECTRIC MOTOR OF AN ELECTRIC SUBMERSIBLE PUMP (ESP) ASSEMBLY
An electric submersible pump (ESP) assembly. The ESP assembly comprises a centrifugal pump assembly; a seal section; and an electric motor comprising a drive shaft having a bore concentric with a longitudinal axis of the drive shaft and a fluid mover disposed within and coupled to the bore of the drive shaft.
E21B 43/12 - Procédés ou appareils pour commander l'écoulement du fluide extrait vers ou dans les puits
E21B 41/00 - Matériel ou accessoires non couverts par les groupes
F04D 13/10 - Ensembles comprenant les pompes et leurs moyens d'entraînement la pompe étant entraînée par l'électricité pour utilisation en position immergée adaptés pour l'utilisation dans les forages de mine
A well sealing tool may include a hydraulic setting mechanism wherein a setting chamber is isolated after setting a sealing element in engagement with a wellbore. In one example, a setting mechanism includes a setting chamber housing positionable about a mandrel to define at least a portion of a setting chamber between the mandrel and the setting chamber housing. A setting port fluidically couples a through bore of the mandrel with the setting chamber. A valve element is biased toward a closed position within the setting port. A guide sleeve is disposed about the mandrel in a first position that props the valve element to an open position. The guide sleeve is moveable to a second position in response to a threshold pressure applied to the setting chamber to release the valve element to the closed position.
E21B 23/06 - Appareils pour déplacer, mettre en place, verrouiller, libérer ou retirer, les outils, les packers ou autres éléments dans les trous de forage pour le montage des packers
E21B 34/10 - Aménagements des vannes pour les trous de forage ou pour les puits dans les puits actionnés par un fluide de commande provenant de l'extérieur du trou de forage
E21B 34/14 - Aménagements des vannes pour les trous de forage ou pour les puits dans les puits actionnés par le mouvement des outils, p.ex. obturateurs à manchons actionnés par des pistons ou par des outils à câble
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SELECTIVE ELECTRODE USAGE FOR DIRECTIONAL PULSE POWER DRILLING FROM A SINGLE POWER SOURCE
A method includes directionally drilling, with a pulse power drill string, of a borehole into a subsurface formation using pulse power. The directionally drilling comprises generating, by an electrical source, an electrical energy and storing, by a primary capacitor, the electrical energy. The method includes periodically discharging the electrical energy from the primary capacitor to be received by a switching device having a number of outputs, wherein each output of the number of outputs is electrically coupled to an electrode of a number of electrodes positioned on an electrode assembly; and unevenly distributing, by the switching device, the electrical energy across the number of electrodes based on selecting a subset of the number of electrodes to receive the electrical energy to alter a direction of the drilling of the borehole based on emitting of the electrical energy by the selected subset of the number of electrodes into the subsurface formation.
E21B 47/18 - Moyens pour la transmission de signaux de mesure ou signaux de commande du puits vers la surface, ou de la surface vers le puits, p.ex. pour la diagraphie pendant le forage utilisant des ondes acoustiques à travers le fluide du puits
E21B 7/06 - Modification de la direction du trou de forage
E21B 17/10 - Protecteurs contre l'usure; Dispositifs de centrage
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SELECTIVE ELECTRODE USAGE FOR DIRECTIONAL PULSE POWER DRILLING
An apparatus comprises an electrode assembly positioned at a bottom end of a pulse power drill string to be positioned in a borehole formed in a subsurface formation. The electrode assembly comprises multiple electrodes, wherein at least a subset of the multiple electrodes is to periodically emit a pulse of an electrical discharge into the subsurface formation to drill the borehole. The electrode assembly comprises a controller configured to alter a direction of drilling of the borehole based on selection of the subset from the multiple electrodes, wherein an effective attribute of at least one electrode of the multiple electrodes is different than the effective attribute of other electrodes of the multiple electrodes, wherein the effective attribute comprises at least one of a shape and a size.
E21B 7/06 - Modification de la direction du trou de forage
E21B 47/18 - Moyens pour la transmission de signaux de mesure ou signaux de commande du puits vers la surface, ou de la surface vers le puits, p.ex. pour la diagraphie pendant le forage utilisant des ondes acoustiques à travers le fluide du puits
Provided is a keyed running tool for use with a slotted orientation apparatus. The keyed running tool, in one aspect, includes a housing, and two or more keys extending from the housing, the two or more keys movable between a radially retracted state and a radially extended state, wherein adjacent ones of the two or more keys are laterally offset from each other and radially offset from each other by Y degrees, wherein Y is 180 degrees or less.
E21B 23/02 - Appareils pour déplacer, mettre en place, verrouiller, libérer ou retirer, les outils, les packers ou autres éléments dans les trous de forage pour verrouiller les outils ou autres éléments sur des supports ou dans des retraits entre sections adjacentes du tubage
E21B 23/00 - Appareils pour déplacer, mettre en place, verrouiller, libérer ou retirer, les outils, les packers ou autres éléments dans les trous de forage
E21B 41/00 - Matériel ou accessoires non couverts par les groupes
E21B 43/10 - Mise en place de tubages, filtres ou crépines dans les puits
E21B 43/26 - Procédés pour activer la production par formation de crevasses ou de fractures
A method is to perform pulse power drilling of a borehole into a subsurface formation. The method comprises altering drilling the borehole, based on the pulse power drilling, in a direction that is off-center from a center of the borehole, wherein the altering of the drilling of the borehole in the direction that is off-center comprises articulating at least one element of a drill string having a drill bit; and periodically emitting a pulse of electrical discharge into the subsurface formation from at least one electrode of an electrode assembly that is part of the drill bit.
E21B 47/18 - Moyens pour la transmission de signaux de mesure ou signaux de commande du puits vers la surface, ou de la surface vers le puits, p.ex. pour la diagraphie pendant le forage utilisant des ondes acoustiques à travers le fluide du puits
E21B 7/06 - Modification de la direction du trou de forage
E21B 17/10 - Protecteurs contre l'usure; Dispositifs de centrage
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FLUID BASED INTERMITTENT POWERING OF DOWNHOLE OPERATIONS
A method for supplying, via an electrical interface, an output electrical power to an electrical load that is downhole in a borehole formed in a subsurface formation, includes generating mechanical energy from a flow of a fluid being delivered into the borehole; converting the mechanical energy into an input electrical power; storing the input electrical power into a primary capacitor, wherein the input electrical power has a variance that is greater than a variance threshold. The method includes performing the following operations while continuing to generate the mechanical energy generated from the flow of the fluid, in response to determining that at least one load criteria is satisfied, discharging the input electrical power from the primary capacitor to the electrical load to power a downhole operation by the electrical load.
Provided is a slotted orientation apparatus for use with a keyed running tool. The slotted orientation apparatus, in one aspect includes a tubular having a wall thickness (t), and a slot extending at least partially through the tubular, the slot having an angled portion coupled to an axial portion, wherein the slot radially extends around the tubular X degrees, wherein X is 180 degrees or less.
E21B 43/26 - Procédés pour activer la production par formation de crevasses ou de fractures
E21B 23/00 - Appareils pour déplacer, mettre en place, verrouiller, libérer ou retirer, les outils, les packers ou autres éléments dans les trous de forage
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PULSE POWER DRILLING ASSEMBLY TRANSFORMER WITH A CORE HAVING INSULATIVE AND ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS
An apparatus comprises a sub-section of a pulse power drilling assembly including a transformer encircling a center flow tube. The transformer comprises at least one primary winding that encircles the center flow tube and a core that encircles the at least one primary winding. The core comprises an insulative material and an electrically conductive material, wherein the insulative material is positioned relative to the electrically conductive material to create at least one break to prevent an electrical path for current within the electrically conductive material during operation of the transformer. The transformer comprises a secondary winding that encircles the core.
E21B 47/18 - Moyens pour la transmission de signaux de mesure ou signaux de commande du puits vers la surface, ou de la surface vers le puits, p.ex. pour la diagraphie pendant le forage utilisant des ondes acoustiques à travers le fluide du puits
E21B 7/15 - Forage thermique, p.ex. forage à la flamme la chaleur étant produite par l'électricité
E21B 47/01 - Dispositifs pour supporter des instruments de mesure sur des trépans, des tubes, des tiges ou des câbles de forage; Protection des instruments de mesure dans les trous de forage contre la chaleur, les chocs, la pression ou similaire
Methods of capturing carbon dioxide in a wellbore can include installing a sealing element in the wellbore. The sealing element swells in the presence of carbon dioxide and can be used for capturing the carbon. The sealing element can include a carbon-swelling material, such as a carbon-swelling polymers, metal-based materials, or combinations of elastomeric polymers and metal-based materials. The sealing element can also include combinations of different carbon-swelling materials, fillers or other compounds, and materials that are not carbon swell able. The sealing element can create a seal, form an anchor, or create a seal and form an anchor in the wellbore after swelling.
E21B 23/06 - Appareils pour déplacer, mettre en place, verrouiller, libérer ou retirer, les outils, les packers ou autres éléments dans les trous de forage pour le montage des packers
E21B 33/124 - Unités à bouchons espacés longitudinalement pour isoler les espaces intermédiaires
E21B 41/00 - Matériel ou accessoires non couverts par les groupes
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PULSE POWER DRILLING ASSEMBLY TRANSFORMER WITH A CORE HAVING A NON-CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL
An apparatus comprises a sub-section of a pulse power drilling assembly including a transformer encircling a center flow tube through which a drilling mud is to flow for drilling a borehole into a subsurface formation based on periodic pulses of electrical discharges from the pulse power drilling assembly. The transformer comprises at least one primary winding that encircles the center flow tube; a core that encircles the at least one primary winding, wherein the core comprises an electrically non-conductive material; and at least one secondary winding that encircles the core.
E21B 47/18 - Moyens pour la transmission de signaux de mesure ou signaux de commande du puits vers la surface, ou de la surface vers le puits, p.ex. pour la diagraphie pendant le forage utilisant des ondes acoustiques à travers le fluide du puits
E21B 7/15 - Forage thermique, p.ex. forage à la flamme la chaleur étant produite par l'électricité
E21B 47/01 - Dispositifs pour supporter des instruments de mesure sur des trépans, des tubes, des tiges ou des câbles de forage; Protection des instruments de mesure dans les trous de forage contre la chaleur, les chocs, la pression ou similaire
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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION AND RESERVOIR MONITORING
A system and method for identifying a downhole fluid. The system may include at least one electrode station that is disposed on a non-conductive material and at least two electrodes coupled to the at least one electrode station. The system may further include at least one acquisition unit that is configured to measure a voltage across the two electrodes of the at least one electrode station and an information handling system connected to the at least one acquisition unit. The method may include injecting a current into a sensing domain with at least two electrodes disposed on at least one electrode station, measuring a voltage across the at least two electrodes at the at least one electrode station using an acquisition unit, and sending the measured voltage to an information handling system connected to the acquisition unit by at least one communication line.
E21B 49/08 - Prélèvement d'échantillons de fluides ou test des fluides dans les trous de forage ou dans les puits
E21B 47/008 - Surveillance des systèmes de pompe de fond de trou, p.ex. pour la détection de conditions appelées "cognement sur le fluide"
E21B 47/125 - Moyens pour la transmission de signaux de mesure ou signaux de commande du puits vers la surface, ou de la surface vers le puits, p.ex. pour la diagraphie pendant le forage utilisant la terre comme conducteur électrique
31.
DOWNHOLE TELEMETRY DURING FLUID INJECTION OPERATIONS
A fluid signal generator configured to produce fluid pulses in a fluid column of a wellbore are described. The fluid pulses represent data and/or other information to be transmitted from a downhole device, such as a fluid plug apparatus located within the borehole of the wellbore, to one or more other devices located away from the downhole device, including devices located above a surface of the wellbore. The fluid plug may be configured to provide a fluid seal between a first portion of the wellbore and a second portion of the wellbore prior to and during a fluid treatment procedure being performed on the wellbore.
E21B 43/26 - Procédés pour activer la production par formation de crevasses ou de fractures
E21B 34/14 - Aménagements des vannes pour les trous de forage ou pour les puits dans les puits actionnés par le mouvement des outils, p.ex. obturateurs à manchons actionnés par des pistons ou par des outils à câble
E21B 47/18 - Moyens pour la transmission de signaux de mesure ou signaux de commande du puits vers la surface, ou de la surface vers le puits, p.ex. pour la diagraphie pendant le forage utilisant des ondes acoustiques à travers le fluide du puits
32.
AUTO-INSULATING CONCENTRIC WET-MATE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR DOWNHOLE APPLICATIONS
A wet-mate connector assembly can include a male portion having a male electrical contact with a valve metal alloy thereon. The wet-mate connector assembly can also include a female portion having a female electrical contact with the valve metal alloy thereon. The female portion can receive the male portion for defining a fluid flow path therein and can form an electrical connection with the male portion. The valve metal alloy can respond to an electrical charge and a downhole fluid by forming an insulation layer on at least one of the male electrical contact or the female electrical contact in a downhole of a well.
E21B 17/00 - Tiges ou tubes de forage; Trains de tiges souples; Tiges d'entraînement; Masses-tiges; Tiges de pompage; Tubages; Colonnes de production
E21B 23/00 - Appareils pour déplacer, mettre en place, verrouiller, libérer ou retirer, les outils, les packers ou autres éléments dans les trous de forage
33.
ELECTRICAL SUBMERSIBLE PUMP (ESP) PUMP SEAL SECTION SERVICE-LESS FLANGE
An electric submersible pump (ESP) seal section assembly. The assembly comprises a seal section filled with dielectric oil; a coupling body partially inserted into the seal section, and a coupling body, wherein the coupling body is substantially cylindrical and has a first outside diameter at an upper end of the coupling body, has a second outside diameter smaller than the first diameter below the first outside diameter, has a circumferential tapered shoulder between the portion of the coupling body having the first diameter and the portion of the coupling body having the second diameter; a service-less flange coupled to the seal section, wherein the service-less flange defines a circumferential opening having a circumferential tapered shoulder on an upper edge that contacts the circumferential tapered shoulder of the coupling body.
E21B 43/12 - Procédés ou appareils pour commander l'écoulement du fluide extrait vers ou dans les puits
F04D 13/06 - Ensembles comprenant les pompes et leurs moyens d'entraînement la pompe étant entraînée par l'électricité
F04D 13/10 - Ensembles comprenant les pompes et leurs moyens d'entraînement la pompe étant entraînée par l'électricité pour utilisation en position immergée adaptés pour l'utilisation dans les forages de mine
A bulkhead connector configured to be positioned within a tool body of a completion or intervention tool for use in a wellbore, and to provide a pressure and fluid seal between an area or a compartment within the tool body where one or more downhole tools are located and any fluid(s) present in the wellbore. The bulkhead connector includes one or more electrical switches positioned on the "low pressure" or tool side of the bulkhead connector, the electrical switches configured to be actuated by magnetic force(s) provided by one or more magnetic elements positioned on the "high pressure" or fluid side of the bulkhead connector. The bulkhead connector including electrical contact(s) that extend through the bulkhead connector that may be connected and disconnected from leads utilizing the magnetic force(s) provided from the fluid side of the bulkhead connector.
A machine learning model trained to predict offset pressure ("predictor") is used to generate a pumping schedule that mitigates well interference during a hydraulic fracturing treatment operation. Diverse candidate pumping schedules are generated according to pumping schedule constraints. Feature inputs are populated with the candidate pumping schedules and with static and dynamic features related to the operation. The feature inputs are fed into one or more instances of the predictor to obtain offset pressure predictions at a prediction horizon for which the predictor was configured. The offset pressure predictions are evaluated to identify the one that best satisfies a well interference mitigation objective and the corresponding candidate pumping schedule is identified for well interference mitigation.
A method for determining microseismic events. The method may include measuring a seismic travel time of a microseismic event with a fiber optic line disposed in a first wellbore, forming a probability density function for the microseismic event based at least in part on the seismic travel time measurement, modifying the probability density function by applying one or more constraints to form a modified probability density function, identifying one or more most probable source locations from the modified probability density function, and forming a microseismic event cloud from the one or more most probable source locations.
Provided is a sealing/anchoring element, a sealing/anchoring tool, and a method for sealing/anchoring within a wellbore. The sealing/anchoring element, in one aspect, includes a circlet having an inside surface having an inside diameter (di), an outside surface having an outside diameter (do), a width (w), and a wall thickness (t). In one aspect, the circlet has one or more geometric features that allow it to elasto/plastically deform when moved from a radially reduced state to a radially enlarged state, and the circlet comprises an expandable metal configured to expand in response to hydrolysis.
E21B 33/128 - Packers; Bouchons avec un organe dilaté radialement par pression axiale
E21B 23/01 - Appareils pour déplacer, mettre en place, verrouiller, libérer ou retirer, les outils, les packers ou autres éléments dans les trous de forage pour ancrer les outils ou similaires
E21B 33/129 - Packers; Bouchons à patins mécaniques pour accrochage dans le tubage
E21B 34/14 - Aménagements des vannes pour les trous de forage ou pour les puits dans les puits actionnés par le mouvement des outils, p.ex. obturateurs à manchons actionnés par des pistons ou par des outils à câble
38.
BOREHOLE GEOMETRY SENSOR AND RUNNING TOOL ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS TO DEPLOY A COMPLETION COMPONENT IN A LATERAL BORE
A borehole geometry sensor and running tool assembly includes a borehole geometry sensor sub-assembly configured to determine a borehole geometry of a wellbore. The borehole geometry sensor and running tool assembly also includes a running tool assembly that is initially detachably engaged to the borehole geometry sensor sub-assembly and configured to run the borehole geometry sensor sub-assembly into a borehole, and disengage the borehole geometry sensor sub-assembly after the borehole geometry sensor sub-assembly is run into the borehole. The borehole geometry sensor and running tool assembly further includes a pulse sub-assembly configured to supply power to the running tool assembly, and transmit data obtained by a borehole geometry sensor of the borehole geometry sensor sub-assembly.
E21B 41/00 - Matériel ou accessoires non couverts par les groupes
E21B 47/01 - Dispositifs pour supporter des instruments de mesure sur des trépans, des tubes, des tiges ou des câbles de forage; Protection des instruments de mesure dans les trous de forage contre la chaleur, les chocs, la pression ou similaire
E21B 47/02 - Détermination de l'inclinaison ou de la direction
A tubing string may include a swellable metal material for providing a seal downhole. The swellable metal material may react with a silica material and a water-based fluid to cause the swellable metal material to swell and form a seal within a flow path defined in part by the tubing string.
C09K 3/10 - Substances non couvertes ailleurs pour sceller ou étouper des joints ou des couvercles
C09K 8/46 - Compositions de cimentation, p.ex. pour la cimentation des tubes dans les trous de forage; Compositions de bouchage, p.ex. pour tuer des puits contenant des liants inorganiques, p.ex. ciment Portland
C09K 8/50 - Compositions pour le plâtrage des parois de trous de forage, c. à d. compositions pour la consolidation temporaire des parois des trous de forage
40.
MACHINE LEARNING BASED EQUIPMENT FAILURE PREDICTION USING TIME DERIVATIVE AND GRADIENT FEATURES
A method comprises receiving a time series of data values for a time window of each operational parameter of a number of operational parameters of equipment; calculating a time derivative feature that comprises a change of the data values of a first operational parameter of the number of operational parameters over the time window; and classifying, using a machine learning model and based on the time derivative feature, an operational mode of the equipment into different failure categories.
A downhole drilling system for drilling a wellbore through a subterranean formation and a method of obtaining data from a downhole location. A bottom hole assembly (BHA) is locatable in the wellbore. A gravity sensor is operable to measure the Earth's gravity local to the BHA in three gravity vector coordinates. A magnetic sensor is operable to measure a magnetic field local to the BHA in three magnetic vector coordinates. A downhole processor is locatable in the borehole and operable to, if the gravity or magnetic measurements are not taken at a selected orientation of the BHA, process the measurements downhole by rotating the measured gravity and the measured magnetic field around the z-axis to align a gravity vector or a magnetic vector with the selected orientation of the BHA.
E21B 47/0228 - Détermination de l'inclinaison ou de la direction du trou de forage, p.ex. à l'aide de géomagnétisme utilisant l'énergie électromagnétique ou des détecteurs y étant adaptés
42.
ELECTRIC SUBMERSIBLE PUMP WITH IMPROVED GAS SEPARATOR PERFORMANCE IN HIGH VISCOSITY APPLICATIONS
A downhole gas separator fluid mover assembly comprising a fluid mover having an inlet and an outlet, a separation device, a separation chamber, and a flow path separator located downstream of the fluid mover. The fluid mover comprising a centrifugal pump stage with an impeller and a diffuser moves production fluid comprising a high viscosity fluid portion and a gas portion to the separation device. The separation device produces a fluid motion that separates the gas phase from the liquid phase in response to the flow rate of production fluid from the fluid mover. A portion of the high viscosity fluid passes through the gas phase discharge port in response to the over-supply of high viscosity fluid to the liquid discharge port in response to the flow rate of the production fluid through the fluid mover.
A method comprises sampling, at a first sampling rate for a first time window, data values of at least one operational parameter of equipment. The method comprises sampling, at a second sampling rate for a second time window, the data values of the at least one operational parameter, wherein the second sampling rate is different from the first sampling rate. The method comprises classifying, using a machine learning model and the data values in the first time window and the second time window, an operational mode of the equipment into different failure categories.
An electric submersible pump (ESP) assembly. The ESP assembly comprises an electric motor; a seal section; a fluid intake; a charge pump assembly located downstream of the fluid intake and having an inlet in fluid communication with an outlet of the fluid intake, having a fluid mover coupled to a drive shaft, and having a fluid reservoir located downstream of the fluid mover; a gas separator assembly located downstream of the charge pump assembly and having an inlet in fluid communication with an outlet of the charge pump assembly; and a production pump assembly located downstream of the gas separator assembly and having an inlet in fluid communication with a liquid phase discharge port of the gas separator assembly.
F04D 13/08 - Ensembles comprenant les pompes et leurs moyens d'entraînement la pompe étant entraînée par l'électricité pour utilisation en position immergée
F04D 31/00 - Pompage simultané de liquides et de fluides compressibles
45.
CHARGE PUMP FOR ELECTRIC SUBMERSIBLE PUMP (ESP) ASSEMBLY WITH INVERTED SHROUD
An electric submersible pump (ESP) assembly. The ESP assembly comprises an electric motor; a seal section; a fluid intake; a charge pump assembly located downstream of the fluid intake and having an inlet in fluid communication with an outlet of the fluid intake, having a fluid mover coupled to a drive shaft, and having a fluid reservoir located downstream of the fluid mover; a gas separator located downstream of the charge pump assembly and having an inlet in fluid communication with an outlet of the charge pump assembly; an inverted shroud coupled at an upper end to the gas separator or to the charge pump assembly and coupled at a lower end to the ESP assembly below the fluid intake; and a production pump assembly located downstream of the gas separator and having an inlet in fluid communication with a liquid phase discharge port of the gas separator.
F04D 13/08 - Ensembles comprenant les pompes et leurs moyens d'entraînement la pompe étant entraînée par l'électricité pour utilisation en position immergée
F04D 13/10 - Ensembles comprenant les pompes et leurs moyens d'entraînement la pompe étant entraînée par l'électricité pour utilisation en position immergée adaptés pour l'utilisation dans les forages de mine
46.
ORGANIC ACID SURFACTANT BOOSTER FOR CONTAMINANT REMOVAL
Compositions and methods for use in treating hydrocarbon liquids are provided. specifically, the compositions and methods of the present disclosure relate to additives including betaine and one or more organic acids. in some embodiments, an additive comprising betaine and an organic acid may be added to a hydrocarbon liquid. In certain embodiments the additive may be added to a hydrocarbon liquid prior to a processing operation.
C10G 17/02 - Raffinage des huiles d'hydrocarbures, en l'absence d'hydrogène, avec des acides, des composés libérant un acide ou des liquides contenant un acide, p.ex. avec une boue acide avec des acides ou des liquides contenant un acide, p.ex. avec une boue acide
C10G 29/20 - Composés organiques ne renfermant pas d'atomes métalliques
C10G 31/08 - Raffinage des huiles d'hydrocarbures, en l'absence d'hydrogène, par des méthodes non prévues ailleurs par traitement à l'eau
47.
IMPROVED STEERABILITY OF DOWNHOLE RANGING TOOLS USING ROTARY MAGNETS
A ranging system having magnets positioned at various locations along the drive system. Location of the magnetics is shifted to different points on the drilling string to remove the need for a nearby bit sub that would detrimentally affect the steerability of the drilling system.
E21B 47/022 - Détermination de l'inclinaison ou de la direction du trou de forage, p.ex. à l'aide de géomagnétisme
E21B 47/01 - Dispositifs pour supporter des instruments de mesure sur des trépans, des tubes, des tiges ou des câbles de forage; Protection des instruments de mesure dans les trous de forage contre la chaleur, les chocs, la pression ou similaire
48.
BOTTOM HOLE ASSEMBLY MOUNTED SOLENOID FOR MAGNETIC RANGING
A method and system for ranging between two bottom hole assemblies (BHA). The method and system may include transmitting an electromagnetic field from a ranging device disposed on a first BHA, and measuring the electromagnetic field with a receiver disposed on a second BHA to form a measurement set. The method and system may further include an information handling system that may compare the measurement set to a decay rate of the electromagnetic field and identifying a distance between the ranging device and the receiver based at least in part on the decay rate.
E21B 47/0228 - Détermination de l'inclinaison ou de la direction du trou de forage, p.ex. à l'aide de géomagnétisme utilisant l'énergie électromagnétique ou des détecteurs y étant adaptés
Apparatus and methods for initiating the reaction of a reactive metal element of a downhole device. An example method introduces the downhole device into a wellbore; wherein the downhole device comprises the reactive metal element; wherein the reactive metal element has a first volume; and wherein the reactive metal element is separated from a reaction-inducing fluid by a frangible casing. The frangible casing is removed and the reactive metal element is contacted with the reaction-inducing fluid to produce a reaction product having a second volume greater than the first volume.
E21B 33/127 - Packers; Bouchons à manchon gonflable
E21B 23/04 - Appareils pour déplacer, mettre en place, verrouiller, libérer ou retirer, les outils, les packers ou autres éléments dans les trous de forage mis en œuvre à l'aide de moyens fluides, p.ex. actionnés par explosion
E21B 34/14 - Aménagements des vannes pour les trous de forage ou pour les puits dans les puits actionnés par le mouvement des outils, p.ex. obturateurs à manchons actionnés par des pistons ou par des outils à câble
50.
DETECTION OF WELLBORE FAULTS BASED ON SURFACE PRESSURE OF FLUIDS PUMPED INTO THE WELLBORE
A system is provided including at least one pump for pumping a fluid into a wellbore, a pressure sensor provided at a wellhead of the wellbore for measuring a backpressure of the fluid being pumped into the wellbore, and a diagnostic manager. The diagnostic manager obtains pressure data associated with a pressure signal from the pressure sensor, wherein the pressure data includes pressure measurements of the fluid over a selected time period. The diagnostic manager converts, based on the pressure data, at least a portion of the pressure signal into frequency domain. The diagnostic manager detects a change in frequency of the pressure signal in the Fourier spectrum and determines that a fault associated with the wellbore has occurred based on the changed frequency of the pressure signal.
E21B 47/06 - Mesure de la température ou de la pression
E21B 43/26 - Procédés pour activer la production par formation de crevasses ou de fractures
E21B 47/18 - Moyens pour la transmission de signaux de mesure ou signaux de commande du puits vers la surface, ou de la surface vers le puits, p.ex. pour la diagraphie pendant le forage utilisant des ondes acoustiques à travers le fluide du puits
51.
ELECTROMAGNETIC TELEMETRY SYSTEMS, METHODS TO OBTAIN DOWNHOLE SIGNALS INDICATIVE OF A DRILLING OPERATION, AND DRILLING DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
Electromagnetic telemetry systems, methods to obtain downhole signals indicative of a drilling operation, and drilling data acquisition systems are presented. An electromagnetic telemetry system includes a downhole transmitter configured to transmit signals indicative of whether the downhole transmitter is in a transmission mode to transmit drilling data, a drilling data acquisition system configured to receive the signals indicative of whether the downhole transmitter is in the transmission mode, and one or more remote nodes disposed around the hydrocarbon wellsite. Each respective remote node of the one or more remote nodes configured to operate in a first mode to periodically transmit data indicative of the signal strength to the drilling data acquisition system. Each respective remote node is also configured to operate in a second mode to acquire drilling data from the downhole transmitter, and wirelessly transmit the drilling data to the drilling data acquisition system.
E21B 47/12 - Moyens pour la transmission de signaux de mesure ou signaux de commande du puits vers la surface, ou de la surface vers le puits, p.ex. pour la diagraphie pendant le forage
G01V 3/08 - Prospection ou détection électrique ou magnétique; Mesure des caractéristiques du champ magnétique de la terre, p.ex. de la déclinaison ou de la déviation fonctionnant au moyen de champs magnétiques ou électriques produits ou modifiés par les objets ou les structures géologiques, ou par les dispositifs de détection
G01V 3/26 - Prospection ou détection électrique ou magnétique; Mesure des caractéristiques du champ magnétique de la terre, p.ex. de la déclinaison ou de la déviation spécialement adaptée au carottage fonctionnant au moyen de champs magnétiques ou électriques produits ou modifiés par la formation terrestre environnante ou par les dispositifs de détection
G01V 3/34 - Transmission de données aux appareils d'enregistrement ou de traitement; Enregistrement de données
G01V 3/38 - Traitement de données, p.ex. pour l'analyse, pour l'interprétation ou pour la correction
52.
METHOD OF PROVIDING CLEAN AIR, CLEAN WATER, AND/OR HYDRAULIC CEMENT AT WELL SITES
A method including reacting, at a jobsite, a total dissolved solids (TDS) water with a gas comprising carbon dioxide (CO2) in the presence of a proton-removing agent to produce a CO2-reduced gas and an aqueous product comprising water and a precipitate, wherein the TDS water comprises produced water, wherein the precipitate comprises one or more carbonates, and wherein the CO2-reduced gas comprises less CO2 than the gas comprising CO2; and separating at least a portion of the water from the aqueous product to provide a concentrated slurry of the precipitate and a TDS-reduced water, wherein the TDS-reduced water comprises less TDS than the TDS water.
A downhole tool for cleaning debris from an inner surface of a downhole casing that includes an inner mandrel moveable within the casing; and a scraper mandrel movably coupled to the outside of the inner mandrel by the engagement of a lug within a groove, the scraper mandrel including a scraper blade positioned on an outside of the scraper mandrel. Longitudinal movement of the scraper mandrel relative to the inner mandrel causes the lug to move within the groove, causing the scraper mandrel and the scraper blade to rotate relative to the inner mandrel and clean debris from the inner surface of the casing. The longitudinal movement is achieved by restraining movement of the scraper mandrel relative to the inner mandrel by contacting the debris with a scraper blade on the outside of the scraper mandrel, causing the scraper mandrel to move longitudinally relative to the inner mandrel.
A well system may include a tubing string positioned downhole in a wellbore defining an annulus between the tubing string and a wellbore. An annular safety valve may be positioned at the surface of the wellbore for controlling a passage of gas through the annular safety valve into the annulus. The annular safety valve may include an inductive coupler that is coupled to a power source at the surface via a power line for powering the annular safety valve.
E21B 34/10 - Aménagements des vannes pour les trous de forage ou pour les puits dans les puits actionnés par un fluide de commande provenant de l'extérieur du trou de forage
E21B 47/008 - Surveillance des systèmes de pompe de fond de trou, p.ex. pour la détection de conditions appelées "cognement sur le fluide"
E21B 47/125 - Moyens pour la transmission de signaux de mesure ou signaux de commande du puits vers la surface, ou de la surface vers le puits, p.ex. pour la diagraphie pendant le forage utilisant la terre comme conducteur électrique
E21B 41/00 - Matériel ou accessoires non couverts par les groupes
Provided is a slip ring for use with a sealing assembly, a sealing tool, and a method for sealing an annulus within a wellbore. The slip ring, in at least one aspect, includes a ring member having a first end, a second opposing end, a width (w), and a wall thickness (t). The slip ring, in this aspect, may additionally include a slot located entirely through the wall thickness (t) and extending between the first end and the second opposing end, the slot configured to allow the ring member to move between a radially reduced state and a radially enlarged state, and further wherein a first portion of the slot located at the first end and a second portion of the slot located at the second opposing end are radially offset from one another by at least 15-degrees.
E21B 33/129 - Packers; Bouchons à patins mécaniques pour accrochage dans le tubage
E21B 23/01 - Appareils pour déplacer, mettre en place, verrouiller, libérer ou retirer, les outils, les packers ou autres éléments dans les trous de forage pour ancrer les outils ou similaires
E21B 23/06 - Appareils pour déplacer, mettre en place, verrouiller, libérer ou retirer, les outils, les packers ou autres éléments dans les trous de forage pour le montage des packers
A downhole tool for cleaning a wellbore includes a tool body having a passage therein. A liquid is to flow through the passage of the tool body and have an intermittent flow pattern. An inner sleeve positioned within the tool body includes a recess having a recess pattern. In response to the intermittent flow pattern of the flow of fluid, a shift pin positioned in the recess of the inner sleeve is to traverse through the recess pattern. The downhole tool includes at least one scraper blade that is movable between a retracted position and a radially expanded position. In response to the shift pin traversing the recess pattern, the scraper blade can be expanded radially outward toward a wall of the wellbore from the retracted position to the expanded position and/or retracted inward away from the wall of the wellbore from the expanded position to the retracted position.
E21B 37/02 - Dispositifs de raclage spécialement adaptés à cet effet
E21B 34/10 - Aménagements des vannes pour les trous de forage ou pour les puits dans les puits actionnés par un fluide de commande provenant de l'extérieur du trou de forage
57.
HIGH-EXPANSION WELL SEALING USING SEAL SEAT EXTENDER
A sealing tool, system and method for sealing a wellbore achieves increased expansion with the use of a seal seat extender. In one example, a seal seat (e.g., a ball seat) defines an axial flow bore in fluid communication with the wellbore to be sealed, a sealing profile for receiving a loose sealing element (e.g., a ball or dart) to close the axial flow bore, and a tapered outer profile. The seal seat extender is initially disposed against the seal seat and is expandable against the seal seat in response to an axial setting force, such as by sliding up the tapered outer profile of the seal seat and/or buckling outwardly, in response to a setting force. A compliant annular packing element disposed against the seal seat extender is deformable outwardly into sealing engagement with the wellbore in response to the axial setting force.
E21B 23/06 - Appareils pour déplacer, mettre en place, verrouiller, libérer ou retirer, les outils, les packers ou autres éléments dans les trous de forage pour le montage des packers
E21B 33/128 - Packers; Bouchons avec un organe dilaté radialement par pression axiale
E21B 33/129 - Packers; Bouchons à patins mécaniques pour accrochage dans le tubage
The disclosure provides a pump system including a pump, a gas relief valve coupled to the pump, a motor configured to turn the pump, and a sensor configured to measure a parameter of at least one of a fluid or the pump system. The gas relief valve includes an actuator and a rotary disk system, and the rotary disk system includes a stationary disk and a rotary disk. The actuator is rotationally coupled to the rotary disk, and in a first position, the gas relief valve directs a flow of a fluid into a production tubing and in a second position, the gas relief valve directs the flow of the fluid into an annulus of a wellbore.
Provided is a mill bit and well system. The mill bit, in one aspect, includes a tubular having an uphole end and a downhole end. The mill bit, in accordance with this aspect, further includes a first cutting section having one or more first cutting surfaces disposed about the tubular, the first cutting section having a first material removal rate and configured to engage with wellbore casing disposed within a wellbore. The mill bit, in accordance with this disclosure, further includes a second cutting section having one or more second cutting surfaces disposed about the tubular, the second cutting section having a second material removal rate less than the first material removal rate and configured to engage with a whipstock disposed within the wellbore.
E21B 7/06 - Modification de la direction du trou de forage
E21B 29/00 - Découpage ou destruction de tubes, packers, bouchons ou câbles, situés dans les trous de forage ou dans les puits, p.ex. découpage de tubes endommagés, de fenêtres; Déformation des tubes dans les trous de forage; Remise en état des tubages de puits sans les retirer du sol
E21B 29/06 - Découpage de fenêtres, p.ex. découpage directionnel de fenêtres en vue d'opérations impliquant des sifflets-déviateurs
60.
WHIPSTOCK FOR USE WITH A MILL BIT INCLUDING VARYING MATERIAL REMOVAL RATES
Provided is a whipstock and well system. The whipstock, in one aspect, includes a coupling section having a first radius of curvature, the coupling section configured to engage with a mill bit when running in hole. The whipstock, in accordance with this aspect, further includes a casing breakthrough section having a second radius of curvature, and a controlled exit section having a third radius of curvature, wherein the second radius of curvature is less than the third radius of curvature.
E21B 7/06 - Modification de la direction du trou de forage
E21B 29/00 - Découpage ou destruction de tubes, packers, bouchons ou câbles, situés dans les trous de forage ou dans les puits, p.ex. découpage de tubes endommagés, de fenêtres; Déformation des tubes dans les trous de forage; Remise en état des tubages de puits sans les retirer du sol
E21B 29/06 - Découpage de fenêtres, p.ex. découpage directionnel de fenêtres en vue d'opérations impliquant des sifflets-déviateurs
An actuator of a downhole tool used in oil and gas exploration and production operations is operable to actuate a first implement in a first direction. A biasing device of the downhole tool is operable to actuate the first implement in a second direction, opposite the first direction. A dampener of the downhole tool is operable to slow an actuation speed of the first implement in the first direction, the second direction, or both. Actuating the first implement in the first direction also actuates a second implement of a flow control device ("FCD") of the downhole tool, to which the first implement is connected, in the first direction, placing the FCD in a first (e.g., open) configuration. Actuating the first implement in the second direction also actuates the second implement of the FCD in the second direction, placing the FCD in a second (e.g., closed) configuration.
A ferromagnetic fluid can be used to provide a temporary barrier in a wellbore. A magnetic sub can generate an electromagnetic field within the wellbore. The ferromagnetic fluid is retained at a desired location within the wellbore by the electromagnetic field. Ferromagnetic particles in the fluid can clump together or settle to form the temporary barrier. A zonal isolation fluid such as a metallic fluid, a cement composition, or a curable resin composition can be introduced on top of the temporary barrier. The zonal isolation fluid can solidify to form a permanent or semi-permanent barrier to provide zonal isolation of different zones of the subterranean formation.
E21B 33/13 - Procédés ou dispositifs de cimentation, de bouchage des trous, des fissures ou analogues
E21B 47/13 - Moyens pour la transmission de signaux de mesure ou signaux de commande du puits vers la surface, ou de la surface vers le puits, p.ex. pour la diagraphie pendant le forage par énergie électromagnétique, p.ex. gammes de fréquence radio
E21B 33/04 - Têtes de tubage; Suspension des tubages ou des colonnes de production dans les têtes de puits
A downhole gas separator assembly. The gas separator comprises a drive shaft; a first fluid mover mechanically coupled to the drive shaft having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet; a fluid reservoir concentrically disposed around the drive shaft and located downstream of the first fluid mover, wherein an inside surface of the fluid reservoir and an outside surface of the drive shaft define a first annulus that is fluidically coupled to the fluid outlet of the first fluid mover; a second fluid mover having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, wherein the second fluid mover is located downstream of the fluid reservoir, and wherein the fluid inlet of the second fluid mover is fluidically coupled to the first annulus; and a gas flow path and liquid flow path separator having a gas phase discharge port open to an exterior of the assembly and a liquid phase discharge port.
A drilling system for drilling a borehole. The drilling system may include a drill string, a drill bit coupled to the drill string, a mud motor coupled to the drill string uphole of the drill bit and operable to rotate the drill bit via a driveshaft, a bearing assembly coupled to a downhole end of the mud motor and operable to support the driveshaft, and a rotary steerable system ("RSS") operable to push the drill bit in a desired direction via pads extended using drilling fluid flowing through the driveshaft and to the RSS. The bearing assembly may include bearings positioned circumferentially around a bore of the bearing assembly, a fluid flowpath through the bearings to allow drilling fluid to pass through the bearings, and a choke assembly positioned in the fluid flowpath and operable to restrict a flow of the drilling fluid through the fluid flowpath.
A downhole gas separator and pump assembly. The downhole gas separator and pump assembly comprises a drive shaft; a first fluid mover having an inlet and an outlet; a separation chamber located downstream of the first fluid mover and fluidically coupled to the outlet of the first fluid mover; a gas flow path and liquid flow path separator located downstream of the separation chamber, having an inlet fluidically coupled to the separation chamber, having a gas phase discharge port open to an exterior of the assembly, and having a liquid phase discharge port; and a second fluid mover mechanically coupled to the drive shaft, located downstream of the first gas flow path and liquid flow path separator, and having an inlet fluidically coupled to the fluid phase discharge port of the first gas flow path and liquid flow path separator.
Provided, in one aspect, is a downhole torque limiter, comprising a tubular housing; a pipe positioned within the tubular housing, the pipe transitioning from a larger inside diameter (IDL) to a smaller inside diameter (IDS), thereby forming a venturi profile having a first pressure zone (Z1) and a second pressure zone (Z2); a tubular valve plate radially positioned between the tubular housing and the pipe and rotationally fixed with the pipe; a lower sub rotationally fixed relative to the tubular housing and rotationally coupled to the tubular valve plate via a clutch mechanism; and a valve assembly positioned within a longitudinal opening extending along at least a portion of a sidewall of the tubular valve plate, the valve assembly configured to be activated by a pressure drop created by fluid flowing through the venturi profile.
Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for optimizing multi-unit pumping operations at a well site. Systems and methods are provided for receiving sensor data from a hydraulic fracturing fleet equipment at an equipment system, designating an event as being flagged based on the sensor data from the hydraulic fracturing fleet equipment, determining a physical action based on the flagged event and a priority list of actions, and providing instructions to a first pump of the hydraulic fracturing fleet equipment to perfomi the physical action based on the flagged event and the priority list of actions.
A wellbore tracer system can include a first tracer including a first type of metal ions, a second tracer including a second type of metal ions, and a detector positioned proximate to a surface of the wellbore. The first tracer can be positioned at a different section of the wellbore than the second tracer. The detector can analyze a sample of produced wellbore fluid to identify the section of the wellbore that is a source of the produced wellbore fluid based on determining which of the first type of metal ions or the second type of metal ions is present in the sample.
Provided, in one aspect, is a float for use with a fluid flow control device. The float, in at least one aspect, includes a fluid impermeable exterior, and a base material having one or more cavities positioned within the fluid impermeable exterior, the base material formed using an additive manufacturing process.
E21B 43/12 - Procédés ou appareils pour commander l'écoulement du fluide extrait vers ou dans les puits
E21B 34/08 - Aménagements des vannes pour les trous de forage ou pour les puits dans les puits sensibles à l'écoulement ou à la pression du fluide obtenu
Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to non-intrusive tracking or locating of objects in a conduit from a single location. A system comprises a vessel comprising a pressurized fluid, a valve positioned to control a flow of the pressurized fluid into the conduit to induce at least one pressure wave directed at the object, a pressure transducer in fluid communication with the conduit, the pressure transducer positioned to measure at least one pressure response in the conduit due to contact of the at least one pressure wave with the object, and a system controller operable to: receive pressure data from the pressure transducer, wherein the pressure data includes the at least one pressure response and determines a distance of the object in the conduit, relative to a reference point, based on the at least one pressure response.
E21B 34/08 - Aménagements des vannes pour les trous de forage ou pour les puits dans les puits sensibles à l'écoulement ou à la pression du fluide obtenu
E21B 21/08 - Commande ou surveillance de la pression ou de l'écoulement du fluide de forage, p.ex. remplissage automatique des trous de forage, commande automatique de la pression au fond
71.
MATERIAL TEST SUB INCLUDING ONE OR MORE RETAINER ASSEMBLIES FOR DOWNHOLE ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE
Provided is a downhole material test sub assembly, a well system including the same, and a method for using the same. The downhole material test sub assembly, in one aspect, includes a flange for coupling to a mandrel, and one or more retainer assemblies coupled to the flange, the one or more retainer assemblies configured to accept a test specimen for running within a wellbore on the mandrel. The downhole material test sub assembly, according to another aspect, includes a mandrel and one or more grooves or pockets located in an outer surface of the mandrel, the one or more grooves or pockets configured to accept a test specimen for running within a wellbore on the mandrel.
Provided is a downhole material test sub assembly, a well system including the same, and a method for using the same. The downhole material test sub assembly, in one aspect, includes a flange for coupling to a mandrel, and one or more retainer assemblies coupled to the flange, the one or more retainer assemblies configured to accept a test specimen for running within a wellbore on the mandrel. The downhole material test sub assembly, according to another aspect, includes a mandrel and one or more grooves or pockets located in an outer surface of the mandrel, the one or more grooves or pockets configured to accept a test specimen for running within a wellbore on the mandrel.
Provided is an isolation sleeve for use with a frac window system, a well system, and a method. The isolation sleeve, in at least one aspect, includes a tubular having a first tubular end and a second tubular end, and a first high-expansion seal located at least partially along an outer surface of the tubular proximate the first tubular end and a second high-expansion seal located at least partially along the outer surface of the tubular proximate the second tubular end, the first and second high-expansion seals configured to move between a radially retracted state for running the isolation sleeve in hole and a radially expanded state for engaging an inner surface of a frac window system.
Provided is a sleeve for use with a frac window system, a well system, and a method. The sleeve, in one aspect, includes a tubular having a first tubular end and a second tubular end, and one or more flow control orifices located in a sidewall of the tubular between the first tubular end and the second tubular end, the tubular configured to be placed within a frac window system at a junction between a first wellbore and a secondary wellbore such that the one or more flow control orifices restrict a flow of wellbore fluid from the secondary wellbore into the tubular.
E21B 34/14 - Aménagements des vannes pour les trous de forage ou pour les puits dans les puits actionnés par le mouvement des outils, p.ex. obturateurs à manchons actionnés par des pistons ou par des outils à câble
E21B 43/12 - Procédés ou appareils pour commander l'écoulement du fluide extrait vers ou dans les puits
Provided is a frac window system, a well system, and a wellbore stimulation method. The frac window system, in one aspect, includes an elongated tubular having a first end and a second end with an opening defined in a wall of the elongated tubular between the first end and the second end, the wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the opening in the wall is configured to align with a window of a wellbore casing. The frac window system, according to this aspect, may further include a polished bore receptacle coupled to the first end of the elongated tubular, the polished bore receptacle having an inside diameter (ID1) sufficient to engage with a high-pressure frac string.
A downhole power supply and method for supplying downhole power are disclosed. In some embodiments a downhole power supply includes a source power supply including a supply cable coupled to an electric energy source. The downhole power supply further includes at least one downhole distribution network to which the supply cable is configured to couple the electric energy source. The at least one downhole distribution network includes, multiple load supplies providing regulated power levels to multiple downhole loads and a network controller configured to individually connect and disconnect each of the load supplies in response to a failure within the downhole distribution network.
E21B 47/125 - Moyens pour la transmission de signaux de mesure ou signaux de commande du puits vers la surface, ou de la surface vers le puits, p.ex. pour la diagraphie pendant le forage utilisant la terre comme conducteur électrique
E21B 19/08 - Appareils pour faire avancer les tiges ou les câbles; Appareils pour augmenter ou diminuer la pression sur l'outil de forage; Appareils pour compenser le poids des tiges
77.
COLLAPSIBLE SHELL PACKER FOR METAL-TO-METAL SEALING
Collapsible shell packers and methods of use. An example method introduces a collapsible shell packer into a wellbore; wherein the collapsible shell packer comprises a collapsible hollow, metal shell. The method further includes collapsing the collapsible hollow, metal shell by compressing the collapsible hollow, metal shell axially to expand the collapsible hollow, metal shell radially, wherein the collapsible hollow, metal shell is collapsed until a portion of the collapsible hollow, metal shell contacts an adjacent surface thereby isolating a zone.
E21B 33/128 - Packers; Bouchons avec un organe dilaté radialement par pression axiale
E21B 23/06 - Appareils pour déplacer, mettre en place, verrouiller, libérer ou retirer, les outils, les packers ou autres éléments dans les trous de forage pour le montage des packers
Provided is a frac window system, a well system, and a method. The frac window system, in at least one aspect, includes an elongated tubular having a first end and a second end with an opening defined in a wall of the elongated tubular between the first end and the second end, the wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the opening in the wall is configured to align with a window of a first wellbore casing, and a spacer window sleeve positioned within the elongated tubular, the spacer window sleeve including a tubular having a first tubular end and a second tubular end with a second opening defined in a second wall of the tubular between the first tubular end and the second tubular end, the second wall having a second inner surface and a second outer surface, wherein the second opening in the second wall is configured to at least partially align with the opening in the wall of the elongated tubular.
E21B 34/14 - Aménagements des vannes pour les trous de forage ou pour les puits dans les puits actionnés par le mouvement des outils, p.ex. obturateurs à manchons actionnés par des pistons ou par des outils à câble
A flow control system selectively regulates production of a fluid from a well. The flow control system includes a plurality of flow control devices, each flow control device rotatable by a portion of the fluid and selectively directing the portion of the fluid through an outlet of the flow control device based on the density of the fluid. The system further includes a regulator valve controlled at least in part by the portion of fluid exiting the outlet of the flow control device. The regulating valve regulates production of a remaining portion of the fluid from the well.
E21B 34/08 - Aménagements des vannes pour les trous de forage ou pour les puits dans les puits sensibles à l'écoulement ou à la pression du fluide obtenu
Provided is a whipstock for use with a frac window system, a well system, and a method. The whipstock, in at least one aspect, includes a housing having a first whipstock end with a contoured surface and a second whipstock end, and one or more high-expansion members located at least partially along an outer surface of the housing the one or more high-expansion members configured to move between a radially retracted state for running the whipstock in hole and a radially expanded state for engaging an inner surface of a frac window system.
A sealing assembly is disclosed, the sealing assembly comprising a plurality of components including an upper sealing element and a lower sealing element, the sealing assembly configured to encircle a tubular string positioned within a casing of a wellbore. The sealing assembly is configured to be actuatable to extend sealing elements between the tubular string and an inner surface of the casing to form a fluid seal between the tubular element and the inner surface of the casing.
E21B 33/124 - Unités à bouchons espacés longitudinalement pour isoler les espaces intermédiaires
E21B 34/10 - Aménagements des vannes pour les trous de forage ou pour les puits dans les puits actionnés par un fluide de commande provenant de l'extérieur du trou de forage
Provided is a seal assembly. The seal assembly, in one aspect, includes a first member, the first member formed of a first material, and a second member overlapping with the first member, the second member formed of a second material, the first and second members defining an overlapping fluid leakage path. The seal assembly according to this aspect further includes a primary seal positioned in the overlapping fluid leakage path, the primary seal configured to prevent fluid from passing from a first side of the overlapping fluid leakage path to a second side of the overlapping fluid leakage path. The seal assembly according to this aspect additionally includes an expandable metal backup seal positioned in the second side of the overlapping fluid leakage path, the expandable metal backup seal including a metal configured to expand in response to hydrolysis.
Provided, in one aspect, is a downhole torque limiter, comprising a tubular housing; a pipe positioned within the tubular housing; one or more clutch mechanisms positioned between the pipe and the tubular housing, the one or more clutch mechanisms configured to move between a engaged state to fix the tubular housing relative to the pipe and a disengaged state to allow with the tubular housing to rotate relative to the pipe; and a fluid control system coupled with an exterior of the one or more clutch mechanisms, the fluid control system configured to allow the one or more clutch mechanisms to move from the engaged state to the disengaged state based upon sensing movement of the pipe relative to the tubular housing.
E21B 17/06 - Joints libérables, p.ex. joints de sécurité
F16D 7/10 - Accouplements à glissement, p.ex. glissant en cas de surcharge, pour absorber les chocs du type à rochet avec billes ou rouleaux intermédiaires se déplaçant radialement entre l'engagement et le désengagement
84.
USING EXPANDABLE METAL AS AN ALTERNATE TO EXISTING METAL TO METAL SEALS
Provided is a seal assembly, a method for sealing, and a well system. The seal assembly, in one aspect, includes a pipe having an outer tubular positioned thereabout, the outer tubular and pipe forming an enclosed seal gland. The seal assembly, according to this aspect, further includes expanded metal positioned within the enclosed seal gland, the expanded metal comprising a metal that has expanded in response to hydrolysis to assist in sealing the enclosed seal gland.
E21B 33/127 - Packers; Bouchons à manchon gonflable
F16J 15/3232 - Joints d'étanchéité entre deux surfaces mobiles l'une par rapport à l'autre par joints élastiques, p.ex. joints toriques avec au moins une lèvre ayant plusieurs lèvres
A configuration for cooling capacitors comprises a flow tube within a tool body of a pulse power drilling assembly. The flow tube is configured provide a flow path for drilling fluid through one or more sub-assemblies of the pulse power drilling assembly. One or more capacitors are positioned between the flow tube and the tool body. Each of the one or more capacitors comprises a cooling tube embedded within the capacitor to provide a thermally conductive path for removal of heat associated with the one or more capacitors. Cooling capacitors comprises providing a flow of cooling fluid to a cooling tube embedded in a capacitor in the pulse power drilling assembly.
E21B 47/18 - Moyens pour la transmission de signaux de mesure ou signaux de commande du puits vers la surface, ou de la surface vers le puits, p.ex. pour la diagraphie pendant le forage utilisant des ondes acoustiques à travers le fluide du puits
E21B 47/008 - Surveillance des systèmes de pompe de fond de trou, p.ex. pour la détection de conditions appelées "cognement sur le fluide"
Provided is a downhole tool, a method for sealing within a well system, and a well system. The downhole tool, in at least one aspect, includes a tubular, and one or more expandable metal seal elements placed about the tubular. In at least one aspect, the one or more expandable metal seal elements comprise a metal configured to expand in response to hydrolysis and have a surface-area-to-volume ratio (SA:V) of at least 2 cm-1.
E21B 33/127 - Packers; Bouchons à manchon gonflable
E21B 23/06 - Appareils pour déplacer, mettre en place, verrouiller, libérer ou retirer, les outils, les packers ou autres éléments dans les trous de forage pour le montage des packers
Methods and systems for treating mined sand to remove an impurity in accordance with the disclosure. An example method mined sand provides mined sand containing the impurity, contacting the mined sand with an aqueous treatment fluid comprising an ethoxylated alcohol and a sulfonic acid derivative, and drying the mined sand; wherein at least a portion of the impurity is removed from the dried mined sand after contact of the mined sand with the aqueous treatment fluid.
B03B 9/00 - Disposition générale d'un atelier de séparation, p.ex. schéma opératoire
B03B 7/00 - Combinaisons de procédés ou d'appareils opérant par voie humide, avec d'autres procédés ou appareils, p.ex. pour la préparation des minerais ou cendres
B04C 9/00 - Combinaisons avec d'autres dispositifs, p.ex. avec des ventilateurs
B07B 1/00 - Criblage, tamisage ou triage des matériaux solides au moyen de treillis, grilles ou systèmes analogues
Provided is a downhole tool, a method for sealing within a well system, and a well system. The downhole tool, in at least one aspect, includes a tubular, and a collection of individual separate chunks of expandable metal positioned about the tubular, the collection of individual separate chunks of expandable metal comprising a metal configured to expand in response to hydrolysis.
E21B 33/124 - Unités à bouchons espacés longitudinalement pour isoler les espaces intermédiaires
E21B 23/04 - Appareils pour déplacer, mettre en place, verrouiller, libérer ou retirer, les outils, les packers ou autres éléments dans les trous de forage mis en œuvre à l'aide de moyens fluides, p.ex. actionnés par explosion
Methods and systems for cementing in a wellbore. An example method includes introducing a conduit into a wellbore. The conduit comprises a reactive metal element disposed on an exterior of the conduit. The reactive metal element comprises a reactive metal having a first volume. The method further includes circulating a cement over the exterior of the conduit and the reactive metal element, contacting the reactive metal element with a fluid that reacts with the reactive metal to produce a reaction product having a second volume greater than the first volume, and contacting a surface of the cement adjacent to the reactive metal element with the reaction product.
E21B 33/14 - Procédés ou dispositifs de cimentation, de bouchage des trous, des fissures ou analogues pour la cimentation des tubes dans les trous de forage ou de sondage
90.
A WELLBORE ANCHOR INCLUDING ONE OR MORE ACTIVATION CHAMBERS
Provided, in one aspect, is an anchor for use with a downhole tool in a wellbore. The anchor, according to this aspect, may include a base pipe; and one or more expandable chambers positioned radially about the base pipe. The one or more expandable chambers may, in some aspects, be configured to move from a first collapsed state to a second activated state; and the one or more expandable chambers may be operable to handle at least 20.7 Bar of internal pressure in the second activated state to engage a wall of a wellbore.
E21B 23/01 - Appareils pour déplacer, mettre en place, verrouiller, libérer ou retirer, les outils, les packers ou autres éléments dans les trous de forage pour ancrer les outils ou similaires
E21B 23/06 - Appareils pour déplacer, mettre en place, verrouiller, libérer ou retirer, les outils, les packers ou autres éléments dans les trous de forage pour le montage des packers
91.
EXPANDABLE METAL SLIP RING FOR USE WITH A SEALING ASSEMBLY
Provided is a slip ring for use with a sealing assembly, a sealing tool, and a method for sealing an annulus within a wellbore. The slip ring, in at least one aspect, includes an expandable metal ring member having a width (w), a wall thickness (t), an inside diameter (di) and an outside diameter (do), the expandable metal ring member comprising a metal configured to expand in response to hydrolysis. The slip ring, in at least one aspect, further includes one or more cuts located in the wall thickness (t) and spaced around a circumference of the expandable metal ring member, the one or more cuts configured to allow the expandable metal ring member to move between a radially reduced state and a radially enlarged state.
E21B 33/128 - Packers; Bouchons avec un organe dilaté radialement par pression axiale
E21B 23/04 - Appareils pour déplacer, mettre en place, verrouiller, libérer ou retirer, les outils, les packers ou autres éléments dans les trous de forage mis en œuvre à l'aide de moyens fluides, p.ex. actionnés par explosion
A screen assembly for wellbore production wherein a base pipe is wrapped with a screen constructed one or more cables formed from a plurality of non-metallic fibers bonded to one another with a metal binder. The non-metallic fibers may be basalt fibers or another ceramic material. The metal binder forms a metal matrix that has a first diameter about a primary cable axis, with the metal matrix securing the non-metallic fibers so that they have a second diameter about the primary cable axis, where the second diameter is larger than the first diameter, minimizing exposure of the metal matrix to wellbore fluids.
A stabilizer for use in a wellbore may include a downhole tubular configured to couple to a downhole conveyance in a wellbore, as well as two or more helical blades extending radially outward from the downhole tubular. The two or more helical blades are oriented about the downhole tubular to form respective flow paths between adjacent blades. Further, each blade of the two or more helical blades may include a line-of-sight face and a gauge ramp. The line-of-sight face is formed adjacent a leading inner blade wall of the blade at a lower end of the blade and is angularly offset from the leading inner blade wall. The gauge ramp extends from an outer surface of the downhole tubular toward an outer blade surface of the blade proximate the lower end of the blade.
Components and systems are disclosed for implementing downhole splice connections such as within a wellbore. In some embodiments, a downhole splice connector includes at least one connector body having an inner diameter defining a cavity within which at least one connector receptacle is disposed, and at least one conductive center pin disposed within the at least one connector receptacle. The downhole splice connector further includes at least one pressure sleeve annularly disposed between an inner diameter of the connector body and an outer diameter of the center pin, such that a pressure barrier is formed between an outer diameter of the pressure sleeve and an inner diameter of the connector body and a pressure barrier is formed between an inner diameter of the pressure sleeve and an outer diameter of the center pin.
A valve assembly employed in subterranean wellbore systems includes a flapper member biased to a closed position by a pair of opposed wire springs. The wire springs provide sufficient torque to ensure robust operation of the flapper member and permit sufficient fluid flow through the limited space available in the valve assembly. A pair of symmetrical pair of wire springs may be robustly manufactured and individually installed without unnecessary accumulation of manufacturing tolerances or errors, thereby providing predictable torque levels to the flapper member. The wire springs may be secured in blind holes or other features defined in a circumferential surface of the flapper member to ensure the springs remain engaged with the flapper member throughout the operation of the valve assembly.
E21B 34/10 - Aménagements des vannes pour les trous de forage ou pour les puits dans les puits actionnés par un fluide de commande provenant de l'extérieur du trou de forage
Pumping of wellbore fluid to a surface may have a detrimental effect on the pump performance due to high gas concentrations in the fluid. A pump system that utilizes a helix gas separator provides greater pump efficiency by effectively removing the gas phase of the fluid. The wellbore fluid received at a pump system is directed from an intake to a gas separator that utilizes a stationary auger. The stationary auger induces rotational motion of the wellbore fluid causing the wellbore fluid to separate into a gas phase and a liquid phase. The stationary auger utilizes a tapered diameter and an opening between one or more helixes or vanes to separate a gas phase more efficiently from a liquid phase of a fluid.
An expandable packer includes an activatable sealing element locatable in a borehole having a wall and activatable with a reactive fluid. The sealing element includes a swellable metal capable of reacting with the reactive fluid to form a swelled metal and a mechanical element separating the reactive fluid from the swellable metal and operable to cause the reactive fluid to contact the swellable metal such that swellable metal expands into sealing engagement with the wall. A method of forming a seal in a borehole comprising a wall includes locating an expandable packer comprising an activatable sealing element within the borehole, using a mechanical element of the activatable sealing element to cause a reactive fluid to contact a swellable metal, and expanding the swellable metal into sealing engagement with the wall by reacting the swellable metal with the reactive fluid.
E21B 23/06 - Appareils pour déplacer, mettre en place, verrouiller, libérer ou retirer, les outils, les packers ou autres éléments dans les trous de forage pour le montage des packers
E21B 33/127 - Packers; Bouchons à manchon gonflable
98.
EXTENSIBLE TRANSITION JOINT FOR CONTROL LINE PROTECTION
Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to protecting a control line as it passes through a junction in a downhole environment. An ETJ deployment tool (ETJDT) comprises a tool body comprising a central bore; at least one first component and at least one second component, each component operable to extend and retract laterally from the tool body, wherein the at least one second component is disposed at an axial distance from the at least one first component along the tool body; a member disposed within the central bore and operable to move forward upon receiving fluid; and a spring disposed axially between a portion of the member and the at least one second component.
Provided is a wellbore leg, a multilateral junction, and well system. The wellbore leg, in one aspect, includes a tubular having a fluid passageway extending there through, and an articulating structures located within the fluid passageway. In at least one aspect, the articulating structures includes a first portion, and a second portion, wherein the first portion and the second portion are coupled to one another and operable to rotate relative to one another.
E21B 21/12 - Procédés ou appareils pour nettoyer les trous de forage par jet de fluide, p.ex. en utilisant l'air d'échappement du moteur utilisant des tubes de forage comprenant plusieurs passages pour les fluides, p.ex. systèmes en circuit fermé
E21B 41/00 - Matériel ou accessoires non couverts par les groupes
100.
SYNERGISTIC ENHANCEMENT OF SLICKWATER FRACTURING FLUIDS
A slickwater fracturing fluid that includes a brine with dissolved solids, an anionic friction reducing additive, a polysaccharide, and a nanomaterial that includes nanoparticles with an average particle size between about 1 nm and about 500 nm. The polysaccharide and the anionic friction reducing additive synergistically reduce friction of the slickwater fracturing fluid so as to increase an injection rate of the slickwater fracturing fluid. Also, the polysaccharide, the anionic friction reducing additive, and the nanomaterial synergistically provide viscosity to the slickwater fracturing fluid so as to increase proppant transport capability. Also described is a method of fracturing a subterranean formation by pumping the slickwater fracturing fluid into a borehole and fracturing the subterranean formation with the slickwater fracturing fluid.
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