A position sensor and a position sensor system, including a feeler, a force transfer element operably connected to the feeler, a force receiver operably connected to the force transfer element, and a force quantifier operably connected to the force receiver. A method for sensing position of a wet connector in a downhole environment, including running a position sensor on an upper wet connector to a target location, contacting a feeler block location on a lower wet connector, stroking the feeler, receiving a force at the force receiver, and communicating the received force to the force quantifier. A borehole system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a position sensor disposed in the borehole.
E21B 47/09 - Localisation ou détermination de la position d'objets dans les trous de forage ou dans les puits; Identification des parties libres ou bloquées des tubes
E21B 47/06 - Mesure de la température ou de la pression
A system (100; 600) and associated method (500; 550) for data handling in downhole operations uses a downhole tool to receive signals from a downhole environment and uses at least one processor that causes the system determine (554) encoded data for the signals, where the encoded data is based in part on coefficients associated with at least one predetermined fitting curve that is applied to data from different areas of the signals, and where the coefficients include (556) at least one difference between the data of the different areas of the signals and the at least one predetermined fitting curve. The system is further to transmit (508; 562) the encoded data (504; 558) from the downhole environment to a surface environment and also to determine (510; 566) at least one parameter or levels of an element in the downhole environment based in part on decoding (564) the encoded data.
G01V 5/12 - Prospection ou détection au moyen de radiations nucléaires, p.ex. de la radioactivité naturelle ou provoquée spécialement adaptée au carottage en utilisant des sources de radiation nucléaire primaire ou des rayons X en utilisant des sources de rayons gamma ou de rayons X
G01V 5/10 - Prospection ou détection au moyen de radiations nucléaires, p.ex. de la radioactivité naturelle ou provoquée spécialement adaptée au carottage en utilisant des sources de radiation nucléaire primaire ou des rayons X en utilisant des sources de neutrons
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 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
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
3.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH PIPE ECCENTRICITY
A system (600) for determinations associated with pipe eccentricity in a downhole environment includes a downhole tool (116; 202; 620) having first transducers (210) to provide first shear horizontal waves to the downhole environment and second transducers (220) to provide first Lamb waves to the downhole environment, and includes memory (604A) storing instructions and a processor (604B) to execute the instructions from the memory to cause the system to receive, using the first transducers, second shear horizontal waves returned from the downhole environment and to receive, using the second transducers, second Lamb waves returned from the downhole environment, and further to determine shear horizontal third-interface echoes (TIEs) or Lamb TIEs from the second shear horizontal waves or the second Lamb waves and to determine the pipe eccentricity of the casing based in part on the one or more of the shear horizontal TIEs or the Lamb TIEs.
G01V 1/44 - Séismologie; Prospection ou détection sismique ou acoustique spécialement adaptées au carottage en utilisant des générateurs et des récepteurs situés dans le même puits
E21B 47/04 - Mesure de la profondeur ou du niveau du liquide
E21B 47/005 - Surveillance ou contrôle de la qualité ou du niveau de cimentation
A metal-to-metal seal for sealing an annular space between a well casing and a wellbore. The seal includes an inner portion and an outer portion, each portion including a central seal portion. The central seal portion has a concave shape in a de-energized state which curves towards the centerline of the seal and is capable of flexing radially outward towards surface of the annular space when energized. The central seal portion further includes at least one outer ridge extending outward away from the centerline of the seal and sealingly engages with the outer annular surface when energized.
E21B 33/04 - Têtes de tubage; Suspension des tubages ou des colonnes de production dans les têtes de puits
F16J 15/08 - Joints d'étanchéité entre surfaces immobiles entre elles avec garniture solide comprimée entre les surfaces à joindre exclusivement par garniture métallique
B33Y 80/00 - Produits obtenus par fabrication additive
5.
MACHINE LEARNING BASED RAPID PARAMETER DEVELOPMENT FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND RELATED METHODS
An additive manufacturing system may include an additive manufacturing device and a process map generation system. The process map generation system may generate an operational process map responsive to mathematical simulations of an additive manufacturing device, cause the additive manufacturing device to print a plurality of test structures responsive to the operational process map, detect one or more defects in each of the plurality of test structures, automatically update the operational process map responsive to the defects, and modify one or more operating parameters of the additive manufacturing device responsive to the updated operational process map.
A line clamp configuration including a housing, a body attached to the housing, the body having a line contact surface, and a releaser disposed to separate the body from the housing. A control line clamp configuration including a downhole tool housing, an operable component of the downhole tool movable relative to the tool housing, a depending member on the operable component, a clamp body fastened to the housing by the depending member, a control line being releasable by removing the depending member from the clamp body. A control line clamp configuration including a split ring, a clamp body closing the split ring, and a switch to release the clamp body upon receipt of a signal. A borehole system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a tool in the borehole, a clamp configuration operably connected to the tool.
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 33/128 - Packers; Bouchons avec un organe dilaté radialement par pression axiale
7.
EARTH-BORING TOOL GEOMETRY AND CUTTER PLACEMENT AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND METHODS
An earth-boring tool may include a tool body, at least one blade, and a rolling cutter pocket defined in the tool body adjacent the at least one blade. The earth-boring tool may further include a rolling cutter assembly disposed in the pocket. The rolling cutter assembly may include a plurality of cutting elements extending from a surface of the rolling cutter assembly. The earth-boring tool may also include at least one interface cutting element extending from a surface of the pocket.
E21B 10/567 - Parties rapportées du type bouton comportant des éléments de coupe préformés montés sur un support distinct, p.ex. parties rapportées polycristallines
8.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEPLOYING ESP ON COILED TUBING
Systems and methods for installing a coiled tubing pumping system in a well permit the use of a standard wellhead. A method for installing the coiled tubing pumping system includes the steps of connecting a continuous length of coiled tubing to the coiled tubing pumping sy stem, lowering the coiled tubing pumping system and coiled tubing into the production tubing, and temporarily supporting the weight of the coiled tubing pumping system with an installation kit. The method continues with the steps of cutting the continuous length of coiled tubing to form a coiled tubing segment attached to the coiled tubing pumping system, attaching a deployment assembly to an upper end of the coiled tubing segment connected to the coiled tubing pumping system, and lowering the deployment assembly, the coiled tubing segment and the coiled tubing pumping system into the well until the deployment assembly lands on the seating element.
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 19/00 - Manipulation de tiges, tubages, tubes ou autre objets analogues à l'extérieur du trou de forage, p.ex. dans la tour de forage; Appareils pour faire avancer les tiges ou les câbles
A clamp for a line including a body, and a control line contact surface, the clamp being responsive to a selected input to facilitate displacement of the line. An expandable tool including a component having a first dimension prior to activation and a second dimension after activation, a control line disposed adjacent the component, and a clamp initially securing the control line, the clamp comprising at least one of 1) a fastener and 2) a body, at least a portion of either of which being responsive to a selected input to facilitate displacement of the control line. A method for deploying a tool with a control line including securing the control line to the tool, reacting the at least a portion of the clamp to the input, and displacing the control line. A borehole system including a borehole in a formation, and an expandable tool disposed in the borehole.
An earth-boring tool includes at least one blade including at least one cutting element, at least one junk slot positioned adjacent the at least one blade, and a nozzle positioned in the at least one junk slot. The nozzle includes an outlet and an extension extending from a surface of the at least one junk slot to the outlet. The extension elevates the outlet to a position within a circumference of the at least one cutting element.
Systems and methods for determining the orientation of the toolface of a rotating downhole tool using multiple sensors that measure different parameters related to the orientation of the toolface, where outputs of the different sensors are used by a Kalman filter which generates accurate predictions of the toolface orientation (state) at each of a series of time steps. The Kalman filter generates a state prediction based on a physical model and a previous state, and updates the prediction based on a received sensor output. Another sensor output is fed through a phase locked loop to generate a sine wave at the fundamental frequency of the sensor signal. The sine wave is used to synchronize another sensor signal that is provided to the Kalman filter for further adjustment of the state prediction.
A downhole valve system for use in a borehole is disclosed. The downhole valve system includes a first downhole component formed of a brittle material, a second downhole component, and a connection member. The connection member formed from a shape memory material and includes: an outer surface including an outer diameter; an inner surface including an inner diameter, one of the outer and inner diameter modifiable by applying a stimulus to the shape memory material; and a connection feature, complimentary of a connection feature of the second downhole component, formed on one of the outer surface and the inner surface. The connection member secured to the first downhole component at a corresponding surface of the one of the inner and outer diameter and to the second downhole component via the first connection feature and the second connection feature to connect the second downhole component to the first downhole component.
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 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 17/042 - Accouplements; Joints entre tige et trépan, ou entre tiges filetés
13.
MULTIPOSITION SINGLE DIRECTION SLEEVE VALVE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM
A multi position single direction sleeve valve includes a housing having a port therein, and a sleeve movable within the housing, the sleeve having a first portion including a radially extending opening therein and a second portion, the second portion being releasably attached to the first portion. A fracture system, including multi position single direction sleeve valve, and a bottom hole assembly having a profile engagable with the sleeve to shift a position of the sleeve relative to the housing, the bottom hole assembly having a debris barrier. A method including running the multi position single direction sleeve, including moving the sleeve from a closed position to an open position, and moving the sleeve from the open position to a closed position.
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
An isolation and filtration object including a volume of material having a first geometry wherein permeability is relatively lower, the geometry being that of a plug landable on a landing feature and a second geometry where permeability is relatively higher, the second geometry being larger than the first geometry and occupy a flow path in a borehole in which the plug is deployed. An isolation and filtration system including a housing, a plug seat in the housing, and an isolation and filtration object disposable on the plug seat. A borehole system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a string in the borehole, and an isolation and filtration system connected to the string. A method for operating a borehole including migrating a plug to a seat in a housing, landing the plug in the seat, differentiating pressure across the plug, and transitioning the plug to the second geometry.
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
15.
DOWNHOLE TOOL CONNECTION FORMED FROM MULTIPLE MATERIALS
A downhole component includes a member formed from a first material. The member includes an end having a first plurality of external threads and a second end having a first plurality of internal threads. One of the first plurality of external threads and the second plurality of internal threads includes a first portion formed from the first material and a second portion formed from a second material that is distinct from the first material.
E21B 17/042 - Accouplements; Joints entre tige et trépan, ou entre tiges filetés
E21B 17/046 - Accouplements; Joints entre tige et trépan, ou entre tiges avec nervures, goupilles ou mâchoires et rainures complémentaires ou similaires, p.ex. accrochage à baïonnette
16.
SEAL CONFIGURATION FOR HIGH DENSITY LUBRICATION OILS
A seal section for use in a downhole submersible pumping system includes a lower chamber, an upper chamber and an intermediate guide section between the lower chamber and the upper chamber. The lower chamber includes a seal bag assembly that has a seal bag containing motor oil and an exterior space around the seal bag that contains high density oil that is denser than the motor oil. The upper chamber includes a volume of the high density oil at the bottom of the upper chamber and a gravity trap connected to the exterior space through an intermediate passage in the intermediate guide section. The gravity trap includes an opening submerged in the volume of high density oil in the upper chamber.
E21B 43/12 - Procédés ou appareils pour commander l'écoulement du fluide extrait vers ou dans les puits
F04B 17/03 - Pompes caractérisées par leur combinaison avec des machines motrices ou moteurs particuliers qui les entraînent ou par leur adaptation à ceux-ci entraînées par des moteurs électriques
F04B 43/04 - Pompes ayant un entraînement électrique
F04D 13/08 - Ensembles comprenant les pompes et leurs moyens d'entraînement la pompe étant entraînée par l'électricité pour utilisation en position immergée
A method of analyzing a fluid includes acquiring a sample of the fluid extracted from a subterranean region proximate to a borehole, the borehole including an injected fluid, applying light having a first excitation wavelength to the fluid sample, and measuring a first fluorescence spectrum. The method also includes comparing the first fluorescence spectrum to a reference fluorescence spectrum corresponding to a fluid having injected fluid contamination and/or to a second fluorescence spectrum based on applying light having a second excitation wavelength to the fluid sample. The method further includes estimating a level of contamination of the fluid sample with the injected fluid based on the comparing.
An apparatus for removing a casing from a borehole penetrating a formation in one run of the apparatus in the borehole includes: a carrier conveyed in the borehole; a nonincendiary hole former on the carrier to form a hole in the casing; a fluid discharge device on the carrier to discharge a fluid into the hole to wash an exterior portion of the casing; a casing puller on the carrier and having a casing grip to grip the casing to lift the casing or a portion of the casing out of the borehole; a mechanical cutter on the carrier to cut the casing; and a valve on the carrier to control fluid energy to least one of the non-incendiary hole former, the fluid discharge device, the casing puller, and the mechanical cutter.
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 29/08 - Découpage ou déformation des tuyaux pour commander l'écoulement du fluide
A permeable material including a plurality of hollow structures having a plurality openings therein allowing fluid transfer between an inside volume of the hollow structure and an environment outside of the hollow structure, and a bond between adjacent ones of the plurality of hollow structures. A downhole filtration tool including a mandrel, and the material disposed about the mandrel. An embodiment of a method for making a permeable material including aggregating a plurality of hollow structures into a mass, and bonding the structures together. An embodiment of a borehole system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, and the material, disposed in the borehole.
B01D 29/11 - Filtres à éléments filtrants stationnaires pendant la filtration, p.ex. filtres à aspiration ou à pression, non couverts par les groupes ; Leurs éléments filtrants avec des éléments filtrants en forme de sac, de cage, de tuyau, de tube, de manchon ou analogue
20.
EVALUATING HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION AND RECOVERY OPERATIONAL FLUIDS BASED ON CARBON FOOTPRINT
Examples described herein provide for evaluating greenhouse gas emissions for a fluid for a hydrocarbon exploration and recovery operation. The method includes performing an emissions lifecycle analysis for the drilling and completion fluid. The method further includes determining a greenhouse gas emissions value for the drilling and completion fluid based at least in part on a result of the emissions lifecycle analysis. The method further includes modifying a portion of the hydrocarbon exploration and recovery operation based at least in part on the greenhouse gas emissions value.
G06Q 50/26 - Services gouvernementaux ou services publics
G06Q 10/06 - Ressources, gestion de tâches, des ressources humaines ou de projets; Planification d’entreprise ou d’organisation; Modélisation d’entreprise ou d’organisation
E21B 41/00 - Matériel ou accessoires non couverts par les groupes
E21B 43/16 - Procédés de récupération assistée pour l'extraction d'hydrocarbures
21.
APPLICATION OF CARBONATES AND THEIR DERIVATIVES IN FORMULATIONS FOR GAS HYDRATE INHIBITORS
In gas hydrate inhibitor formulations used to prevent or inhibit the formation of gas hydrates in multi-phase fluids, such as hydrocarbon production fluids, conventional solvents can be largely replaced by at least one organic carbonate solvent, such as ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, and/or glycerol carbonate. The gas hydrate inhibitors in these formulations may be, but are not necessarily limited to, polyesteramides, polyvinylpyrrolidones, and the like. The use of an organic carbonate in the gas hydrate inhibitor formulation can improve the capability of the formulation for inhibiting or preventing gas hydrate formation in a multi-phase fluid.
C09K 8/52 - Compositions pour éviter, limiter ou éliminer les dépôts, p.ex. pour le nettoyage
C10L 3/10 - Post-traitement de gaz naturel ou de gaz naturel de synthèse
E21B 37/06 - Procédés ou appareils pour nettoyer les trous de forage ou les puits utilisant des moyens chimiques pour empêcher ou limiter le dépôt de paraffine ou de substances analogues
A method for pulling casing includes disposing a casing modification and pulling tool having an element therein that includes a profile, causing the element to move radially outwardly into contact with a casing disposed radially outwardly of the tool, deforming the casing with the element, applying a load to the casing, and failing the casing at the deformation. A system for pulling casing includes a casing modification tool having an element radially displaceable into a casing disposed radially outwardly thereof, the element configured to deform the casing, a casing spear operably connected to the casing modification tool, the spear configured to apply a load to the casing to fail the casing at the deformation. A borehole system includes a borehole in a subsurface formation, a casing disposed in the borehole, and a casing modification and pulling tool disposed in the casing.
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 31/16 - Outils de préhension, p.ex. pinces ou grappins combinés à des moyens de découpage ou de destruction
E21B 31/20 - Outils de préhension, p.ex. pinces ou grappins saisissant intérieurement, p.ex. harpons
A method of defining a BHA design includes performing a numerical optimization process, which includes applying a bottom hole assembly (BHA) design criterion using a numerical optimization algorithm to identify a set of BHA designs selected from a plurality of possible BHA designs, evaluating multiple objective functions for each BHA design of the set of BHA designs based at least in part on a modeling constraint, and identifying a pareto-front of a solution space of the multiple objective functions using the numerical optimization algorithm. The method also includes selecting a data point from the pareto-front using a cost function, selecting a BHA design from the set of BHA designs using the selected data point, and building a BHA using the selected BHA design to be deployed downhole in a wellbore.
E21B 44/02 - Commande automatique de l'avance de l'outil
E21B 44/00 - Systèmes de commande automatique spécialement adaptés aux opérations de forage, c. à d. systèmes à fonctionnement autonome ayant pour rôle d'exécuter ou de modifier une opération de forage sans l'intervention d'un opérateur humain, p.ex. systèmes de ; Systèmes spécialement adaptés à la surveillance de plusieurs variables ou conditions de forage
E21B 41/00 - Matériel ou accessoires non couverts par les groupes
A cutting element assembly includes a cutting element and a sleeve having a cutter-receiving aperture configured to receive at least a portion of the cutting element within the cutter-receiving aperture. The cutting element assembly may also include a retention element rotatably coupling the cutting element to the sleeve and a biasing member disposed between the cutting element and the sleeve. The biasing member may be configured to bias the cutting element relative to the sleeve. A method of forming a downhole tool includes forming a bit body including at least one blade, securing at least one sleeve to the blade, disposing at least one biasing member within the cutter-receiving aperture, and inserting a cutting element into the cutter‑receiving aperture of the at least one sleeve, such that the at least one biasing member is disposed between the at least one sleeve and the cutting element.
E21B 10/567 - Parties rapportées du type bouton comportant des éléments de coupe préformés montés sur un support distinct, p.ex. parties rapportées polycristallines
25.
POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND COMPACT CUTTING ELEMENTS, EARTH-BORING TOOLS INCLUDING SUCH CUTTING ELEMENTS, AND RELATED METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME
Methods of forming a cutting element include sintering diamond particles at a temperature of at least about 1400ºC under a pressure of at least about 10 GPa in the absence of a metal solvent catalyst so as to form a polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC), providing a barrier material over at least a portion of the PDC, providing a carbide material and a metal binder comprising at least one transition metal element over the barrier material and the PDC, and performing a second sintering process comprising sintering the carbide material, the metal binder, the barrier material, and the PDC at a temperature of at least about 1400ºC under a pressure of at least about 5 GPa to form the cutting element. At least a portion of the PDC proximate an exposed exterior surface of the PDC may be at least substantially free of the metal binder.
B24D 18/00 - Fabrication d'outils pour meuler, p.ex. roues, non prévue ailleurs
E21B 10/567 - Parties rapportées du type bouton comportant des éléments de coupe préformés montés sur un support distinct, p.ex. parties rapportées polycristallines
An electrical submersible well pump assembly has shaft couplings. One of the couplings has a lower hub that rotates in unison with the motor shaft and an upper hub that rotates in unison with the pump shaft. A helical spring clutch engages both hubs when the motor shaft is being driven by the motor. Ceasing driving rotation of the motor shaft causes the spring clutch to disengage from the upper hub, enabling the pump shaft to rotate the upper hub without rotating the lower hub.
F16D 41/20 - Roues libres ou embrayages à roue libre avec bague ou bande de serrage expansibles ou contractables
27.
CUTTING ELEMENTS INCLUDING BINDER MATERIALS HAVING MODULATED MORPHOLOGIES, EARTH-BORING TOOLS INCLUDING SUCH CUTTING ELEMENTS, AND RELATED METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME
A method of forming a cutting element includes providing a supporting substrate including a homogenized binder including Co, Al, C, and one or more of Ni and Re, depositing discrete diamond particles directly on the supporting substrate, sintering the supporting substrate and the discrete diamond particles to a temperature of about 1350°C or greater under a pressure of about 5 GPa or greater to diffuse a portion of the homogenized binder into the discrete diamond particles and inter-bond the discrete diamond particles to form a cutting table attached to the supporting substrate, and converting portions of the homogenized binder into intermetallic phase precipitates including one or more of Ni and Re and metallic phase precipitates. Related cutting elements, earth-boring tools including such cutting elements, and methods are also disclosed.
B24D 18/00 - Fabrication d'outils pour meuler, p.ex. roues, non prévue ailleurs
E21B 10/573 - Parties rapportées du type bouton comportant des éléments de coupe préformés montés sur un support distinct, p.ex. parties rapportées polycristallines - caractérisés par les détails du support, p.ex. la structure du substrat ou l'interface entre le substrat et l'élément de coupe
28.
CLOSED LOOP MONITORING AND CONTROL OF A CHEMICAL INJECTION SYSTEM
An example method includes implementing a flow control device at an injection point downhole in a borehole of a wellbore operation to collect flow rate data of a fluid injected into the borehole. The method further includes collecting the flow rate data using a flow sensor disposed in the flow control device. The method further includes controlling a chemical injection system based at least in part on the flow rate data.
Methods and systems for predicting downhole measurement data at the earth surface include predicting a first estimate value of a property of interest using a first processor in a downhole tool using a first predictor and predicting a second estimate value of the property of interest using a second processor of a surface unit and using a second predictor, the second predictor including identical data processing as the first predictor. A measurement value of the property of interest is obtained using a sensor arranged in the downhole tool. The first processor compares the measurement value with the first estimate value and determines if the measurement value is within a predetermined threshold relative to the first estimate value. In response to the measurement value being within the predetermined threshold of the first estimate value, a wellbore operation based on the second estimate value is performed using the second processor.
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
A downhole testing and sampling system includes a downhole tool (102), a conveyance system (110), and a testing and sampling tool (200) forming a portion of the downhole tool (102). The testing and sampling tool (200) including a first sampling modality and a second sampling modality. One or both of the first sampling modality or the second sampling modality may be deployed to collect a formation sample based, at least in part, on one or more formation properties.
E21B 49/08 - Prélèvement d'échantillons de fluides ou test des fluides dans les trous de forage ou dans les puits
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
A running tool which includes a mandrel, a thread engager disposed upon the mandrel, a support supporting the thread engager in a first position and unsupporting the thread engager in a second position, and a torque dog sub including a torque dog, a lock dog, and lock dog sleeve disposed on the mandrel. A liner system which includes a liner system component, a running tool engaged with the liner component. A borehole system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, and a liner system in the borehole. A method for releasing a liner including pressuring up on the running tool, shifting the lock dog sleeve, and slacking weight to shift the support. A method for releasing a liner including applying neutral set down weight to the running tool, rotating the support, slacking weight to shift the support, and moving the tool out of engagement with the liner.
E21B 43/10 - Mise en place de tubages, filtres ou crépines dans les puits
E21B 17/042 - Accouplements; Joints entre tige et trépan, ou entre tiges filetés
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 33/129 - Packers; Bouchons à patins mécaniques pour accrochage dans le tubage
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IMPROVED EXTERNAL RECIRCULATION FOR GAS LOCK RELIEF
A submersible pumping system for producing a fluid from a wellbore through production tubing to a wellhead includes a pump assembly that has at least one pump, a motor that dnves the at least one pump, and a recirculation module. The recirculation module includes a recirculation mandrel positioned within the production tubing and a recirculation line extending from the recirculation valve to the pump assembly. The recirculation module delivers a volume of priming fluid from the production tubing to the pump assembly. In some embodiments, the recirculation module further includes a recirculation valve, which can be positioned in an offset relationship from the recirculation mandrel.
A method of immobilizing a metal catalyst in a porous support includes additively forming a precursor structure on a substrate from a metal catalyst and at least one of a metal oxide or a metal cluster compound; exposing the precursor structure to a vapor of an organic linker; and reacting the at least one of the metal oxide or the metal cluster compound in the precursor structure with the organic linker to form a porous support that immobilizes the metal catalyst.
B01J 20/22 - Compositions absorbantes ou adsorbantes solides ou compositions facilitant la filtration; Absorbants ou adsorbants pour la chromatographie; Procédés pour leur préparation, régénération ou réactivation contenant une substance organique
B01J 20/28 - Compositions absorbantes ou adsorbantes solides ou compositions facilitant la filtration; Absorbants ou adsorbants pour la chromatographie; Procédés pour leur préparation, régénération ou réactivation caractérisées par leur forme ou leurs propriétés physiques
B01D 53/02 - SÉPARATION Épuration chimique ou biologique des gaz résiduaires, p.ex. gaz d'échappement des moteurs à combustion, fumées, vapeurs, gaz de combustion ou aérosols par adsorption, p.ex. chromatographie préparatoire en phase gazeuse
34.
FLUID ENERGIZED METAL-TO-METAL SEAL WITH RETRIEVAL CAPABILITIES
An annular hanger seal for sealing a tubing or casing hanger comprising a flow passage, at least one seal chamber, and a metal surface. Pressure can enter the hanger seal through the flow passage causing the at least one seal chamber to expand. Expansion of the at least one seal chamber can cause sealing contact between the metal surface around the at least one seal chamber and the housing, the hanger, or both surfaces. The seal can later be punctured or otherwise depressurized to break sealing contact for removal of the hanger from the annular space.
E21B 33/043 - Têtes de tubage; Suspension des tubages ou des colonnes de production dans les têtes de puits spécialement adaptées aux têtes de puits sous l'eau
A compression plate to be used with a slip hanger is disclosed in at least one embodiment along with embodiments of methods to prepare and use such a compression plate. The compression plate includes at least one bolt hole and includes at least one split in the at least one bolt hole.
A cross-over tool including a housing having an extension port therein, a gravel pack port sleeve having a gravel pack port structure and a seal disposed at a radially inward surface of the port structure, and an activation sleeve having an opening therein, the activation sleeve being in dynamic sealing contact with the seal of the port structure. A borehole system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a completion string in the borehole, and a tool disposed in the completion string. A method for gravel packing a borehole including releasing the housing from a latch connected to a workstring, applying tension to the activation sleeve with the workstring, and aligning the opening of the activation sleeve with the gravel pack port.
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 system includes a carrier (302) and a sound emitting member (304) secured to the carrier (302). The sound emitting member (304) includes a first mass (308) coupled to the carrier (302) by a first spring (310) and a second mass (312) coupled to the first mass (308) by a second spring (314). The system also includes an actuator (306) configured to transmit energy to the sound emitting member (304).
G01V 1/40 - Séismologie; Prospection ou détection sismique ou acoustique spécialement adaptées au carottage
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
38.
DETERMINATIONS OF STANDOFF AND MUD DENSITY WITH GAMMA DENSITY AND ACOUSTIC TOOL RESPONSES
A method for determining at least one of a mud density or a standoff, includes determining, a short-spaced density, a long-spaced density, and a time of sound propagation between a tool body and a borehole wall. The method also includes determining, based at least in part on the short-spaced density and the long-spaced density, a formation density using a spine-and-rib-diagram. The method further includes determining a distance-to-spine value based on the short-spaced density, the long-spaced density, and the formation density. The method includes determining a mud density approximation, based at least on the distance-to-spine value. The method also includes determining a standoff approximation, based at least on the mud density approximation. The method further includes determining, based at least on the mud density approximation and the standoff approximation, at least one of a computed mud density or a computed standoff.
G01V 5/04 - Prospection ou détection au moyen de radiations nucléaires, p.ex. de la radioactivité naturelle ou provoquée spécialement adaptée au carottage
G01V 5/12 - Prospection ou détection au moyen de radiations nucléaires, p.ex. de la radioactivité naturelle ou provoquée spécialement adaptée au carottage en utilisant des sources de radiation nucléaire primaire ou des rayons X en utilisant des sources de rayons gamma ou de rayons X
E21B 49/00 - 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
The aqueous phase of a drilling fluid can be provided with self-adjusting alkalinity by introducing a buffering system, where the buffenng system includes a buffering agent, an acid or a base, and an inorganic salt, and where the pH of the aqueous phase is in the range of from about 8 to about 12. In one non-limiting embodiment, the pH does not vary by more than about 0.5 pH units after a variation in temperature of the drilling fluid of at least about 175°C for at least about 200 hours.
A method for managing carbon containing gases, including conveying the carbon containing gas to a reactor vessel, conveying propylene oxide to the vessel, reacting the carbon containing gas with the propylene oxide to create propylene carbonate (PC), applying the propylene carbonate to a cuttings stream from a borehole in a subsurface drilling operation and dissolving residual oil from cuttings of the stream into the propylene carbonate. A system for managing carbon containing gas emissions from a borehole drilling operation, including a carbon containing gas emitter, a reactor vessel fluidly connected to the emitter, a propylene oxide supply fluidly connected to the reactor vessel and an applier connected to the reactor vessel, the applier configured to apply propylene carbonate (PC) created in the reactor vessel to a cuttings stream.
An open hole tieback completion pressure activated backpressure valve including a housing, a flapper articulated to the housing, a lock out sleeve axially movably disposed within the housing and operatively disposed in relation to the flapper, a seat operatively connected to the sleeve, and a profile that locks the sleeve in place after axial movement of the sleeve. A borehole system including an intervention-less closed lower completion system having delayed opening activation valves with a wellbore isolation valve uphole of a float shoe, and a casing tie-back completion including the valve. A method for completing an open hole including landing an object on a seat of an open hole tieback completion pressure activated backpressure valve, locking out the valve, releasing the object, and landing the same object on a well isolation valve of a lower completion.
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 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 34/10 - 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
42.
FLEXIBLE COUPLER FOR REDUCING TORSIONAL OSCILLATIONS
An embodiment of a coupling device includes an elongated coupler body configured to be deployed at a borehole string and connected to a downhole component of a borehole string. The coupler body has a longitudinal axis, and the coupler body has a torsional stiffness sufficient to transmit rotational motion to the connected downhole component. The coupling device also includes at least one recess formed in a wall of the coupler body, the at least one recess extending along a periphery of the coupler body in a direction generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The at least one recess is configured to impart a bending stiffness that is less than or equal to a reference bending stiffness, and the torsional stiffness and the bending stiffness are selected to modify a mode shape of an undesired torsional oscillation.
E21B 17/07 - Joints télescopiques permettant de faire varier les longueurs de trains de tiges; Amortisseurs
E21B 17/00 - Tiges ou tubes de forage; Trains de tiges souples; Tiges d'entraînement; Masses-tiges; Tiges de pompage; Tubages; Colonnes de production
F16F 15/18 - Suppression des vibrations dans les systèmes rotatifs par utilisation d'organes mobiles avec le système lui-même utilisant des moyens électriques
43.
ENHANCED SPINE-AND-RIB PROCESS FOR EVALUATION OF FORMATION DENSITY
ρssss ρLsLs ρss ss ρLsLs Ls falls within a unity area of a spine-and-rib plot. When the measured data point falls within the unity area, the formation density using a first mathematical relationship is determined and when the measured data point falls outside the unity area, the formation density using a second mathematical relationship different from the first mathematical relationship is determined.
E21B 49/00 - 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
E21B 44/00 - Systèmes de commande automatique spécialement adaptés aux opérations de forage, c. à d. systèmes à fonctionnement autonome ayant pour rôle d'exécuter ou de modifier une opération de forage sans l'intervention d'un opérateur humain, p.ex. systèmes de ; Systèmes spécialement adaptés à la surveillance de plusieurs variables ou conditions de forage
An ESP system having a driveshaft, assembly; an electrical motor coupled with an end of the driveshaft assembly, and that when energized rotates the driveshaft assembly in a first direction. The ESP system also includes a pump coupled with an end of the driveshaft assembly distal from the motor, and a one-way clutch tram in the driveshaft assembly that arrests rotation of the driveshaft assembly in a second direction. In this example the driveshaft assembly includes a pump shaft having an end engaged with an end of a motor shaft; opposing ends of the pump and motor shafts respectively couple with the pump and motor. The one-way clutch train includes a shaft-to-shaft clutch coupled between inner and outer surfaces of the pump and motor shafts and a shaft to housing clutch coupled between an outer surface of one of the pump and motor shafts and an outer housing.
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 13/02 - Ensembles comprenant les pompes et leurs moyens d'entraînement
A scale inhibitor squeeze treatment is enhanced by injecting a pre-flush solution into a wellbore, where the pre-flush solution includes at least one organic carbonate solvent, such as a dialkyl carbonate and/or a cyclic carbonate. The use of an organic carbonate solvent can help prevent the pre-flush solution emulsion formation, help avoid water-blocking, and enhance scale inhibitor adsorption. The use of an organic carbonate solvent also permits the pre-flush solution to be free of water, in one non-limiting embodiment.
A method for removing contaminants from a waste plastics pyrolysis stream containing the contaminants by introducing an effective amount of an additive thereto and separating the contaminants from the stream by a physical process, where suitable additives include, but are not necessarily limited to, crude oil demulsifiers, crude oil wax control additives, crude oil pour point reducers, dispersants/antifoulants, nanoscale metallic oxides, overbased metal oxide carbonates, and combinations thereof.
C10G 29/06 - Sels métalliques ou sels métalliques déposés sur un support
C10G 1/00 - Production de mélanges liquides d'hydrocarbures à partir de schiste bitumineux, de sable pétrolifère ou de matières carbonées solides non fusibles ou similaires, p.ex. bois, charbon
C10G 1/10 - Production de mélanges liquides d'hydrocarbures à partir de schiste bitumineux, de sable pétrolifère ou de matières carbonées solides non fusibles ou similaires, p.ex. bois, charbon à partir de caoutchouc ou de déchets de caoutchouc
47.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A SECONDARY PRESSURE BOUNDARY TOOL
A system includes a Christmas tree (XT) having at least one valve, the XT being coupled to a wellbore. The system also includes a pressure boundary tool adapted to provide a secondary boundary for the XT. The pressure boundary tool includes a plug body to be positioned against a valve member of the at least one valve; a seal to be energized into a valve body of the at least one valve; and a plate arranged proximate the seal, the plate being moveable between a first position and a second position, the first position energizing the seal and a second position deenergizing the seal. The pressure boundary tool is positioned within the XT on a side of the valve member closer to the wellbore.
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 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
A system herein includes one or more processors to determine asymmetric compensation measurements from at least one receiver antenna pair and at least one transmitter antenna pair on a tool body in an underground formation. The asymmetric compensation measurements are to be used with symmetric compensation measurements from the plurality of antenna pairs. The asymmetric compensation measurements are associated with signals from individual transmitter antennas that are at asymmetric or unequal distances from individual receiver antennas that receive a version of the signals. The individual receiver antennas are part of the at least one receiver antenna pair having symmetrically located receiver antennas with respect to a midpoint of the tool body and the individual transmitter antennas are part of the at least one transmitter antenna pair having symmetrically located transmitter antennas with respect to a midpoint of the tool body.
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
G01R 1/18 - Aménagements de blindage contre les champs électriques ou magnétiques, p.ex. contre le champ terrestre
G01V 3/20 - 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 propagation de courant électrique
Halite scales in an oilfield brine that has a potential for halite scaling can have halite scale formation inhibited or prevented by adding an effective amount of an additive, where the additive contains at least one non-water-soluble quaternary ammonium compound and at least one organic solvent. The quaternary ammonium compound may be benzyl-alkyldimethyl ammonium chloride, where the alkyl group has from 2 to 30 carbon atoms. The organic solvent may be one or more alcohol or glycol.
A downhole sensor apparatus may include a first surface at a first end of the downhole sensor apparatus, a sensor coupled to the downhole sensor apparatus, and an exterior surface at a second, opposite end of the downhole sensor apparatus. The downhole sensor apparatus is configured to be inserted into a recess of a drill string component such that the first surface is adjacent an interior surface within the recess. The exterior surface of the downhole sensor apparatus is configured to receive external pressure that results in a force that transfers through the downhole sensor apparatus to an interface defined by a contact area between the first surface and the interior surface. The contact area of the interface is smaller than the exterior surface. Drill string components, such as earth-boring and downhole tools, incorporating such a downhole sensor apparatus and methods of using same are also disclosed.
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 47/06 - Mesure de la température ou de la pression
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
51.
FOAMED CEMENTING SYSTEM INCLUDING AUTOMATED GAS SUPPLY
A system for cementing a borehole with foamed cement includes a gas delivery assembly mounted on a movable support structure, the gas delivery assembly configured to supply a gas to a cement slurry to generate a foamed cement slurry. The gas delivery assembly includes a heating element in thermal communication with a gas supply, a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a flow meter, and an automated control valve in fluid communication with the gas supply. The gas delivery assembly also includes a control module including a processing device configured to control a temperature and a flow rate of the gas supplied to the cement slurry based on a desired flow rate and measurements from the temperature sensor, the pressure sensor and the flow meter.
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
E21B 47/06 - Mesure de la température ou de la pression
E21B 47/10 - Localisation des fuites, intrusions ou mouvements du fluide
52.
METHODS FOR TRANSPORTING SCALE REMOVAL AGENTS INTO A WELL
A scale removal agent may effectively be introduced into a well having a formation temperature of 300°F. The scale removal agent is a component of a gelled fluid containing an amine oxide viscoelastic surfactant.
A system and method (1000; 1050) for a well structure adaption (402) to be used with a wellhead casing for a reusable system (942; 962A; 962B), such as a system for renewable energy generation is disclosed. A well structure adaption includes an annular feature (404; 506) and a housing (412; 504). The annular feature includes a narrowing (406) therein and is able to fit over the wellhead casing (110; 202). The housing is associated with a segmented clamp (508) and a drive screw (502). The housing is to fit over a portion of the annular feature. The drive screw is to enable the housing to be releasably clamped to the annular feature with the segmented clamp. The housing can support at least one aspect of a reusable system thereon.
E21B 19/16 - Branchement ou débranchement des accouplements de tubes ou de joints
E21B 19/00 - Manipulation de tiges, tubages, tubes ou autre objets analogues à l'extérieur du trou de forage, p.ex. dans la tour de forage; Appareils pour faire avancer les tiges ou les câbles
Reversion problems with heavy oils, such as heavy fuel oils, are mitigated by introducing an effective amount of an additive that contains both a phase change material and a pour point depressant, even synergistically mitigated.
C10L 1/195 - Composés macromoléculaires obtenus par des réactions faisant intervenir uniquement des liaisons non saturées carbone-carbone
C10L 1/238 - Composés macromoléculaires obtenus par des réactions autres que celles faisant intervenir uniquement des liaisons non saturées carbone-carbone
C10L 1/196 - Composés macromoléculaires obtenus par des réactions faisant intervenir uniquement des liaisons non saturées carbone-carbone dérivés de monomères contenant une liaison insaturée carbone-carbone et un groupe carboxyle ou leurs sels, leurs anhydrides ou leurs esters
C10G 75/00 - Inhibition de la corrosion ou des salissures dans des appareils de traitement ou de conversion des huiles d'hydrocarbures, en général
Catalyst fines can be removed from heavy oils, such as marine fuel oils, by introducing an additive in an effective amount to at least partially remove the catalyst fines, where the additive is an oxyalkylated acid-catalyzed alkylphenol formaldehyde resin and/or a Mannich condensate base resin copolymer.
It has been discovered that nanoparticles and/or functionalized polymers are effective in removing metal contaminants from a hydrocarbon phase into an aqueous phase. In particular, the nanoparticles and/or functionalized polymers can remove iron contaminants from crude oil into an aqueous phase in a refinery desalter. Suitable nanoparticles can include graphene oxide and/or titanium dioxide. Suitable functionalized polymers include iodododecane-functionalized vinylpyrrolidone/vinylimidazole copolymers, sulfonated-functionalized vinylpyrrolidone/vinylimidazole copolymers, sulfonated polyether ether ketones, imidazole polymers, imidazole copolymers, and/or 3-(1-pyridino)-1-propanesulfonate.
A section milling tool includes an electrically operated section mill configured to mill without conveying swarf to surface, an electric motor operably connected to the section mill, an electric stroker operably connected to the motor, and an electric anchor operably connected to the stroker. A method for section milling a downhole structure without conveying swarf to surface includes running a bottom hole assembly (BHA) on a wireline, deploying an anchor, rotating a section mill, and stroking the section mill with a stroker. A method for reducing emissions during a section milling operation includes running a tool on wireline, and milling a tubular structure in the borehole. A method for plugging and abandonment of a well includes running a tool on wireline, milling a tubular structure in the borehole, and plugging the well at the milled tubular structure.
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 34/06 - Aménagements des vannes pour les trous de forage ou pour les puits dans les puits
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 valve system including a hydraulic pressure actuated valve in the borehole, a first control line extending into the borehole and operatively connected to the valve, a controller at a surface location and operatively connected to the first control line, the controller configured to meter a selected volume of hydraulic fluid into the first control line to actuate the valve to a specific position. A method for controlling inflow including metering a specific volume of actuation fluid, injecting that metered volume of fluid into a control line, and causing a valve to reposition to a specific position due to the metered volume of fluid injected thereto. A borehole system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a valve system operatively connected to the borehole.
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
F16K 37/00 - Moyens particuliers portés par ou sur les soupapes ou autres dispositifs d'obturation pour repérer ou enregistrer leur fonctionnement ou pour permettre de donner l'alarme
59.
METHOD FOR MECHANICALLY MOUNTING AND PROTECTING EXTENDED LENGTH OPTICAL FIBER
An apparatus and method of embedding an optical fiber within a substrate. The apparatus includes a bonding device and a conveyance device. The bonding device bonds a foil layer to the substrate to seal the optical fiber within a groove of the substrate. The conveyance device moves the substrate and the bonding device relative to each other. Relative motion between the substrate and the bonding device draws the optical fiber into the groove and the foil layer over the optical fiber at a collection point.
Examples described herein provide a method that includes performing an image analysis on an image of a layer of an object being manufactured by an additive manufacturing system to identify an exposed surface in the image of the layer. The method further includes performing a build simulation to generate a simulated distortion for the layer. The method further includes evaluating build data to determining a value of an influencing factor for the layer. The method further includes predicting at least one of a predicted distortion or a predicted re-coater interference for a next layer, using a machine learning model, based at least in part on the image analysis, the build simulation, and the build data. The method further includes implementing an action, based at least in part on the at least one of the predicted distortion or the predicted re-coater interference, to alter fabrication of the next layer.
G05B 13/04 - Systèmes de commande adaptatifs, c. à d. systèmes se réglant eux-mêmes automatiquement pour obtenir un rendement optimal suivant un critère prédéterminé électriques impliquant l'usage de modèles ou de simulateurs
G05B 19/418 - Commande totale d'usine, c.à d. commande centralisée de plusieurs machines, p.ex. commande numérique directe ou distribuée (DNC), systèmes d'ateliers flexibles (FMS), systèmes de fabrication intégrés (IMS), productique (CIM)
The unintended retraction of extruded insulation from a conductor causes reliability and safety concerns. A variety of insulation lock mechanisms are designed to prevent the insulation layer of an insulated lead from retracting and exposing uninsulated portions of the conductor. The insulation lock mechanism can be included between the conductor and the insulation layer, or included in a connector used to provide an electrical connection between an internal motor lead and an insulated lead of a motor lead cable. Within the connector, the insulation lock mechanism can be included between the insulation layer and a terminal that electrically connects the motor lead to the insulated lead.
A pumping system configured to recover wellbore fluids from a wellbore includes an electric motor that has a motor head, a pothead receiving bore within the motor head, a motor insulator block within the motor head, and a stator lead within the motor insulator block. The pumping system further includes a motor lead cable and a pothead connector connected between the motor head and the motor lead cable. The pumping system includes a hermetically fused pothead-to-motor connection at an interface between the pothead connector and the motor head that obviates the need for conventional elastomeric seals at the interface between the pothead connector and the motor head.
A latch system including a plurality of rocker latches, a rocker support, supporting the plurality of rocker latches, and a movement restrictor in operative connection with each rocker latch of the plurality of rocker latches, the movement restrictor allowing or restricting movement of each rocker latch of the plurality of rocker latches relative to the rocker support. A downhole tool including a sleeve movable relative to other portions of the tool, the sleeve having a profile at an uphole end thereof, an actuator runnable into contact with the sleeve, the actuator including the latch. A borehole system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a string in the borehole, and a latch system disposed within or as a part of the string. A wet connect system including a first connector housing having a first communication line therein, a second connector housing concentrically positionable in the first connector housing and having a second communication line, and a balance piston fluidly connected to the first communication line.
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 34/06 - Aménagements des vannes pour les trous de forage ou pour les puits dans les puits
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 43/12 - Procédés ou appareils pour commander l'écoulement du fluide extrait vers ou dans les puits
F04D 13/08 - Ensembles comprenant les pompes et leurs moyens d'entraînement la pompe étant entraînée par l'électricité pour utilisation en position immergée
A lock ring including a tubular body having an inside surface and an outside surface, an expandable threadform on the inside surface, a wicker on the outside surface. An anchor for a liner including a tubular body having an inside surface transitioning from a first diameter to a second diameter and an outside surface, an expandable threadform on one of the first and second diameter surfaces, and a wicker on the outside surface. A threadform for expansion duty including a thread configured to maintain, during expansion, engagement at a flank thereof of at least about 50 percent of a height of the thread measured from root to crown and a crown width of about 20 to about 50 percent of thread height.
E21B 43/10 - Mise en place de tubages, filtres ou crépines dans les puits
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 17/042 - Accouplements; Joints entre tige et trépan, ou entre tiges filetés
A method for assembling a liner system including disposing from an uphole end of the liner a first slip subsystem, disposing from the uphole end of the liner a seal, and disposing from the uphole end of the liner a second slip subsystem.
E21B 17/042 - Accouplements; Joints entre tige et trépan, ou entre tiges filetés
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
A method for operating a sleeve including running a latch system into contact with the sleeve, latching the latch system to the sleeve, shifting the sleeve from a first position to a second position with the latch system moving in the same direction that the latch system moved during latching.
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
An indexing injection valve including a housing having a port therein, a valve member moveable within the housing, an indexer connected to the valve member, the indexer having positions where the valve member is locked open and locked closed, wherein when the valve member is in the closed position pressure uphole of the valve is fixed. A method for managing a fluid sequestration system including injecting fluid in a liquid slate into a formation, maintaining pressure above a gas transition pressure, and closing an injection valve while still maintaining pressure of the injected fluid uphole of the injection valve above the gas transition pressure of the fluid. A system including the injection valve further including a barrier valve configured to receive the injection valve and automatically close upon retrieval of the injection 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 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 43/16 - Procédés de récupération assistée pour l'extraction d'hydrocarbures
A hanger system including an expandable liner, an expandable first slip subsystem disposed about the liner, an expandable second slip subsystem disposed about the liner, a seal disposed about the liner and between the first slip subsystem and the second slip subsystem, and an expandable lock ring disposed about the liner and against one of the first slip subsystem or the second slip subsystem. A method for lining a borehole including running a liner system into a borehole, landing the liner system in a liner hanger, expanding the first slip subsystem simultaneously with a portion of the liner, expanding the second slip subsystem simultaneously with another portion of the liner, and sealing the liner to the liner hanger between the first slip subsystem and the second slip subsystem with the seal. A borehole system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a casing in the borehole, and a liner system.
A system and a method of carbon capture. The system includes a volume having a gas mixture therein, an optical fiber and a processor. The gas mixture includes carbon dioxide as a component. The optical fiber has a coating sensitive to carbon dioxide to generate a strain on the optical fiber. The processor is configured to adjust an operating parameter of the system based on a presence of the carbon dioxide determined using the optical fiber.
Examples described herein provide a computer-implemented method for automated reservoir navigation that includes receiving a reference indicative of a reservoir architecture. The method further includes determining a discrepancy between a well plan and the reference. The method further includes evaluating the discrepancy relative to a discrepancy threshold. The method further includes, responsive to determining that the discrepancy fails to satisfy the discrepancy threshold, causing a bottom hole assembly to navigate based at least in part on the discrepancy.
E21B 44/00 - Systèmes de commande automatique spécialement adaptés aux opérations de forage, c. à d. systèmes à fonctionnement autonome ayant pour rôle d'exécuter ou de modifier une opération de forage sans l'intervention d'un opérateur humain, p.ex. systèmes de ; Systèmes spécialement adaptés à la surveillance de plusieurs variables ou conditions de forage
E21B 47/02 - Détermination de l'inclinaison ou de la direction
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
72.
COMPOSITIONS OF MATTER COMPRISING SUSPENDED NANOPARTICLES FUNCTIONALIZED WITH GLYMO OR GLYMO-LIKE GROUPS AND RELATED METHODS
B01J 13/00 - Chimie des colloïdes, p.ex. production de substances colloïdales ou de leurs solutions, non prévue ailleurs; Fabrication de microcapsules ou de microbilles
C07F 7/08 - Composés comportant une ou plusieurs liaisons C—Si
Systems and methods for reducing vibration in downhole tools using particle dampers. In one embodiment, an ESP system has components including at least a pump and a motor. The motor is coupled to the pump and is configured to drive the pump to pump fluid from a well. The ESP system also includes a particle damping unit which is mechanically coupled to at least one of the ESP components. The particle damping unit has one or more compartments, each of which contains a collection of particles that are loose within the corresponding compartment. Vibration in the ESP components causes movement of the particles within the compartments of the particle damping units, and the movement of the particles dissipates the vibrational energy, causing damping of the vibration.
F04D 29/66 - Lutte contre la cavitation, les tourbillons, le bruit, les vibrations ou phénomènes analogues; Equilibrage
F04D 13/08 - Ensembles comprenant les pompes et leurs moyens d'entraînement la pompe étant entraînée par l'électricité pour utilisation en position immergée
E21B 43/01 - Procédés ou dispositifs pour l'extraction de pétrole, de gaz, d'eau ou de matériaux solubles ou fusibles ou d'une suspension de matières minérales à partir de puits spécialement adaptés à l'extraction à partir d'installations sous l'eau
74.
METHOD OF PACKAGING OPTICAL FIBER FOR SIMULTANEOUS TEMPERATURE AND STRAIN MEASUREMENT FACILITATING INDUSTRIAL ASSET MANAGEMENT
A sensor and a method of manufacture of a sensor. The sensor includes a body having a groove therein, a first optical fiber and second optical fiber disposed in the groove, and a first layer and second layer bonded in the groove. The groove is formed in the body of the sensor. The first optical fiber is deposited in the groove. The first layer is bonded in the groove to form a first chamber in which the first optical fiber is disposed. The second optical fiber is disposed in the groove. The second layer is bonded in the groove to form a second chamber in which the second optical fiber is disposed.
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
A drilling system includes a method of determining an orientation of a drill string in a borehole. A bit field measuring device obtains a plurality of sensor readings of a magnetic field of a drill bit using a magnetic field sensor at a plurality of positions along a curve extending around the drill bit along a longitudinal bit axis from a first location to a second location. A drill string includes the drill bit and a downhole magnetic field sensor that obtains a measurement of a local earth magnetic field, wherein the measurement is affected by the magnetic field of the drill bit. A processor determines a magnetic dipole moment of the drill bit from the plurality of sensor readings, calculates a second measurement of the local earth magnetic field downhole using the magnetic dipole moment of the drill bit, and determines the orientation of the drill string from the calculated correction of the measurement of the local earth magnetic field.
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
E21B 47/024 - Détermination de l'inclinaison ou de la direction des dispositifs dans le trou de forage
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
76.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING NANOPOROUS STRUCTURES ON A SUBSTRATE
A method of manufacturing a nanoporous structure on a substrate includes: additively forming a precursor structure from at least one of a metal oxide or a metal cluster compound on a substrate; exposing the precursor structure to a vapor of an organic linker; and reacting the at least one of the metal oxide or the metal cluster compound in the precursor structure with the organic linker to form the nanoporous structure comprising a metal-organic framework.
C23C 18/12 - Revêtement chimique par décomposition soit de composés liquides, soit de solutions des composés constituant le revêtement, ne laissant pas de produits de réaction du matériau de la surface dans le revêtement; Dépôt par contact par décomposition thermique caractérisée par le dépôt sur des matériaux inorganiques, autres que des matériaux métalliques
B82Y 40/00 - Fabrication ou traitement des nanostructures
77.
DIRECT SYNTHESIS OF CYCLIC CARBONATES USING CHOLINE CHLORIDE AS CATALYST UNDER MILD CONDITIONS
A method for direct synthesis of cyclic carbonates is achieved by reacting at least one epoxide with carbon dioxide in the presence of a choline catalyst, such as choline chloride, under mild conditions such as a temperature between about 25°C to 150°C and a pressure of from about atmospheric to 75 psi (0.52 MPa), in a cyclic carbonate solvent. The choline catalyst may be the only catalyst used, and a co-catalyst or hydrogen bond donor is not necessary. The concentration of choline catalyst in the solvent ranges from about 0.5 mol% to about 10 mol%, based on the epoxide.
A method of conducting a plurality of downhole operations with a completion system, the method including performing a treatment through a port in a first sleeve assembly in a first stage of the completion system, using an object to slide a first sleeve in a second sleeve assembly, located uphole of the first sleeve assembly, in a second stage of the completion system to reveal a port, and then closing the port in the first sleeve assembly in the first stage using the object, performing a treatment through the port in the second sleeve assembly, closing the port in the second sleeve assembly, and opening at least one of the ports in the first sleeve assembly and the second sleeve assembly and producing fluids through the at least one of the ports. A completion system includes the sleeve assemblies and object for performing the method.
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 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 34/06 - Aménagements des vannes pour les trous de forage ou pour les puits dans les puits
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 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
79.
THROUGH-TUBING ELECTRICAL SUBMERSIBLE PUMP FOR LIVE WELLS AND METHOD OF DEPLOYMENT
In at least one embodiment, a system for an electrical submersible pump (ESP) of a wellbore is disclosed. The system includes a spool and a tubing insert valve to be associated with the wellbore. The spool is to be located above an Xmas tree and is to retain a coil, cable, or wireline that passes through a wellbore and through the tubing insert valve. The coil, cable, or wireline is to be associated with the ESP.
A pumping system is designed for deployment and retrieval through the production tubing in a live well intervention. The pumping system includes a pump driven by a motor, which may be an integrated motor or a separated motor in which the stator and rotor are separated by the production tubing. The pumping system can be provided power through a reinforced power cable that is capable of supporting the weight of some combination of the motor and pump, or through a standard power cable that is not designed to carry the weight of additional downhole components.
E21B 43/12 - Procédés ou appareils pour commander l'écoulement du fluide extrait vers ou dans les puits
F04D 13/08 - Ensembles comprenant les pompes et leurs moyens d'entraînement la pompe étant entraînée par l'électricité pour utilisation en position immergée
F04B 47/06 - Pompes ou installations de pompage spécialement adaptées pour élever un fluide à partir d'une grande profondeur, p.ex. pompes de puits dont les ensembles pompe-moteur sont placés à grande profondeur
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
81.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING RESERVOIR FLUID CONTAMINATION
A system and method for determining reservoir fluid contamination of a reservoir is disclosed. The system includes one or more sensors to detect field measures from reservoir fluid of the reservoir and includes memory and at least one processor to execute instructions from the memory to cause the system to perform further steps. A step by the at least one processor is to simulate relationship data having purity levels correlated to volumes or times associated with extraction of an applied or simulated fluid for varying modeled rock formations. A further step is to fit one or more of the relationship data to the field measures to generate errors. Yet another step is to determine the reservoir fluid contamination from one of the purity levels that is associated with the relationship data that is within a threshold error value or error range of the errors.
Methods for the in-situ production of one or more chemical products in a subterranean well include the steps of admitting natural gas into the well from the surrounding subterranean formation, directing the natural gas into a downhole reactor in the well, reacting the natural gas within the downhole reactor to produce an intermediate product stream that includes the one or more chemical products, and withdrawing the intermediate product stream and the one or more chemical products from the downhole reactor. The methods can be earned out in a downhole reactor (22) that includes a reaction chamber (26) inside tubing (20) and an inlet valve (24) adapted to control the introduction of natural gas into the reaction chamber (26).
A tracer-embedded degradable article includes: a degradable metallic carrier; and a tracer disposed in the degradable metallic carrier, wherein the tracer includes an upconverting particle that has a host material, and a dopant. The article is manufactured by forming a mixture containing the metallic carrier and the tracer; and molding or casting the mixture. The degradation of the article is monitored by disposing the article downhole; degrading the article; releasing the tracer from the article to a wellbore fluid; and analyzing the wellbore fluid to determine an amount of the tracer in the wellbore fluid.
E21B 47/11 - Localisation des fuites, intrusions ou mouvements du fluide utilisant la radioactivité
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 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 49/08 - Prélèvement d'échantillons de fluides ou test des fluides dans les trous de forage ou dans les puits
A segmented cone expansion ring and expansion system including the ring, the ring including a plurality of segments each segment of the plurality of segments having opposing load walls, each load wall including one of a projection or a recess receptive of the projection, the projection having a neck portion and a rounded anchor portion and the recess having a rounded geometry and a set of dimensions complementary to the projection and that defines a clearance fit for the projection within the recess. A method for expanding a tubular member including introducing the expansion system a tubular member and loading the load walls of the plurality of segments of the ring while not loading the projections and recesses of the plurality of segments. A borehole system including an expansion system disposed within the borehole.
A method of increasing a solubility of a manganese oxide includes contacting the manganese oxide with an acid component in the presence of a dissolution accelerator that includes at least one of hydrazine, a hydrazine derivative, or a hydrazide. Also disclosed is a drilling fluid containing a carrier; MnO2; and at least one of a viscosifier, a rheology modifier, a dispersant, a weighting agent, a defoamer, a fluid loss agent, bentonite, or a lubricant.
A rotary valve including a port housing, a port, an axially actuated rotary sleeve disposed within the port housing, the sleeve having a plurality of apertures in fluid communication with the port; and an insert disposed within the sleeve, the insert having an opening, the sleeve being rotatable to align one of the plurality of apertures with the opening. A rotary valve including a port housing, having a port, an axially actuated rotary sleeve disposed within the port housing, the sleeve having an aperture; and an insert disposed within the sleeve, the insert having a plurality of openings of distinct size from one another, the aperture of the sleeve being selectively alignable with one of the plurality of openings.
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 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
A backup including a resister articulated to a mounting ring, a support articulated to a support ring and the resister, the resister moving upon one of the mounting ring and the support ring moving away from the other. A seal including a mandrel, an element and a backup disposed on the mandrel adjacent the element. A borehole system including a borehole in a formation, a string in the borehole, a backup disposed within or as a part of the string. A backup including a deformable ring, a resister disposed adjacent the deformable ring, the resister being articulated to a ring mount through a pivot pin having a frustoconical geometry. A backup including a resister articulated to a ring, the resister including a borehole wall engager. A borehole system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a string in the borehole, a backup within or as a part of the string.
E21B 33/124 - Unités à bouchons espacés longitudinalement pour isoler les espaces intermédiaires
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 trigger including a carrier, a shuttle movably disposed on the carrier, an energy member disposed between the carrier and the shuttle, a degrade-on-demand trip member disposed to maintain potential energy in the energy member until activated. : A method for operating a downhole tool including sending a signal to the trip member of the trigger, degrading the trip member, converting potential energy stored in the energy member from potential energy to kinetic energy, and actuating the downhole tool with the shuttle. A wellbore system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a string in the borehole, a trigger disposed within or as a part of the string.
E21B 33/072 - Têtes de puits; Leur mise en place comportant des dispositions pour introduire des objets dans les puits ou pour les en retirer, ou pour y introduire des fluides pour les outils manœuvrés par câbles
E21B 41/00 - Matériel ou accessoires non couverts par les groupes
An object carrier including a housing having a bore with a diametrically larger portion and a diametrically smaller portion, an object keeper having a first and a second end, the first end being initially disposed in the diametrically smaller portion, an actuator assembly configured to move the first end of the object keeper from the diametrically smaller portion to the diametrically larger portion responsive to selected application of pressure, and an object disposed within the object keeper and secured within the object keeper while the first end of the object keeper is in the diametrically smaller portion, the object being released from the object keeper upon the first end of the object keeper moving to the diametrically larger portion. A method for managing an object-based operation downhole of a restriction including pressuring up on the object carrier, withdrawing the first end from the diametrically smaller portion, and releasing the object.
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 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 29/08 - Découpage ou déformation des tuyaux pour commander l'écoulement du fluide
A downhole assembly includes a disintegrable article, which contains a polymer matrix comprising a polymer having an oxygen content of about 2 wt% to about 30 wt%; an energetic material configured to generate heat upon activation to facilitate a chemical decomposition of the polymer; and at least one of a reinforcing fiber or a filler. The disintegrable article is disintegrated by disposing the downhole assembly in a downhole environment; performing a downhole operation; exposing the polymer in the polymer matrix to the generated heat to chemically decompose the polymer producing a decomposed product containing a small molecule in a supercritical state; and disintegrating the disintegrable article with the small molecule in the supercritical state.
E21B 29/02 - 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 au moyen d'explosifs ou par des moyens thermiques ou chimiques
E21B 43/24 - Procédés de récupération assistée pour l'extraction d'hydrocarbures utilisant la chaleur, p.ex. injection de vapeur
222 associated with forming the drill bit. The method may further include forming the redesigned drill bit. Related drill bits with reduced carbon footprints are also described.
E21B 10/567 - Parties rapportées du type bouton comportant des éléments de coupe préformés montés sur un support distinct, p.ex. parties rapportées polycristallines
An electric submersible pumping system is configured to produce fluids from a well. The submersible pumping system includes a motor drive, an electric motor driven by the motor drive, a sensor module and a power cable. An upper end of the power cable is connected to the motor drive. The electric submersible pumping system further includes a pothead connected to the motor and a motor lead extension, where an upper end of the motor lead extension is connected to the power cable and a lower end of the motor lead extension is connected to the motor through the pothead. The electric submersible pumping system includes a motor lead extension temperature sensor located in the pothead.
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
E21B 43/12 - Procédés ou appareils pour commander l'écoulement du fluide extrait vers ou dans les puits
An electric submersible pumping system includes one or more sensors, a sensor module configured to receive and process data from the one or more sensors, and a data memory unit configured to store data received from the one or more sensors. The data memory unit can be used for storing data using methods that shift the frequency at which information is recorded from the sensors. In some embodiments, the method includes the steps of recording data from a sensor within the pumping system at a first frequency, detecting the occurrence of a frequency shifting event, and recording data from the sensor at a second frequency that is higher than the first frequency. The measurement data can be stored in volatile or non-volatile memory to create a record of high resolution measurement data surrounding a frequency shifting event.
F04D 13/08 - Ensembles comprenant les pompes et leurs moyens d'entraînement la pompe étant entraînée par l'électricité pour utilisation en position immergée
G06F 12/02 - Adressage ou affectation; Réadressage
H04L 27/10 - Systèmes à courant porteur à modulation de fréquence, p.ex. utilisant une manipulation à décalage de fréquence
G06F 3/06 - Entrée numérique à partir de, ou sortie numérique vers des supports d'enregistrement
An annular pressure activated downhole tool has a housing including an outer surface, an inner surface defining a passage, an annular projection projecting into the passage from the inner surface, and an opening. A mandrel extends into the passage. The mandrel has a first end and a second end. A power spring support is detachably connected to the second end of the mandrel in the passage. A power spring is arranged about the mandrel and extends between the power spring support and the annular projection. A trigger housing is arranged in one of the mandrel and the power spring support. A trigger arranged in the trigger housing selectively engages with the inner surface. The trigger is operable to disengage from the inner surface of the housing, releasing the power spring, and shifting the mandrel along the passage when exposed to a selected annular pressure.
E21B 29/06 - Découpage de fenêtres, p.ex. découpage directionnel de fenêtres en vue d'opérations impliquant des sifflets-déviateurs
E21B 7/06 - Modification de la direction du trou de forage
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 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 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 printed circuit board (PCB) including a rigid dielectric layer having a curved geometry, and a conductive layer attached to the dielectric layer. A method for making a printed circuit board (PCB) including depositing a layer of dielectric material onto a surface, curing and sintering the material on the surface, depositing a first layer of conductive material on the layer of dielectric material, and depositing a second layer of conductive material on the first layer of conductive material, the second layer being thinner in cross section than the first layer. A system for producing a curved rigid PCB including a housing, a build platform disposed in the housing, a mobile robotic depositor disposed upon the build platform, and a print head disposed in the housing and in printing proximity to the build platform, the head having a plurality of deposition nozzles and a laser.
H05K 3/14 - Appareils ou procédés pour la fabrication de circuits imprimés dans lesquels le matériau conducteur est appliqué au support isolant de manière à former le parcours conducteur recherché utilisant la technique de la vaporisation pour appliquer le matériau conducteur
E21B 47/00 - Relevés dans les trous de forage ou dans les puits
Examples described herein provide for modeling acid flow for acid stimulation of a formation. An example method includes receiving data about the acid stimulation. The method further includes modeling, by applying the data about the acid stimulation to a model, a wormhole velocity of an acid injected into the formation during the acid stimulation, wherein the wormhole velocity is a function of a Darcy velocity of the acid. The method further includes determining whether the wormhole velocity satisfies a wormhole velocity threshold. The method further includes, responsive to determining that the wormhole velocity fails to satisfy the wormhole velocity threshold, modifying a stimulation parameter to adjust the wormhole velocity of the acid. The method further includes performing the acid stimulation based at least in part on the modified stimulation parameter.
A magnetic switching arrangement including a first contact, a second contact, at least one of the first and second contacts including a magnetically responsive material, a biaser operably connected to one of the first and second contacts and biasing the one of the first and second contact into electrical connection with the other of the first and second contacts such that a closed circuit is achieved in the absence of an external force preventing closure of the first and second contacts, and a disconnector maintaining the first and second contacts spaced from one another, preventing formation of a circuit. A method for operating a tool including applying or removing a magnetic field configuration and causing a first and second contact within the tool to make electrical contact. A borehole system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, and disposed in the borehole.
Method for obtaining a directional survey in a rotating downhole component include acquiring and generating, while rotating, sets of raw data having 3-axis magnetic field data and 3-axis gravity field data. A set of rotationally-invariant data is obtained for each of the sets of raw data to generate a first number of sets of rotationally-invariant data. An earth property value is calculated from each of the sets. An accuracy indicator is estimated for each of the sets using a respective earth property value, an earth property reference value, and an error model, to generate a plurality of accuracy indicators. A set of mean values is determined using the plurality of sets of rotationally-invariant data using a second number of sets of rotationally-invariant data of the plurality of sets of rotationally-invariant data. The directional survey is estimated and used to control the downhole component.
E21B 44/00 - Systèmes de commande automatique spécialement adaptés aux opérations de forage, c. à d. systèmes à fonctionnement autonome ayant pour rôle d'exécuter ou de modifier une opération de forage sans l'intervention d'un opérateur humain, p.ex. systèmes de ; Systèmes spécialement adaptés à la surveillance de plusieurs variables ou conditions de forage
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 7/06 - Modification de la direction du trou de forage
G01V 3/18 - 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
99.
STABILIZING ASPHALTENE IN CRUDE OIL USING WASTE PLASTIC ANTIFOULANTS
A method for stabilizing asphaltenes in petroleum feedstocks such as crude oil includes adding to the feedstock an effective amount of an additive containing at least one waste plastic. Suitable waste plastics include, but are not necessarily limited to, polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polystyrene, polycarbonate, polyamide, and polyurethane, and combinations thereof. By "stabilizing" is meant keeping the asphaltenes in solution in the petroleum feedstocks.
C09K 8/524 - Compositions pour éviter, limiter ou éliminer les dépôts, p.ex. pour le nettoyage les dépôts organiques, p.ex. paraffines ou asphaltènes
C10G 75/04 - Inhibition de la corrosion ou des salissures dans des appareils de traitement ou de conversion des huiles d'hydrocarbures, en général par addition d'agents antisalissures
A wellbore system includes a lock ring forming at least a portion of a sealing assembly, the lock ring being coupled to and axially lower than one or more components of the sealing assembly to be positioned within an annulus. The wellbore system also includes a pedestal coupled to the lock ring, the pedestal arranged axially lower than at least a portion of the lock ring, the pedestal to be installed within the annulus. The wellbore system further includes a shoulder formed on at least a portion of a hanger. The wellbore system also includes a debris pocket formed within the annulus, the debris pocket arranged axially lower than both the shoulder and a lock ring groove.
E21B 33/04 - Têtes de tubage; Suspension des tubages ou des colonnes de production dans les têtes de puits
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 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