241 |
Method of removing water from earthen pits |
US399441 |
1982-07-19 |
US4449849A |
1984-05-22 |
Spencer C. Horn; Alan A. Mogg |
A method of removing water from earthen pits such as the earthen pits commonly used in the drilling of oil and gas wells for containing reserve drilling fluid is provided. By the method, a plurality of spray nozzles are placed around the periphery of the pit, and the nozzles are directed towards the center of the pit. Water from the pit is pumped through the nozzles whereby the water is sprayed towards the center of the pit and removed therefrom by the evaporation thereof. |
242 |
Method for drying drilling mud |
US207992 |
1980-11-18 |
US4382341A |
1983-05-10 |
Christy W. Bell; Charles H. Titus; Robert Y. Pogontchef |
Direct electric current is passed through drilling mud contained in an earthen mud pit to dry the mud, thereby providing a safe and environmentally acceptable means for disposal of the mud. |
243 |
Treating subsurface formations |
US3688851D |
1970-03-16 |
US3688851A |
1972-09-05 |
CHENEVERT MARTIN E |
Shaley earth formations are drilled or otherwise treated with reduced difficulty through the use of water-in-oil invert emulsion fluids wherein the aqueous phases of the emulsions possess particular water vapor pressures relative to the formations which they contact. The aqueous vapor pressure of an oil-base fluid containing dispersed water is controlled to prevent damage to water-sensitive shale formations by monitoring the vapor pressure of the aqueous phase of the fluid and maintaining a vapor pressure depressant in the aqueous phase in a concentration sufficient to substantially prevent the migration of water from the fluid to the formations. The aqueous vapor pressure of an earth formation is determined. A method and apparatus are disclosed for determining the compatibility of a well fluid with a water-sensitive subsurface formation wherein a substantially unaltered sample of the formation is immersed in the fluid and the direction and extent of water migration between the well fluid and the sample are logged. Improved water-in-oil invert emulsion fluid compositions for drilling and other oil field uses are obtained wherein the aqueous phases of the emulsions possess particular water vapor pressures relative to the formations which they contact.
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244 |
Process of drilling wells |
US3507343D |
1967-12-21 |
US3507343A |
1970-04-21 |
GILL JAMES A; STEARNS MARVIN O |
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245 |
Filter press |
US65906667 |
1967-08-08 |
US3401802A |
1968-09-17 |
FANN JAMES D |
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246 |
Apparatus for treatment of hydraulic jet drilling liquid |
US64601467 |
1967-06-14 |
US3399739A |
1968-09-03 |
GOODWIN ROBERT J; MORI ERNEST A; PEKAREK JOSEPH L; SCHAUB PAUL W; ZINKHAM ROBERT E |
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247 |
Sand and mud separator and mixer for well drilling |
US66592333 |
1933-04-13 |
US2078752A |
1937-04-27 |
CHRISTENSEN CHRIS T |
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248 |
Real-time optical flow imaging to determine particle size distribution |
US15315041 |
2014-07-08 |
US10151677B2 |
2018-12-11 |
Sandeep D. Kulkarni; Robert J. Murphy |
An example well system including a drill string extending from a surface location into a wellbore and defining an annulus between the drill string and the wellbore, a fluid circuit extending through the drill string to a bottom of the wellbore and back to the surface location within the annulus, and further extending back to the drill string from the annulus, and one or more flow imaging devices in fluid communication with the fluid circuit to monitor the wellbore fluid and track a real-time particle size distribution (PSD) of one or more particulates suspended within the wellbore fluid. |
249 |
Assessment and production of minerals by directed horizontal drilling |
US15485053 |
2017-04-11 |
US10151190B2 |
2018-12-11 |
Richard Muriel Cherry |
Systems and methods for extracting minerals from an underground mineralization zone located below the surface at an oil and gas drilling site. The system includes a vertical drilling means for drilling a vertical bore extending from the surface at the oil and gas drilling site into the mineralization zone, a second horizontal drilling means for drilling at least one horizontal production bore into the mineralization zone. The first horizontal drilling means and the second horizontal drilling means are configured to return material from the mineralization zone to the surface where the mineral content of the material is analyzed and a separator separates minerals, waste and drilling mud from the material. The method includes steps of drilling a horizontal assessment bore, analyzing assessment material for a desired mineral, drilling a horizontal production bore, producing production material containing the desired mineral, and separating the desired material from waste and drilling mud. |
250 |
Pressure exchanger having crosslinked fluid plugs |
US15145027 |
2016-05-03 |
US10125594B2 |
2018-11-13 |
Bryan John Lewis; Stanley V. Stephenson |
A method includes introducing a proppant slurry into a first end of a hydraulic energy transfer system, introducing a clean fluid into a second end of the hydraulic energy transfer system opposite the first end, operating the hydraulic energy transfer system to retain a portion of the proppant slurry in the hydraulic energy transfer system while transferring pressure of the clean fluid to the proppant slurry, and forming a fluid plug that separates the proppant slurry and the clean fluid, the fluid plug being formed by increasing a viscosity of the portion of the proppant slurry to be higher than a viscosity of the clean fluid and a viscosity of the proppant slurry in the hydraulic energy transfer system. |
251 |
CRANELESS ELEVATABLE MGS VESSEL AND SWIVEL JOINT U-TUBE MUD LINE AND METHOD OF INSTALLATION |
US15943766 |
2018-04-03 |
US20180223611A1 |
2018-08-09 |
Camaron M. Cox |
A craneless elevatable MGS vessel and U-tube assembly can be delivered on a winch truck to a drilling site and assembled in a far shorter time and without the need of having a crane and crane operator attend to the movement and placement of the MGS vessel and attached U-tube mud lines to a mud handling system in a drilling rig. The MGS vessel of the present application can be a standard type of MGS vessel well known in the industry. By fabricating this MGS vessel with attached and moveable U-tube connectors for the mud line, the system can be moved and assembled at the drill site without crane intervention. Moreover, the ability to raise the MGS vessel, after placement in its vertical position, permits ready attachment to multiple diverse drilling rig configurations. |
252 |
REAL-TIME FREQUENCY LOOP SHAPING FOR DRILLING MUD VISCOSITY AND DENSITY MEASUREMENTS |
US15914810 |
2018-03-07 |
US20180195354A1 |
2018-07-12 |
Xingyong SONG; Jason D. DYKSTRA |
Methods control systems for viscosity and density control may include a frequency loop shaping filter for shaping the frequency response in real-time for a multiple inputs multiple outputs (MIMO) system. For example, a method may include drilling a wellbore while circulating a drilling mud through a viscosity and density control system that includes one of: a mechanical separation system, a dilution system, a chemical additive regulation system, and any combination thereof; applying a frequency loop shaping filter to a desired mud viscosity and a desired mud density to produce control signals: a first control signal for the mechanical separation system, a second control signal for the dilution system, a third control signal for the chemical additive regulation system, and any combination thereof; and applying the control signals to the corresponding systems to alter the drilling mud to have a controlled viscosity value and a controlled density value. |
253 |
Process and system for recovery of solids from a drilling fluid |
US14099168 |
2013-12-06 |
US10012043B1 |
2018-07-03 |
John C. Hancock; Ben Hiltl; Octavio Perez |
A process for recovery of solids from a drilling fluid includes the steps of passing a solids-containing drilling fluid through a grinder, grinding the solids from the drilling fluid to a desired size, pumping the ground solids and the drilling fluid to hydrocyclone such that the hydrocyclone produces an overflow and an underflow. The overflow contains low-density solids and the underflow contains high-density solids. The high-density solids are passed to a container. The solids-containing drilling fluid is shaken prior to the step of grinding so as to remove oversize solids from the drilling fluid. The ground solids are pumped to the hydrocyclone at a generally constant pressure. |
254 |
System and method for analyzing cuttings using an opto-analytical device |
US14424116 |
2012-08-31 |
US09957792B2 |
2018-05-01 |
Michael T. Pelletier; Robert P. Freese; Gary E. Weaver; Shilin Chen |
In one embodiments, a method includes drilling a wellbore in a formation with a drilling tool. The method further includes receiving electromagnetic radiation using an opto-analytical device coupled to the drilling tool. The method also includes detecting a characteristic of cuttings associated with drilling the wellbore based on the received electromagnetic radiation. |
255 |
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COATED SALTS |
US15252639 |
2016-08-31 |
US20180058186A1 |
2018-03-01 |
Mahendra L. Joshi; Ryan Antle; Catherine James; Edward Steele; Brian Rovelli |
A method in one embodiment includes obtaining produced water from at least one of drilling, completion, or hydrocarbon production. The method also includes separating the produced water into desalinated water and produced salt. Further, the method includes coating the produced salt with resin to provide coated produced salt. |
256 |
OPTIMIZED RECYCLING OF DRILLING FLUIDS BY COORDINATING OPERATION OF SEPARATION UNITS |
US15558141 |
2015-04-14 |
US20180043287A1 |
2018-02-15 |
Sorin Gabriel Teodorescu |
One system embodiment includes: an inlet sensor that measures a fluid quality of an input fluid stream; an arrangement of separation units operating to extract contaminants from the fluid stream; and a user interface (UI). Each separation unit produces a respective output fluid stream, exhibiting a performance that is impacted by a respective operating parameter, and has an outlet sensor that measures an output fluid stream quality. The UI receives fluid quality measurements from the inlet and the outlet sensors, responsively derives a performance value for each separation unit and an overall performance value for the arrangement, and displays each of the performance values. The UI may further set the operating parameter values to automate and optimize the operation of the arrangement for different drilling conditions. The fluid quality measurements may indicate contaminant concentrations, and the performance values may account for separation efficiency, energy consumption, reliability, and next service date. |
257 |
BLENDER UNIT WITH INTEGRATED CONTAINER SUPPORT FRAME |
US15548485 |
2015-07-22 |
US20180028992A1 |
2018-02-01 |
Calvin L. Stegemoeller; Bryan Chapman Lucas; Bryan John Lewis; Austin Carl Schaffner; Timothy H. Hunter; Jim Basuki Surjaatmadja; Wesley John Warren |
In accordance with presently disclosed embodiments, systems and methods for managing bulk material efficiently at a well site are provided. The disclosure is directed to a container support frame that is integrated into a blender unit. The support frame is used to receive one or more portable containers of bulk material, and the blender unit may include a gravity feed outlet for outputting bulk material from the containers directly into a mixer of the blender unit. The blender unit with integrated support frame may eliminate the need for any subsequent mechanical conveyance of the bulk material (e.g., via a separate mechanical conveying system or on-blender sand screws) from the containers to the mixer. As such, the integrated blender unit may be lighter weight, take up less space, and have a lower cost and complexity than existing blenders. |
258 |
REAL TIME DRILLING FLUID RHEOLOGY MODIFICATION TO HELP MANAGE AND MINIMINZE DRILL STRING VIBRATIONS |
US15525544 |
2014-12-18 |
US20180023355A1 |
2018-01-25 |
Sorin G. TEODORESCU; Dale E. JAMISON |
A method of managing bottom hole assembly vibrations while drilling a wellbore including obtaining data regarding drilling parameters related to one or more drilling operations, determining if the bottom hole assembly has vibration levels outside of the range of normal operation parameters, modifying the drilling mud formulation to alter at least one of its physical properties and rheological properties to keep or maintain the vibration levels of the bottom hole assembly within the range of normal operation parameters, and mitigating the vibrations. |
259 |
DRILLING FLUID DISPOSAL INJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD |
US15662991 |
2017-07-28 |
US20170335642A1 |
2017-11-23 |
Mark Blackwell; Steve Bills; Jason Larchar |
A method for injecting a portion of a drilling fluid waste into a well includes reducing a cross-sectional dimension of solids in a slurry. The slurry includes the drilling fluid waste. The method also includes measuring a property of the slurry, of the well, or both. The method also includes obtaining a model based at least partially upon the property. The model represents an interaction of the slurry with the well. The method also includes introducing an additive into the slurry in response to measuring the property, generating the model, or both. The method also includes injecting the slurry into the well after the additive is introduced. |
260 |
Monitoring of the Oil to Water Ratio for Drilling Fluids |
US15522839 |
2014-12-17 |
US20170321504A1 |
2017-11-09 |
Xiangnan Ye; Sorin Gabriel Teodorescu; Dale E. Jamison |
Methods and systems for monitoring the oil to water ratio of a drilling fluid are disclosed. An example drilling fluid monitoring and handling system comprises a mud pit coupled to a fluid supply system and a fluid analysis system. The fluid supply system is coupled to the mud pit and the fluid analysis system. The fluid analysis system is coupled to the mud pit and the fluid supply system, wherein the fluid analysis system comprises a dielectric probe. |