序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开(公告)号 | 公开(公告)日 | 发明人 |
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101 | METHOD FOR INJECTING LOW SALINITY WATER | PCT/EP2012059226 | 2012-05-17 | WO2012156495A2 | 2012-11-22 | BRODIE JAMES ANDREW; JERAULD GARY RUSSELL |
Methods, apparatuses and computer readable instructions for determining the effectiveness of, and for performing, a low salinity waterflood. An ion diffusion distance value is determined based on the rate of diffusion of ions within the rock of a reservoir and the residency time of floodwater within the reservoir. The thickness of the layers of the reservoir are compared to this ion diffusion value to determine the effectiveness of performing a low salinity waterflood and also to enable the effective control of a waterflood and to assist in the determination of locations of wells. | ||||||
102 | DTEM WITH SHORT SPACING FOR DEEP, AHEAD OF THE DRILL BIT MEASUREMENTS | PCT/US2011049650 | 2011-08-30 | WO2012030768A2 | 2012-03-08 | ITSKOVICH GREGORY B; REIDERMAN ARCADY; RABINOVICH MICHAEL B; MARTAKOV SERGEY; IOMDINA EMMA |
A transmitter on a bottomhole assembly (BHA) is used for generating a transient electromagnetic signal in an earth formation. A processor estimates the distance to a resistivity interface using a signal produced by a receiver on the BHA. The transmitter-receiver distance may be less than 1m. The estimation of the distance is done in real time using a thin conductive sheet approximation. | ||||||
103 | A METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTIMIZING A MODELLING OF FLOWS WITHIN A RESERVOIR FOR OPTIMIZATION OF OIL/GAS PRODUCTION | EP17730750.1 | 2017-06-09 | EP3455656A1 | 2019-03-20 | BERGEY, Pierre; EBERLE, Nicolas |
The present invention relates to a method for optimizing a modeling of flows within a reservoir for optimization of oil/gas production, by receiving a first time step; receiving a flow condition for at least one well connected to the reservoir, selecting data in the control data that is applicable to the first time step; then determining at least one quality value based on the selected data. If a quality criterion is not met based on the quality value, determining a second time step within the first time step and reiterating step /c/ to /e/ with the second time step as the first time step. If the quality criterion is met based on the quality value, performing a modeling of flows within the reservoir based on said first time step. | ||||||
104 | COMPUTER SUPPORTED EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION OF HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTED HYDROCARBON SOURCES IN SUBSURFACE FORMATIONS BASED ON MICROBIAL PROSPECTING | EP16713618.3 | 2016-02-09 | EP3256599B1 | 2018-12-26 | TE STROET, Christianus Bernardus Maria; MONTIJN, Roy Christiaan; LEVIN, Evgeni; SCHUREN, Frank Henri Johan |
A computer supported method, computer system and computer program product for exploring and producing a subsurface heterogeneous hydrocarbon source and generating a predictive production map of an area under investigation, based on microbial prospecting. Microbial data representative of microbial activity attributable to hydrocarbon microseepage and hydrocarbon productivity data of a plurality of geographic locations are retrieved and correlated by the computer in a data correlation algorithm, providing a threshold hydrocarbon productivity quantity and a truncated set of the retrieved microbial data. The set identifies individual types of the microorganisms and corresponding individual weighting factors computed by the data correlation algorithm, for distinguishing prospective hydrocarbon productivity quantities from non-prospective hydrocarbon productivity quantities. An estimated subsurface hydrocarbon productivity quantity for a geographical location of the area under investigation is provided by count weighting retrieved microbial data of this location for microorganisms identified in the truncated set, applying the individual weighting factors. | ||||||
105 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMAL POSITIONING OF DRILLING PADS | EP12877673.9 | 2012-05-31 | EP2831360B1 | 2018-12-26 | COLVIN, Richard Daniel; GERMAIN, Olivier Roger; PRATT, DeWayne; WOODARD, Philip William |
Systems and methods for optimal positioning of drilling pads for horizontal well field development considering the location and spacing of each horizontal well, boundaries and surface/subsurface hazards. | ||||||
106 | METHOD FOR REAL-TIME DOWNHOLE PROCESSING AND DETECTION OF BED BOUNDARY FOR GEOSTEERING APPLICATION | EP18175437.5 | 2011-04-18 | EP3410160A1 | 2018-12-05 | YU, Wenshan; TANG, Yumei; BITTAR, Michael |
An apparatus and a system and a method are provided, to generate a formation model database comprising multiple models, to rotate a downhole assembly that includes a downhole tool comprising at least one antenna pair that determines resistivity data, and to determine resistivity using the at least one antenna pair during rotation of the downhole assembly as part of a downhole operation. During the down hole operation, the method includes receiving the resistivity data; solving for at least resistivity formation parameters using a selected one of the formation models and a selected portion of the received resistivity data; and updating the selected formation model based, at least in part, on the resistivity formation parameters. |
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107 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REAL-TIME MONITORING AND PROCESSING OF WELLBORE DATA | EP13721883.0 | 2013-05-01 | EP2847425B1 | 2018-11-14 | BURRESS, Charlotte, N.; GALLIANO, Clint, C.; GONZALEZ, Peter |
An integrated digital ecosystem comprises an applied fluid optimization specialist and one or more sensors communicatively coupled to the applied fluid optimization specialist. The applied fluid optimization specialist receives data relating to performance of subterranean operations from the one or more sensors and interprets the data received. The applied fluid optimization specialist then regulates the performance of subterranean operations based on the interpretation of the data received. | ||||||
108 | RANKING DRILLING LOCATIONS AMONG SHALE PLAYS | EP14885493.8 | 2014-03-12 | EP3117075B1 | 2018-10-31 | CHORN, Larry Gregg |
In some embodiments, an apparatus and a system, as well as a method and an article, may operate to access rock property measurements taken within shale basins; to transform the rock property measurements into Estimated Ultimate Recovery (EUR) estimates for wells operating within the shale basins, the EUR estimates being further based on values for shale thickness, porosity, and hydrocarbon saturation measured within the shale basins; to generate metrics for ranking drilling locations, the drilling locations including wells for which the EUR estimates were generated; and to provide drilling coordinates to control a drilling instrument for recovering shale basin resources in the drilling locations according to the ranked list. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | ||||||
109 | WEIGHT ON BIT CALCULATIONS WITH AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION | EP16813170.4 | 2016-11-21 | EP3380697A2 | 2018-10-03 | SPOERKER, Hermann, F. |
A method of forming a wellbore with a drill string and that includes continuously and automatically measuring a TARE value of the drill string. The TARE value of the drill string is measured while the drill string is rotating, fluid is circulating in the drill string, and after the drill string has been axially stationary for a set period of time. The TARE value is designated as an average of the measured hook load over the latter half of the set period of time. Knowing the measured TARE value and a designated weight on bit (“WOB”) of the drill string, a hook load for supporting the drill string is calculated. Matching the force applied that supports the drill string to the calculated hook load results in an actual WOB that matches the designated WOB. | ||||||
110 | FWI MODEL DOMAIN ANGLE STACKS WITH AMPLITUDE PRESERVATION | EP16763157.1 | 2016-08-30 | EP3362823A1 | 2018-08-22 | YANG, Di; BANSAL, Reeshidev; LAZARATOS, Spyridon, K.; YAN, Jia; BAUMSTEIN, Anatoly, I. |
A method, including: obtaining a seismic dataset that is separated into subsets according to predetermined subsurface reflection angle ranges; performing, with a computer, an acoustic full wavefield inversion process on each of the subsets, respectively, to invert for density and generate respective density models; generating acoustic impedances for each of the subsets, as a function of reflection angle, using the respective density models; and transforming, using a computer, the acoustic impedances for each of the subsets into reflectivity sections, wherein the transforming includes normalizing the reflectivity sections by their respective bandwidth. | ||||||
111 | METHOD FOR MONITORING GAS LIFT WELLS USING MINIMAL CONCENTRATION TRACER MATERIALS | EP16759906.7 | 2016-08-05 | EP3362641A1 | 2018-08-22 | ROMER, Michael, C.; LONG, Ted, A.; HORD, Tony, W. |
Evaluating annulus-tubing communication points in a production well having an annulus between a production string and a surrounding string(s) of casing. Determining a composition of production fluids produced from the well, and injecting one or more tracer materials into the annulus of the well under pressure as part of a lift gas. Each of the one or more tracer materials defines a material that is not native to the production fluids, and each has a different rate of diffusivity in the lift gas. The tracer materials are detected upon being produced at the surface. A mass spectrometer or other analyzer capable of detecting tracer materials at concentrations of less than 1,000 ppm is used. Determining injection points of the one or more tracer materials, and determining whether each of the injection points represents a gas lift valve along the production tubing. | ||||||
112 | OPTIMIZED ACIDIZING OF PRODUCTION AND INJECTION WELLS | EP14879308.6 | 2014-10-01 | EP3063366B1 | 2018-07-25 | FILIPPOV, Andrey; KHORIAKOV, Vitaly |
A system, computer program product, and computer implemented method are provided for determining an optimal acidizing placement design which would yield a prescribed profile of injection or production rate that accounts for the drawdown from heel to toe and reservoir heterogeneity and thereby improve hydrocarbon recovery. | ||||||
113 | METHOD FOR REAL-TIME DOWNHOLE PROCESSING AND DETECTION OF BED BOUNDARY FOR GEOSTEERING APPLICATION | EP11863962.4 | 2011-04-18 | EP2697669B1 | 2018-07-11 | YU, Wenshan; TANG, Yumei; BITTAR, Michael, S. |
In some embodiments, an apparatus and a system, as well as a method and an article, may operate to acquire input data to determine properties of a formation, using a combination of down hole transmitters and receivers, to select a portion of the input data using a formation model chosen from a plurality of down hole tool response models in a formation model database, based on a valid sensitive range for the bed boundary distance and a greatest signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and to solve for at least resistivity formation parameters in the properties using the chosen formation model and the selected portion of the input data. The database may be updated with boundary distance and the resistivity formation parameters. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | ||||||
114 | A METHOD OF GENERATING A PRODUCTION STRATEGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RESERVOIR OF HYDROCARBON IN A NATURAL ENVIRONMENT | EP16730714.9 | 2016-06-03 | EP3304447A1 | 2018-04-11 | RODRÍGUEZ TORRADO, Rubén; DE PAOLA, Giorgio; EMBID DROZ, Sonia Mariette |
The present invention is related to a method of generating a production strategy for the development of a reservoir of hydrocarbon in a natural environment by solving a minimization problem involving, among others, decisional variables, in such a way said decisional variables are reduced or even eliminated by combining them with other continuous variables. The reduction of decisional variables provides a high reduction of the computational cost. The elimination of all decisional variables allow a further reduction of the computational cost as solvers such as Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming allowing the use of decisional variables that are not needed anymore. A particular case of decisional variables are binary variables. | ||||||
115 | ROTARY STEERABLE DRILLING SYSTEM AND METHOD | EP11869401.7 | 2011-07-11 | EP2732119B1 | 2018-03-28 | SAMUEL, Robello |
A drilling system may include an outer sleeve, and a rotary steerable module including a shaft extending within the outer sleeve. The rotary steerable module may further include bearings disposed within the outer sleeve and through which the shaft extends, and cams positioned along the shaft between the bearings. Each cam may include an eccentric ring through which the shaft extends. Each extension of the shaft through one of the eccentric rings defines a bend in the shaft within the outer sleeve, the bend having a bend angle. A method of use and a drilling control apparatus are also provided. | ||||||
116 | PREDEFINING ELEMENTS OF A CEMENTED WELLBORE | EP13895389 | 2013-10-08 | EP3039230A4 | 2018-02-28 | WHALLEY ANDREW JAMES; GOSLING PETER; URDANETA GUSTAVO ADOLFO |
Systems and methods for predefining elements of a cemented wellbore using a graphical user interface comprising various elements for cementing the wellbore and a schematic view of the wellbore and tubing string. | ||||||
117 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR A RUG PLOT FOR GEOSTEERING APPLICATIONS | EP12888242.0 | 2012-11-13 | EP2895950B1 | 2018-02-07 | JOHNSON, Paul Blair; CALLEJA, Bronwyn Michelle |
A system utilized to geosteer a downhole assembly provides a real-time, 3-Dimensional (“3D”) visualization of the downhole assembly and surrounding formation as it moves through the formation. The 3D visualization, or model, may be updated in real-time and may display real-time data related to various downhole conditions and geologic characteristics. | ||||||
118 | CONSTRUCTION OF DIGITAL REPRESENTATION OF COMPLEX COMPOSITIONAL FLUIDS | EP14868095 | 2014-11-25 | EP3077621A4 | 2018-01-10 | RATULOWSKI JOHN; KLEMIN DENIS; ANDERSEN MARK; DINARIEV OLEG YURIEVICH; EVSEEV NIKOLAY VYACHESLAVOVICH; IVANOV EVGENY; SAFONOV SERGEY SERGEEVICH; KOROTEEV DMITRY ANATOLIEVICH |
A method for performing a simulation of a field having a subterranean formation is described. The method includes obtaining phase behavior data of subterranean fluids of the field, generating an equation of state (EOS) model of the fluids based on the phase behavior data, generating a Helmholtz free energy model that reproduces predictions of the EOS model over a pre-determined pressure and temperature range, and performing the simulation of the field using the Helmholtz free energy model. The method may further include reducing the EOS model to a reduced EOS model having a reduced number of components to represent the EOS model over a pre-determined pressure and temperature range, generating the Helmholtz free energy model based on the reduced EOS model, and obtaining and using phase behavior data of injection fluids used. A computer system data. | ||||||
119 | COMPUTER SUPPORTED EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION OF HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTED HYDROCARBON SOURCES IN SUBSURFACE FORMATIONS BASED ON MICROBIAL PROSPECTING | EP16713618.3 | 2016-02-09 | EP3256599A1 | 2017-12-20 | TE STROET, Christianus Bernardus Maria; MONTIJN, Roy Christiaan; LEVIN, Evgeni; SCHUREN, Frank Henri Johan |
A computer supported method, computer system and computer program product for exploring and producing a subsurface heterogeneous hydrocarbon source and generating a predictive production map of an area under investigation, based on microbial prospecting. Microbial data representative of microbial activity attributable to hydrocarbon microseepage and hydrocarbon productivity data of a plurality of geographic locations are retrieved and correlated by the computer in a data correlation algorithm, providing a threshold hydrocarbon productivity quantity and a truncated set of the retrieved microbial data. The set identifies individual types of the microorganisms and corresponding individual weighting factors computed by the data correlation algorithm, for distinguishing prospective hydrocarbon productivity quantities from non-prospective hydrocarbon productivity quantities. An estimated subsurface hydrocarbon productivity quantity for a geographical location of the area under investigation is provided by count weighting retrieved microbial data of this location for microorganisms identified in the truncated set, applying the individual weighting factors. | ||||||
120 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMAL SPACING OF HORIZONTAL WELLS | EP12875724.2 | 2012-05-04 | EP2844830B1 | 2017-12-20 | COLVIN, Richard, Daniel; PRATT, DeWayne |
Systems and methods for optimal spacing of horizontal wells that maximizes coverage of a predetermined area within an irregular boundary by the horizontal wells. |