101 |
Environment simulator for oil well scale inhibitors |
US3470735D |
1967-10-12 |
US3470735A |
1969-10-07 |
BRADLEY BRYANT W |
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102 |
SHUNT SYSTEM FOR DOWNHOLE SAND CONTROL COMPLETIONS |
US15541360 |
2016-11-14 |
US20180266219A1 |
2018-09-20 |
Maxime Philippe COFFIN; Patrick Patchi BOURGNEUF; Andrew David PENNO |
A downhole sand control completion system includes a completion string extendable within a wellbore and including one or more sand control screen assemblies arranged about a base pipe, each sand control screen assembly including one or more sand screens positioned about the base pipe. A shunt system is positioned about an exterior of the base pipe to receive and redirect a gravel slurry flowing in an annulus defined between the completion string and a wellbore wall. A return tube is positioned about the exterior of the base pipe and extends longitudinally along a portion of the completion string. The return tube defines a plurality of openings to receive a portion of a fluid in the annulus into the return tube to be conveyed into an interior of the base pipe via the return tube. |
103 |
Method for preparing a porous fluoropolymer and preparing an article of same, a rigid porous fluoropolymer flow sleeve and a method of controlling flow |
US14753354 |
2015-06-29 |
US10010821B2 |
2018-07-03 |
Anil K. Sadana |
A rigid flow control device includes a porous rigid body having an outer surface and an inner surface. The body defines a flow path and is formed from a material operatively arranged with a surface energy less than that of the fluid for passively impeding an undesirable component of the fluid more than a desirable component of the fluid. |
104 |
System and Method For Removing Sand From a Wellbore |
US15370584 |
2016-12-06 |
US20180156021A1 |
2018-06-07 |
Muhammad Ayub; Nabeel S. Habib |
A system and method of removing sand from a wellbore by mixing the sand with a liquid to form a slurry, and forcing the slurry through a discharge line to surface. The sand is separated from the production fluid within the wellbore by centrifugal action created using a specially design screen or tangential perforations, and directed into a portion of the wellbore that is sealed from the remainder of the wellbore. The liquid and sand are mixed together in the sealed portion of the wellbore, and the pressure of the fluid is sufficient to force the slurry uphole. Included in the sealed portion of the wellbore is a perturbation element for mixing the sand and liquid. |
105 |
Modular Downhole Debris Separating Assemblies |
US15574394 |
2015-07-06 |
US20180135388A1 |
2018-05-17 |
Chris J. Mericas; Henry Eugene Rogers; Todd Anthony Stair; Luke C. Downey |
A downhole system can include multiple sub-components of a downhole debris separator assembly that is modular. The system can also include multiple couplers arranged on or among the sub-components of the multiple sub-components. Each of the couplers can connect with others of the couplers in different combinations to form respectively different configurations of the downhole debris separator assembly. |
106 |
Down-hole sand and solids separator utilized in producing hydrocarbons |
US15056128 |
2016-02-29 |
US09784087B2 |
2017-10-10 |
John M. Raglin |
A new method separating sand, solids, and produced particulates down-hole in a well producing hydrocarbons. The separation assembly can include ether one, two, or more segments or stages of varying lengths depending upon the individual application. The assembly is installed into the tubing string or delivery conduit of a well producing hydrocarbons. One stage can consist of a velocity chamber whereby separation of particulates occurs by increasing the downward velocity of particulates and reducing the upward velocity of hydrocarbons thereby allowing the particulates to “fall-out” into a lower chamber where the particulates are captured. Another stage can consist of a filter whereby particulates are captured in a chamber that can consist of filtering materials such as gravel, rock, sand, wood, or manmade materials. Each of the stages can be employed individually or in combination. |
107 |
METHODS OF TREATING A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION WITH SHRINKABLE FIBERS |
US14517473 |
2014-10-17 |
US20170226827A9 |
2017-08-10 |
Diankui Fu; Sergey Semenov; Alexey Alekseev |
Methods of treating a subterranean formation are disclosed that include introducing a treatment fluid including thermally shrinkable fibers and a particulate material into a subterranean formation via a wellbore, adjusting at least one parameter of the treatment fluid to trigger the association of the thermally shrinkable fibers, and forming a porous pack including a network of shrunken fibers by applying heat sufficient to raise the temperature of the thermally shrinkable fibers to a temperature at or above a shrinking initiation temperature of the thermally shrinkable fibers. |
108 |
CENTRIFUGAL PARTICLE ACCUMULATOR AND FILTER |
US15107943 |
2015-07-27 |
US20170211358A1 |
2017-07-27 |
Bo Gao; Nicholas Budler; Linda Xin |
An apparatus can include a first curved blade for use in a centrifuge. The centrifuge can be for collecting debris particles in a fluid flowing through the centrifuge. The first curved blade can include a plurality of eccentric slots. The first curved blade can include a groove positioned at an outer edge of the curved blade. The first curved blade can also include a first mating element and a second mating element. The first and second mating elements can be for coupling the first curved blade to a second curved blade about a central axis. |
109 |
Fluid filtering device for a wellbore and method for completing a wellbore |
US14347552 |
2012-08-23 |
US09593559B2 |
2017-03-14 |
Charles S. Yeh; Tracy J. Moffett; Ted A. Long; Andrey A. Troshko; Michael D. Barry; Michael T. Hecker; David A. Howell; Annabel Green; Stephen McNamee; Rodney S. Royer; Robert F. Hodge; Peter Olenick; Henry Nguyen; William Barry Fisher |
A sand control device for restricting flow of particles from a subsurface formation into a tubular body within a wellbore, the device being divided into compartments along its length, each compartment comprises a base pipe. The base pipe defines an elongated tubular body having a permeable section and an impermeable section within each compartment, also comprising a first filtering conduit and a second filtering conduit. The filtering conduits are arranged so that the first filtering conduit is adjacent to the non-permeable section of the base pipe, while the second filtering conduit is adjacent to the permeable section of the base pipe. |
110 |
METHOD FOR PREPARING A POROUS FLUOROPOLYMER AND PREPARING AN ARTICLE OF SAME |
US15262033 |
2016-09-12 |
US20160375385A1 |
2016-12-29 |
Anil K. Sadana |
A method of controlling a flow of fluid comprises providing a porous article, the porous article comprising a fluoropolymer and a plurality of pores formed by removing a removable additive, a portion of the pores being connected and establishing fluid flow paths through the article; flowing a fluid through the plurality of pores of the porous article; the fluid comprising a first component having a surface energy less than 40 milliNewton per meter at 25° C. and a second component having a surface energy greater than 40 mN/m at 25° C.; wherein the fluoropolymer is selected such that the first component of the fluid has a better wettability with the fluoropolymer than the second component of the fluid. |
111 |
Down-Hole Sand and Solids Separator Utilized in Producing Hydrocarbons |
US15056128 |
2016-02-29 |
US20160177696A1 |
2016-06-23 |
John M. Raglin |
A new method separating sand, solids, and produced particulates down-hole in a well producing hydrocarbons. The separation assembly can include ether one, two, or more segments or stages of varying lengths depending upon the individual application. The assembly is installed into the tubing string or delivery conduit of a well producing hydrocarbons. One stage can consist of a velocity chamber whereby separation of particulates occurs by increasing the downward velocity of particulates and reducing the upward velocity of hydrocarbons thereby allowing the particulates to “fall-out” into a lower chamber where the particulates are captured. Another stage can consist of a filter whereby particulates are captured in a chamber that can consist of filtering materials such as gravel, rock, sand, wood, or manmade materials. Each of the stages can be employed individually or in combination. |
112 |
SAND CONTROL ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING FLOW RATE REGULATORS |
US14377506 |
2013-08-20 |
US20160153263A1 |
2016-06-02 |
Richard C. Jannise; Gregory W. GARRISON; John C. GANO |
A sand control completion system comprises: (A) a first flow rate regulator, wherein the first flow rate regulator is positioned in a first interval of a wellbore, wherein the first flow rate regulator is part of a first sand control assembly; and (B) a second flow rate regulator, wherein the second flow rate regulator is positioned in a second interval of the wellbore, wherein the second flow rate regulator is part of a second sand control assembly, wherein a reservoir fluid is caused or allowed to simultaneously flow through the first and second flow rate regulators into a tubing string, wherein the reservoir fluid is commingled into a single fluid stream within the tubing string. A method of using the sand control completion system to simultaneously produce a reservoir fluid from more than one zone of a subterranean formation is also provided. |
113 |
Downhole method and apparatus |
US13884794 |
2011-11-16 |
US09353606B2 |
2016-05-31 |
Stephen Edmund Bruce; Stephen Kent; Dominic Patrick Joseph McCann; David Allan Noblett; David Grant |
A method of injecting fluid into a formation, comprises exerting a mechanical force on a wall of a bore extending through a formation to modify the permeability of the formation; and injecting fluid into the modified formation. The mechanical force may be exerted through inflation of at least one pressure deformable member mounted on a base member. The base member may be a base pipe. The pressure deformable member may be a hollow or tubular member mounted externally of the base pipe. A plurality of pressure deformable members are provided. |
114 |
Down-hole sand and solids separator utilized in producing hydrocarbons |
US14182129 |
2014-02-17 |
US09273539B2 |
2016-03-01 |
John M. Raglin |
A new method separating sand, solids, and produced particulates down-hole in a well producing hydrocarbons. The separation assembly can include ether one, two, or more segments or stages of varying lengths depending upon the individual application. The assembly is installed into the tubing string or delivery conduit of a well producing hydrocarbons. One stage can consist of a velocity chamber whereby separation of particulates occurs by increasing the downward velocity of particulates and reducing the upward velocity of hydrocarbons thereby allowing the particulates to “fall-out” into a lower chamber where the particulates are captured. Another stage can consist of a filter whereby particulates are captured in a chamber that can consist of filtering materials such as gravel, rock, sand, wood, or manmade materials. Each of the stages can be employed individually or in combination. |
115 |
Manipulatable filter system |
US13872891 |
2013-04-29 |
US09194216B2 |
2015-11-24 |
Bryan Chapman Lucas; Wesley John Warren |
A manipulatable filtering system for use in a wellbore servicing system is disclosed. The system includes a first wellbore servicing system component configured to communicate a fluid via a first fluid conduit and a second wellbore servicing system component comprising a second fluid conduit. A filter system having an input conduit is in fluid communication with the first fluid conduit. The filtering system includes a plurality of input flow paths, each in fluid communication with the input conduit. The system further includes a plurality of filter housings, each in fluid communication with one of the plurality of input flow paths. A filter is disposed within each of the filter housings. A plurality of output flow paths are in fluid communication with the filter housings and an output conduit is in fluid communication with each of the output flow paths and the second fluid conduit. |
116 |
SELF-DEGRADABLE HYDRAULIC DIVERSION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME |
US14257830 |
2014-04-21 |
US20150300131A1 |
2015-10-22 |
Leonid Vigderman; Rajesh K. Saini |
Systems and methods for treating formation intervals including forming a low permeability layer on a surface of the interval and pumping a treating fluid, where the treatment fluid is diverted through the layer permitting improved treatment uniformity across the formation or intervaland permitting a longer interval to be treated, where the layer comprises self-degradable material that degrade over time without harm to the formation or interval surfaces. |
117 |
Segmental flow control method and apparatus for a flow control filter string in an oil-gas well |
US13514833 |
2010-12-10 |
US09151142B2 |
2015-10-06 |
Bailin Pei; Jianchang Wu |
An oil-gas well structure and a segmental flow-control method for a flow-control filter string (5) used in the oil-gas well. The segmental flow-control method for the flow-control filter string (5) comprises the following steps: 1) establishing a channel (2-1); 2) running the flow-control filter string (5); 3) filling with the anti-channeling flow pack-off particles (7); 4) sealing; 5) disconnecting a run-in string connected to the flow-control filter string (5). The segment flow control of the flow-control filter string (5) is achieved by using a pack-off effect of the anti-channeling flow pack-off particles (7). |
118 |
Deep-well pump system |
US13521484 |
2010-12-04 |
US09038711B2 |
2015-05-26 |
Jørgen Bach |
A borehole pump system includes an immersion pump (20) and a riser (15) accommodated in the borehole (10). A water treatment system for cleaning pumped water is disposed in the riser. |
119 |
Polymer foam cell morphology control and use in borehole filtration devices |
US12883656 |
2010-09-16 |
US08980799B2 |
2015-03-17 |
Gaurav Agrawal; Ping Duan |
A method of deploying a borehole filtration device is provided utilizing the steps of: deploying a filtration device comprising a polymer foam having a first cell structure, a portion of the molecular structure of which polymer foam is degradable by exposure to a post-treatment fluid, into a borehole; and exposing the polymer foam to the post-treatment fluid, thereby modifying the cell structure of the polymer foam to a second cell structure. |
120 |
Manipulatable Filter System |
US13872891 |
2013-04-29 |
US20140318810A1 |
2014-10-30 |
Bryan Chapman LUCAS; Wesley John WARREN |
A wellbore servicing system comprising a first wellbore servicing system component configured to communicate a fluid via a first fluid conduit, a second wellbore servicing system component comprising a second fluid conduit, and a filter system comprising an input conduit in fluid communication with the first fluid conduit, a plurality of input flow paths, wherein each input flow path is in fluid communication with the input conduit, a plurality of filter housings, wherein each filter housing is in fluid communication with one of the plurality of input flow paths, a filter disposed within each of the filter housings, a plurality of output flow paths, wherein each output flow path is in fluid communication with one of the filter housings, an output conduit in fluid communication with each of the output flow paths and the second fluid conduit. |