The disclosure relates to systems and methods to determine partition coefficients between crude oil and an aqueous phase for oil and gas tracers. The systems and methods include a microfluidic mixing chip to mix the crude oil and aqueous phase, an oil/water separation tube capable of separating the oil and aqueous phases, and a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) system with optical detection to collect tracer concentration data to determine the partition coefficients.
Systems and methods for injecting a microbial inhibitor into a subsurface formation include a downhole tool including a tool body; a tank disposed within the tool body configured to contain a microbial inhibitor fluid; an injection nozzle fluidly connected to the tank. The injection nozzle can extend from an outer surface of the tool body. An injection pump is coupled to the tank to pump the microbial inhibitor fluid from the tank through the injection nozzle. A sensor is configured to measure a microbial concentration, a hydrogen concentration, or both. An onboard computer system disposed within the tool body is configured to operate the injection pump and the injection nozzle to inject the microbial inhibitor fluid into the subsurface formation in response to measurements from the sensor.
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
E21B 49/08 - Prélèvement d'échantillons de fluides ou test des fluides dans les trous de forage ou dans les puits
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OPTIMIZATION OF SHALLOW VELOCITY IMAGING USING SUPER-VIRTUAL INTERFEROMETRY AND WAVE-EQUATION TRAVEL-TIME INVERSION
A computer-implemented method and system for optimizing shallow subsurface imaging includes applying super-virtual interferometric redatuming (SVIR) to seismic wave data, and applying wave-equation travel-time inversion (WTI) to the redatumed seismic wave data.
A method for determining interfacial tension of a hydrocarbon in a brine fluid, the method including injecting a first brine fluid into a test cell, the first brine fluid having an initial ionic composition, injecting a hydrocarbon fluid into the test cell, contacting the hydrocarbon fluid with the first brine fluid, forming a droplet, measuring the interfacial tension of the hydrocarbon fluid in contact with the first brine fluid, at least partially displacing the first brine fluid with an inert gas, measuring a ionic composition salinity of the displaced first brine fluid in an ionic chromatograph, and comparing the measured ionic composition salinity to the initial ionic composition.
A system and method for producing methanol and synthetic fuels from waste acid gas streams using a plasma reactor is described in this disclosure. An acid gas stream comprising primarily of H2S and CO2 is fed into a plasma reactor. H2S is converted into H2 and sulfur. Simultaneously, CO is formed by the reverse water gas shift reaction. H2 and CO form a syngas stream. The unreacted H2S is captured in a tail gas treatment unit and recycled back to the plasma reactor. A partial CO2 capture unit is placed downstream of the tail gas treatment unit which is primarily used to adjust the ratio of H2 and CO in the syngas stream to 2-3 for methanol production and 2 for fuel production.
C10G 2/00 - Production de mélanges liquides d'hydrocarbures de composition non définie à partir d'oxydes de carbone
C07C 29/152 - Préparation de composés comportant des groupes hydroxyle ou O-métal liés à un atome de carbone ne faisant pas partie d'un cycle aromatique à six chaînons par réduction exclusivement des oxydes de carbone avec de l'hydrogène ou des gaz contenant de l'hydrogène caractérisée par le réacteur utilisé
C07C 29/88 - SéparationPurificationStabilisationEmploi d'additifs par traitement donnant lieu à une modification chimique d'au moins un composé
C10G 45/04 - Raffinage des huiles d'hydrocarbures au moyen d'hydrogène ou de composés donneurs d'hydrogène pour éliminer des hétéro-atomes sans modifier le squelette de l'hydrocarbure mis en œuvre et sans craquage en hydrocarbures à point d'ébullition inférieurHydrofinissage caractérisé par le catalyseur utilisé
An integrated mill and perforating downhole tool includes an elongate body having opposing first and second ends and defining a fluid passage extending therebetween to receive a fluid, a mill operatively coupled to the body at the second end, and a perforating tool operatively coupled to the body at a location between the first and second ends. A ball seat is arranged within the fluid passage and movable between a first position, where one or more bypass ports defined in the body are blocked, and a second position, where the bypass ports are exposed and facilitate fluid communication to the perforating tool. The mill is operable when the ball seat is in the first position, and, when the ball seat is in the second position, fluid pressure within the fluid passage communicates with the perforating tool via the one or more bypass ports to actuate the perforating tool.
A basket strainer for removing solid particles from liquids including a first strainer module with a first main body, a first end, and a second end. The basket strainer includes a second strainer module with a second main body, a third end, and a fourth end. The basket strainer also includes a third strainer module with a third main body, a fifth end, and a sixth end. The basket strainer includes the first strainer module connected to the second strainer module at the second end of the first strainer module and the third end of the second strainer module. The basket strainer includes the second strainer module connected to the third strainer module at the fourth end of the second strainer module and the fifth end of the third strainer module. Each of the strainer modules are made of a polymer and are porous.
A wellbore patching system includes a radially expandable tube member including a sheet wrapped in a spiral. The sheet includes a first circumferential edge and a second circumferential edge opposite the first circumferential edge and coupled to the first circumferential edge. The radially expandable tube member includes a hollow interior. The wellbore patching system includes a deployment tool including: a tool body; and a restraining device coupled to the tool body and configured to prevent radial expansion of the tube member when the tool body is positioned within the hollow interior of the tube member and the restraining device is applied to the tube member. The first circumferential edge is bent to form a first hook, the second circumferential edge is bent to form a second hook, and the first circumferential edge is coupled to the second circumferential edge by the first hook engaging the second hook.
A bottom hole assembly (BHA) deployable in a production tubing includes a foam assembly and a swab assembly. The foam assembly includes a check valve unit coupled to a chemical canister. The swab assembly is coupled to the foam assembly. The swab assembly includes a swab mandrel and a plurality of swab cups. A method for initiating natural flow in a well includes conveying a bottom hole assembly (BHA) on a slickline to a first depth into a production tubing, holding the BHA stationary in the static fluid, releasing a foaming chemical from the chemical canister to the production tubing via the check valve unit, activating the foaming chemical to form a foam, opening a well flowline, and swabbing at least a portion of the production tubing with the swabbing assembly of the BHA by at least partially removing the BHA from the production tubing.
System and methods are disclosed relating to estimating formation tops for a proposed drilling well ahead of its drilling by taking known depths for each formation from offset wells, converting these known depths to a gridded set of points, forming a polygon, and then evaluating the depth of a new point in the polygon by using any of the linear, cubic, Akima, or spline interpolation methods. Performing this for all the formation tops creates a stack of grids, and the stacked grids are solved recursively to generate a complete formation tops profile for a proposed drilling well.
Systems and methods include a sensor device for detecting passing valves. The sensor device includes a housing including a first side configured to contact a wall of a pipe in a pipe system. A cover plate is coupled to a second side of the housing opposite the first side. A piezoelectric sensor is disposed in the housing and configured to detect acoustic emissions from a valve in the pipe system. A sensor holder is disposed within the housing to maintain a position of the piezoelectric sensor. A spring is positioned around a portion of the sensor holder and configured to bias the sensor holder away from the cover plate and toward the first side of the housing. A computer system is mounted to the housing and configured to determine that a valve is a passing valve based on acoustic emissions detected by the piezoelectric sensor.
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
G01M 3/00 - Examen de l'étanchéité des structures ou ouvrages vis-à-vis d'un fluide
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CATALYST REGENERATION SYSTEM UTILIZATION FOR HEAT EXCHANGER DECOKING
A catalyst regeneration gas loop is operated in a heat exchanger decoking mode. A regeneration gas is diverted away from a burn zone of the catalyst regeneration gas loop and to a heat exchanger, where coke deposits are disposed on a surface of the heat exchanger. The regeneration gas is prevented from flowing to an oxychlorination/calcination zone of the catalyst regeneration gas loop. Within the heat exchanger, the coke deposits are combusted with oxygen of the regeneration gas, thereby removing the coke deposits from the surface of the heat exchanger and producing carbon dioxide. Oxygen is replenished to the regeneration gas. The regeneration gas is recycled to the heat exchanger.
Methods and systems for water quality assessment are disclosed. The method includes obtaining a first input data indicative of properties of a first liquid sample, the first input data including turbidity data and total suspended solids data for the first liquid sample, where the first liquid sample is acquired from a liquid source. The method further includes determining, using a computer processor and a machine learning model, a first predicted particle-size distribution of the first liquid sample based on the first input data, where particle-size distribution is controlled, at least in part, by a set of dosage parameters configurable by a water quality system. The method further includes determining, with an optimizer applied to the machine learning model, an optimal set of dosage parameters based on the first predicted particle-size distribution and adjusting the set of dosage parameters of the water quality system to the optimal set of dosage parameters.
C02F 1/00 - Traitement de l'eau, des eaux résiduaires ou des eaux d'égout
C02F 1/52 - Traitement de l'eau, des eaux résiduaires ou des eaux d'égout par floculation ou précipitation d'impuretés en suspension
C02F 1/68 - Traitement de l'eau, des eaux résiduaires ou des eaux d'égout par addition de substances spécifiées, pour améliorer l'eau potable, p. ex. par addition d'oligo-éléments
G01N 15/00 - Recherche de caractéristiques de particulesRecherche de la perméabilité, du volume des pores ou de l'aire superficielle effective de matériaux poreux
G01N 15/02 - Recherche de la dimension ou de la distribution des dimensions des particules
A deep learning framework includes a first model for predicting one or more attributes of a system; a second model for predicting one or more attributes of the system; at least one coupling operator combining the first and second models; and at least one inversion module for receiving the combined first and second models from the coupling operator. The inversion module simultaneously optimizes the first model and the second model, thereby resulting in a composite objective function representative of a prediction that is outputted to at least one user.
An example anchoring device includes a support base and an adjustment mechanism connected to the support base. The adjustment mechanism includes a rotatable member, multiple first pivotable members connected to the rotatable member, and multiple second pivotable members connected to the support base. The rotatable member is rotatable in a first direction to cause the multiple first pivotable members and the multiple second pivotable members to pivot outwardly to provide an extended configuration of the adjustment mechanism and rotatable in a second direction to cause the multiple first pivotable members and the multiple second pivotable members to pivot inwardly to provide a collapsed configuration of the adjustment mechanism.
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
16.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IN-SITU SEQUESTRATION AND MINERALIZATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE
2222222 into the formation (110), and at least one transfer wellbore (420) connecting the injection wellbore (120) and the aquifer (410) to provide an aqueous fluid from the aquifer (410) to the formation (110).
Methods and systems for updating a well plan for a planned well using a hyperspectral image of a well core obtained from the planned well. The method includes determining a distribution of mineral abundances for a plurality of minerals across the well core using the hyperspectral image and determining an image-derived distribution of grain density from the distribution of mineral abundances. The method further includes calibrating the image-derived distribution of grain density to obtain a calibrated distribution of grain density and determining a vertical profile of grain density across the well core using the calibrated distribution of grain density. In addition, the method includes determining a total porosity of the planned well using the vertical profile of grain density and updating using a well planning system, a portion of the planned well based on the total porosity.
A circuit for stepping down an alternating current (AC) voltage from an input voltage to an output voltage. The circuit includes an input configured to couple to a voltage source for providing the input voltage as an AC signal to the circuit. The circuit also includes a first and a second capacitor in parallel with the input and an output. The circuit further includes a first and a second inductor in series with the input and the output. Additionally, the circuit includes a first switch in series with the input and the output and a second switch, wherein the output voltage of the circuit provided to the output is an AC signal that is less than or equal to the input AC signal based on a duty cycle of the first switch.
H02M 5/293 - Transformation d'une puissance d'entrée en courant alternatif en une puissance de sortie en courant alternatif, p. ex. pour changement de la tension, pour changement de la fréquence, pour changement du nombre de phases sans transformation intermédiaire en courant continu par convertisseurs statiques utilisant des tubes à décharge avec électrode de commande ou des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs avec électrode de commande utilisant des dispositifs du type triode ou transistor exigeant l'application continue d'un signal de commande utilisant uniquement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs
Fault detection in seismic data using a latent representation of seismic data. Sample data may be created from seismic data and used to train an autoencoder. The autoencoder is used to generate a latent representation of seismic data. A fault attribute is computed by selecting two sets of traces in proximity to each other in the seismic data, generating their corresponding latent representations using the trained autoencoder, and computing a fault attribute between the two latent representations. The fault attribute is used to identify a fault in the seismic data.
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (Arabie saoudite)
Inventeur(s)
Arjah, Abeer S.
Xu, Qi
Alamer, Mohammed
Hossain, Mohammad Mozahar
Adamu, Sagir
Bakare, Akolade Idris
Abrégé
The present disclosure is directed to methods of and catalyst systems for converting natural gasoline liquid (NGL) feed to light olefins. The catalyst systems are capable of catalyzing both catalytic cracking and dehydrogenation processes. The catalyst systems include a metal-substituted zeolite comprising a MFI-type and/or a BEA-type framework comprising 0.5 wt. % to 30 wt. % cerium and/or vanadium atoms based on a total weight of the metal-substituted zeolite. The methods include contacting the NGL feed with the catalyst system in a reactor system, thereby converting a portion of the NGL feed to the light olefins and yielding a product stream comprising the light olefins.
C10G 57/00 - Traitement des huiles d'hydrocarbures, en l'absence d'hydrogène, par au moins un procédé de craquage ou de raffinage et au moins un autre procédé de conversion
B01J 29/48 - Zéolites aluminosilicates cristallinesLeurs composés isomorphes du type pentasil, p. ex. types ZSM-5, ZSM-8 ou ZSM-11 contenant de l'arsenic, de l'antimoine, du bismuth, du vanadium, du niobium, du tantale, du polonium, du chrome, du molybdène, du tungstène, du manganèse, du technétium ou du rhénium
B01J 29/70 - Zéolites aluminosilicates cristallinesLeurs composés isomorphes de types caractérisés par leur structure spécifique non prévus dans les groupes
B01J 38/12 - Traitement avec un gaz contenant de l'oxygène libre
C07C 5/54 - Préparation d'hydrocarbures à partir d'hydrocarbures contenant le même nombre d'atomes de carbone par déshydrogénation avec un accepteur d'hydrogène avec un système accepteur contenant au moins deux composés prévus dans plus d'un des groupes
C10G 11/05 - Alumino-silicates cristallins, p. ex. tamis moléculaires
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PROCESS AND CATALYST FOR CONVERTING NATURAL GASOLINE TO LIGHT OLEFINS
KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Arabie saoudite)
ARAMCO SERVICES COMPANY (USA)
Inventeur(s)
Arjah, Abeer S.
Xu, Qi
Alamer, Mohammed
Hossain, Mohammad Mozahar
Adamu, Sagir
Bakare, Akolade Idris
Abrégé
The present disclosure is directed to methods of and catalyst systems for converting natural gasoline liquid (NGL) feed to light olefins. The catalyst systems are capable of catalyzing both catalytic cracking and dehydrogenation processes. The catalyst systems include a metal-substituted zeolite comprising a MFI-type and/or a BEA-type framework comprising 0.5 wt.% to 30 wt.% cerium and/or vanadium atoms based on a total weight of the metal-substituted zeolite. The methods include contacting the NGL feed with the catalyst system in a reactor system, thereby converting a portion of the NGL feed to the light olefins and yielding a product stream comprising the light olefins.
C10G 11/05 - Alumino-silicates cristallins, p. ex. tamis moléculaires
B01J 29/40 - Zéolites aluminosilicates cristallinesLeurs composés isomorphes du type pentasil, p. ex. types ZSM-5, ZSM-8 ou ZSM-11
B01J 29/48 - Zéolites aluminosilicates cristallinesLeurs composés isomorphes du type pentasil, p. ex. types ZSM-5, ZSM-8 ou ZSM-11 contenant de l'arsenic, de l'antimoine, du bismuth, du vanadium, du niobium, du tantale, du polonium, du chrome, du molybdène, du tungstène, du manganèse, du technétium ou du rhénium
B01J 29/70 - Zéolites aluminosilicates cristallinesLeurs composés isomorphes de types caractérisés par leur structure spécifique non prévus dans les groupes
B01J 29/78 - Zéolites aluminosilicates cristallinesLeurs composés isomorphes de types caractérisés par leur structure spécifique non prévus dans les groupes contenant de l'arsenic, de l'antimoine, du bismuth, du vanadium, du niobium, du tantale, du polonium, du chrome, du molybdène, du tungstène, du manganèse, du technétium ou du rhénium
B01J 38/12 - Traitement avec un gaz contenant de l'oxygène libre
C10G 11/18 - Craquage catalytique, en l'absence d'hydrogène, des huiles d'hydrocarbures avec catalyseurs solides mobiles préchauffés selon la technique du "lit fluidisé"
22.
CATALYST REGENERATION SYSTEM UTILIZATION FOR HEAT EXCHANGER DECOKING
A catalyst regeneration gas loop is operated in a heat exchanger decoking mode. A regeneration gas is diverted away from a burn zone of the catalyst regeneration gas loop and to a heat exchanger, where coke deposits are disposed on a surface of the heat exchanger. The regeneration gas is prevented from flowing to an oxychlorination/calcination zone of the catalyst regeneration gas loop. Within the heat exchanger, the coke deposits are combusted with oxygen of the regeneration gas, thereby removing the coke deposits from the surface of the heat exchanger and producing carbon dioxide. Oxygen is replenished to the regeneration gas. The regeneration gas is recycled to the heat exchanger.
F28G 11/00 - Nettoyage par procédés de combustion, p. ex. en utilisant des mèches, en utilisant des brûleurs mobiles
F28G 15/00 - NETTOYAGE DES SURFACES INTERNES OU EXTERNES DES CONDUITS DES ÉCHANGEURS DE CHALEUR OU DE TRANSFERT DE CHALEUR, p. ex. TUBES D'EAU DE CHAUDIÈRES Parties constitutives
F28G 13/00 - Accessoires ou procédés non couverts par les groupes Combinaisons d'accessoires ou de procédés couverts par les groupes
A tool string for progressive milling of concentric casing strings and cement columns in a wellbore includes an anchoring tool mateable to a downhole end of a tubing and operable engage the at least one of the concentric casing strings and cement columns to lock a position of the anchoring tool within the wellbore, a jetting head arranged at a downhole end of the tool string and including one or more nozzles for discharging an abrasive fluid from the jetting head towards one or more of the concentric casing strings and/or cement columns of the wellbore, and a running and control tool interposing the anchoring tool and jetting head. The running and control tool is operable to adjust an orientation of the jetting head with respect to the anchoring tool within the wellbore.
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 fenêtresDéformation des tubes dans les trous de forageRemise en état des tubages de puits sans les retirer du sol
24.
UPHOLE VELOCITY MODELING BY STATISTICS AND MACHINE LEARNING
Constructing a velocity model from uphole seismic survey data using a statistical approach or a machine learning (ML) model. The uphole travel time vs. depth data from the uphole seismic survey is processed by fitting a smoothing function and removing outliers to form an uphole travel time vs. depth function that is then discretized to depth intervals. In the statistical approach, the discretized uphole travel time vs. depth function is segmented by piecewise linear functions, and the linear segments are used to interpret the interval velocities at the corresponding depth intervals. In the machine learning approach, a machine learning model is trained using synthetic uphole travel time data. The trained machine learning model is provided to determine interval velocities from the uphole travel time vs. depth data from the uphole seismic survey.
A system for simulating flow within carbonate rock under reservoir conditions includes a substantially two-dimensional microfluidics device defining a flowpath therethrough, the substantially two-dimensional microfluidics device including a first wall comprising thin slices of carbonate rock, an opposing wall comprising transparent glass, a plurality of surrounding walls, and a throat defined within the flowpath to simulate flow through a porous structure. The system further includes a high-speed camera at or near the opposing wall and aimed at the first wall and the throat of the substantially two-dimensional microfluidics device, the high-speed camera operable to capture images and/or videos of fluid flow through the substantially two-dimensional microfluidics device.
A wellbore logging tool may include a support body and a plurality of arms selectively movable from a retracted position to an extended position with respect to the support body. A hammer is supported at a radially outermost end of each of the arms that is selectively operable to deliver an impulse load to a wall of the wellbore. One or more accelerometers are operably coupled to each hammer to detect an acceleration of the hammer induced by delivering the impulse load. A Hertzian model may be employed to determine characteristics of the wellbore wall from the acceleration of the hammers.
E21B 49/00 - Test pour déterminer la nature des parois des trous de forageEssais de couchesProcédés ou appareils pour prélever des échantillons du terrain ou de fluides en provenance des puits, spécialement adaptés au forage du sol ou aux puits
A system includes production tubing, a first packer, a second packer, one or more first ports, and one or more first conduits. The production tubing extends downhole through multiple subsurface formations including a first formation and a second formation that are gas-bearing formations and a third formation separating the first formation and the second formation. The first packer is positioned in the third formation. The second packer is positioned uphole of the formations. The one or more first ports extend through the production tubing downhole of the first packer. The first ports are movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The one or more first conduits extend from a first opening in an outer surface of the production tubing to a second opening in the outer surface of the production tubing, with a first valve positioned between the first opening and the second opening.
Implementations provide a method that includes: accessing data comprising records of measurements from a plurality of wells of a reservoir over a period of time; removing statistical outliers from the records to generate clean records, wherein the statistical outliers represent a probability lower than a threshold; grouping, based on the clean records, the plurality of wells into a set of clusters, each cluster comprising one or more wells whose corresponding records exhibit a shared trend over at least a portion of the period of time; conducting, for each cluster, a history matching simulation using a corresponding model, wherein the corresponding model is calibrated; launching, based on results of the history matching simulation, a prediction simulation to identify at least one of an infill well and a sidetrack well within each cluster; and generating an integrated visualization for results of the prediction simulation as the prediction simulation advances.
G06F 30/28 - Optimisation, vérification ou simulation de l’objet conçu utilisant la dynamique des fluides, p. ex. les équations de Navier-Stokes ou la dynamique des fluides numérique [DFN]
29.
METHODS FOR PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING OF PRODUCED WATERS
Methods for photocatalytic water splitting of produced waters may comprise introducing a photocatalyst comprising a semiconductor to a produced water comprising ions of sodium, chloride, calcium, magnesium, potassium, sulfate, barium, iron, lithium, strontium, or any combination thereof; in the presence of sunlight, allowing the photocatalyst to facilitate a reduction-oxidation reaction of a plurality of water molecules from the produced water; and obtaining hydrogen and oxygen.
A method for determining a predicted hazard, an impact area, a mitigation action and a risk assessment score for an activity. The method includes obtaining a future activity and predicting, using a first machine-learned model, a predicted hazard for the future activity. The method further includes predicting, using the predicted hazard and a second machine-learned model, an impact area for with the predicted hazard. The method further includes determining, using the predicted hazard, the historical safety data and a natural language processing algorithm, a mitigation action for the predicted hazard and a risk assessment score for the predicted hazard; and planning the project using the predicted hazard, the impact area, the mitigation action and the risk assessment score.
A system and method for controlling a reactive absorbance unit are provided. An exemplary method includes obtaining operating data for the reactive absorbance unit, reconciling data imbalances, and estimating unmeasured parameters. An optimization calculation is performed, and control parameters are adjusted based on the optimization calculation.
B01D 53/14 - Séparation de gaz ou de vapeursRécupération de vapeurs de solvants volatils dans les gazÉpuration chimique ou biologique des gaz résiduaires, p. ex. gaz d'échappement des moteurs à combustion, fumées, vapeurs, gaz de combustion ou aérosols par absorption
B01D 53/18 - Unités d'absorptionDistributeurs de liquides
A storage tank for compressed substances includes a shell, a first layer of reinforcement material applied around the outside facing surface of the shell, an intermediate material provided on an outside facing surface of the first layer of reinforcement material, and a second layer of reinforcement material provided around at least an outside facing surface of the intermediate material.
Methods and systems for determining maritime compliance are disclosed. The method may include acquiring, using one or more image capture devices, a raw application image and processing the raw application image to produce a processed image. Using a trained machine learning network, the method further includes predicting one or more labeled features in the processed image and determining a class of each of the one or more labeled features forming a set of determined classes. The method further includes determining, with the trained machine learning network, maritime compliance based, at least in part, on whether a first feature of the one or more labeled features is non-compliant based on the determined class of the first feature, and generating one or more alerts regarding maritime compliance based on a determination that the first feature is non-compliant.
G06V 10/44 - Extraction de caractéristiques locales par analyse des parties du motif, p. ex. par détection d’arêtes, de contours, de boucles, d’angles, de barres ou d’intersectionsAnalyse de connectivité, p. ex. de composantes connectées
G06T 5/20 - Amélioration ou restauration d'image utilisant des opérateurs locaux
G06T 5/50 - Amélioration ou restauration d'image utilisant plusieurs images, p. ex. moyenne ou soustraction
G06V 10/25 - Détermination d’une région d’intérêt [ROI] ou d’un volume d’intérêt [VOI]
G06V 10/764 - Dispositions pour la reconnaissance ou la compréhension d’images ou de vidéos utilisant la reconnaissance de formes ou l’apprentissage automatique utilisant la classification, p. ex. des objets vidéo
34.
IN-SITU HYDROGEN GENERATION IN OIL AND GAS RESERVOIRS
Methods and systems for in-situ hydrogen production in a hydraulically fractured reservoir that includes injecting a mixture of a catalyst and proppant into at least one horizontal borehole in a hydraulically fractured reservoir, wherein said catalyst is capable of catalyzing a reaction to convert one or more hydrocarbon to a hydrogen gas, heating a hydraulically fractured region surrounding the at least one borehole to a temperature sufficient to result in the production of hydrogen gas from hydrocarbon in the reservoir, and converting and extracting the hydrogen gas from the hydraulically fractured reservoir.
C09K 8/80 - Compositions pour renforcer les fractures, p. ex. compositions pour agents de soutènement utilisés pour maintenir les fractures ouvertes
C01B 3/26 - Production d'hydrogène ou de mélanges gazeux contenant de l'hydrogène par décomposition de composés organiques gazeux ou liquides d'hydrocarbures avec des catalyseurs
A computer implemented method that enables predicting frackable intervals. The method includes extracting rock fabric data from well logs and integrating rock fabric data with well drilling data and corresponding historical performance data to create labeled rock fabric data. The method also includes training a machine learning model to predict a probability of being a successful fracture for at least one interval using the labeled rock fabric data.
E21B 49/00 - Test pour déterminer la nature des parois des trous de forageEssais de couchesProcédés 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 43/26 - Procédés pour activer la production par formation de crevasses ou de fractures
KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALS (Arabie saoudite)
Inventeur(s)
Al-Taq, Ali Abdullah
Al-Jawad, Murtada S.
Alrustum, Abdullah A.
Abrégé
Thermochemical fluids may be used for hydrocarbon extraction operations. As an example, methods of using thermochemical fluids may include: providing a first fluid, wherein the first fluid includes a first emulsion of a first aqueous solution and an oleaginous fluid, wherein the first aqueous solution includes a first molar quantity of a first thermoreactive salt, and wherein the first emulsion includes a first emulsifier; and adding a second fluid above the first fluid, wherein the second fluid includes a second aqueous solution of a second molar quantity of a second thermoreactive salt; wherein a second density of the second fluid is greater than a first density of the first fluid, and wherein the first solution and the second solution do not form a second emulsion therebetween.
C09K 8/92 - Compositions pour activer la production en agissant sur la formation souterraine caractérisées par leur forme ou par la forme de leurs composants, p. ex. matériaux encapsulés
C09K 8/60 - Compositions pour activer la production en agissant sur la formation souterraine
37.
Estimating Reservoir Properties from Falloff Tests Conducted with Thermally-Sensitive Injection Fluids
A computer implemented method that enables reservoir characterization is described. The method includes obtaining bottom-hole pressure data and bottom-hole temperature data as an injection fluid is introduced into a well opened at bottom-hole to a host reservoir, followed by a shut-in of the well during an injection-falloff test. The method includes determining a mass rate of the injection fluid based on, at least in part, a wellhead fluid model and wellhead flow rate. The method includes determining bottom-hole flow rate data corresponding to wellhead flow rate data based on, at least in part, the mass rate and the bottom-hole fluid model.
E21B 49/00 - Test pour déterminer la nature des parois des trous de forageEssais de couchesProcédés 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 47/103 - Localisation des fuites, intrusions ou mouvements du fluide utilisant des mesures thermiques
38.
ALLOY MATERIALS AND RELATED METHODS FOR PROCESSING HYDROGEN SULFIDE
A method utilizing the multi-metal composition is disclosed. The multi-metal composition may comprise: an alloy comprising at least five elements selected from the group consisting of Co, Cr, Fe, Mn, Ni, Al, Mg, Cu, Zn, Zr, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, W, Re, Ir, Pt, Pd, Au, Ce, Yb, Sn, Ca, Be, Mo, V, W, and Sr. The method may comprise: providing a multi-metal composition comprising an alloy comprising at least five elements selected from the group consisting of Co, Cr, Fe, Mn, Ni, Al, Mg, Cu, Zn, Zr, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, W, Re, Ir, Pt, Pd, Au, Ce, Yb, Sn, Ca, Be, Mo, V, W, and Sr; and interacting a gas stream comprising hydrogen sulfide with the multi-metal composition.
A method for fabricating calcite channels in a nanofluidic device is described. A photoresist is coated on a substrate, and a portion of the photoresist is then exposed to a beam of electrons in a channel pattern. The exposed portion of the photoresist is developed to form a channel pattern, and calcite is deposited in the channel pattern using pulsed laser deposition. The photoresist remaining after developing the exposed portion of the photoresist is removed.
A method for fabricating calcite channels in a nanofluidic device is described. A photoresist is coated on a substrate, and a portion of the photoresist is then exposed to a beam of electrons in a channel pattern. The exposed portion of the photoresist is developed to form a channel pattern, and calcite is deposited in the channel pattern using pulsed laser deposition. The photoresist remaining after developing the exposed portion of the photoresist is removed.
C23C 14/04 - Revêtement de parties déterminées de la surface, p. ex. au moyen de masques
C23C 14/06 - Revêtement par évaporation sous vide, pulvérisation cathodique ou implantation d'ions du matériau composant le revêtement caractérisé par le matériau de revêtement
41.
ALLOY MATERIALS AND RELATED METHODS FOR PROCESSING HYDROGEN SULFIDE
A multi-metal composition and a method utilizing the multi-metal composition is disclosed. The multi-metal composition may comprise: an alloy comprising at least five elements selected from the group consisting of Co, Cr, Fe, Mn, Ni, Al, Mg, Cu, Zn, Zr, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, W, Re, Ir, Pt, Pd, Au, Ce, Yb, Sn, Ca, Be, Mo, V, W, and Sr. The method may comprise: providing a multi-metal composition comprising an alloy comprising at least five elements selected from the group consisting of Co, Cr, Fe, Mn, Ni, Al, Mg, Cu, Zn, Zr, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, W, Re, Ir, Pt, Pd, Au, Ce, Yb, Sn, Ca, Be, Mo, V, W, and Sr; and interacting a gas stream comprising hydrogen sulfide with the multi-metal composition.
Systems and methods are disclosed relating to hydrocarbon production allocation. In an example, an allocation system can receive well performance data for one or more wells and constraints data. The allocation system includes a trained machine learning (ML) model. The trained ML model can be used to predict a production volume for the one or more wells based on the well performance data and the constraints data. A production volume of the one or more wells can be adjusted based on the predicted production volume.
A method to predict a wax appearance temperature of crude oil includes injecting a sample of crude oil into a chromatography instrument, measuring a plurality of peak areas using the chromatography instrument, determining a composite measurement from the plurality of peak areas, and determining the wax appearance temperature by a correlation of the composite measurement with the wax appearance temperature. A wellbore operation includes determining a wax appearance temperature, comparing the wax appearance temperature to an operating temperature of the wellbore, and forecasting a need for a mitigation program.
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 system and method for estimating a parameter for a reactive absorbance unit are provided. An exemplary method includes creating a kinetic model of an absorbance process, setting a range for each of a plurality of input parameters, based, at least in part, on operational data measured from the reactive absorbance unit. A sampling technique is used to generate a plurality of input vectors in the range of each of the plurality of input parameters. A plurality of output vectors is generated from the plurality of input vectors. A predictive model is trained with the plurality of output vectors and the plurality of input vectors. The parameter is estimated from the predictive model. The parameter is used in a control model for the reactive absorbance unit.
B01D 53/14 - Séparation de gaz ou de vapeursRécupération de vapeurs de solvants volatils dans les gazÉpuration chimique ou biologique des gaz résiduaires, p. ex. gaz d'échappement des moteurs à combustion, fumées, vapeurs, gaz de combustion ou aérosols par absorption
B01D 53/18 - Unités d'absorptionDistributeurs de liquides
C10L 3/10 - Post-traitement de gaz naturel ou de gaz naturel de synthèse
G16C 20/10 - Analyse ou conception des réactions, des synthèses ou des procédés chimiques
G16C 20/70 - Apprentissage automatique, exploration de données ou chimiométrie
45.
METHODS FOR INCREASING THE MECHANICAL STRENGTH OF SUBTERRANEAN FORMATIONS USING MXENE-CONTAINING FLUIDS
Methods for increasing the mechanical strength of subterranean formations using MXene-containing fluids may include introducing a plurality of MXene flakes into a subterranean formation comprising a carbonate mineral; and depositing at least a portion of the MXene flakes upon a surface of the carbonate mineral, within a plurality of pores of the carbonate mineral, or any combination thereof to increase a mechanical strength of the carbonate mineral.
A well system includes a primary wellbore extending vertical from a service rig and penetrating a subterranean formation including a hydrocarbon-bearing, undersaturated reservoir. The primary wellbore includes a first tangent section extending at a first inclination from vertical and a second tangent section extending from the first tangent section and at a second inclination from vertical. The well system includes an electrical submersible pump (ESP) positioned in the first tangent section or the second tangent section based on a bubble point pressure of the hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir.
A computer implemented method that enables data driven descaling is described. The method includes obtaining data associated with a descaling target and deriving engineered features from the data associated with the descaling target. A machine learning model is selected and trained to predict the use of chemical descaling operations or mechanical descaling operations using the engineered features.
A protective case for a gas sampling cylinder includes a body extending along an axis and having a first open end and a second open end opposite the first open end. The body includes a base portion and a lid portion pivotably attached to the base portion. The protective case also includes a first end cap removably provided over the first open end, wherein the first end of the gas sampling cylinder extends through the first open end and is accessible upon removal of the first end, and a second end cap removably provided over the second open end, wherein the second end of the gas sampling cylinder extends through the second open end and is accessible upon removal of the second end. The protective case further includes an extendable and retractable stand connected to the base portion, the extendable and retractable stand having a retracted configuration and an extended configuration.
Methods for reducing corrosion or fouling in a pipeline can include identifying a location in the pipeline where inhomogeneities in the fluid produce the conditions that promote corrosion or fouling. A mixing unit can be installed based on the identified location with blades of the mixing unit positioned inside the pipeline. Homogeneity of fluid in the pipeline can be increased downstream of the mixing unit by flowing the combined first fluid and second fluid past the blades of the mixing unit.
B01F 27/96 - Mélangeurs à agitateurs tournant dans des récipients fixesPétrins avec des agitateurs tournant autour d'un axe sensiblement vertical avec des cadres ajourés ou des cages
C02F 5/08 - Traitement de l'eau avec des produits chimiques complexants ou des agents solubilisants pour l'adoucissement, la prévention ou l'élimination de l'entartrage, p. ex. par addition d'agents séquestrants
50.
CATALYSTS AND PROCESSES FOR A REVERSE WATER GAS SHIFT REACTION FOR CONVERTING CARBON DIOXIDE TO CARBON MONOXIDE
A reverse water gas shift catalyst (RWGS catalyst) for conducting reverse water gas shift reactions to convert carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide includes reduced iron oxide and an alkali metal promoter supported on a solid catalyst support. The solid catalyst support includes a plurality of catalyst support particles, and the reduced iron oxide may have iron having an oxidation state of less than 3. Methods of making the RWGS catalyst and processes for converting carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide using the RWGS catalyst are also disclosed.
B01J 23/78 - Catalyseurs contenant des métaux, oxydes ou hydroxydes métalliques non prévus dans le groupe du cuivre ou des métaux du groupe du fer en combinaison avec des métaux, oxydes ou hydroxydes prévus dans les groupes avec des métaux alcalins ou alcalino-terreux ou du béryllium
C10K 3/02 - Modification de la composition chimique des gaz combustibles contenant l'oxyde de carbone en vue de produire un carburant amélioré, p. ex. un carburant de pouvoir calorifique différent qui peut ne pas contenir d'oxyde de carbone par traitement catalytique
Thermochemical fluids may be used for hydrocarbon extraction operations. As an example, methods of using thermochemical fluids may include: providing a first fluid, wherein the first fluid includes a first emulsion of a first aqueous solution and an oleaginous fluid, wherein the first aqueous solution includes a first molar quantity of a first thermoreactive salt, and wherein the first emulsion includes a first emulsifier; and adding a second fluid above the first fluid, wherein the second fluid includes a second aqueous solution of a second molar quantity of a second thermoreactive salt; wherein a second density of the second fluid is greater than a first density of the first fluid, and wherein the first solution and the second solution do not form a second emulsion therebetween.
A method of detecting an increase in gas content in a pipe. The method includes flowing fluid through the pipe. The method includes generating, by a network analyzer, microwaves data representing a complex scattering coefficient over a first spectrum of microwave frequencies that are emitted through a waveguide and a fluid within the pipe and determining a statistical profile of a complex scattering magnitude over a second spectrum of microwave frequencies. The method includes determining that an amount of gas within the pipe satisfies a threshold amount and causing a flow of fluids within the pipe to slow or stop until the amount of gas falls below a predetermined threshold value.
E21B 47/113 - Localisation des fuites, intrusions ou mouvements du fluide utilisant des signaux électriquesLocalisation des fuites, intrusions ou mouvements du fluide utilisant un rayonnement lumineux
53.
Metal oxide nanoshale inhibitors for water-based drilling fluids
Treatment fluids may be used in hydrocarbon extraction operations. Example methods of use of treatment fluids including nanoparticles may include: introducing a treatment fluid into a subterranean formation including a clay, the treatment fluid including a plurality of metal oxide nanoparticles dispersed in an aqueous fluid; and interacting the metal oxide nanoparticles with the clay in the subterranean formation to at least partially inhibit entry of the clay into the treatment fluid.
E21B 43/16 - Procédés de récupération assistée pour l'extraction d'hydrocarbures
C09K 8/06 - Compositions ne contenant pas d'argile
C09K 8/58 - Compositions pour les méthodes de récupération assistée pour l'extraction d'hydrocarbures, c.-à-d. pour améliorer la mobilité de l'huile, p. ex. fluides de déplacement
The disclosure features methods of analyzing a fluid extracted from a reservoir, the methods including introducing a first composition featuring a first complexing agent into a reservoir at a first location, extracting a fluid from the reservoir at a second location different from the first location, combining the fluid with a second composition featuring a concentration of a lanthanide ion to form a third composition featuring a concentration of a complex formed by the first complexing agent and the lanthanide ion, exposing a quantity of the complex to electromagnetic radiation for a first time period ending at a time t0, detecting fluorescence emission from the quantity of the complex for a second time period starting at a time t1>t0, where t1−t0 is greater than 2 microseconds, and determining information about a fluid flow path between the first location and the second location.
C07D 213/89 - Composés hétérocycliques contenant des cycles à six chaînons, non condensés avec d'autres cycles, ne comportant qu'un atome d'azote comme unique hétéro-atome du cycle et avec au moins trois doubles liaisons entre chaînons cycliques ou entre chaînons cycliques et chaînons non cycliques comportant trois liaisons doubles avec des hétéro-atomes liés directement à l'atome d'azote du cycle
C07D 401/04 - Composés hétérocycliques contenant plusieurs hétérocycles comportant des atomes d'azote comme uniques hétéro-atomes du cycle, au moins un cycle étant un cycle à six chaînons avec un unique atome d'azote contenant deux hétérocycles liés par une liaison directe de chaînon cyclique à chaînon cyclique
C09K 8/03 - Additifs spécifiques à usage général dans les compositions pour le forage des puits
C09K 11/07 - Substances luminescentes, p. ex. électroluminescentes, chimiluminescentes contenant des substances organiques luminescentes ayant des constituants réagissant chimiquement entre eux, p. ex. compositions chimi-luminescentes réactives
E21B 43/16 - Procédés de récupération assistée pour l'extraction d'hydrocarbures
E21B 47/11 - Localisation des fuites, intrusions ou mouvements du fluide utilisant des traceursLocalisation des fuites, intrusions ou mouvements du fluide utilisant la radioactivité
E21B 49/08 - Prélèvement d'échantillons de fluides ou test des fluides dans les trous de forage ou dans les puits
The disclosure relates to compositions and methods that include fluid compositions that include nanoparticles and an oxidizer. The fluid compositions can be used as hydraulic fracturing fluids during drilling operations.
C09K 8/70 - Compositions pour la formation de crevasses ou de fractures caractérisées par leur forme ou par la forme de leurs composants, p. ex. mousses
56.
GENERATING HYDROGEN FROM REFINERY WASTE AND CONSUMER WASTE PLASTIC FOR SUPPLY TO HYDROPROCESSING
Electrical power derived from a renewable energy source is used to perform electrolysis of water to produce oxygen and hydrogen. A feed stream includes consumer waste plastics, a waste stream from a hydrocarbon refinery, or both. The feed stream is partially oxidized to produce syngas. At least a portion of the carbon monoxide of the syngas is reacted with water to produce additional carbon dioxide and hydrogen. A hydrocarbon feed stream is hydroprocessed using at least a portion of the hydrogen generated by electrolysis and at least a portion of the hydrogen from the syngas to produce a hydroprocessing product stream including a saturated hydrocarbon. At least a portion of the carbon dioxide of the syngas is hydrogenated using at least a portion of the hydrogen generated by electrolysis to produce a product stream including a hydrocarbon, an oxygenate, or both.
A method of detecting fluid leakage in an industrial facility is disclosed. The method includes installing a set of sensors at fluid sensor locations in a pipeline network of the industrial facility, identifying a portion of the pipeline network as a leakage detection segment in the industrial facility, where all input flowpaths, all fluid storages, and all output flowpaths of the portion of the pipeline network belong to the fluid sensor locations, generating, using the set of sensors, fluid sensor measurements of the leakage detection segment, analyzing, based on a mass balance criterion, the fluid sensor measurements to generate a mass balance analysis result, and performing, based on the analysis result, a maintenance operation of the industrial facility.
G01M 3/26 - Examen de l'étanchéité des structures ou ouvrages vis-à-vis d'un fluide par utilisation d'un fluide ou en faisant le vide par mesure du taux de perte ou de gain d'un fluide, p. ex. avec des dispositifs réagissant à la pression, avec des indicateurs de débit
F17D 5/02 - Prévention, interception ou localisation des pertes
In some examples, a system for water harvesting and carbon dioxide removal from air is disclosed. The system can include a sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting module that can include a first water capture unit and a second water capture unit coupled in series to an atmospheric air intake. The first water capture unit utilizes a first sorbent material that is different than a second sorbent material utilized by the second water capture unit. The system can further include a direct air capture module that includes a carbon dioxide capture unit. The direct capture module can be in fluid communication with, and downstream from, the sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting module. The carbon dioxide capture unit can be configured to remove carbon dioxide from air dried by the sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting module.
B01D 53/04 - Séparation de gaz ou de vapeursRécupération de vapeurs de solvants volatils dans les gazÉpuration 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 avec adsorbants fixes
Systems and methods for upgrading an offshore wellhead platform include identifying existing wells on an offshore wellhead platform that are capable to produce hydrocarbons for a specified time period; determining that an existing platform structure of the offshore wellhead platform is unable to accommodate additional loads from new equipment and upgrades when at least 50% of the existing wells on the offshore wellhead platform are capable to produce hydrocarbons for the specified time period; determining that the existing platform structure is unable to accommodate addition of two piles to support the additional loads from new equipment and upgrades; determining that the existing wells will handle horizontal loads when the existing platform structure is removed; and performing a slipover platform upgrade to the offshore wellhead platform when the existing wells will handle horizontal loads.
E02B 17/00 - Iles artificielles montées sur pilotis ou supports similaires, p. ex. plates-formes sur pieds extensiblesProcédés de construction de celles-ci
A stretch-free normal moveout (NMO) with time-shift common midpoint (CMP) stacking to generate an improved seismic image. A time-shift CMP is generated that preserves the constant time shift (also referred as lag). A least-squares parallel NMO correction is applied to the time-shift CMP gather by minimizing an objective function. The time-shift CMP gather is then stacked along a determined trajectory (the time-shift axis) to produce a final stacked trace free of stretch effects.
G01V 1/36 - Exécution de corrections statiques ou dynamiques sur des enregistrements, p. ex. correction de l'étalementÉtablissement d'une corrélation entre signaux sismiquesÉlimination des effets produits par un excès d'énergie
61.
FRACTURING FLUID COMPOSITIONS WITH OXIDIZERS AND NANOPARTICLES AND RELATED METHODS
The disclosure relates to compositions and methods that include fluid compositions that include nanoparticles and an oxidizer. The fluid compositions can be used as hydraulic fracturing fluids during drilling operations.
C09K 8/66 - Compositions à base d'eau ou de solvants polaires
C09K 8/70 - Compositions pour la formation de crevasses ou de fractures caractérisées par leur forme ou par la forme de leurs composants, p. ex. mousses
E21B 43/26 - Procédés pour activer la production par formation de crevasses ou de fractures
A process for making a mesophase pitch comprises passing an aromatics-rich feed, for example a cycle oil from a fluid catalytic cracking system such as a light cycle oil (LCO), into a (stirred) reactor and subjecting the aromatics-rich feed to a heat treatment or thermal condensation at a temperature of greater than or equal to 350°C and a pressure of from 20 bar to 40 bar for a duration of from 4 hours to 10 hours in the reactor to produce the mesophase pitch. The total amount of molecular oxygen and peroxides in the reactor is less than 1 mol.%. The aromatics-rich feed includes at least 80 wt.% aromatics and includes less than 3 wt.% of a combination of sulfur, nitrogen, and oxygen. In an embodiment, the aromatics-rich feed comprises from 1 wt.% to 10 wt.% saturates from 0.01 wt.% to 5 wt.% resins and from 0 wt.% to 1 wt.% asphaltenes, in particular from 4 wt.% to 8 wt. % saturates, from 90 wt.% to 95 wt.% aromatics, from 0.01 wt.% to 3 wt.% resins and from 0 wt.% to 0.1 wt.% asphaltenes.
C10C 3/00 - Traitement du brai, de l'asphalte, du bitume
C10G 9/02 - Craquage thermique non catalytique, en l'absence d'hydrogène, des huiles d'hydrocarbures dans des cornues
D01F 9/155 - Filaments de carboneAppareils spécialement adaptés à leur fabrication par décomposition de filaments organiques à partir de brai ou de résidus de distillation à partir de brai de pétrole
63.
SELF-CALIBRATING THREE-PHASE FLOW WATER-CUT LASER SENSING USING AN UNSUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING MODEL
KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Arabie saoudite)
ARAMCO SERVICES COMPANY (USA)
Inventeur(s)
Al Ibrahim, Emad
Arsalan, Muhammad
Farooq, Aamir
Abrégé
Systems and methods for a self-calibrating three-phase flow water-cut laser sensing using an unsupervised machine learning model are disclosed. The methods include creating (500) a training data set, wherein the training data set comprises training mixture spectra; training (502), using the training data set, an unsupervised machine learning model to estimate an estimated water-cut and an estimated path-length fraction value, wherein, via the training, the unsupervised machine learning model calibrates itself to determine the estimated water-cut and the estimated path-length fraction value; obtaining (504) an observed mixture spectrum from a water-cut laser sensor; estimating (504), using the trained unsupervised machine learning model, the estimated water-cut and the estimated path-length fraction value from the observed mixture spectrum; determining (506), from the estimated path-length fraction value, an estimated gas fraction value; and determining (508) a composition of fluids in a separator using the estimated water-cut and the estimated gas fraction value.
G01N 21/39 - CouleurPropriétés spectrales, c.-à-d. comparaison de l'effet du matériau sur la lumière pour plusieurs longueurs d'ondes ou plusieurs bandes de longueurs d'ondes différentes en recherchant l'effet relatif du matériau pour les longueurs d'ondes caractéristiques d'éléments ou de molécules spécifiques, p. ex. spectrométrie d'absorption atomique en utilisant des lasers à longueur d'onde réglable
G01N 21/31 - CouleurPropriétés spectrales, c.-à-d. comparaison de l'effet du matériau sur la lumière pour plusieurs longueurs d'ondes ou plusieurs bandes de longueurs d'ondes différentes en recherchant l'effet relatif du matériau pour les longueurs d'ondes caractéristiques d'éléments ou de molécules spécifiques, p. ex. spectrométrie d'absorption atomique
A non-metallic composite heating element assembly can be formed by winding a carbon veil onto a resin-rich structural layer before the resin-rich structural layer completely cures. The resin can wet through the carbon veil during formation, thereby bonding the carbon veil to the structural layer without the need for a separate and discrete adhesive layer. Other layers can also be formed, including a first insulating layer between the carbon veil and the first structural layer, a second insulating layer above the carbon veil, and a second structural layer formed above the second insulating layer. The carbon veil can include two busbars for supplying power to the carbon veil.
H05B 3/14 - Éléments chauffants caractérisés par la composition ou la nature des matériaux ou par la disposition du conducteur caractérisés par la composition ou la nature du matériau conducteur le matériau étant non métallique
H05B 3/34 - Éléments chauffants ayant une surface s'étendant essentiellement dans deux dimensions, p. ex. plaques chauffantes flexibles, p. ex. grillages ou tissus chauffants
B32B 17/06 - Produits stratifiés composés essentiellement d'une feuille de verre ou de fibres de verre, de scorie ou d'une substance similaire comprenant du verre comme seul composant ou comme composant principal d'une couche adjacente à une autre couche d'une substance spécifique
65.
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MILLING OPENINGS IN AN UNCEMENTED BLANK PIPE
This disclosure relates to an inflow control system having an apparatus configured to form or plug openings in a blank pipe. The apparatus includes a housing and a milling sub-system. The housing has a cylindrical wall with an outer surface. The milling sub-system is mounted to a first side of the wall and is configured to mill an opening in the blank pipe. The milling sub-system includes a bit configured to form an opening in the blank pipe and at least one brace attached to a second side of the wall opposite the first side of the wall. The at least one brace is configured to extend radially from the second side of the wall to press the bit to the inner surface of the blank pipe.
E21B 43/12 - Procédés ou appareils pour commander l'écoulement du fluide extrait vers ou 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 29/06 - Découpage de fenêtres, p. ex. découpage directionnel de fenêtres en vue d'opérations impliquant des sifflets-déviateurs
A system and method for feeding carbon dioxide to a first cathode cavity of a first electrochemical cell, electrochemically reducing the carbon dioxide at a first cathode in the first electrochemical cell to carbon monoxide (CO), flowing the CO from the first cathode cavity to a second cathode cavity of a second electrochemical cell, and forming at least one of ethanol or ethylene from the CO at a second cathode in the second electrochemical cell. The forming of the at least one of ethanol or ethylene from the CO may involve dimerization of the CO at the second cathode to form CO dimer.
A method for well integrity management on a well having at least one surface valve and a surface controlled sub-surface safety valve includes closing the at least one surface valve, applying a predetermined pressure to the at least one surface valve, analyzing a pressure loss across the at least one surface valve, and testing the surface controlled sub-surface safety valve for functionality. Functionality testing of the surface controlled sub-surface safety valve includes opening and closing the surface controlled sub-surface safety valve using a control panel. The method further includes classifying the well as operable or inoperable based on the pressure loss across the at least one surface valve and the functionality of the surface controlled sub-surface safety valve.
A real-time zonal inflow analysis system including a chemical analysis panel and a chemical tracer module disposed in each of a plurality of perforation zones in a well. The chemical tracer module produces a zonal signature of a corresponding perforation zone, where the zonal signature uniquely identifies the corresponding perforation zone. The chemical analysis panel includes an automated instrument and an integrated monitoring dashboard. The automated instrument obtains a production flow that includes a plurality of zonal contributions of the produced fluid from the plurality of perforation zones. The automated instrument measures, in the production flow, a concentration of the zonal signature of each perforation zone and determines, based on each concentration, a respective measure of each zonal contribution. The integrated monitoring dashboard displays the respective measure of each of zonal contribution to facilitate a production operation of the well.
E21B 47/11 - Localisation des fuites, intrusions ou mouvements du fluide utilisant des traceursLocalisation des fuites, intrusions ou mouvements du fluide utilisant la radioactivité
E21B 43/14 - Extraction d'un puits à horizons multiples
E21B 49/08 - Prélèvement d'échantillons de fluides ou test des fluides dans les trous de forage ou dans les puits
69.
CENTRIFUGE FOR SEPARATING A FLUID FROM A ROCK SAMPLE
A centrifuge and methods are disclosed. The centrifuge may include a body having a chamber, an axle, and a motive element. The chamber has a circular cross-section in a plane perpendicular to an axis of rotation and defines an inward-facing inner wall surface. The axle extends into the chamber from an exterior position and is rotatable about the axis of rotation. The motive element is configured to rotate the axle. The centrifuge may further include a support member that includes a fixed member and a rotatable member. The fixed member is fixed to the inward-facing inner wall surface. The rotatable member is fixed to the axle within the chamber and rotatable relative to the fixed member about the axis of rotation. The centrifuge may still further include a sample housing disposed on the rotatable member. The sample housing includes a sample portion and a fluid portion.
A process for making a mesophase pitch may include passing an aromatics-rich feed into a reactor and subjecting the aromatics-rich feed to a temperature of greater than or equal to 350° C. and a pressure of from 20 bar to 40 bar for a duration of from 4 hours to 10 hours in the reactor to produce the mesophase pitch. The total amount of molecular oxygen and peroxides in the reactor may be less than 1 mol. %. The aromatics-rich feed may include at least 80 wt. % aromatics and the aromatics-rich feed may include less than 3 wt. % of a combination of sulfur, nitrogen, and oxygen.
Electrical power derived from a renewable energy source is used to perform water electrolysis to produce oxygen and hydrogen. A flue gas and heat are produced from combustion of a fuel using at least a portion of the oxygen generated by electrolysis. A feed stream including hydrocarbon oil is hydroprocessed using the generated heat and at least a portion of the hydrogen generated by electrolysis to produce a product including a saturated hydrocarbon. At least a portion of the flue gas is hydrogenated using at least a portion of the hydrogen generated by electrolysis to produce a second product stream including a hydrocarbon, an oxygenate, or both.
C07C 1/12 - Préparation d'hydrocarbures à partir d'un ou plusieurs composés, aucun d'eux n'étant un hydrocarbure à partir d'oxydes de carbone à partir d'anhydride carbonique avec de l'hydrogène
B01J 19/24 - Réacteurs fixes sans élément interne mobile
C10G 49/00 - Traitement des huiles d'hydrocarbures, en présence d'hydrogène ou de composés donneurs d'hydrogène, non prévu dans un seul des groupes , , , ou
C25B 1/04 - Hydrogène ou oxygène par électrolyse de l'eau
C25B 15/08 - Alimentation ou vidange des réactifs ou des électrolytesRégénération des électrolytes
72.
ENHANCING LIGHT OILEFINS YIELD IN CRUDE OIL REFINING WITH STEAM CRACKING RECYCLING AND DEEP HYDROGENATION
Crude oil obtained from a subterranean formation is fractionated to separate an atmospheric residue stream from the crude oil. At least a portion of the atmospheric residue stream is fractionated to separate a vacuum residue stream from the atmospheric residue stream. A feedstock including the vacuum residue stream, a second portion of the atmospheric residue stream, or both are upgraded to produce a middle distillate stream. At least a portion of the middle distillate stream is hydrogenated to produce a hydrogenated stream. Carbon-carbon bonds of the hydrogenated stream are broken in the presence of steam to produce a mixed gas product including light olefins and a liquid product. The liquid product is recycled to deep hydrogenation.
C10G 69/04 - Traitement des huiles d'hydrocarbures par au moins un procédé d'hydrotraitement et au moins un autre procédé de conversion uniquement par plusieurs étapes en série comprenant au moins une étape de craquage catalytique en l'absence d'hydrogène
B01J 8/04 - Procédés chimiques ou physiques en général, conduits en présence de fluides et de particules solidesAppareillage pour de tels procédés avec des particules immobiles, p. ex. dans des lits fixes le fluide passant successivement à travers plusieurs lits
C10G 9/36 - Craquage thermique non catalytique, en l'absence d'hydrogène, des huiles d'hydrocarbures par contact direct avec des fluides inertes préchauffés, p. ex. avec des métaux ou sels fondus avec des gaz ou vapeurs chauds
C10G 49/08 - Traitement des huiles d'hydrocarbures, en présence d'hydrogène ou de composés donneurs d'hydrogène, non prévu dans un seul des groupes , , , ou caractérisé par le catalyseur utilisé contenant des alumino-silicates cristallins, p. ex. des tamis moléculaires
73.
Altering Natural Gas Composition In-situ During Production
Methods and systems for producing gas from a subsurface formation through a production well and/or sequestering gas in the subsurface formation through an injection well can include monitoring pressure, temperature, and composition of fluids in the subsurface formation using sensors installed downhole in an injection well. The pressure, the temperature, and the composition of fluids in the subsurface formation can be monitored using sensors installed downhole in the production well(s) and/or observation well(s). This approach can predict a volume of gas injection through required to alter the composition of fluids in the subsurface formation to provide a specific fluid composition in the production well. It can also include injecting the predicted volume of gas through the injection well using pumps associated with the injection well as well as, in some cases, producing the fluids in the subsurface formation to surface.
E21B 41/00 - Matériel ou accessoires non couverts par les groupes
E21B 43/00 - 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
A downhole tool includes a plugging portion including a plug transitionable between a running state, where the plug is retracted and allows the downhole tool to traverse an interior of production tubing, and a plugging state, where the plug expands radially outward to sealingly engage an inner wall of the production tubing. A perforating portion is operatively coupled to the plugging portion and provides a housing that houses a perforating device actuatable to penetrate the inner wall of the production tubing and thereby generate a perforation through which a kill fluid may be circulated into an annulus surrounding the production tubing.
A wearable device is disclosed herein for monitoring worker safety in a hydrocarbon industry, including personal protection equipment compliance using a computer vision algorithm. The wearable device is worn by a user, such as a worker, in a geographical area that includes a work area. The wearable device is configured to capture physiological measurements from the user and a location of the wearable device that is representative of a location of the user. A work area safety analysis tool implemented on a remote computing platform can receive the physiological measurements and the location. The work area safety analysis tool can evaluate the physiological measurements and the location to assess potential health and/or safety risks to the user with respect to the work area. An alert generated by the work area safety analysis tool can be received by the wearable device to notify the user of potential health and/or safety risks.
G08B 25/01 - Systèmes d'alarme dans lesquels l'emplacement du lieu où existe la condition déclenchant l'alarme est signalé à une station centrale, p. ex. systèmes télégraphiques d'incendie ou de police caractérisés par le moyen de transmission
G06V 40/10 - Corps d’êtres humains ou d’animaux, p. ex. occupants de véhicules automobiles ou piétonsParties du corps, p. ex. mains
G08B 7/06 - Systèmes de signalisation selon plus d'un des groupes Systèmes d'appel de personnes selon plus d'un des groupes utilisant une transmission électrique
G08B 25/10 - Systèmes d'alarme dans lesquels l'emplacement du lieu où existe la condition déclenchant l'alarme est signalé à une station centrale, p. ex. systèmes télégraphiques d'incendie ou de police caractérisés par le moyen de transmission utilisant des systèmes de transmission sans fil
H04W 4/021 - Services concernant des domaines particuliers, p. ex. services de points d’intérêt, services sur place ou géorepères
H04W 4/029 - Services de gestion ou de suivi basés sur la localisation
H04W 4/80 - Services utilisant la communication de courte portée, p. ex. la communication en champ proche, l'identification par radiofréquence ou la communication à faible consommation d’énergie
H04W 4/90 - Services pour gérer les situations d’urgence ou dangereuses, p. ex. systèmes d’alerte aux séismes et aux tsunamis
76.
CATALYSTS AND PROCESSES FOR A REVERSE WATER GAS SHIFT REACTION FOR CONVERTING CARBON DIOXIDE TO CARBON MONOXIDE
A reverse water gas shift catalyst (RWGS catalyst) for conducting reverse water gas shift reactions to convert carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide includes reduced iron oxide and an alkali metal promoter supported on a solid catalyst support. The solid catalyst support includes a plurality of catalyst support particles, and the reduced iron oxide may have iron having an oxidation state of less than 3. Methods of making the RWGS catalyst and processes for converting carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide using the RWGS catalyst are also disclosed.
B01J 23/78 - Catalyseurs contenant des métaux, oxydes ou hydroxydes métalliques non prévus dans le groupe du cuivre ou des métaux du groupe du fer en combinaison avec des métaux, oxydes ou hydroxydes prévus dans les groupes avec des métaux alcalins ou alcalino-terreux ou du béryllium
B01J 21/06 - Silicium, titane, zirconium ou hafniumLeurs oxydes ou hydroxydes
B01J 38/10 - Traitement avec un gaz ou une vapeurTraitement avec des liquides vaporisables au contact du catalyseur épuisé avec de l'hydrogène élémentaire
C10K 3/02 - Modification de la composition chimique des gaz combustibles contenant l'oxyde de carbone en vue de produire un carburant amélioré, p. ex. un carburant de pouvoir calorifique différent qui peut ne pas contenir d'oxyde de carbone par traitement catalytique
77.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SAFETY CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HAZARDOUS WORK ACTIVITIES
A method for determining and implementing a safety control for a work activity. The method includes obtaining a work summary for a work activity to be performed in a work environment and determining, using an artificial intelligence (AI) model, a detailed work description based on the work summary, the detailed work description including one or more hazards associated with the work activity. The method further includes determining, using the AI model, a safety control to mitigate the one or more hazards, implementing the safety control and performing the work activity according to the detailed work description and the safety control.
G05B 13/02 - Systèmes de commande adaptatifs, c.-à-d. systèmes se réglant eux-mêmes automatiquement pour obtenir un rendement optimal suivant un critère prédéterminé électriques
G06Q 30/018 - Certification d’entreprises ou de produits
Systems and methods for upgrading an offshore wellhead platform include identifying existing wells on an offshore wellhead platform that are capable to produce hydrocarbons for a specified time period; determining that an existing platform structure of the offshore wellhead platform is unable to accommodate additional loads from new equipment and upgrades when at least 50% of the existing wells on the offshore wellhead platform are capable to produce hydrocarbons for the specified time period; determining that the existing platform structure is unable to accommodate addition of two piles to support the additional loads from new equipment and upgrades; determining that the existing wells will handle horizontal loads when the existing platform structure is removed; and performing a slipover platform upgrade to the offshore wellhead platform when the existing wells will handle horizontal loads.
E21B 15/00 - Supports pour la machine de forage, p. ex. tours de forage ou mâts de forage
E02B 17/00 - Iles artificielles montées sur pilotis ou supports similaires, p. ex. plates-formes sur pieds extensiblesProcédés de construction de celles-ci
79.
PROVIDING LOST CIRCULATION MATERIAL TO CURE FLUID LOSSES IN A WELL
A system includes a drilling sub-system configured to form a wellbore from a terranean surface toward a subterranean formation by rotating a drill bit on a drill string; a drilling fluid circulation sub-system configured to circulate a drilling fluid downhole through the drill string, to and through the drill bit, into the wellbore, and uphole toward the terranean surface while the drilling sub-system drills the portion of the wellbore; and a lost circulation sub-system including a plurality of lost circulation material (LCM) pills configured to circulate, with the drilling fluid, through the drill string and the drill bit and into the wellbore in an inactive state. Each of the LCM pills is set to adjust from the inactive state to an active state to reduce at least a portion of the drilling fluid circulated into the wellbore that is lost to the subterranean formation.
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for determining the torque applied to a long shaft of a motor. A three-phase motor has a shaft, a main rotor-stator assembly and two sense stator-rotor assemblies. A control circuit applies three phase power to cables connected to the assemblies. At a measurement circuit, time-varying voltages on the cables are measured, which include the voltage induced due to the two sense rotor-stator assemblies. The sense assemblies differ from the main motor assembly to induce additional, small voltages into the electrical circuit. A transformation is applied to these signals to determine the main frequencies, amplitudes, and phases of the different signals. Using the phase differences among the voltages induced by the first and second sense rotor-stator assemblies and the main rotor-stator assembly, the torque on the shaft may be determined.
H02K 21/16 - Moteurs synchrones à aimants permanentsGénératrices synchrones à aimants permanents avec des induits fixes et des aimants tournants avec des aimants tournant à l'intérieur des induits avec des noyaux d'induits annulaires à pôles saillants
81.
METHOD TO VALORIZE MIDDLE DISTILLATE STREAMS FROM CRUDE OILS
Systems and methods are provided to evaluate a middle distillate sample by determining the hydrogen partial pressure requirements in a reactor under design for processing a feedstock consisting of the middle distillate sample to achieve a target sulfur concentration of a target product stream and/or the cetane number in the target product stream.
C10G 45/02 - Raffinage des huiles d'hydrocarbures au moyen d'hydrogène ou de composés donneurs d'hydrogène pour éliminer des hétéro-atomes sans modifier le squelette de l'hydrocarbure mis en œuvre et sans craquage en hydrocarbures à point d'ébullition inférieurHydrofinissage
C10G 65/00 - Traitement des huiles d'hydrocarbures, uniquement par plusieurs procédés d'hydrotraitement
82.
TRANSFER LEARNING ENABLED HISTORY MATCHING OF SUBSURFACE PROPERTIES
Methods and systems are configured for obtain reservoir data representing one or more features of a reservoir. The reservoir data include a set of values that satisfy a probability distribution associated with that feature. The process includes performing a geological simulation of hydraulic fracturing in the reservoir, the geological simulation generating a production estimate for a well based on the reservoir data, the production estimate associated with the one or more features; generating training data using the production estimate associated with the one or more features. The process includes training, using the training data, a machine learning model to predict a fracture half-length value of the reservoir, the fracture half-length value corresponding to the hydraulic fracturing represented by the training data. The process includes determining, based on the training, a history-matched value for the fracture half-length of the reservoir.
Systems and methods for hydraulic fracturing a subsurface formation include obtaining a reservoir model representing a subsurface formation; obtaining a baseline hydraulic fracture model for one or more stages of a well in the subsurface formation based on the reservoir model. Additional hydraulic fracture models for one or more additional stages in one or more wells in the subsurface formation are generated using a machine learning model trained based on the baseline hydraulic fracture model. The additional hydraulic fracture models are integrated into the reservoir model. Hydrocarbon production from the subsurface formation is simulated using the reservoir model with the integrated additional hydraulic fracture models; and a well spacing for the one or more wells or a cluster spacing for hydraulic fractures in the one or more wells is determined based on the simulated hydrocarbon production.
A non-metallic composite heating element assembly can be formed by winding a carbon veil onto a resin-rich structural layer before the resin-rich structural layer completely cures. The resin can wet through the carbon veil during formation, thereby bonding the carbon veil to the structural layer without the need for a separate and discrete adhesive layer. Other layers can also be formed, including a first insulating layer between the carbon veil and the first structural layer, a second insulating layer above the carbon veil, and a second structural layer formed above the second insulating layer. The carbon veil can include two busbars for supplying power to the carbon veil.
H05B 3/14 - Éléments chauffants caractérisés par la composition ou la nature des matériaux ou par la disposition du conducteur caractérisés par la composition ou la nature du matériau conducteur le matériau étant non métallique
H05B 3/06 - Éléments chauffants combinés constructivement avec des éléments d'accouplement ou avec des supports
H05B 3/18 - Éléments chauffants caractérisés par la composition ou la nature des matériaux ou par la disposition du conducteur le conducteur étant enrobé dans un matériau isolant
H05B 3/48 - Éléments chauffants ayant la forme de tiges ou de tubes non flexibles le conducteur chauffant enrobé dans un matériau isolant
85.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING HYDROCARBON PROPERTIES AND FRACTURE DRAINAGE HEIGHT FROM SOLID CORE SAMPLES
Methods of determining an oil formation volume factor based on solid core sample data; and determining a gas/oil ratio based on the oil formation volume factor. Also, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions, which, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, cause the electronic device to: determine an oil formation volume factor based on solid core sample data; and determine a gas/oil ratio based on the oil formation volume factor
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Arabie saoudite)
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Arabie saoudite)
Inventeur(s)
Al Ibrahim, Emad
Arsalan, Muhammad
Farooq, Aamir
Abrégé
Systems and methods for a self-calibrating three-phase flow water-cut laser sensing using an unsupervised machine learning model are disclosed. The methods include creating a training data set, wherein the training data set comprises training mixture spectra; training, using the training data set, an unsupervised machine learning model to estimate an estimated water-cut and an estimated path-length fraction value, wherein, via the training, the unsupervised machine learning model calibrates itself to determine the estimated water-cut and the estimated path-length fraction value; obtaining an observed mixture spectrum from a water-cut laser sensor; estimating, using the trained unsupervised machine learning model, the estimated water-cut and the estimated path-length fraction value from the observed mixture spectrum; determining, from the estimated path-length fraction value, an estimated gas fraction value; and determining a composition of fluids in a separator using the estimated water-cut and the estimated gas fraction value.
G01N 21/3577 - CouleurPropriétés spectrales, c.-à-d. comparaison de l'effet du matériau sur la lumière pour plusieurs longueurs d'ondes ou plusieurs bandes de longueurs d'ondes différentes en recherchant l'effet relatif du matériau pour les longueurs d'ondes caractéristiques d'éléments ou de molécules spécifiques, p. ex. spectrométrie d'absorption atomique en utilisant la lumière infrarouge pour l'analyse de liquides, p. ex. l'eau polluée
A method of producing H2 may include passing a hydrocarbon feed into a reactor, wherein the hydrocarbon feed comprises at least 50 mol.% methane. The method may also include contacting the methane with a catalyst in the reactor to form a product comprising H2. The catalyst may comprise a support and one or more catalytically-active metals. At least 99 wt.% of the one or more catalytically-active metals may be present in the catalyst as single-atoms, based on a total weight of the one or more catalytically-active metals in the catalyst.
C01B 3/26 - Production d'hydrogène ou de mélanges gazeux contenant de l'hydrogène par décomposition de composés organiques gazeux ou liquides d'hydrocarbures avec des catalyseurs
C01B 3/40 - Production d'hydrogène ou de mélanges gazeux contenant de l'hydrogène par réaction de composés organiques gazeux ou liquides avec des agents gazéifiants, p. ex. de l'eau, du gaz carbonique, de l'air par réaction d'hydrocarbures avec des agents gazéifiants avec des catalyseurs caractérisée par le catalyseur
KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALS (Arabie saoudite)
Inventeur(s)
Yaseri, Ahmed Zarzor Hussien
Patil, Pramod Dhanaji
Abu Mahfouz, Israa Salem Ali
Alsaif, Bidoor
Abrégé
A method for producing hydrogen gas is disclosed. The method includes providing kerogen; providing hydrogen; introducing the kerogen and hydrogen into a reaction chamber wherein the reaction chamber is operated at an operating temperature between about 455℃ and 510℃; and removing a gas stream comprising hydrogen.
C10B 53/00 - Distillation destructive spécialement conçue pour des matières premières solides particulières ou sous forme spéciale
C10G 1/06 - 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 par hydrogénation destructive
C01B 3/02 - Production d'hydrogène ou de mélanges gazeux contenant de l'hydrogène
C01B 3/22 - Production d'hydrogène ou de mélanges gazeux contenant de l'hydrogène par décomposition de composés organiques gazeux ou liquides
89.
METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PROCESSING CRUDE OIL AND A REFINED FEEDSTOCK INCLUDING VACUUM RESIDUE, FUEL OIL, OR BOTH
A method of processing a crude oil feedstock and a refined feedstock comprising vacuum residue and/or fuel oil, the method may comprise: cracking the crude oil feedstock in a downflow reaction zone of a fluid catalytic cracking unit to produce a first FCC product; processing the refined feedstock in a coker to produce a first coker product and a second coker product comprising solid coke; and processing at least a portion of the first FCC product and at least a portion of the first coker product in an upgrading unit to produce an upgraded product stream.
C10G 9/00 - Craquage thermique non catalytique, en l'absence d'hydrogène, des huiles d'hydrocarbures
C10G 11/18 - Craquage catalytique, en l'absence d'hydrogène, des huiles d'hydrocarbures avec catalyseurs solides mobiles préchauffés selon la technique du "lit fluidisé"
C10G 51/00 - Traitement des huiles d'hydrocarbures, en l'absence d'hydrogène, uniquement par plusieurs procédés de craquage
C10G 51/04 - Traitement des huiles d'hydrocarbures, en l'absence d'hydrogène, uniquement par plusieurs procédés de craquage uniquement par plusieurs étapes en série ne comprenant que des étapes de craquage thermique et catalytique
C10G 51/06 - Traitement des huiles d'hydrocarbures, en l'absence d'hydrogène, uniquement par plusieurs procédés de craquage uniquement par plusieurs étapes en parallèle
C10G 69/00 - Traitement des huiles d'hydrocarbures par au moins un procédé d'hydrotraitement et au moins un autre procédé de conversion
C10G 69/04 - Traitement des huiles d'hydrocarbures par au moins un procédé d'hydrotraitement et au moins un autre procédé de conversion uniquement par plusieurs étapes en série comprenant au moins une étape de craquage catalytique en l'absence d'hydrogène
C10G 69/06 - Traitement des huiles d'hydrocarbures par au moins un procédé d'hydrotraitement et au moins un autre procédé de conversion uniquement par plusieurs étapes en série comprenant au moins une étape de craquage thermique en l'absence d'hydrogène
90.
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACOUSTIC DETERMINATION OF GAS COMPOSITION
Methods and systems for determining a composition of a gas in a pipe using a plurality of pressure sensors disposed along the pipe. Each pressure sensor in the plurality of pressure sensors may include a diaphragm for sensing pressure that is aligned with an inner wall of the pipe, and the location of each pressure sensor in the plurality of pressure sensors may be known. The method generally includes obtaining (901) a plurality of pressure signals from the plurality of pressure sensors, determining (903), using the plurality of pressure signals, a speed of sound of the gas, and determining (905), using the plurality of pressure signals, an attenuation of sound intensity of the gas. The method further includes determining (907), with a computational model, the composition of the gas, based on the determined speed of sound of the gas and the attenuation of sound intensity of the gas.
G01N 29/024 - Analyse de fluides en mesurant la vitesse de propagation ou le temps de propagation des ondes acoustiques
G01N 29/22 - Recherche ou analyse des matériaux par l'emploi d'ondes ultrasonores, sonores ou infrasonoresVisualisation de l'intérieur d'objets par transmission d'ondes ultrasonores ou sonores à travers l'objet Détails
G01N 29/44 - Traitement du signal de réponse détecté
G01N 29/46 - Traitement du signal de réponse détecté par analyse spectrale, p. ex. par analyse de Fourier
Example methods and systems for wellbore fluid saturation mapping are disclosed. One example method includes obtaining, from a resistivity logging tool and during a process of drilling a wellbore in a reservoir formation, resistivity data of the reservoir formation in a first multiple azimuthal directions. Fluid saturation of the reservoir formation in the first multiple azimuthal directions is determined based on the resistivity data. A three-dimensional (3D) model of fluid saturation around the wellbore is determined based on the fluid saturation of the reservoir formation in the first multiple azimuthal directions. One or more steering commands for steering a drill bit during the process of drilling the wellbore is generated based on the 3D model of fluid saturation around the wellbore. A downhole drilling assembly is steered during the process of drilling the wellbore, based on the one or more steering commands.
E21B 47/002 - Relevés dans les trous de forage ou dans les puits par inspection visuelle
E21B 49/00 - Test pour déterminer la nature des parois des trous de forageEssais de couchesProcédés ou appareils pour prélever des échantillons du terrain ou de fluides en provenance des puits, spécialement adaptés au forage du sol ou aux puits
92.
AMMONIA DECOMPOSITION OVER MEDIUM ENTROPY METAL ALLOY CATALYSTS
A method of catalytic ammonia decomposition is provided. The method includes: flowing ammonia into a reactor charged with a medium entropy metal alloy (MEA) catalyst including a first principal metal, a second principal metal, and a third principal metal, where each of the principal metals is independently selected without repetition from the group consisting of Co, Cr, Fe, Mn, Ni, Al, Cu, Zn, Ti, Zr, Mo, V, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, W, Re, Ir, Pt, Au, Ce, Y, Yb, Sn, Ga, In, and Be; and catalytically decomposing the ammonia into hydrogen and nitrogen over the MEA catalyst in the reactor at a reaction temperature between 200 °C and 900 °C.
A remote gas calibration (RGC) assembly is used for preventive maintenance of a gas sensor installed in an inaccessible location inside of a gas turbine equipment. The RGC assembly includes a connector adapted to couple to the gas sensor, where the connector is connected to a first end of a tubing, a needle valve adapted to control flow of gas through the tubing, where the needle valve is connected to a second end of the tubing, and a smart gas monitor in flow communication with the tubing and adapted to record data related to the flow of gas through the tubing. The tubing has a length that allows the needle valve to be placed in an accessible location external to the gas turbine equipment when the connector is coupled to the gas sensor.
F01D 21/00 - Arrêt des "machines" ou machines motrices, p. ex. dispositifs d'urgenceDispositifs de régulation, de commande ou de sécurité non prévus ailleurs
F01D 25/24 - Carcasses d'enveloppeÉléments de la carcasse, p. ex. diaphragmes, fixations
G01N 33/00 - Recherche ou analyse des matériaux par des méthodes spécifiques non couvertes par les groupes
94.
METHOD OF PROCESSING CRUDE OIL AND A REFINED FEEDSTOCK INCLUDING VACUUM RESIDUE, FUEL OIL, OR BOTH
A method of processing a crude oil feedstock and a refined feedstock comprising vacuum residue and/or fuel oil, the method may comprise: cracking the crude oil feedstock in a downflow reaction zone of a fluid catalytic cracking unit to produce a first FCC product; processing the refined feedstock in a coker to produce a first coker product and a second coker product comprising solid coke; and processing at least a portion of the first FCC product and at least a portion of the first coker product in an upgrading unit to produce an upgraded product stream.
C10G 69/06 - Traitement des huiles d'hydrocarbures par au moins un procédé d'hydrotraitement et au moins un autre procédé de conversion uniquement par plusieurs étapes en série comprenant au moins une étape de craquage thermique en l'absence d'hydrogène
95.
DATA FLOW FAILURE DETECTION USING DATA SIGNIFICANCE RANKING ANALYSIS
Data flow failure detection of an HLDI using a data tag selection based on analysis of the HLDI data tags and identification of most significant subset of data tags. Data tags are analyzed to determine a significance level for each data tag. The data tags may be ranked by significance level, and a subset of the most significant data tags is selected based on a cutoff level. The subset of most significant data tags may be monitored in real-time to determine the health (that is, data flow quality or failure) of the HLDI.
The construction of an uphole-calibrated velocity model from uphole seismic survey data using a machine learning model. Uphole seismic survey data may be processed to obtain seismic travel times sorted in a midpoint-offset domain. The machine learning model may be trained with pairs of training data that include travel time vs offset and uphole time, travel times vs offset and uphole velocity, and travel times vs. offset and seismic velocity determined from an interval velocity interpretation of uphole times. The trained machine learning model may output calibrated pseudo uphole velocities having a vertical resolution comparable to the existing upholes.
A system and method for acid gas removal are provided. An exemplary system includes a contactor that includes an inlet for an aqueous carbonate stream proximate to a top of the contactor, wherein the aqueous carbonate stream includes a catalyst. The contactor also includes an inlet for a gas stream proximate to a bottom of the contactor, wherein the gas stream includes an acid gas. Further, the contactor includes an outlet for an aqueous bicarbonate-carbonate stream proximate to the bottom of the contactor, and an outlet for a sweetened gas stream proximate to the top of the contactor. The acid gas removal system also includes a nanofilter. The aqueous bicarbonate-carbonate stream is introduced at an inlet to the nanofilter, and a permeate stream from the nanofilter is fed to a flash column. The nanofilter also provides a retentate stream including carbonate ions, wherein the retentate stream is fed to the contactor.
B01D 53/78 - Procédés en phase liquide avec un contact gaz-liquide
B01D 53/14 - Séparation de gaz ou de vapeursRécupération de vapeurs de solvants volatils dans les gazÉpuration chimique ou biologique des gaz résiduaires, p. ex. gaz d'échappement des moteurs à combustion, fumées, vapeurs, gaz de combustion ou aérosols par absorption
Methods, systems, and apparatus operate to determine a health profile of a mechanical device including using a mobile robotic system to determine a location of a mechanical device. The mobile robotic system determines a location of a component of the mechanical device and measures a vibration parameter at the location of the component of the mechanical device. If the vibration measurement is outside a predetermined range, the system alerts personnel.
Modeling natural fractures of a formation having a hydrocarbon reservoir by representing a discrete natural fracture network as a continuous property and dynamically calibrating the discrete natural fracture network for coupling into a single media for reservoir numerical simulation. A mechanical earth model and fracture model having a fracture density index for a naturally fractured reservoir may be determined. A static calibration and a dynamic calibration may be performed for the discrete natural fracture network. A history match of flow rate and bottom-hole pressure may also be performed.
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 forage commandés par ordinateurSystèmes spécialement adaptés à la surveillance de plusieurs variables ou conditions de forage
Methods and systems for operating automated unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with self-diagnostics and immersive display. The method includes using one or more UAVs to obtain UAV survey data. The method further includes, for each of the one or more UAVs, obtaining UAV diagnostic data, determining at least one UAV action, executing the at least one UAV action, and transmitting the UAV survey data and the UAV diagnostic data to a UAV control station. The method further includes processing, using the UAV control station, the UAV survey data and the UAV diagnostic data forming processed UAV survey data and processed UAV diagnostic data, and transmitting, using the UAV control station, the processed UAV survey data and the processed UAV diagnostic data to an immersive display system. The method further includes displaying, using the immersive display system, at least, the processed UAV survey data and the processed UAV diagnostic data.
G05D 103/00 - Adaptations ayant pour objet de se conformer aux contraintes réglementaires relatives au fonctionnement des véhicules commandés, p. ex. respect de l’espace aérien ou des règles de circulation
