508 results about "Oil and gas production" patented technology

The invention provides apparatus and methods for monitoring and controlling hydrocarbon production wells and/or injection wells from a remote location. The apparatus for monitoring and controlling one or more hydrocarbon production wells or injection wells from a remote location comprises one or more surface control and data acquisition systems; one or more sensors disposed in communication with the one or more control and data acquisition systems; one or more downhole flow control devices disposed in communication with the one or more control and data acquisition systems; and one or more remote controllers disposed in communication with the one or more control and data acquisition systems. Preferably, the remote controller comprises a computer having an internet access disposed in communication with the one or more control and data acquisition systems through a communication device comprising an internet web site server. The method for monitoring and controlling a downhole hydrocarbon production well or an injection well comprises: transmitting data collected by a downhole sensor module to a control and data acquisition system; evaluating downhole operating conditions and optimizing downhole operating parameters utilizing an optimization software program disposed in communication with the control and data acquisition system; and transmitting signals between the control and data acquisition system system and a remote controller utilizing a satellite communication system, the remote controller comprising a computer and an internet browser control access adapted to display operating conditions and parameters and to accept instructions to change operating parameters.

Downhole tools for use in oil and gas production which degrade into non-toxic materials, a method of making them and methods of using them. A frac ball and a bridge plug comprised of polyglycolic acid which can be used in fracking a well and then left in the well bore to predictably, quickly, and safely disintegrate into environmentally friendly products without needing to be milled out or retrieved.

The invention relates to a safety monitoring early warning and safety management system of oil and gas extraction and gathering operations as well as a method thereof, belonging to the technique field of safety production monitoring and supervision, and the system is composed of a monitoring center arranged at an oil and gas extraction safety monitoring and management department and a plurality of on-site monitoring terminals disposed at all oil and gas extraction operation areas. The method comprises: collecting and transmitting safety-related parameter signals, video signals and audio signals in real time; implementing the analog-digital conversion or signal conversion and compression coding to the signals; then transmitting the signals to all hosts of the monitoring center; processing and analyzing the received three types of signal information by all the hosts and then carrying out the parameter monitoring, video monitoring and audio communication respectively; and outputting the processed three types of information to the spot for being controlled correspondingly. The invention can realize the risk assessment, dynamic intelligent monitoring, safety state analysis, accident early warning and alarming, safety guarantee control and safety management of the whole process of operations ranging from oil and gas extraction, heating, separation processing, storage to transportation for oil and gas production enterprises.

A kind of mining oil gas method of the convection heating up oil-shale, involves the underground solid state energy and the mineral mining method improvement. The existing technical mining method efficiency is low, the cost is high, the scale is small, the big area implements and lacks the market competition ability with difficulty. This invention through in the ground arrangement group well, and selects the compression fracture method causes the group well to be interlinked, then the gap takes turns to choose the note hot-well and work-well, hot-well pours into 400 deg.C - 700 deg.C steam along the note oil-shale the ore level, heats up the ore level causes cheese root thermal decomposition to form the oil gas, and carries after the low temperature steam or the water along the production separates to the ground, finally forms the oil gas product. In the separation process may simultaneously the pre- hot water, and uses the water-injection well withdraws with work-well the convection way dries up oil-shale and the ore level around shale region afterheat, thus realized the goal of this invention is fast, big scale, low cost from oil-shale ore level mining oil gas.

Downhole tools for use in oil and gas production which degrade into non-toxic materials, a method of making them and methods of using them. A frac ball and a bridge plug comprised of polyglycolic acid which can be used in fracking a well and then left in the well bore to predictably, quickly, and safely disintegrate into environmentally friendly products without needing to be milled out or retrieved.

A technique is disclosed for completion of a well, such as an oil and gas production well. A packer is positioned in the well to divide the well into upper and lower zones. The packer has multiple passageways between the upper and lower zones. A pumping system is positioned in the lower zone for displacing wellbore fluids flowing from a production formation. The pumping system may include a liquid/gas separator, and express gas-phase components through one of the passageways and liquid-phase components through another. A conduit conveys the gas-phase components to a desired location. The liquid-phase components are conveyed to a collection location in the annular region surrounding the conduit. The conduit may be used for positioning a chemical injection line within the well, or for receiving a parameter sensing unit. The chemical injection and parameter sensing may be performed independently of gas production, and without interruption of either gas or liquid production.

A method and apparatus for logging, controlling, or monitoring a subsea well or group of wells through a path not within production tubing. Preferred embodiments allow logging tools, wire rope, optic fibers, electrical cables, monitoring and measuring instruments and other items known to those skilled in the art of oil and gas production to be disposed into the well without interfering with the flow path through the production string. A further preferred embodiment includes the mooring or tethering of an instrument pod over the subsea well. The instrument pod is designed to provide on-board data storage, data processing, data receiving, and data transmission equipment, such that data from the well can be transmitted back to a receiving network where the data may be stored and processed into useful information for reservoir operators.

A homopolymer of a monomer selected from those having the general formula:

wherein: R1 is H or CH3; R2 is H or an alkyl group having from 1 to about 4 carbon atoms; A is a straight or branched chain alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and R5, R6, and R7 each are independently an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; or a copolymer of such monomers as acrylate, acrylamide or methacrylamide may be used to disperse metal sulfides prior to their forming scales during the production and transportation of crude oil. Terpolymers of dimethyldiallylammonium salt, 2-hydroxypropyl acrylate; and acrylic acid may also be used for this purpose. The production fluid may also be treated with a compound that promotes the formation of dispersible sulfide scales.

A method for determining the extent of recovery of materials injected or otherwise introduced into oil wells or subsurface formations is practiced using a portable device. The portable device can also be used to determiner the occurrence of a predetermined condition in an oil well such as water break through in a production zone, or the opening or closing of a sliding sleeve. When, for example, water breakthrough is detected, the zone producing too much water can be plugged, using, for example, a flow-through bridge plug, if there are other producing zones further downhole. The portable device may be use to make quantitative measurements or it may be used to do pre-screening of samples thereby avoiding further testing of negative samples.

The invention discloses a hydrocarbon source rock formation pore heat-pressing hydrocarbon-generation simulator and a use method thereof, pertaining to an experimental apparatus for simulating the process of heat-pressing hydrocarbon-generation for hydrocarbon source rocks in the field of geological research on petroleum and natural gas. The simulator is composed of such five parts as a high temperature high pressure reaction unit, a two-way hydraulic automation control unit 301, an automatic hydrocarbon expulsion product collecting and fluid supplementing unit, a data acquisition and automatic control unit, peripheral auxiliary equipment and apparatus casing. The invention can carry out heating and pressurizing closed and open or controllable hydrocarbon generation and expulsion simulated experiments with the reservation of original pores of a hydrocarbon source rock sample 518, within the limited pore spaces and in simultaneous consideration of lithostatic pressure, formation fluid pressure and confining pressure similar to the geological conditions, thereby improving a hydrocarbon source rock hydrocarbon generation and expulsion simulated experimental apparatus so as to provide an effective means for researches on the development of a hydrocarbon generation mechanism, oil-gas migration, oil and gas production quantity in basins as well as oil and gas resource prediction, and thus having wide application prospects.

There is described an apparatus for monitoring particles in a fluid stream, comprising a body portion and a detector element that is acoustically decoupled from the body portion. The detector element comprises a target surface, a sample acoustic sensor and a corrosion sensor. The sample acoustic sensor is acoustically coupled to the target surface and is arranged to provide a first signal, which varies in dependence upon acoustic noise generated by impacts of particles and fluid on the target surface. The corrosion sensor is arranged to provide a second signal, which varies in dependence upon corrosion and/or erosion of the target surface. A corresponding method of monitoring particles in a fluid stream is also described. The method and apparatus are suitable for monitoring sand in oil and gas production flow streams.

An analytical framework and modeling process for assessing salinity contamination of soil ecosystems in geographical areas related to oil and gas production sites combines detection and monitoring of unplanned saltwater releases from such production activities with soil impact prediction. The analytical framework and modeling process enables an assessment of risks associated with saltwater disposal from drilling operations to the surrounding environment and the impact on soils, aquifers, rangeland, cropland, and adjoining areas by monitoring water movement and other soil conditions, and generating predictive output data for landowners, farmers, oil and gas production site operators, governmental regulators, and other end users for contamination mitigation and agricultural activities.

The invention particularly provides a temporary blocking turnaround fracturing method based on surface modified polyvinyl alcohol fibers. The method comprises the following steps that 1, the surfaces of the water-soluble poly(vinyl alcohol) fibers are modified; 2, fracturing work liquid is prepared; 3, liquid in a shaft is extruded out by and replaced with active water; 4, setting is carried out on a facture packer; 5, prepad fluid is injected, and a major fracture is formed; 6, the water-soluble degradable fiber temporary blocking fracturing liquid is injected into the formed major fracture in a step mode and injected into a stratum to form a new branch fracture; 7, the prepad fluid is injected into the formed new branch fracture, and the length of the fracture is expanded; 8, sand-carrying liquid is injected into the formed new branch fracture in a step mode; 9, the sand-carrying liquid in the shaft is extruded out by and replaced with active water. An old facture or a facture filled with sand is temporarily blocked, the new fractures are made on the original fracture in a certain angle direction, more unused areas of natural fractures and primary fractures are communicated, a new fracture flow leakage system is formed, oil and gas production and the ultimate recovery factor of an oil and gas field are improved, and the aims of restoring the yield of an old well and achieving facture production increase of a new well are achieved.

An apparatus for use in offshore oil or gas production in which a plurality of vertical stabilizing columns are supported on a submerged horizontal water entrapment plate is provided to support minimum offshore oil and gas production facilities above a subsea wellhead, or subsea processing facilities, or a submarine pipeline, and whose main function is to provide power or chemicals or to perform other operations such as compression, injection, or separation of water, oil and gas. The apparatus is maintained in the desired location by a plurality of mooring lines anchored to the sea-bed. The respective size and shape of the columns and water entrapment plate are designed to provide sufficient buoyancy to carry the weight of all equipment on the minimum floating platform and mooring lines, umbilical and risers attached to it, and to minimize the platform motion during normal operations.

By removing material of low permeability from within and around a perforation tunnel and creating at least one fracture at the tip of a perforation tunnel, injection parameters and effects such as outflow rate and, in the case of multiple perforation tunnels benefiting from such cleanup, distribution of injected fluids along a wellbore are enhanced. Following detonation of a charge carrier, a second explosive event is triggered within a freshly made tunnel, thereby substantially eliminating a crushed zone and improving the geometry and quality (and length) of the tunnel. In addition, this action creates substantially debris-free tunnels and relieves the residual stress cage, resulting in perforation tunnels that are highly conducive to injection under fracturing conditions for disposal and stimulation purposes, and that promote even coverage of injected fluids across the perforated interval.

The invention relates to the production of hydrocarbons in the form of oil and gas, from a well activated by a pumping system. According to the invention, a hydrocarbon production well comprising a submerged pump (5) driven by an electric motor (6), an oil outlet choke (17) and a gas venting choke (22) is operated by acting, during the various production phases, on the chokes and on the speed of the electric motor (6) either in turn or simultaneously. Furthermore, correct operation of the well is constantly checked and it is also checked that the current drawn by the motor (6) does not cross thresholds that vary as a function of the speed of the motor (6). The invention finds its application in the oil industry.

Sensor failure in an oil and gas production system is monitored and detected by checking the consistency of the measurements of the sensor in question using a computer-based process model with the measurements of the other sensors in the system. The present invention also generates a back-up value for a failing sensor with the process model by identifying the value that is most consistent with the measurements of the other sensors in the system.

Provided is a biocidal composition comprising glutaraldehyde and an oxazolidine biocidal compound. The composition is useful for controlling microorganisms in aqueous or water containing systems such as found in oil and natural gas production.

The invention discloses a remote monitoring management method and system for oil and gas production. The internet of things is mainly utilized, by means of sensing, radio frequency, communication and the like, production objects such as an oil and gas well, a metering room, an oil and gas station warehouse and an oil and gas pipe network are comprehensively sensed, production data and equipment state information are managed and controlled in a production command center and a production control center in a centralized mode, oil and gas production process management is supported, and timeliness and accuracy of oil and gas field production decision making are further improved. The system comprises a data acquisition and monitoring subsystem, a data transmission subsystem and a production management subsystem. The data acquisition and monitoring subsystem is arranged on an oil and gas production field, comprises sensors and RTUs or DCSs which are all installed on production equipment, and is used for automatically collecting state parameters of the production equipment and standardizing the state parameters, accuracy of the parameters, equipment identification and equipment attributes so that monitoring data can be formed. The data transmission subsystem is used for transmitting the monitoring data. The production management subsystem is used for conducting production state detection, analysis, diagnosis, prediction and early warning according to the monitoring data.

The invention relates to systems and methods for regulating algal biomass in offshore waters near an oil and gas production platform. The systems of the invention encompasses a plurality of modules for managing nutrients, algae, and aquaculture, including enclosures for containing aquatic organisms, and various operating subsystems that are operably associated with surface and underwater structures of the platform. In one embodiment of the invention, aquatic organisms are cultured in eutrophic water to feed on algae, thereby reducing the algal biomass. In other embodiments, the diversity of algae in an algal bloom is modified and the productivity of oligotrophic water is increased.

Scaling may be reduced during oil and gas production using a device having a sound transducer. The device can be used downhole and functions independently of an external power supply. Use of the device allows for the reduction or elimination of anti-scaling chemical additives during the production phase of an oil and gas well.