4280 results about "Oil production" patented technology

A process for dewaxing waxy hydrocarbonaceous materials, such as hydrocarbon fuel and lubricating oil fractions to reduce their cloud and pour points comprises reacting the material with hydrogen in the presence of a dewaxing catalyst comprising at least one metal catalytic component and ferrierite in which at least a portion of its cation exchange positions are occupied by one or more trivalent rare earth metal cations. The rare earth ion exchanged ferrierite catalyst has good selectivity for lubricating oil production, particularly when dewaxing a Fischer-Tropsch wax hydroisomerate. Preferably at least 10% and more preferably at least 15% of the ferreirite cation exchange capacity is occupied by one or more trivalent rare earth metal cations.

The invention provides methods of manufacturing biodiesel and other oil-based compounds using glycerol and combinations of glycerol and other feedstocks as an energy source in fermentation of oil-bearing microorganisms. Methods disclosed herein include processes for manufacturing high nutrition edible oils from non-food feedstock materials such as waste products from industrial waste transesterification processes. Also included are methods of increasing oil yields by temporally separating glycerol and other feedstocks during cultivation processes. Also provided herein are oil-bearing microbes containing exogenous oil production genes and methods of cultivating such microbes on glycerol and other feedstocks.

A process for in situ gasification of mineral oil in a subterranean formation comprises running a tool having a controllable thermal device therein from a surface production facility down to the subterranean formation, bringing said tool into operational proximity with the mineral oil in said subterranean formation, and activating the tool to operate the thermal device within a predetermined temperature range to generate gases or oily vapours from said mineral oil, which permits either an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) method with reduced water contamination, or a gas production process (GPP) which is useful in reducing environmental risks normally associated with transport of crude oil.

A process for recovery of hydrocarbons in a production fluid from an underground reservoir of said hydrocarbons, the process comprising of: (a) injecting a viscosity reducing solvent of a fraction of said hydrocarbons into said reservoir at a pressure in the reservoir of above a liquid / vapor phase change pressure of a fraction of said solvent; said pressure in said reservoir also being sufficient to cause geomechanical formation dilation or pore fluid compression, and then, (b) allowing said solvent to mix with said hydrocarbons under pore dilation conditions, and then, (c) reducing the pressure in said reservoir to below said liquid / vapor phase change pressure of at least said fraction of said solvent thereby evincing solvent gas drive of said fraction of said hydrocarbons from said reservoir; and then, (d) repeating steps (a) to (c) as required.

The invention discloses a gas-conducting pressure measuring intermittent producing oil exploitation device. The gas-conducting pressure measuring intermittent producing oil exploitation device makes contact with well liquid during working, the gas-conducting pressure measuring intermittent producing oil exploitation device comprises gas conducting and pressure measuring equipment used for measuring the hydrostatic fluid column pressure, controlling equipment used for receiving data of the gas conducting and pressure measuring equipment so as to control oil pumping equipment to realize intermittent oil production, and the oil pumping equipment making direct contact with the well liquid, wherein the gas conducting and pressure measuring equipment comprises tubular billet pressure measuring equipment and sleeving pressure measuring equipment, the tubular billet pressure measuring device comprises a nitrogen cylinder, a nitrogen booster pump, a capillary steel pipe used for conducting nitrogen, a pressure transmitting cylinder used for bearing the nitrogen and tubular billet pressure sensors connected to an outlet of the nitrogen booster pump and an inlet of the capillary steel pipe which are sequentially connected, and the sleeving pressure measuring device comprises a sleeving pressure sensor connected with the oil pumping equipment. Controller equipment receives data of a data collector to control the working frequency of oil extraction equipment or start and stop of the oil extraction equipment, so that the intermittent production is realized to achieve the effect of reducing the production cost.

The invention provides a coiled tubing clamping device and an injection head using the clamping device, belonging to the field of oil production and drilling equipment. The clamping device comprises a saddle-type clamping block, a clamping block seat and a gasket, wherein the saddle-type clamping block has a groove on the bottom; at least two pairs of hook blocks are arranged on the sidewall of the groove; the clamping block seat includes a hinge pin and a rolling shaft sleeve sheathed on the hinge pin; a position limiting stage and a bolt hole are arranged on the bottom of the clamping blockseat; bosses corresponding to the hook blocks of the clamping block are arranged on both sides of the bottom of the clamping block seat; and two through holes are formed on the lower part of the clamping block seat along the hinge pin direction. The injection head comprises an oil pipe clamping device and a transmission chain, wherein the oil pipe clamping device is mounted on the transmission chain through two hinge pin holes on the clamping block seat. The injection head is convenient in maintenance and has long service life by using the rolling shaft sleeve to substitute for a bearing. The clamping blocks are convenient in replacement, and have a large floating range so as to reduce the abrasion of the oil pipes during operation.

A system and method for dispatching a plurality of vehicles operating in a work area among a plurality of destination locations and a plurality of source locations includes implementing linear programming that takes in an optimization function and constraints to generate an optimum schedule for optimum production, utilizing a reinforcement learning algorithm that takes in the schedule as input and cycles through possible environmental states that could occur within the schedule by choosing one possible action for each possible environmental state and by observing the reward obtained by taking the action at each possible environmental state, developing a policy for each possible environmental state, and providing instructions to follow an action associated with the policy.

A process for the recovery of hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon bearing formation having an extraction chamber where the extraction chamber has an extraction surface. The process has the steps of heating a solvent, such as propane, and then placing the solvent into the extraction chamber at a temperature and a pressure sufficient for the solvent to be in a vapor state in the chamber and to condense on the extraction surface. The next step is to produce a liquid blend of solvent and heavy oil and then to separate the solvent from said heavy oil. Then the solvent is purified, before being re-injected into the formation again. The purification step removes less condensable fractions from the solvent to ensure a purity that is high enough to support continued heat transfer at extraction conditions. The pressure and temperature are set to levels to cause less condensable fractions to drain away with the liquid bitumen and solvent blend that is produced, thus mitigating heat transfer poisoning.

A method for utilizing whole crude oil as a feedstock for the pyrolysis furnace of an olefin production plant wherein the feedstock after preheating is subjected to mild cracking conditions until substantially vaporized, the vapors from mild cracking being subjected to severe cracking in the radiant section of the furnace.

A method of foaming a fluid for recovering gas from a gas well and enhancing oil production from a gas-lifted oil well penetrating a subterranean oil-bearing formation is disclosed and claimed. The method includes introducing into the fluid a foam-forming amount of a composition comprising at least one compound having the general formula:R1 is selected from a saturated linear or branched alkyl, an unsaturated linear or branched alkyl, a substituted naphthalene, a substituted benzene, a natural oil, and a natural oil derivative. R2 is a C2-C8 alkyl. R3, R4, and R5 are independently selected from trimethyl, triethyl, diethyl, monoethyl, benzyl dimethyl, and benzyl diethyl. X is selected from hydrogen, methyl, and ethyl. Z− is a negatively charged counterion.

A method for enhanced production of hydrocarbon fluids from an organic-rich rock formation such as an oil shale formation is provided. The method generally includes completing at least one heater well in the organic-rich rock formation, and also completing a production well in the organic-rich rock formation. The method also includes the steps of hydraulically fracturing the organic-rich rock formation from the production well such that one or more artificial fractures are formed, and heating the organic-rich rock formation from the at least one heater well, thereby pyrolyzing at least a portion of the organic-rich rock into hydrocarbon fluids Pyrolyzing the organic-rich rock formation creates thermal fractures in the formation due to thermal stresses created by heating. The thermal fractures intersect the artificial fractures. As an additional step, hydrocarbon fluids may be produced from the production well. Preferably, the organic-rich rock formation is an oil shale formation.

An evaporation based method for generation of high pressure steam from produced water in the heavy oil production industry. De-oiled produced water is processed through a high pH / high pressure evaporator driven by a commercial watertube boiler. The vapor produced by the evaporator is suitable for the steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) method being utilized by heavy oil recovery installations, without the use of once through steam generators that require extensive chemical treatment, and without requiring atmospheric distillation, which requires high power consuming compressors. Evaporator blowdown may be further treated in a crystallizing evaporator to provide a zero liquid discharge (ZLD) system and, with most produced waters, at least 98% of the incoming produced water stream can be recovered in the form of high pressure steam.

The method of the invention is applicable to oil production to obtain the impact of technical and economic uncertainties on the economic profitability of a reservoir and / or to optimize the position of a new well in order to meet a development strategy. The invention includes in stage 1, uncertain technical parameters having an influence on the reservoir production are selected; in stage 2, an analytic model expressing the reservoir production in the course of time is determined as a function of the parameters selected in stage 1, from production values obtained by means of a flow simulator; and in stage 3, a model expressing the economic profitability of the reservoir is determined as a function of the technical and economic parameters, from the analytic model determined in stage 2.

A thermal in-situ method and apparatus are provided for recovering hydrocarbons from subterranean hydrocarbon-containing formations such as oil sands, oil shale and other heavy oil systems. Recovery of viscous hydrocarbon by hot fluid injection into subterranean formations is assisted by using a specially designed wellbore with an active hydraulic seal, with a axial communication zone with multiple injection perforations separated from the production perforations by a moveable packer. In addition, a novel downhole thermal sensing apparatus is used to monitor and control oil production. A producing mechanism including pumping equipment lifts the produced oil from the central cavity to the surface.

The present invention relates to one kind of fracturing proppant for petroleum production and its production process. The proppant comprises quartzite grains and hardened thermoset resin film coating the surface of the quartzite grains. The proppant of the present invention has high breaking strength and low cost, and may be used to replace expensive haydite sand.

The present invention is related with bioplasticizers or primary oleochemical plasticizers and the improved process for obtaining thereof. It refers primarily to epoxydized oleochemical plasticizers produced from vegetable oils, as substitute of traditional petrochemical plasticizers. The process starts with the epoxydized product of natural oils, such as sunflower, linseed, Jatropha curcas, soybean, etc., which are transesterified with an alcohol such as ethylic or methylic, in the presence of a catalyst such as sodium methoxide or sodium hydroxide in order to produce an alkylic esters mixture of the fatty acids that were present in the oil or oil mixture used as raw material in the epoxydized oil production. When the plasticizer obtained by the process already mentioned is used for the formulation of moldable poly(vinyl chloride), PVC, resins; the resulting plastic films get adequate hardness, static and dynamic thermal stability, and plasticizer extractability by solvents, such as n-hexane, gasoline and oil. Besides, when the PVC resin is formulated with a phthalic or terephthalic plasticizers mixture and the bioplasticizer, the bioplasticizer presents a full range solubility and or compatibility with the remainder of the resin compounds. The oxyrane chemical ring of the bioplasticizer is an excellent chemical neutralizer of the HCL that might be formed from the PVC, due to the action or interference of thermal or UV radiation.

A well screen assembly (70) with a controllable variable flow area. The well screen assembly (70) comprises an outer tubular section (80), the outer tubular section (80) containing a first plurality of openings (90) disposed in a pattern (100) throughout a length “L” of the outer tubular section (80); an inner tubular section (110) that is disposed within the outer tubular section (80), the inner tubular section (110) containing a second plurality of openings (120) disposed in the same pattern (100) throughout a length L of the inner tubular section (110), and when the first plurality of openings (90) and second plurality of openings (120) align, the openings form a plurality of passageways (130) through the outer tubular section (80) and inner tubular section (110). The well screen assembly (70) may therefore, vary the flow of production fluid through it and upwards through the interior of a production tubing (40).

The invention provides a method for measuring the liquid-producing of oil well and optimizing the working condition, and the system. The method comprises obtaining the floor data transferred by sensor on the oil pumping unit in oil well, transferring the floor data to condition collection and monitor cell by no-wire communicated net; taking over said floor data by condition collection and monitor cell and transferring the floor data to the measuring cell for liquid-producing and monitoring the running condition of oil well; after taking over the floor data by the measuring cell for liquid-producing, calculating liquid-producing according to the floor data and the base data stored in database. By the invention, under the condition that there in no measuring station in oil well, the automatic extraction for the floor data of remote oil well is realized and the dynamic change can be mastered in time under no-human on duty.

In the oil production industry one objective of the field operator is to streamline their oil pumping operations for the more efficient production. The current invention is a controller device used to continuously control and optimize oil production from a well. The current invention is used in conjunction with a precise well measuring device, i.e. a device that can precisely measure characteristics of a well at a moment in time, for generating real-time information to be used by the controller device to optimize the rate of oil production.

A system and method are provided for producing algae with high oil content. The system includes a chemostat formed with a conduit for growing algae, an input port for feeding a medium into the conduit, and an output port for passing an effluence from the conduit. Further, the chemostat includes a paddlewheel or other device that moves the medium around the conduit. Also, the system includes a plug flow reactor for receiving the effluence from the chemostat. In order to trigger high oil production in the algae, a modified nutrient mix is added to the effluence in the plug flow reactor. Specifically, the modified nutrient mix comprises a limited amount of a selected constituent to trigger oil production in the algae. Further, the system includes an algae separator for removing high oil content algae from the plug flow reactor.

A process for the recovery of hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon bearing formation having an extraction chamber where the extraction chamber has an extraction surface. The process has the steps of heating a solvent, such as propane, and then placing the solvent into the extraction chamber at a temperature and a pressure sufficient for the solvent to be in a vapor state in the chamber and to condense on the extraction surface. The next step is to produce a liquid blend of solvent and heavy oil and then to separate the solvent from said heavy oil. Then the solvent is purified, before being re-injected into the formation again. The purification step removes less condensable fractions from the solvent to ensure a purity that is high enough to support continued heat transfer at extraction conditions. The pressure and temperature are set to levels to cause less condensable fractions to drain away with the liquid bitumen and solvent blend that is produced, thus mitigating heat transfer poisoning.

The invention provides an improved method for extracting heavy oil or bitumen contained in a reservoir. The invention involves directing the formation of a solvent fluid chamber through the combination of directed solvent fluid injection and production at combinations of horizontal and / or vertical injection wells so as to increase the recovery of heavy oil or bitumen contained in a reservoir. The wells are preferably provided with flow control devices to achieve uniform production.

The invention relates to a microemulsion heavy wax crystal emulsifying dispersant applied to an oil well for tertiary oil recovery, and is mainly used for solving the problem that the oil production rate is influenced due to the high return pressure and the short thermal washing period of the oil recovery well caused by that serious wax precipitations are generated by the oil well which contains thickened oil and is high in polymer flooding and viscosity. The emulsifying dispersant is prepared from the following components by weight percent: 1% to 3% of high-molecular polymer wax inhibitor, 13% to 25% of organic aromatic solvent, 1% to 3.5% of emulsifying agent, 8% to 12% of sulfonate, 10% to 12.5% of alcohol, 10% to 20% of demulsifier and 25% to 35% of water. The emulsifying dispersant has the dual effects of eliminating and preventing the waxy bitumen colloid precipitations with long molecular chains or high carbon number in crude oil from being precipitated, so that the wall sticking quantity of condensate oil is greatly decreased; the running load of the oil well is reduced; and the well washing period is prolonged. Thus, the oil production rate is improved.

The development and application of a novel non-polar oil recovery process utilizing a non-dispersive solvent extraction method to coalesce and recover oil from a bio-cellular aqueous slurry is described herein. The process could apply to recovery of algal oil from a lysed algae slurry, recovery of Omega fatty acids from a bio-cellular aqueous feed, recovery of Beta-carotene from a bio-cellular aqueous feed and for the removal from produced water in oil production and similar type applications. The technique of the present invention utilizes a microporous hollow fiber (MHF) membrane contactor. The novel non-polar oil recovery process described herein can be coupled to a collecting fluid (a non-polar solvent such as heptane, a biodiesel mixture or the previously extracted oil) that is circulated through the hollow fiber membrane. In cases where the biodiesel mixture or the previously extracted oil is used the solvent recovery step (e.g. distillation) can be eliminated.

The present invention relates to a thermochemistry assistant strengthening steam drive method for thermal recovery of horizontal well using oil-soluble compound viscosity reducer and carbon dioxide. The technique scheme is that: Drilling an horizontal well below the heavy oil reservoir layer, injecting periodically oil-soluble compound viscosity reducer, carbon dioxide liquid and steam in slug injection forms to horizontal well, after shutting in well and opening to blow, continuous oil extraction is operated by the inner lower pump in horizontal well. The present invention can reduce base oil viscosity of super heavy oil reservoir in lower or middle deep layers greatly, reduce steam injection pressure greatly, enhance steam hot wave and range, and enhance period exploitation effect. The scene experiment proves that the average period oil-steam ratio reaches to 0.75, average period oil production is 1800t, the room experiment proves that developing thermochemistry assistant strengthening steam drive in the late period of middle deep layer of super heavy oil reservoir, the final oil reservoir recovery can reach about 40%.

The invention provides a steel plate having low-temperature toughness, high tensile strength and low yield ratio, as well as a method for making the same. By combining simple combination design of alloying elements with optimized TMCP process, the method successfully solves the problem that low-temperature impact toughness and low yield ratio are in mutual conflict and difficult to reconcile in composition design and process design, which reduces the amount of steel material, saves cost, lightens the dead weight of a steel structure, increases stability and safety, and more importantly, improves the safety, stability and seismic damage resistance of the steel structure. The steel plate can be widely applied to large-scale high-rise building structures, bridge structures, offshore oil production platform structures, low temperature pressure vessels and large-scale ship structures.

The invention belongs to the field of metal materials and discloses a large-thickness and high-strength quenched and tempered steel plate and a production method thereof. The steel plate mainly consists of the following chemical components by weight percentages: not more than 0.18% of C, 0.1-0.4% of Si, not more than 1.2% of Mn, 0.7-1.7% of Ni, 1.0-1.5% of Cr, 0.4-0.6% of Mo, 0.03-0.08% of V, 0.02-0.04% of Al, 0.0005-0.0020% of B, Fe and unavoidable impurities. The molten steel designed according to the components of the invention can be rolled into the large-thickness steel plate by smelting process, casting process, heating process, rolling process, water cooling process and quenching and tempering process. The steel plate has the advantages of reasonable component design, good comprehensive properties and low production cost, can be applied to off-shore oil production platform engineering, power stations, engineering scaffolds and other industries and has good application prospect.

The invention relates to a functional resin tectorial membrane proppant and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of oil-gas field development. The functional resin tectorial membrane proppant comprises aggregate and a resin film coated on the aggregate. Said resin film comprises organic silicon compounds of one or more active groups of amino, hydroxyl, carboxyl, alkoxyl and hydrosulphonyl. The side chain of the organic silicon compound is a hydrophobic group. The cured resin film has different wetting qualities for oil and water. The functional resin tectorial membrane proppant of the invention has a function of allowing the smooth permeation of oil gas and preventing water from penetrating through the proppant. Such a function improves the separation effect ofoil gas and water and reduces the oil production cost. The excellent hydrophobicity of the resin film facilitates the proppant to have excellent water resisting property and improves the crushing resistance of the proppant, so that the stream guidance effect is good for a long time.