39792 results about "Petroleum engineering" patented technology

The present invention provides a catalytic steam gasification process for gasifying petroleum coke. The solids composition within the gasification reactor of the disclosed invention is maintained by controlling the catalyst composition of the feed. The process utilizes sour water from the raw gasification product gases to recover and recycle catalyst. Fine particles generated in the handling of coke are advantageously utilized to increase the efficiency of the process.

The invention refers to a method and system for purifying the hydraulic pressure oil in hydraulic pressure machine. The method includes magnetism absorbing step which absorbs the metal particles in the hydraulic oil through magnetism structure onto the magnetism structure and a filter step blocking the impurities in the sift filter core, and finishes the first grade filter, and the second filter step with a sorption filter; the system includes: forward oil boxes connected in series, oil heater, magnetism filter, oil pump, sorption filter, backwards oil boxes and electric control system. Each device is connected through oil pipes and valves, all of which are set in a mobile machine box, moves the box, the purification to hydraulic pressure oil of different locations can be carried on conveniently.

Particulate compositions are described comprising a carbonaceous material, such as petroleum coke and/or coal, treated or otherwise associated with a gasification catalyst, where the catalyst is at least in part derived from a leachate from a biomass char, for gasification in the presence of steam to yield a plurality of gases including methane and at least one or more of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and other higher hydrocarbons are formed. Processes are also provided for the preparation of the particulate compositions and converting the particulate composition into a plurality of gaseous products.

The present invention is a bi-center drill bit designed to drill out the cement and other material in the casing and then proceed to drill out the full gauge drilling diameter borehole with a diameter greater than the inside of the casing. The bi-center drill bit is configured with non-drilling bearing elements that contact with the casing when the bit is drilling the cement without allowing the gauge cutting elements of the bi-center drill bit to contact the casing. The bi-center drill bit also has a cutting element configuration which prevents reverse scraping of the cutting elements when drilling both the cement and the formation.

A petroleum well has an electronic module and a number of sensors which communicate with the surface using the tubing string and casing as conductors. Induction chokes at the surface and downhole electrically impede AC flow through the (tubing or casing if so configured) with the resulting voltage potential useful for power and communication. A high bandwidth, adaptable spread spectrum communications system is used to communicate between the downhole electronics module and a surface master spread spectrum modem. Downhole sensors, such as pressure, temperature, acoustic and seismic sensors accurately assess downhole physical conditions. In a preferred form, the electronics module and sensors are wireline insertable and retrievable into a side pocket mandrel in the tubing string. Permanent downhole sensors that can communicate with the surface allow such diverse applications as optimizing well and field performances, monitoring and assessing the geophysics of the fomrations around the well, assessing well and reservoir reserves, assessing reservoir conditions.

The present invention relates to aqueous oilfield treatment fluids containing a gas component and fibers, wherein the fluids may further include a viscosifying agent and/or proppant. The fluids have good proppant suspension and transport properties as well as excellent gas phase stability. Use of fluids comprising an aqueous medium, a gas component, viscosifying agent, and fibers for hydraulically fracturing a subterranean formation, cleanup operations, and gravel packing a wellbore, are also disclosed.

A system and method have a choke in fluid communication with a rotating control device. The choke controls flow of drilling mud from the rotating control device to a gas separator during a controlled pressure drilling operation, such as managed pressure drilling (MPD) or underbalanced drilling (UBD). A probe is in fluid communication with the drilling mud between the choke and the gas separator. During operations, the probe evaluates gas in the drilling mud from the well passing from the choke to the gas separator.

The invention discloses a fracturing well site layout system. The fracturing well site layout system comprises a gas source, a processing device, a power supply system, a power distribution system, anelectric drive fracturing device, an electric drive sand mixing device, a sand supply device, a liquid supply device, an instrument device and a high-low pressure manifold, wherein the gas source provides fuel needed by power generation for the power supply system after being processed by the processing device; the power supply system drives the electric drive fracturing device and the electric drive sand mixing device through the power distribution system; the sand supply device provides fracturing sand needed by mixing for the electric drive sand mixing device; the liquid supply device provides needed liquid for the electric drive sand mixing device; the output end of the electric drive sand mixing device is connected with the electric drive fracturing device through the high-low pressure manifold; the electric drive fracturing device communicates with a well mouth through the high-low pressure manifold; and the instrument device is used for remotely controlling the electric drive fracturing device and the electric drive sand mixing device. The fracturing well site layout system has the beneficial effects that the occupied area is smaller, the output power of the single electricdrive fracturing device is larger, wiring of the whole well site layout is simpler, the wiring time is shorter, and application is more flexible.

The present invention provides electrostatic spinning apparatus and its industrial application. The apparatus includes polymer solution conveying machine, spinning nozzle device connected to the outlet of the polymer solution conveying machine, spinning bath below the spinning nozzle device, fiber turning guide roller set inside the spinning bath and electrodes set on the spinning nozzle device and the spinning bath. The apparatus of the present invention is used in spinning polymer, and has greatly raised wet spinning speed, great fiber drafting magnification, well oriented fiber molecule chain, compact fiber structure, greatly raised mechanical performance of fiber, wide solvent selecting range, simplified electrostatic spinning equipment, raised solvent recovering rate and less environmental pollution caused by the solvent.

A system for measuring desired drilling parameters of a pipe string during an oil and gas well drilling operation is provided that includes a top drive assembly; a pipe running tool engageable with the pipe string and coupled to the top drive assembly to transmit translational and rotational forces from the top drive assembly to the pipe string; and one or more measurement devices mounted to the pipe running tool for measuring the desired drilling parameters of the pipe string during the oil and gas well drilling operation.

The present invention relates to a bag type paste-injecting hole-sealing equipment and its hole-sealing method. Said bag type paste-injecting hole-sealing equipment includes the following several portions: bag, internal end supporting component, middle portion supporting component, external end supporting component, paste injection control valve, reverse check valve and pressure control pin. Besides, said invention also provides the concrete steps of said hole-sealing method.

A diesel powered vehicle is provided with an SCR system which uses an external reducing reagent to convert NOx emissions in a manner which accounts for the effects of NOx transient emissions on the reducing catalyst. Actual NOx emissions produced by the engine are filtered using a variable NOx time constant in turn correlated to the reductant/NOx storage capacity of the reducing catalyst at its current temperature to account for changes in the SCR system attributed to NOx transient emissions. Catalyst temperature is filtered using a variable catalyst time constant corresponding to current space velocity of the exhaust gas to account for changes in the catalyst temperature attributed to NOx transient emissions. The reductant is metered on the basis of the filtered, corrected NOx concentration applied at a NSR ratio based, in turn, on the filtered, corrected reducing catalyst temperature.

A method is disclosed for offshore drilling in which a bit is driven at a far end of a drill string, drilling fluid is injected into the drill string from surface drilling facilities, and drilling fluid passes through the far end of the drill string and flushes the borehole at the bit and entrains cuttings into the drilling fluid which circulates up the casing/drill string annulus. The drilling fluid drawn off near the mudline and is treated through a subsea primary processing stage to removing the cuttings from the drilling fluid. The treated drilling fluid is then returned to the surface with a subsea return pump system and passes to surface drilling facilities for injection and recirculation.

A system and process are provided for recovering and/or cleaning residual or waste petroleum products such as sludge accumulated within a storage tank or upon process equipment surfaces, or from inorganic materials such as sand or clay, and the like. The system and process include a negatively charged aqueous-based dispersion fluid, which is contacted with the petroleum product under controlled relatively high pressure and high shear conditions for fluidizing hydrocarbon molecules and for preventing such molecules from adherence to process equipment surfaces, or contaminants such as sand or clay. Additional mechanical separation as by subjecting the mixed petroleum product and dispersion fluid slurry to sonic vibration may also be employed. The thus-fluidized slurry of petroleum products, dispersion fluid, and inorganic materials can be separated by conventional techniques, as by settling and/or flotation, for further individual processing and/or re-use.

Provided are coated sleeved oil and gas well production devices and methods of making and using such coated sleeved devices. In one form, the coated sleeved oil and gas well production device includes one or more cylindrical bodies, one or more sleeves proximal to the outer diameter or inner diameter of the one or more cylindrical bodies, hardbanding on at least a portion of the exposed outer surface, exposed inner surface, or a combination of both exposed outer or inner surface of the one or more sleeves, and a coating on at least a portion of the inner sleeve surface, the outer sleeve surface, or a combination thereof of the one or more sleeves. The coating includes one or more ultra-low friction layers, and one or more buttering layers interposed between the hardbanding and the ultra-low friction coating. The coated sleeved oil and gas well production devices may provide for reduced friction, wear, erosion, corrosion, and deposits for well construction, completion and production of oil and gas.

The invention relates to a torsional impact drilling tool used for applying low amplitude high frequency torsional impact to a drill bit during a drilling process, which can increase the drilling efficiency and the service life of the drill bit and lesson the tripping operation and the drilling cost. The technical scheme of the torsional impact drilling tool is as follows: a housing is connected with a short section of a drilling column led into the drill bit by a spline, and is positioned by a shaft shoulder; a screw motor rotor and a screw motor stator form a screw motor, the screw motor rotor is eccentrically connected to a transmission shaft by a universal shaft and two bearings, and four diversion holes are arranged on the transmission shaft; the lower end of the transmission shaft is connected with a carrier with a cavity; a sliding impactor is arranged in the cavity and is fixed by pins, and an impact hammer is arranged in the sliding impactor; a falling prevention ring is connected with the housing by screw threads; and the damping shaft shoulder on the short section of the drilling column led into the drill bit is matched with the impact hammer of the sliding impactor to form a ratchet wheel structure. The torsional impact drilling tool has simple structure, and can be used in hard strata of a deep well; and as being short, the tool is also applicable to the deflecting operation and can be used in crooked well holes, thereby reducing the phenomenon of stick-slip of the drill bit and improving the rate of penetration.

The invention provides a foaming agent suitable for oil-field development. The foaming agent suitable for oil-field development comprises the following components by weight percent: 0.05-1.0% of anionic surfactant, 0.05-1.0% of amphoteric surfactant, 0-1.0% of nonionic surfactant, 0.01-1.0% of foam stabilizer, 0-0.8% of inorganic salt and the balance water. The composition and proportioning of the foaming agent can be adjusted at any time according to the actual situations of different application fields of oil-field development, the foaming agent is convenient in production, has wide applicability and remarkable economic benefit; and the foaming agent has good biodegradability and can not pollute the environment or damage the formation.

A method is provided for in-situ production of oil shale and gas (methane) hydrates wherein a network of fractures is formed by injecting liquified gases into at least one substantially horizontally disposed fracturing borehole. Heat is thereafter applied to liquify the kerogen or to dissociate the gas (methane) hydrates so that oil shale oil and/or gases can be recovered from the fractured formations.

A method for simulating a drilling tool assembly having a drill string and a drill bit. The method includes simulating a dynamic response of the drill string; simulating a dynamic response of the drill bit; and resolving the dynamic response of the drill string and the dynamic response of the drill bit into a dynamic response of the drilling tool assembly.

The invention provides a method for producing liquid hydrocarbons by first generating in a pressure swing reformer a synthesis gas stream having a mole ratio of H₂:CO greater than 2:1. Then, a portion of the hydrogen is separated to produce a synthesis gas stream having a mole ratio of H₂:CO of about 2:1 which steam is then introduced into a hydrocarbon synthesis reactor for conversion to liquid products.

Integrated drilling and evaluation systems and methods for drilling, logging and testing wells are provided. The drilling and evaluation systems are basically comprised of a drill string, a drill bit carried on a lower end of the drill string for drilling a well bore, logging while drilling means included in the drill string for identifying subsurface zones or formations of interest, packer means carried on the drill string above the drill bit for sealing a zone or formation of interest below the packer means, and a fluid testing means included in the drill string for controlling the flow of well fluid from the zone or formation of interest into the drill string. The drilling and evaluation systems and methods for using the systems allow one or more subsurface zones or formations of interest in a well to be drilled, logged and tested without the necessity of removing the drill string from the well.

The invention relates to a crushing equipment for petroleum coke, in particular to a special crushing equipment for petroleum coke capable of intermittent feeding. The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a special petroleum coke crushing equipment capable of intermittent feeding, which is fast in crushing speed, high in working efficiency, not easy to be injured in the crushing process, and easy to operate. In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention provides such a special crushing equipment for petroleum coke capable of intermittent feeding, which includes a bottom plate, a collection frame, a right side plate, a shell, a lower hopper, a crushing frame, etc.; the top of the bottom plate passes through The collection frame is installed by bolt connection, the right side plate is installed on the top right side of the bottom plate by bolt connection, the shell is installed on the top of the right plate by bolt connection, and an intermittent feeding device is installed in the shell. The present invention filters the petroleum coke dropped from the crushing frame through the filter frame, so that the petroleum coke that is not broken completely can be filtered in the filter frame.

Integrating a biomass pyrolysis and upgrading process into a fluid catalytic cracking unit. The process uses conventional FCC feed and a mixture of a solvent and biomass to produce upgraded fuel products. A slurry stream composed of solid biomass particles and a solvent is fed into an FCC riser through a slurry pump to achieve biomass pyrolysis and in situ pyrolysis oil upgrading. The catalytic cracking of the conventional petroleum feed also occurs in the riser.

In some embodiments, an apparatus and a system, as well as a method and an article, may operate to acquire live video stream information from an imaging device, the information including down hole cuttings image information, and then to process the down hole cuttings image information to determine data that quantifies at least one of a shape, a size distribution, or a volume of the down hole cuttings. Further activities include publishing changes in the data in conjunction with probable conditions associated with a borehole drilling operation or a borehole pumping operation. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.

An apparatus and method for providing a controllable supply of fluid, and optionally power and/or communication signals, to a subsea equipment are provided. The fluid may be a water-based fluid, oil-based fluid, or chemicals. The apparatus includes a reservoir disposed on a seabed for storing a supply of fluid for delivery to the subsea well equipment. A subsea pumping device is configured to receive the fluid from the reservoir, pressurize the fluid, and deliver the pressurized fluid to an accumulator of a hydraulic power unit disposed on the seabed. The hydraulic power unit can store the pressurized fluid and control an output of the pressurized fluid to the subsea well equipment, thereby providing a subsea fluid source for the subsea equipment.

In one aspect, the invention provides a method for modeling the wear of a fixed cutter bit drilling earth formations. A method for determining wear of a fixed cutter drill bit includes simulating the fixed cutter drill bit drilling an earth formation; determining a cutter-formation interaction force and a relative sliding velocity of a selected area on a cutting surface on a cutter of the fixed cutter drill bit during the drilling; and calculating a wear rate of the selected area based on the cutter-formation interaction force and the relative sliding velocity.

A fixed cutter drill bit and a method for designing a fixed cutter drill bit includes simulating the fixed cutter drill bit drilling in an earth formation. A performance characteristic of the simulated fixed cutter drill bit is determined. A side rake angle distribution of the cutters is adjusted at least along a cone region of a blade of the fixed cutter drill bit to change the performance characteristic of the fixed cutter drill bit.

This invention relates to improving the flow of flowing streams of hydrocarbons, such as petroleum or finished products, in a conduit such as a pipeline. The present invention also relates to a stable, nonagglomerating nonaqueous suspension suitable for improving flow of hydrocarbons in conduits, particularly finished product hydrocarbons in conduits.

The invention relates to an oil deposition steam injection thermal recover multi-mode linkage three-dimensional simulation system. The system comprises a steam injecting system, an oil deposit model body, a burden pressure system, and a data acquiring and graph processing system, wherein the oil deposit model body is used for simulating an actual oil deposit; and the oil deposit model body comprises a shell of an oil deposit model, a heat insulating layer, a simulative oil deposit, a simulative straight well, a simulative horizontal well, a pressure guiding pipe, and a thermocouple and an interface of the thermocouple. The technical proposal realizes the simulation of steam thruput elastic energy, and the design of high-temperature and high-pressure oil deposit model body meets the requirements of well networks and well types for various assemblies.

A gas turbine engine has an oil tube for delivering oil through a high temperature zone of the engine to an engine component for cooling and lubrication. An insulation tube surrounds the oil tube and extends in a substantial length of the oil tube. The opposed ends of the insulation tube are integrally and sealingly connected to respective end portions of the oil tube to form a dead air annulus between the oil tube and the insulation tube.