445 results about "Steam injection" patented technology

Single horizontal wells drilled through heterogeneous reservoirs are capable of greater oil productivity than vertical wells, often with lower produced GOR and WOR. Multiple drainholes tied-in to a vertical cased well are even more beneficial. Completion of such drainholes in many sandy reservoirs must use cemented liners. Well configurations comprising multiple drainholes liners, each of them tied-in to a vertical casing by pressure-tight connections require novel technologies making use of some novel downhole equipment, tools and procedures for drilling, tie-in and completion of such wells. These may be for newly-drilled wells or may be obtained by re-entry into an existing vertical cased well. Specific equipment, including novel casing joints, whipstocks, intermediate liners and tubing completion assembly components applicable to new wells are described herein. Equipment comprising novel casing inserts and patches applicable to re-entry wells, and the corresponding tubing completion assembly components for a variety of well exploitation modes are also described, together with the required tools and procedures. The liners of the drainholes are such that known well logging and cleaning tools may be used throughout the well's life. The various tubing completion assemblies can all be run-in and installed in a single trip. They allow either commingled flow from all drainholes or selective injection into some drainholes while others are under production. They are adapted to a variety of reservoir pressure conditions and of oil types, including heavy oil produced by sequential "huff and puff" steam injection.

The invention discloses a tri-cogeneration system and a tri-cogeneration method for generating power, producing hydrogen and producing fresh water by the aid of a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor of a nuclear power plant. The tri-cogeneration system comprises a closed helium circulating system of the nuclear power plant, a superheater, a steam generator, a raw seawater pipeline, a flash evaporator, a steam ejector, a seawater desalting device, a water feeding pump, a solid oxide electrolytic tank and an auxiliary steam pipeline. The tri-cogeneration system and the tri-cogeneration method have the advantages that the circulating system of the nuclear power plant, steam electrolysis and hydrogen production processes and distillation seawater desalination processes are coupled with one another, the power is generated by the aid of a helium gas turbine at first, waste heat of partial exhaust gas of the helium gas turbine is used for electrolyzing steam and producing the hydrogen, low-temperature waste heat cooling water of a cooler is used for carrying out distillation seawater desalination by means of coupled flash evaporation and steam injection, and accordingly diversified water, power and hydrogen tri-cogeneration modes can be implemented; the electric power and the fresh water which are required for steam electrolysis and hydrogen production can be provided by means of seawater desalination and nuclear power generation, accordingly, the tri-cogeneration system is high in circulating heat efficiency and good in adjustment performance and has a good economic benefit, the reliability of equipment can be improved, environmental pollution can be reduced, the tri-cogeneration system and the tri-cogeneration method have excellent application prospects, and the like.

The invention relates to a multifunctional three-dimensional physical simulation experimental apparatus for thermal recovery by steam injection. The apparatus comprises a three-dimensional model body, a temperature control box, an injection and recovery device, an energy storage and buffer device and a data collector; the three-dimensional model body comprises an inner chamber and an outer chamber connected in a sleeving manner; an annulus is provided between the inner chamber and the outer chamber; the annulus is used as part of energy buffering so as to better accumulate and release energy during steam huff and puff; a perforation combination of the three-dimensional model body allows simulation of different well types, reservoir types and injection fluid combinations; the three-dimensional model body is moved into the temperature control box, simulation study on development manners and development mechanisms under different reservoir temperatures is achieved by changing the interior temperature of the temperature control box; the apparatus is suitable for the physical simulation of the heat injection development of heavy oil reservoirs with bottom water; experimental conditions are provided for the study on different injection fluids, well pattern types and development modes.

The invention discloses injecting equipment and an environment simulation system based on the injecting equipment, wherein the injecting equipment and the environment simulation system are used for the direct connection test of a novel stamping engine. According to the technical scheme of the invention, the equipment and the system solve the problems in the prior art that an existing test environment simulation system cannot simulate the air inflow condition and meet the requirement on the injecting capacity, and is low in injecting efficiency and large in investment scale. The injecting equipment comprises a plurality of steam injecting units arranged on the gas collecting pipe of the simulation system. Each steam injecting unit comprises a high-flow steam generator and a set of two-stage steam injection pumps, wherein the set of two-stage steam injection pumps is formed through the serial connection of a first steam injection pump and a second steam injection pump. The output end of the high-flow steam generator is respectively connected with the first steam injection pump and the second steam injection pump. The first steam injection pump is connected with the gas collecting pipe through a steam injection pipe. A first steam injection and isolation valve is arranged between the first steam injection pump and the gas collecting pipe. A second steam injection and isolation valve is arranged between the first steam injection pump and the second steam injection pump.

The invention provides a method for improving the recovery ratio of a sensitive heavy oil reservoir. The method utilizes combined application of a high-temperature clay stabilizer, a sustained-release acidizing fluid system, an efficient oil-displacing agent and carbon dioxide in the development of the sensitive heavy oil reservoir to improve the single-well development effect and the recovery ratio of the sensitive heavy oil reservoir. The technical scheme is that the method comprises the steps of first utilizing the temperature-sensitive sustained-release acidizing fluid system to treat a polluted treat near-well-bore zone, then injecting the liquid carbon dioxide, utilizing the high-temperature clay stabilizer to protect an oil layer before steam injection and injecting a high-temperature oil-displacing agent system while the steam injection; then performing well shut-in for soaking and well opening for gushing and putting a pump into a well to perform continuous oil extraction. A field test shows that the oil-steam ratio of an average period of a vertical well reaches to 0.4, the oil-steam ratio of an average period of a horizontal well reaches to 0.6, and the periodic oil yield exceeds 1000t. A laboratory test shows that the final recovery ratio can reach to higher than 35% by adopting a process related to the method for improving the recovery ratio of the sensitive heavy oil reservoir.

We provide an evaporation based zero-liquid discharge method for generation of steam for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes utilizing once-through steam generators (OTSGs). The method includes feeding the OTSG(s) with produced water, vaporizing a fraction of this water for steam injection and blowing down the balance of the water. This water, referred to as OTSG blowdown, can be flashed to produce a vapor stream and a liquid that is fed to a mechanical vapor compression (MVC) evaporative process. The latent energy contained in the vapor stream generated by the upstream flash is beneficially recycled to substantially reduce or eliminate the energy consumption of the MVC process. The evaporative process can be used to reduce the liquid waste for disposal or eliminate the need for liquid disposal by achieving zero liquid discharge.

The invention discloses an oil pumping unit system with multiple sections of steam injection packer parts. The oil pumping unit system comprises an oil pumping unit body, a steam injection thermal production oil pump and a packer assembly. The oil pumping unit body is connected with the steam injection thermal production oil pump through a traction system of the oil pumping unit body. The steam injection thermal production oil pump is connected with the packer assembly through a release sub. The packer assembly comprises the release sub, a first oil discharging pipe, a first side sealing spindle, a second oil discharging pipe, a second side sealing spindle, a third oil discharging pipe, a third side sealing spindle, a packer body, a one-way valve, a first spraying head, a second spraying head, a sealing ring, a fourth oil discharging pipe, a third side sealing spindle, a fifth oil discharging pipe, a fourth side sealing spindle, a third spraying head, a ventilation pipe, a cable inletguiding part and a side gas pipeline.

The invention relates to a novel method capable of improving deep super-thick oil reservoir recovery efficiency. According to the method, in the steam huff and puff and steam flooding processes, a water-soluble nano-catalyst is injected to make the viscosity of super-thick oil under the condition of an oil reservoir be reduced substantially, as a result, the fluidity of the super-thick oil under the condition of the oil reservoir is improved, the shortcomings that a deep super-thick oil reservoir is high in steam injection pressure and low in well bottom steam dryness are effectively overcome, steam injection quantity also can be reduced, and the purpose of economical and efficient development of the deep super-thick oil reservoir is achieved. On the basis of steam huff and puff and steam flooding, the method of improving deep super-thick oil reservoir recovery efficiency can reduce the velocity of crude oil by more than 80%, increase the recovery percent by about 15%, and increase the gas-oil ratio in a huff and puff well period by 0.15.

The invention discloses a down-hole steam injection string of a thick-oil thermal production well. The down-hole steam injection string is capable of protecting a casing in a steam injected well, improving the dryness of steam at the bottom of the well, and improving the steam injection heat efficiency and the steam injection effect. The steam injection string comprises a heat insulation pipe and a wall-hook packer; the heat insulation pipe, a backwashing valve and a sealed telescopic pipe are orderly connected to form an internal steam injection string; the wall-hook packer is orderly connected with a sealing sleeve and a switch assembly to form an external steam injection string; the wall-hook packer of the external steam injection string is down and sealed and hung on the inner wall of the casing; the sealed telescopic pipe of the internal steam injection string is inserted in the switch assembly of the external steam injection string and is capable of sliding in the sealing sleeve. The down-hole steam injection string of the thick-oil thermal production well can be reused after being put down once; the steam injection quality is obviously improved, the oil-steam ratio is increased, and an obvious oil increasing effect is achieved. The down-hole steam injection string of the thick-oil thermal production well is simple in structure and reliable in working; besides, the swept volume of the steam and multi-turn steam injection efficiency are improved, the energy source is thoroughly saved, the casing is effectively protected, and the defect of leakage at the wellhead casing head of the existing steam injection string is eliminated.

The invention discloses a three-dimensional simulation method for exploiting a super-heavy oil reservoir through an FUSE technology. The method is implemented under the true triaxial loading conditionand comprises the following steps of target stratum simulation, stress loading, hydraulic expansion, steam circulating process simulation and heavy oil extracting and exploiting process simulation. Asimilar material and natural oil sand are adopted to simulate the stratum, stress loading is conducted to restore the true reservoir stratum stress environment, and oil sand reservoir stratum hydraulic expansion is conducted through a high-pressure water pump and a pre-buried stainless steel pipe; temperature data of different time and stratum positions are collected through a temperature sensor;the communication performance of double horizontal wells and the developing situation of the expansion area are detected; then, high-temperature steam injection circulation operation is conducted through a steam generator, temperature data are collected through a temperature sensor, and real-time monitoring of steam cavity expanding is achieved; and after the reservoir stratum temperature reachesthe transferring temperature, heavy oil exploiting is conducted through an external negative-pressure extracting exploiting system. The three-dimensional simulation method provides an effective testing measure and method for studying the mechanism of exploiting the super-heavy oil reservoir through the FUSE technology.

The invention provides a method for improving the development effect steam assisted gravity drainage (SAFD) through ammonium carbonate. The method comprises the steps that a, a double-horizontal-well pair or a vertical well-horizontal well set is arranged, wherein in the double-horizontal-well pair, a steam injection well is located above a production well, and in the vertical well-horizontal well set, a vertical well is a steam injection well, and a horizontal well is a production well; and b, in the continuous production stage of the production well, an ammonium carbonate solution is injected into the steam injection well in a continuous injection mode or a segmental injection mode till the instantaneous oil-steam ratio is decreased to 0.1-0.2, injection of the ammonium carbonate solution is stopped, and production is completed. By adoption of the technical scheme, the production degree of a deep heavy oil reservoir can be effectively improved, the heat energy utilization rate and development efficiency are improved, the recovery ratio of the oil reservoir is increased, and the development effect of the oil reservoir is improved.

The invention provides a displacement exploitation method for heavy oil reservoir after artificial foam primer and steam flooding. The method comprises: selecting a target oil reservoir and a target well group; stopping a well group steam injection and oil exploitation process, and injecting an artificial foam oil primer slug and a gas slug into injection wells; opening wells to exploit oil when formation pressure rises so that bottom-hole static pressure of a production well reaches a set value; after injecting the gas slug, continuing the inject steam to the injection wells, judging whether injection transfer conditions and lower economic limit are satisfied or not, and determining whether to continue oil exploitation or stop oil exploitation. By using an artificial foam oil primer in the method, it is possible to reduce crude oil viscosity and surface tension for a near-wellbore formation, gas is dispersed in micro bubble form in oil-in-water emulsion, rheological properties of crude oil are improved, oil-gas-water to-be-mixed phase fluid is formed, elasticity energy is supplemented to the formation, overall mobility of fluid in the oil reservoir is improved, mobility of crude oil is improved, and single-well productivity and final recovery are increased.

There is provided herein a system and method for de-toxifying and de-scaling source water. In some embodiments, source water will be mixed with either an aluminum source or an iron source to separate endotoxins from acidic proteins and convert the naturally present bicarbonate in source water to carbon dioxide. Endotoxins and carbon dioxide will then be removed from source water by a stage of hydrophobic membranes to produce de-toxified and de-carbonated source water. Calcium hydroxide will be mixed with the de-toxified and de-carbonated source water to form precipitates comprising foulants and sulfate. A recoverable and reusable amine solvent will also be used to induce efficient precipitation. Possible reuse applications for the treated source water by the inventive methods that minimize excessive uses of potable water may include hydro-fracturing of shale and sand formations and heavy oil recovery by steam injection.

The invention relates to a thermo-sensitive sand consolidation, channeling sealing and well completion integrated chemical system used for steam injection for thermal recovery. The chemical system is characterized in that it includes a low viscosity furfuryl alcohol prepolymer, a temperature selective curing agent, and resorcinol. The chemical system is chemically stable under oil reservoir temperature and wellbore temperature conditions. Thermal initiation after steam injection can be utilized to form high strength foam resin with cured resin as a continuous phase and gas as a dispersion phase, and a resin film is formed on a stratum sand surface. The stratum sand is cemented through a hydrogen bond, thus consolidating the stratum sand and plugging large channels. A single-fluid technique can be adopted for construction in a thermal recovery development process, and integration of sand consolidation and channeling sealing can be realized.

The invention relates to a temperature-resistant phenolic resin sand control agent and a preparation method and application thereof. The preparation method of the temperature-resistant phenolic resin sand control agent comprises the following steps of: (1) carrying out a reaction on coal tar and aldehyde under the action of acid catalyst to obtain a reaction product, wherein the acid catalyst is a mixture of p-toluenesulfonic acid and sulfamic acid; and (2) mixing the reaction product obtained by the step (1) with the phenolic resin, thus the temperature-resistant phenolic resin sand control agent is obtained. The temperature-resistant phenolic resin sand control agent provided by the invention can be used for improving washing resistance and corrosion resistance of an artificial boreholewall to high-temperature steam in a steam injection process and prolonging sand control life of a steam stimulation oil well.

The invention discloses a fuel gas thermal desorption-steam enhanced vapor extraction in-situ coupling repair method for a composite organic contaminated site. A high-temperature flue gas heating well, a steam injection well and a vapor extraction well are included. High-temperature flue gas generated by a combustor is subjected to heat transfer through the high-temperature flue gas heating well for soil remediation; flue gas returned from the high-temperature flue gas heating well is introduced into the steam generator, softened water for generating steam is introduced into the steam generator at the same time, and steam generated by heat of the flue gas is injected into the steam injection well and used for steam enhanced vapor extraction. High-temperature flue gas generated by thermal desorption of fuel gas and steam generated by external softened water are used for steam injection of steam enhanced vapor extraction, internal coupling of GTR and SEE is truly achieved, waste heat ofhigh-temperature flue gas is recovered, waste heat utilization is achieved, remediation efficiency is greatly improved, and the method is particularly suitable for benzene series, petroleum hydrocarbon, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and halogenated hydrocarbon composite organic contaminated sites.