Split Flow Pumping System for Independent Well Treatment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current well treatment systems are limited in their ability to simultaneously and independently treat multiple wells with different fluid compositions, requiring all wells to cease treatment if one well experiences issues, leading to inefficiencies in oil and gas production.
Innovation Solution
A split flow pumping system configuration that includes a blending system producing two distinct compositions and a pumping system with multiple pumps, allowing for simultaneous and independent treatment of wells with different treatment compositions, controlled by sensors and a controller to manage pressures, flow rates, and compositions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single fluid composition is used to treat multiple wells simultaneously, then equipment and operations can be simplified, but all wells must cease treatment if one well experiences issues and treatment flexibility is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The pumping system is segmented into multiple independent pump units (first pumping unit, second pumping unit, third pumping unit, fourth pumping unit), each capable of delivering fluid to different wells independently. This segmentation allows each well to receive treatment independently, so that treatment of one well can continue even if another well experiences issues, thereby achieving treatment flexibility while maintaining manageable system complexity through modular design
2Reliability
If multiple wells are treated with different fluid compositions simultaneously, then treatment effectiveness for each well is improved, but system complexity and blending requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The blending system is divided into separate blending units (first blending unit, second blending unit) that independently produce different fluid compositions. Each pumping unit draws from these blending units to deliver appropriate compositions to specific wells, enabling tailored treatment for each well while keeping the blending system complexity manageable through independent, modular blending units rather than a single complex centralized system
Solution Approach 2:
The blending units are designed to produce multiple different fluid compositions using the same basic blending equipment. The first blending unit can produce both the first fluid composition and the second fluid composition, and the second blending unit can similarly produce multiple compositions. This multi-functionality allows the system to deliver different compositions to different wells without requiring separate specialized equipment for each composition type, thereby improving treatment effectiveness while controlling system complexity
3Manufacturing precision
If treatment operations are halted to modify composition for a well, then composition accuracy is improved, but productivity and time efficiency decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The system maintains continuous treatment operations across multiple wells through independent pumping units. When one well requires composition modification or experiences issues, the other pumping units continue delivering treatment to their respective wells without interruption. This continuity of useful action ensures that treatment productivity is maintained at high levels while composition accuracy for individual wells can be adjusted independently without halting overall operations
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates generally to well operations. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a systems and methods for independently and/or simultaneously treating multiple wells from a centralized location using a split flow pumping system configuration. The split flow pumping system configuration may comprise one or more blenders, one or more boost pumps, a pumping system comprising one or more pumps, a component storage system, and a fluid storage system for treatment of two or more wells using two or more treatment compositions. The split flow pumping system configuration may comprise one or more controllers for controlling the one or more blenders, the one or more boost pumps, the pumping system comprising one or more pumps, the component storage system, and the fluid storage system. The system may comprise one or more sensors for collecting data corresponding to the one or more pressures, flow rates, injection rates, compositions, temperatures, and densities of at least one of the first composition and the second composition, wherein the controller controls the one or more pressures, flow rates, injection rates, compositions, temperatures, and densities of at least one of the first composition and the second composition based, at least in part, on the data.