Saudi Arabian Oil Company

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology

Abeer Ateeq Alarawi

Murtadha J AlTammar

Abdullah Mohammed Al Moajil

Abdullah Abbas Alrustum

Ahmad S Busaleh

Ayman Mohammed Almohsin

Khalid Mohammed Alruwaili

Bader Ghazi Al-Harbi

Rami Adel Sindi

Rima Taqi Alfaraj

Sajjad Al Darweesh

Masfer Alkahtani

Waddah Al Mahri

Jasim Rubeh

Sarah Yacob Alaskar

Nora Khalid Alsudairi

Tamim Hassan Alshehri

A composition for consolidating a carbonate rock formation includes ground calcium carbonate (GCC) and a solvent. A method of consolidating a carbonate rock formation includes providing a consolidant composition comprising ground calcium carbonate (GCC) and a solvent, applying the consolidant composition to a rock formation, and allowing the GCC to precipitate onto the rock formation.

Compositions and methods for utilizing ground calcium carbonate for consolidating carbonate rock formation

Methods of subterranean carbon dioxide storage may include: introducing, through an injection wellbore to a subterranean formation includes a basaltic formation, a carbonated aqueous fluid; reacting the carbon dioxide or an ion thereof with the basaltic formation to form mineralized carbon and a produced aqueous fluid; flowing a mixture of the carbonated aqueous fluid and/or the produced aqueous fluid through one or more formation fractures; depositing the mineralized carbon dioxide within the subterranean formation; and flowing the produced aqueous fluid from the subterranean formation through a first production wellbore, wherein a portion of the first production wellbore is substantially parallel to a portion of the injection wellbore, and wherein the one or more formation fractures are substantially perpendicular to a portion of the injection wellbore and a portion of the first production wellbore.

Carbon dioxide mineralization and storage

Systems and methods for measuring pH of a drilling fluid in a downhole drilling environment are disclosed. The system includes wireless pH sensing devices dispersed in the drilling fluid and circulated through a borehole. The wireless pH sensing devices include a capsule shell for protecting internal electronics from harsh downhole conditions. The electronics include an electrolyte insulator semiconductor field-effect (EIS) pH sensor structure, a controller, RF communications unit and power supply. The pH sensing devices periodically measure the pH of the fluid while circulating through the borehole. Upon return of the sensors above ground, the pH measurements are wirelessly provided to a monitoring computer, prior to recirculating the sensors through the borehole.

System and method for real-time drilling fluids pH measuring utilizing electrolyte insulator semiconductor field-effect sensors

A foamed composition includes a base fluid, a graphene particle, one or more surfactants, a gas, and an inorganic acid. The foamed composition has a foam quality in a range from 50 to 90 vol/vol % at a temperature in a range from 120° C. to 165° C. A method of stimulating a hydrocarbon-bearing formation includes introducing the foaming composition into the hydrocarbon-bearing formation under a pressure greater than fracturing pressure of the hydrocarbon-bearing formation to generate fractures in the hydrocarbon-bearing formation and generating a foam from the foaming composition inside the hydrocarbon-bearing formation using a gas. The foam has a half-life of 130 to 260 min at 200° F.

Foamed acid system stabilized by two dimensional-graphene and surfactant composite for fracturing application

A foam composition includes a foam stabilizer, a foaming agent, a brine, and an inert gas. The foam stabilizer includes graphene. The foaming agent includes a viscoelastic surfactant. The inert gas is in the form of gas bubbles dispersed through a mixture of the foam stabilizer, the foaming agent, and the brine. The foam composition is configured to convert to a gel that is substantially impermeable to fluid flow in response to exposure to downhole conditions of a subterranean zone.

Foamed gel system for water shut off in subterranean zones

A composition for consolidating a carbonate-based formation includes a zinc metalloenzyme and calcium carbonate. A method for consolidating a carbonate-based formation to mechanically enhance the formation, includes injecting a fracture within the formation with the composition.

Consolidation of carbonate-based formation rocks with ground calcium carbonate

A method for improving oil and gas well productivity includes introducing a lubricating agent into a microfracture in a subterranean formation, coating at least a portion of a first surface and a second surface of the microfracture with the lubricating agent to produce a coated microfracture; and, providing a sufficient time for the coated microfracture to close. The introducing, the coating and the providing cause the first surface and the second surface of the coated microfracture to misalign after the closure of the coated microfracture and an opening to form between the first surface and the second surface. An encapsulated lubricating agent includes 30 to 50 wt % of a lubricating agent, and 50 to 70 wt % of an encapsulant encapsulating at least a portion of the lubricating agent.

Method for improving oil and gas well productivity and encapsulated lubricating frac fluid additive by lubrication of stimulated reservoir volume

Devices, methods, and systems for carbon dioxide (CO) sequestration using a cellulose nanofiber (CNF) aerogel, having a monolithic structure. The monolithic structure includes an aerogel matrix, a plurality of crosslinked CNFs, and a plurality of cellulose nanocrystal acetone (a-CNC) suspension particles, where the plurality of crosslinked CNFs and the plurality of a-CNC suspension particles are dispersed throughout the aerogel matrix. Systems and methods for COsequestration include locating a COproducing process, separating, using a first membrane system, a feed stream into a mixed solid and liquid stream and a first gas stream and separating, using a second membrane system, the first gas stream to produce a second gas stream and a COrich stream. Systems and methods further include directing the COrich stream to a cellulose nanofiber (CNF) aerogel unit and adsorbing COfrom the COrich stream.

Cellulous nanofiber aerogels-based bio unit for sequestering flow back CO2 after hydraulic fracturing operations

Methods and systems for treating a subterranean formation including kerogen are provided. An exemplary method includes forming a mixture including field water and oxygen, and injecting the mixture through a wellbore into the subterranean formation to oxidize at least a portion of the kerogen.

Wet-air oxidation of kerogen in subterranean formations

A method of stimulating a hydrocarbon-bearing formation may include generating a foamed fracturing fluid having a half-life of 160 to 300 min at 77&#xb0; F. The foamed fracturing fluid may comprise a fluorosurfactant, a nanoparticle, and a gas phase. The method may then include introducing the foamed fracturing fluid into a hydrocarbon-bearing formation under a pressure greater than the fracturing pressure of the hydrocarbon-bearing formation to generate fractures in the hydrocarbon-bearing formation. Another method of stimulating a hydrocarbon-bearing formation may include introducing a foaming composition into the hydrocarbon-bearing formation under a pressure greater than fracturing pressure of the hydrocarbon-bearing formation to generate fractures in the hydrocarbon-bearing formation. The foaming composition may include a fluorosurfactant, a nanoparticle, and a gas phase. The method then may include generating a foam from the foaming composition inside the hydrocarbon-bearing formation. The foam may have a half-life of 160 to 300 min at 77&#xb0; F.

Interfacial assembly of integrated silica nanoparticles and fluorosurfactant heterostructures in foamed fracturing fluids

A drill bit for drilling a subterranean formation. The drill bit includes a drill bit body, at least one cutting element disposed on the drill bit body, and an optical sensor disposed on the drill bit body and configured to generate an environmental parameter measurement while drilling the subterranean formation. The optical sensor includes a fiber bragg grating embedded in an optical fiber that passes through a first channel in the drill bit body and a second channel in the drill string to couple to a surface logging station for analyzing the environmental parameter measurement, where the environmental parameter measurement represents at least a downhole chemical composition measured by the fiber bragg grating, and an analysis result of the surface logging station is presented to a user to facilitate a drilling operation.

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Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Abeer Ateeq Alarawi