Saudi Arabian Oil Company

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

Eyad Alali

Rajendra Arunkumar Kalgaonkar

Mohammed Abdullah Bataweel

Nisar Ullah

Muhammad Mansha

Mohammed Abudullah Bataweel

Norah W Aljuryyed

Mustafa Alkhowaildi

Ayman Mohammed Almohsin

Brian Andrew Roth

Fahd Ibrahim Alghunaimi

Fakuen Frank Chang

Qasim Sahu

Young Chul Choi

Abdullah A Alomier

Fahd Ibrahim AlGhunaimi

Arif Al-Zawwadi

Saad Hejji Al-Ruwayshid

Mohammed A Bataweel

A method includes providing a well extending underground from a surface, using radial drilling to drill a primary tunnel extending in an outwardly direction from the well at a first axial location along the well, installing a chemical storage assembly in the primary tunnel, and ejecting chemicals from the chemical storage assembly into the well.

Method for downhole chemical storage for well mitigation and reservoir treatments

Systems to produce a pond water, pond water compositions, and methods for using pond water compositions are provided. The system may include a rainwater collection system, a water purification system, a condensate collection system, and a mixing tank configured to receive and mix the various water sources to form a pond water. A system for forming a fracturing fluid is provided, wherein the system may include the system for producing a pond water, an additive feed system, and a mixer configured to receive and mix pond water from the mixing tank with one or more additives from the additive feed system to produce a frac fluid. A method of fracturing a well is also provided, which may include producing a pond water, mixing the pond water with one or more additives to form a frac fluid, and pumping the frac fluid downhole to fracture the well.

Pond water (gas plant discharge) based fracturing fluid

A system includes a well extending through an underground formation, a primary tunnel extending a length outwardly from the well at a first axial location along the well, a battery installed in the primary tunnel, recharging equipment connected to the battery, and electrically powered downhole equipment positioned in the well, wherein the downhole equipment is connected to the battery.

Method for downhole installation of batteries with recharging and energy harvesting systems in dedicated compartments

A method for constructing docking stations for downhole robots is disclosed. The method includes determining locations and respective dimensions along a sidewall of a wellbore for drilling tunnels, constructing, based on the locations and respective dimensions, the tunnels extending from the sidewall of the wellbore, installing a downhole robot docking station in a first where the downhole robot docking station is disposed external to the wellbore, installing a power source in a second tunnel where the power source is disposed external to the wellbore, and connecting the downhole robot docking station and the power source via an electrical connection disposed along at least the sidewall of the wellbore.

Method for creating multiple downhole smart docking stations for robot battery recharging and data transferring

A method, wellbore, and pill for treating a region of a subterranean formation adjacent a wellbore zone of the wellbore, including injecting a gellable treatment composition (e.g., as the pill) through the wellbore zone into the region of the subterranean formation adjacent the wellbore zone, allowing the gellable treatment composition to form nanoparticles in-situ in the region and gel in the region via heat provided by the region to prevent or reduce flow of an unwanted fluid from the region into the wellbore zone. The gellable treatment composition may include a zwitterionic gemini surfactant (ZGS).

Treatment of subterranean formations

A method for using produced water (PW), for example, for use in a fracturing fluid. The method includes performing ultrafiltration on the PW to form filtered PW, filtering seawater (SW) to form filtered SW, and blending the filtered PW with the filtered SW to form an aqueous blend.

Water mixture for fracturing application

A fracturing fluid may include a first surfactant and a second surfactant. The first surfactant may have a structure represented by formula (I): wherein m is an integer ranging from 2 to 3, and n, o, and k are each, independently, integers ranging from 2 to 10. The second surfactant having a structure represented by Formula (II): wherein Ris a C-Chydrocarbon group or a C-Csubstituted hydrocarbon group, Ris a C-Chydrocarbon group, and p and q are each, independently, an integer ranging from 1 to 4. Methods of treating a hydrocarbon-bearing formation include injecting the fracturing fluid in the hydrocarbon-bearing formation, the fracturing fluid being configured to transport a proppant in fractures of the hydrocarbon-bearing formation.

Fracturing fluids based on viscoelastic surfactants

A wellbore fluid including a first surfactant, a second surfactant, an activator and an aqueous base fluid is provided. The first surfactant has a structure represented by Formula (I): where Y, Y, Y, Yare each, independently, a sulfonate, a carboxylate, an ester or a hydroxyl group, m is an integer ranging from 2 to 3, and n, o, and k are each, independently, integers ranging from 2 to 10. The second surfactant has a structure represented by Formula (III): where Ris a C-Chydrocarbon group or a C-Csubstituted hydrocarbon group, Ris a C-Chydrocarbon group, and p and q are each, independently, an integer ranging from 1 to 4. A method of using the wellbore fluid for treating a hydrocarbon-containing formation is also provided.

Methods and compositions of piperazine-based viscoelastic surfactants as diversion agents

A wellbore fluid including a first surfactant, a second surfactant, an activator and an aqueous base fluid is provided. The first surfactant has a structure represented by Formula (I): where Y, Y, Y, Yare each, independently, a sulfonate, a carboxylate, an ester or a hydroxyl group, m is an integer ranging from 2 to 3, and n, o, and k are each, independently, integers ranging from 2 to 10. The second surfactant has a structure represented by Formula (III): where Ris a C&#x2014;Chydrocarbon group or a C&#x2014;Csubstituted hydrocarbon group, Ris C&#x2014;Chydrocarbon group, and p and q are each, independently, an integer ranging from 1 to 4. A method of using the wellbore fluid for treating a hydrocarbon-containing formation is also provided.

Piperazine-based viscoelastic surfactants for hydraulic fracturing applications

A wellbore fluid including a first surfactant, a second surfactant, an activator and an aqueous base fluid is provided. The first surfactant has a structure represented by Formula (I): where m is an integer ranging from 2 to 3, and n, o, and k are each, independently, integers ranging from 2 to 10. The second surfactant has a structure represented by Formula (III): where Ris a C-Chydrocarbon group or a C-Csubstituted hydrocarbon group, Ris a C-Chydrocarbon group, and p and q are each, independently, an integer ranging from 1 to 4. A method for treating a hydrocarbon-containing formation with the wellbore fluid is also provided.

Methods and compositions of using viscoelastic surfactants as diversion agents

A matrix stimulation tool includes a cylindrical tube; at least one piston disposed within the cylindrical tube and longitudinally moveable within the cylindrical tube; and at least one hollow tube coupled to the piston, the hollow tube including a distal end disposed within a hole disposed within a wall of the cylindrical tube. Movement of the piston within the cylindrical tube causes movement of the distal end of the at least one hollow tube through the hole.

Matrix stimulation tool

Treating a gas condensate reservoir having a porous formation material includes introducing a formation treatment fluid to the gas condensate reservoir and maintaining the formation treatment fluid in the gas condensate reservoir. The formation treatment fluid is a dispersion including metal oxide nanoparticles, and the gas condensate reservoir includes discrete portions of condensate in contact with the porous formation material.

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Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Eyad Alali