Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

Landmark Graphics Corporation

Chevron U.s.a. Inc.

Geomechanics International, Inc.

Taylor, Robert S.

Ronald Glen Dusterhoft

Philip D Nguyen

Harold Grayson Walters

Stanley Vernon Stephenson

Richard Dale Rickman

Vladimir Nikolayevich Martysevich

Enrique Antonio Reyes

Tommy Frank Grigsby

Jimmie Dean Weaver, Jr

Mikko K Jaaskelainen

Travis Thomas Hailey, Jr

Neil Alan Stegent

Gary P Funkhouser

William Mark Richards

Joshua Lane Camp

Floyd Randolph Simonds

William Owen Alexander Ruhle

Audis C Byrd

Michael Linley Fripp

Roger Lynn Schultz

Bradley Leon Todd

Dipti Singh

Syed Hamid

Johnny A Barton

Robert S Taylor

Ubong Akpan Inyang

Amit Kumar

Priyesh Ranjan

Robert K Michael

Ajish Potty

Sanjay M Vitthal

Kenneth E Williams

Jonathan Smith

Jackie M LaFontaine

Kurt Rohrbough Harpold, Jr

Carl Bismarck Ferguson

Shameem Siddiqui

Doug W Walser

Kim Vance Thornton

Jiten Chatterji

Larry Steven Eoff

Thomas Donovan Welton

Loan K Vo

Timothy Holiman Hunter

Luke William Holderman

Aaron Michael Beuterbaugh

James Marshall Barker

Jeffrey Marc Yarus

Michael A McCabe

Tatyana V Khamatnurova

David B Allison

Glenn Robert McColpin

Norman Raymond Warpinski

David W Ritter

Robert Lestz

R Ashley Donaldson

Alex Procyk

John R Podowski

Oscar Andres Cabada Kriebel

Harvey J Fitzpatrick

Jim Basuki Surjaatmadja

James William Ogle

Michael Wayne Sanders

Antonio Recio, Iii

Denise Nicole Benoit

Rajender Salla

Ken A Smith

Loyd Eddie East

Travis Hope Larsen

Loyd E East, Jr

Mehdi Sebdani Mazrooee

Jesse Clay Hampton

Sheldon Burt Gorell

Jun Su An

David M Adams

Bhadra D Desai

Dwain G King

Mike W Sanders

Travis Hailey

Mallikarjuana Shroff Rama

Brice Y Kim

Walter F Glover

Janet L Roper

Michael Thomas Pelletier

Robert Paul Freese

Calvin Lynn Stegemoeller

Etienne M Samson

Srinath Madasu

Liang Xin Xu

Eldon Dwyann Dalrymple

William David Henderson

Mohamed Yousef Soliman

Chad Adam Fisher

Bryan John Lewis

Leonard R Case

Marko Maucec

Mark S Holly

Henry Louis Restarick

Jianfu Ma

Tommie Austin Freeman

A method including reacting carbon dioxide from exhaust gas produced at a wellsite to produce a solid metal carbonate, and microwaving the solid metal carbonate to produce recovered carbon dioxide and solid metal alkaline. A system for carrying out the method is also provided.

Applying metal alkaline and microwave pyrolysis for separating and capturing carbon dioxide from exhaust gas

A method of constructing an injection well for a geothermal energy system comprising determining a fracture area of an injection well with a curved wellbore by inputting the curved wellbore path, a set of formation properties, and a fracturing operation, into a fracturing model. The curved wellbore path can promote fracture interference between fracture stresses extending from the injection wellbore. A production model can determine an economic value of the production fluids produced from at least one production well by determining a contact time for the injection fluids to traverse the formation. A design process can iterate the curved wellbore path of the injection well to produce a production fluid with an economic value above a threshold value.

Optimizing well placement to maximize exposed hydraulic fracture area in geothermal wells

A method of servicing a well having a wellbore extending from a surface wellsite and penetrating a subterranean formation, can include contacting a binder composition with particulate material, and binding the particulate material with the binder composition to form consolidated particulate material in the wellbore, in the formation, or both. The binder composition can include an aqueous fluid, an alkali metal silicate, and a silicate bonding activator.

Methods and compositions used in controlling formation sand production, proppant flowback, and fines migration

Provided are methods and systems for combining hydrogen supply and fuel cell processes for increased efficiency of electricity generation. The method may include decomposing methane to produce at least hydrogen, introducing at least a portion of the hydrogen to a fuel cell to generate at least electricity and heat, and capturing at least a portion of the heat from the fuel cell to reduce an electricity requirement for the methane decomposition. The system may include a methane preheater, a reaction system, a hydrogen storage system, a hydrogen fuel cell, and a heat recovery unit. The reaction system may comprise one or more reaction chambers containing a liquid base fluid, carrier droplets and a catalyst, wherein the reaction system is configured to decompose methane. The heat recovery unit may be configured to supply waste heat from the hydrogen fuel cell to the methane preheater.

Combined hydrogen supply and fuel cell processes for increased efficiency of electricity generation

Introduced herein are system and method for precisely determining the actual location of a standing wave created within a wellbore as well as other key properties about the created wave. The introduced system and method utilize a fiber optic sensing system, such as fiber optic Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) system, that actively interrogates and monitors fiber optic sensors along the length of a wellbore. The introduced system and method generate one or more pressure pulses that combine with one another to create a standing wave within a wellbore and process the acoustic response of the standing wave using the fiber optic DAS system over a wide range of frequencies. Based on the measurements, the introduced system and method determine the actual location of the created standing wave and move it to a desired location within the wellbore by adjusting one or more properties of the pressure pulses.

Using fiber optic sensing to establish location, amplitude and shape of a standing wave created within a wellbore

Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for controlling a hydraulic fracturing job. Systems and methods are provided for receiving diagnostics data of a hydraulic fracturing completion of a wellbore, accessing a fracture formation model that models formation characteristics of fractures formed through the wellbore into a formation surrounding the wellbore during the hydraulic fracture completion with respect to surface variables of the hydraulic fracturing completion, selecting one or more subsurface objective functions from a plurality of subsurface objective functions for changing one or more of the formation characteristics of the fractures, and applying the fracture formation model based on the diagnostics data to determine values of the surface variables for controlling the formation characteristics of the fractures to converge on the one or more subsurface objective functions.

Fracturing control

Methods and compositions for enhancing the flow rate and heat transfer efficiency of wellbores and/or propped fractures for use in geothermal operations are provided. In some embodiments, the methods comprise: injecting an etching agent into an injection inlet of a first wellbore penetrating a first portion of a subterranean formation, wherein the injection inlet is disposed at a first location at or near a surface of the subterranean formation; injecting a working fluid having a first temperature into the injection inlet; allowing at least a portion of the working fluid to flow from the injection inlet to a production outlet of a second wellbore penetrating a second portion of the subterranean formation; and producing the portion of the working fluid out of the production outlet at a first rate and at a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature.

Methods for enhancing and maintaining heat transfer efficiency between geothermal heat and injection fluid

A downhole tool having a downhole end and an uphole end, including: an anchor assembly positioned proximate to the downhole end; at least one flowmeter assembly selectively positionable from the downhole tool wherein the at least one flowmeter assembly includes a flowmeter having a throughbore generally aligned with an axis of the flowmeter; and a waveguide positioned proximate to the uphole end, wherein the at least one flowmeter assembly is positioned proximate to the anchor, wherein the waveguide extends through the throughbore and is secured at the anchor assembly.

Downhole tool for detecting features in a wellbore, a system, and a method relating thereto

Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for controlling a hydraulic fracturing job. Systems and methods are provided for receiving diagnostics data of a hydraulic fracturing completion of a wellbore, accessing a fracture formation model that models formation characteristics of fractures formed through the wellbore into a formation surrounding the wellbore during the hydraulic fracturing completion with respect to surface variables of the hydraulic fracturing completion, selecting one or more subsurface objective functions from a plurality of subsurface objective functions for changing one or more of the formation characteristics of the fractures, the one or more subsurface objective functions including an objective function for cluster efficiency, the objective function for cluster efficiency including flow distribution throughout a plurality of clusters of perforations, and applying the fracture formation model based on the diagnostics data to determine values of the surface variables.

Cluster efficiency operation control

Methods and fluids for enhancing friction reduction. An example method introduces a treatment fluid into a wellbore tubing disposed in a wellbore. The wellbore tubing is composed of metal ions. The treatment fluid is composed of an aqueous fluid and a metal silicate. The method further includes coating at least a portion of the wellbore tubing with a silicate film produced from the reaction of the metal silicate with the metal ions of the wellbore tubing and then fracturing the subterranean formation.

Enhancing friction reduction and protection of wellbore equipment during hydraulic fracturing

The disclosure provides a method and system for extracting carbon dioxide from an exhaust gas. The method includes lowering a temperature of an exhaust gas using a heat exchanger, lowering a concentration of a particulate matter within the lowered temperature exhaust gas, and passing the lowered particulate concentration and lowered temperature exhaust gas through one or more membrane modules to produce a membrane module permeate flow that contains a higher concentration of carbon dioxide compared to a concentration of carbon dioxide in the lowered particulate concentration and lowered temperature exhaust gas. Further, the system includes a heat exchanger fluidly coupled to a particulate filter that is configured to lower a concentration of the particulate matter within the exhaust gas, and one or more membrane modules fluidly coupled to the particulate filter and configured to produce the membrane module permeate flow.

Systems and methods for capturing carbon dioxide in exhaust gas

An apparatus for measuring mechanical properties of a rock formation. The apparatus includes force application fixtures configured to apply opposing compressive forces to a disc-shaped sample of a core plug specimen from the rock formation. Each of the force application fixtures include an applicant portion having an end cap. The end cap has a shaped surface that is configured to conform with a portion of a non-planar side of the disc-shaped sample such that substantially an entire volume of the disc-shaped sample experiences a compressive stress when the opposing compressive forces are applied to the portions of the non-planar side. A system and method for measuring mechanical properties of a rock formation are also disclosed.

Method, apparatus and system for estimation of rock mechanical properties

A system includes a first instrumented bridge plug positionable in a downhole wellbore environment. The first instrumented bridge plug includes an acoustic source for transmitting an acoustic signal. The system also includes a second instrumented bridge plug positionable in the downhole wellbore environment. The second instrumented bridge plug includes an acoustic sensor for receiving a reflected acoustic signal originating from the acoustic signal. The reflected acoustic signal being usable to interpret wellbore formation characteristics of the downhole wellbore environment.

Instrumented bridge plugs for downhole measurements

A method comprising: introducing a first fluid into a wellbore above a fracture gradient of a subterranean formation penetrated by the wellbore to create a first plurality of fractures within a first portion of the subterranean formation; introducing a second fluid comprising at least one acid component into the wellbore above the fracture gradient of the subterranean formation penetrated by the wellbore to create a second plurality of fractures within a second portion of the subterranean formation; allowing the second fluid to enter at least one natural fracture in the first or second portion of the subterranean formation allowing the acid component to dissolve at least a portion of the subterranean formation to form one or more induced fractures in fluidic communication with the natural fracture, at least some of the first plurality of fractures, and at least some of the second plurality of fractures.

Inducing subterranean formation complexity

A method of enhanced oil recovery may comprise placing into a subterranean formation a production enhancement fluid comprising a short chain hydrocarbon phase and a silane based wettability modifier, wherein the short chain hydrocarbon phase comprises hydrocarbons having 5 or less carbon atoms; allowing the production enhancement fluid to remain in the subterranean formation for a shut-in period; and producing hydrocarbons from the subterranean formation.

Wettability modification for enhanced oil recovery

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Katy, TX, United States of America

Ronald Glen Dusterhoft