Chevron U.s.a. Inc.

Soong Hay Tam

Gregory Arthur Winslow

Chao Yan

Wei Wang

Amos Sunghyun Kim

Baosheng Liang

Wei Wei

Wade H Williams

Andrei Sergiu Popa

Alicia Sanchez

Clinton C Terry

Sam Kidd

Jason Robert Parizek

Infrared images of a vessel may be obtained and analyzed to determine the amount of sand in the vessel. Portions of the infrared images with low pixel values may be filtered out as depicting background (e.g., sky, ground). Portions of the infrared images with high pixel values may be filtered out as depicting portions of the vessel without sand. The number of pixels depicting the vessel and the number of pixel depicting portions of the vessel with sand may be used to monitor the amount of sand in the vessel and facilitate maintenance operations for the vessel.

Vessel sand monitoring using infrared images

A method for evaluating a chemical treatment at a subsurface for improved well performance may include obtaining information about a post-reaction fluid that results from a fluid flowing through a testing vessel for a period of time, where the testing vessel comprises a plurality of materials, where the plurality of materials is designed to be representative of the subsurface, and where the plurality of materials comprises rock and proppant. The method may also include performing, using the information, a compatibility test on the post-reaction fluid and the plurality of materials after the period of time. The method may further include evaluating, after performing the compatibility test, an effect of the post-reaction fluid on the plurality of materials.

Optimizing chemical treatment at the subsurface for improved well performance

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Soong Hay Tam