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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Conocophillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Ramesh Sharma, Houston, TX (US);
Travis Dinsdale, Calgary, CA;
Amber J. Taylor, Fort McMurray, CA;
Babajide Kolade, Tulsa, OK (US);
Jay Locklear, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Assignee:
CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/66 (2006.01); E21B 43/24 (2006.01); C02F 1/00 (2006.01); C02F 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/2406 (2013.01); C02F 1/66 (2013.01); C02F 5/025 (2013.01); C02F 2001/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system generate steam for SAGD operation wherein steam generator blowdown water is acidified, cooled and clarified before reuse. Acid Clarification Treatment, or 'ACT', mitigates organic fouling in Once-Through Stream Generators. Lab tests quantitatively and qualitatively show that ACT reduces Total organic carbon (TOC) and 'bad actors' TOC, respectively, in blowdown streams.