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Patent No.:

US 12071842 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 28, 2021

System and methodology for mixing materials at a wellsite

Applicant:

Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Inventors:

Adam Ethan Keilers, Richmond, TX (US);

Christopher Todd Shen, Richmond, TX (US);

Assignee:

Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Attorney:

Jeffrey D. Frantz

Primary Examiner:

Aaron L Lembo

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/26 (2006.01); B01F 23/50 (2022.01); B01F 25/312 (2022.01); B01F 33/50 (2022.01); B01F 33/502 (2022.01); B01F 33/81 (2022.01); B01F 35/21 (2022.01); B01F 35/221 (2022.01); B01F 35/71 (2022.01); B01F 101/49 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/2607 (2020.05); B01F 23/56 (2022.01); B01F 23/581 (2022.01); B01F 23/59 (2022.01); B01F 25/31233 (2022.01); B01F 33/5023 (2022.01); B01F 33/5026 (2022.01); B01F 33/811 (2022.01); B01F 35/2111 (2022.01); B01F 35/2113 (2022.01); B01F 35/2211 (2022.01); B01F 35/7176 (2022.01); B01F 2101/49 (2022.01);
Abstract

A technique facilitates mixing of fluids for use in well treatment operations. According to an embodiment, a dry powder material, e.g. a friction reducer, may be thoroughly mixed into fluid or fluids associated with a well treatment operation. The powder material is combined with liquid, e.g. water, via a series of Venturi mixers arranged to thoroughly mix the materials. In some applications, the Venturi mixers are mounted on a modular unit which is readily moved to a desired wellsite. Additional modular units may be added to increase the amount of product being mixed according to the demands of a given well treatment operation, e.g. a hydraulic fracturing operation.

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