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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2009
Francisco Fragachan, Barcelona, ES;
Adriana P. Ovalle, Cypress, TX (US);
Talgat A. Shokanov, Almaty, KZ;
Vyacheslav Anokhin, Moscow, RU;
Andrea Alba, Houston, TX (US);
Kenneth G. Nolte, Tulsa, OK (US);
Francisco Fragachan, Barcelona, ES;
Adriana P. Ovalle, Cypress, TX (US);
Talgat A. Shokanov, Almaty, KZ;
Vyacheslav Anokhin, Moscow, RU;
Andrea Alba, Houston, TX (US);
Kenneth G. Nolte, Tulsa, OK (US);
M-I L.L.C., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for determining a maximum volume of drilling cuttings disposal in a formation, the method including inputting formation parameters into a simulator, simulating a formation during waste injection based on the formation parameters, determining a net pressure based on the simulating, determining a closure pressure increase based on the simulating, calculating a disposal volume based on the net pressure and the closure pressure, calculating a time interval of waste injection based on the calculated injection volume, and outputting at least one of the disposal volume and the time interval is disclosed. A method of optimizing a waste injection process, the method including simulating a formation based on input parameters, determining a closure pressure increase per unit slurry volume based on the simulation, calculating a disposal capacity of the selected formation, and outputting the disposal capacity is also disclosed.