Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
166247000 | Nuclear energy or radioactivity for treating | 22 |
20090173491 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTION OF HYDROCARBONS FROM OIL SHALE AND LIMESTONE FORMATIONS - A system and method for extracting hydrocarbon products from limestone using nuclear energy sources for energy to fracture the limestone formations and provide sufficient heat and pressure to produce liquid and gaseous hydrocarbon products. Embodiments of the present invention also disclose steps for extracting the hydrocarbon products from the limestone formations. | 07-09-2009 |
20090314487 | PROCESSING HYDROCARBONS - Systems and methods that include providing, e.g., obtaining or preparing, a material that includes a hydrocarbon carried by an inorganic substrate, and exposing the material to a plurality of energetic particles, such as accelerated charged particles, such as electrons or ions. | 12-24-2009 |
20100101783 | USING SELF-REGULATING NUCLEAR REACTORS IN TREATING A SUBSURFACE FORMATION - An in situ heat treatment system for producing hydrocarbons from a subsurface formation includes a plurality of wellbores in the formation. At least one heater is positioned in at least two of the wellbores. A self-regulating nuclear reactor provides energy to at least one of the heaters to increase the temperature of at least a portion of the formation to temperatures that allow for hydrocarbon production from the formation. Heat input to at least a portion of the formation over time at least approximately correlates to a rate of decay of the power from the self-regulating nuclear reactor. | 04-29-2010 |
20100101784 | CONTROLLING HYDROGEN PRESSURE IN SELF-REGULATING NUCLEAR REACTORS USED TO TREAT A SUBSURFACE FORMATION - An in situ heat treatment system for producing hydrocarbons from a subsurface formation includes a plurality of wellbores in the formation. At least one heater is positioned in at least two of the wellbores. A self-regulating nuclear reactor provides energy to at least one of the heaters to heat the temperature of the formation to temperatures that allow for hydrocarbon production from the formation. A temperature of the self-regulating nuclear reactor is controlled by controlling a pressure of hydrogen supplied to the self-regulating nuclear reactor, and wherein the pressure is regulated based upon formation conditions. | 04-29-2010 |
20110061859 | Conductive Heating by Encapsulated Strontium Source (Chess) - The present invention deals with a method to liquefy the viscous oil of oil wells and also to clean the paraffin off the walls of tubing and other production equipment. The method consists in using heat produced by a thermal generator, and also using steam produced by the contact between the thermal generator and water. The thermal generator is a metallic shielded container of cylindrical shape holding individual units of already encapsulated Strontium-90 sources able to generate a temperature of 100 degree Celsius or a combination of encapsulated Strontium-90 sources able to generate 100 degree Celsius each in order to obtain, according to necessities, up to or over 600 degree Celsius. The thermal generator is transported in a metal housing such as that patented by Joan G. Crihan (U.S. Pat. No. 6,455,013 of 2002), one of the undersigned, incorporated herein by reference, to a processing site. | 03-17-2011 |
20110265991 | PROCESSING HYDROCARBON MATERIALS - Systems and methods that include providing, e.g., obtaining or preparing, a material that includes a hydrocarbon carried by an inorganic substrate, and exposing the material to a plurality of energetic particles, such as accelerated charged particles, such as electrons or ions. | 11-03-2011 |
20110272141 | Radiation-Induced Triggering for Set-On-Command Sealant Compositions and Methods of Use - The present invention relates to methods useful for isolating a portion of a wellbore. In one embodiment, a method includes preparing a sealant composition containing a set modifier component. The sealant composition is placed into the wellbore and is subjected to ionizing radiation that alters the set modifier component, triggering the thickening of the sealant composition. | 11-10-2011 |
20110272142 | Radiation-Induced Thickening and Radiation-Induced Triggering for Set-On-Command Sealant Compositions and Methods of Use - The present invention includes methods and compositions relating to the setting of fluids or slurries in a wellbore. In one embodiment, a method of isolating a portion a wellbore includes preparing a sealant composition having a fluid component, a polymeric additive constituent, and a set modifier component. The sealant composition is placed into a wellbore and subjected to ionizing radiation. The ionizing radiation can cause bonding between polymeric additive constituents and create a polymer matrix within the sealant composition that increases the mechanical strength of the sealant composition. The ionizing radiation also alters the set modifier component, triggering the thickening of the sealant composition. | 11-10-2011 |
20130000891 | Radiation-Induced Triggering for Set-On-Command Compositions and Methods of Use - Methods of isolating a portion of a wellbore comprising placing a sealant composition into a subterranean formation after drilling of the wellbore therein and subjecting the sealant composition to ionizing radiation wherein subjecting the sealant composition to the ionizing radiation alters the set modifier. The sealant composition comprises a set modifier selected from the group consisting of an accelerator, an oxidizing agent, a set retarder, and combinations thereof. And the sealant composition comprises a polymeric component. | 01-03-2013 |
20130081803 | Centralizing Mechanism Employable with a Downhole Tool - An apparatus including a downhole tool for conveyance in a wellbore extending into a subterranean formation. The downhole tool includes a feature to physically interface a sidewall of the wellbore, and first and second setting pistons each extendable from the downhole tool opposite the feature. The downhole tool also includes a rigid member spanning and extendable with the first and second setting pistons, wherein a length of the rigid member is variable. | 04-04-2013 |
20130168081 | Wireless Two-Way Communication For Downhole Tools - Systems, methods, and devices for two-way communication with a downhole tool string are provided. In one example, a method may include placing a downhole tool string into a pressure riser of a well while at least one component of the downhole tool string is not activated. Thereafter, a wireless control signal may be issued through the pressure riser to the downhole tool to cause the downhole tool string to activate the component. The wireless control signal may involve an acoustic signal, an optical signal, and/or an electromagnetic signal such as electrical dipole coupling or magnetic dipole coupling. | 07-04-2013 |
20130180709 | Well Completion Apparatus, System and Method - An open-hole assembly for an open-hole section of a wellbore having a plurality of production intervals includes an outer tubing string having an upper end adapted for connection with a lower end of a cased section of the wellbore, a plurality of isolation packers that provide zonal isolation between the open-hole wellbore and the outer tubing string, one or more screen assemblies positioned adjacent one or more of the plurality of production intervals, and a plurality of detectable references located along a length of the outer tubing string for registration of the completion assembly within the wellbore. | 07-18-2013 |
20130312955 | Processing Hydrocarbons - Systems and methods that include providing, e.g., obtaining or preparing, a material that includes a hydrocarbon carried by an inorganic substrate, and exposing the material to a plurality of energetic particles, such as accelerated charged particles, such as electrons or ions. | 11-28-2013 |
20140096950 | Hydraulic Fracturing Process for Deviated Wellbores - A method of stimulating an interval in a hydrocarbon reservoir equipped with a deviated wellbore having a casing, wherein said interval comprises at least two sequential stages in said wellbore without isolation means, said method comprising:
| 04-10-2014 |
20140174724 | HOLLOW HYDROGEL CAPSULES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to hollow hydrogel capsules. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation with a hollow hydrogel capsule including a hydrogel shell including a hydrolyzed and crosslinked polymerized composition. The hollow hydrogel capsule also includes a hollow interior including at least one component of a downhole composition for subterranean petroleum or water well drilling, stimulation, clean-up, production, completion, abandonment, or a combination thereof. In various embodiments, the present invention provides compositions comprising the hollow hydrogel capsules and methods of making the hollow hydrogel capsules. | 06-26-2014 |
20140209298 | High Efficiency Radiation-Induced Triggering for Set-On-Command Compositions and Methods of Use - Systems and methods that utilize bremsstrahlung radiation may be used to facilitate the setting of a settable composition. For example, a method may include providing a settable composition in a portion of a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, a portion of the subterranean formation, or both; conveying an electron accelerator tool along the wellbore proximal to the settable composition; producing an electron beam in the electron accelerator tool with a trajectory that impinges a converter material, thereby converting the electron beam to bremsstrahlung photons; and irradiating the settable composition with the bremsstrahlung photons. | 07-31-2014 |
20140305634 | Processing Hydrocarbons - Systems and methods that include providing, e.g., obtaining or preparing, a material that includes a hydrocarbon carried by an inorganic substrate, and exposing the material to a plurality of energetic particles, such as accelerated charged particles, such as electrons or ions. | 10-16-2014 |
20150300157 | METHOD FOR TRACKING A TREATMENT FLUID IN A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION - A method of tracking a treatment fluid in a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore provides for injecting the treatment fluid with the plurality of tracer agents into the well and the formation. The tracer agents are high viscous liquid droplets having a diameter of not more than 1000 nm. Location and distribution of the treatment fluid is determined by detecting changes in physical properties of the formation caused by arrival of the treatment fluid comprising the plurality of the tracer agents. | 10-22-2015 |
20150315888 | PROCESSING HYDROCARBONS - Systems and methods that include providing, e.g., obtaining or preparing, a material that includes a hydrocarbon carried by an inorganic substrate, and exposing the material to a plurality of energetic particles, such as accelerated charged particles, such as electrons or ions. | 11-05-2015 |
20150354333 | SUBSURFACE MULTIPLE ANTENNA RADIATION TECHNOLOGY (SMART) - An in-situ radar guidance system with a collocated high power electromagnetic heating system or SMART System (Subsurface Multiple Antenna Radiation Technology) creates chemical, physical, and electrical changes as needed to certain organic or inorganic materials for energy efficient recovery of liquids, gases, and solids. | 12-10-2015 |
20160153269 | Production of Methane from Abundant Hydrate Deposits | 06-02-2016 |
20190145234 | SUBSURFACE MULTIPLE ANTENNA RADIATION TECHNOLOGY | 05-16-2019 |