Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120137764 | Detecting Gas Compounds For Downhole Fluid Analysis - A gas separation and detection tool for performing in situ analysis of borehole fluid is described. The tool comprises a sampling chamber for a downhole fluid. The sample chamber comprises a detector cell with an opening. The tool also comprises a gas separation module for taking a gas from the downhole fluid. The gas separation module comprises a membrane located in the opening, a support for holding the membrane, and a sealant applied between the housing and the membrane or support. Moreover, the tool comprises a gas detector for sensing the gas. | 06-07-2012 |
20120152544 | COLD WEATHER COMPATIBLE CROSSLINKER SOLUTION - Disclosed herein is a well treatment fluid comprising an aqueous solution comprising greater than or equal to about 1 wt % boron, at least 5 wt % of a co-solvent, and greater than or equal to about 5 wt % sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, or a combination thereof, wherein the co-solvent comprises glycerol, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, or a combination thereof. Methods of using the well treatment fluid are also disclosed. | 06-21-2012 |
20120245060 | CROSS-LINKERS FOR HYDRAULIC FRACTURING FLUID - A method of forming a wellbore fluid, the method including introducing a hydratable polymer and introducing a crosslinker comprised of at least a silica material, the crosslinker having a dimension of from about 5 nm to about 100 nm. | 09-27-2012 |
20140090848 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING A WELL PENETRATING A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION - A method for treating a well penetrating subterranean formations comprising injecting into the well a composition comprising a high temperature stabilizer composition which comprises at least one mineral-reactive compound; wherein at least a part of the well is at a temperature of at least 120° C. is provided. Also provided is a composition for treating a well comprising a mineral-reactive compound. | 04-03-2014 |
20140246315 | EROSION AND WEAR RESISTANT SONOELECTROCHEMICAL PROBE - The present invention, in one set of embodiments, provides methods and systems for integrating conducting diamond electrodes into a high power acoustic resonator. More specifically, but not by way of limitation, in certain embodiments of the present invention, diamond electrodes may be integrated into a high power acoustic resonator to provide a robust sensing device that may provide for acoustic cleaning of the electrodes and increasing the rate of mass transport to the diamond electrodes. The diamond electrodes may be used as working, reference or counter electrodes or a combination of two or more of such electrodes. In certain aspects, the high power acoustic resonator may include an acoustic horn for focusing acoustic energy and the diamond electrodes may be coupled with the acoustic horn. | 09-04-2014 |
20150034315 | VISCOSIFIED ACID FLUID AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF - A method includes providing an oilfield treatment fluid including an aqueous HCl solution having greater than 15% HCl by weight, and a fixing agent (FA) in a molar ratio of FA:HCl of between 0.5 and 2.5 inclusive. The FA is urea and/or a urea derivative. The oilfield treatment fluid further includes a viscosifying agent that is not a plant-based polysaccharide gum. The method further includes providing the oilfield treatment fluid to a high pressure pump, and operating the high pressure pump to treat a formation fluidly coupled to a wellbore. | 02-05-2015 |
20150034318 | AQUEOUS SOLUTION AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF - A method of treating a formation includes preparing an aqueous solution having HCl in an amount between greater than 15% and 45.7% by weight, inclusive. The prepared aqueous solution includes a fixing agent (FA) present in a molar ratio of FA:HCl between 0.15 and 2.5 inclusive, where the FA is urea and/or a urea derivative, and further includes water present in an amount sufficient to dissolve the HCl and the FA. The aqueous solution includes substantially no polysaccharides. | 02-05-2015 |
20150037234 | AQUEOUS SOLUTION AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF - An aqueous solution includes HCl present in an amount exceeding 37% by weight. The solution further includes a fixing agent that is urea and/or a urea derivative. The fixing agent is present in the solution in a molar ratio of between 0.25 and 2.0 of fixing agent to HCl, inclusive. | 02-05-2015 |
20150047990 | CO2 CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT IN DRY GAS MIXTURES - Described herein is an apparatus and methods for characterizing a fluid composition including exposing electrolyte to one fluid mixture, collecting a signal from an electrode in contact with the electrolyte, and simultaneously exposing the electrolyte to a second fluid, collecting a signal from a second electrode in contact with the electrolyte exposed to the second fluid, and comparing the signal difference between the electrodes with the Nerst equation wherein the temperature of the electrolyte is above 488° C. Carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and/or oxygen may be present in the fluid and/or the second fluid. | 02-19-2015 |
20150075797 | WELL TREATMENT - Rapidly pulsed injection fracture acidizing. A method comprises rapidly pulsed injection of a high reactivity fracture treatment fluid mode or substage alternated with one or more low reactivity treatment fluid modes or substages. | 03-19-2015 |