IP Library Granted Patent US 11,486,242
Granted Patent B2
US 11,486,242 · App. 17/159,787 · Granted Nov 1, 2022

Methods for targeted chemical treatment of well bores

Inventors: Maxim Orlov (Moscow, RU); Timur Zharnikov (Moscow, RU); Vera Solovyeva (Moscow, RU); Tao Chen (Dhahran, SA)
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
E21B43/27C09K8/725C09K8/74
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Patent No.
US 11,486,242
App. No.
17/159,787
Granted
Nov 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for wellbore treatment. The method including preparing an encapsulated treatment agent via polymerization, feeding the encapsulated treatment agent into the wellbore, delivering the encapsulated treatment agent to a desired depth within a formation in the wellbore, activating an acoustic or an electromagnetic source at the desired depth within the formation, and generating an acoustic field or an electromagnetic field. The acoustic field or electromagnetic field activates the encapsulant thereby releasing the treatment agent into the wellbore and a desired depth.

Claims (13)

1. A method for wellbore treatment, the method comprising:

preparing an encapsulated descaling agent via in-situ polymerization of one or more monomers distributed in an emulsion containing a descaling agent, wherein the polymerization of the one or more monomers forms an encapsulant shell around a core of the descaling agent;

feeding the encapsulated treatment agent into the wellbore;

delivering the encapsulated descaling agent to a desired depth within a formation in the wellbore;

activating an acoustic or an electromagnetic source at the desired depth within the formation, generating an acoustic field, the acoustic field destroying the encapsulant shell thereby releasing the descaling agent.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the acoustic field is at a frequency of between 1 and 500 kHz.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electromagnetic field is at a frequency of between 10 kHz to 20 GHz.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising focusing the acoustic field using one or more plates or cones, creating a targeted treatment zone.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more monomers are selected from the group consisting of a melamine-formaldehyde, a urea-formaldehyde, a phenol-formaldehyde resin, a melamine-phenol-formaldehyde resin, a furan-formaldehyde resin, an epoxy resin, a polysiloxane, a polyacrylate, a polyester, a polyurethane, a polyamide, z polyether, a polyimide, a polyolefin, polypropylene-polyethylene copolymers, polystyrene, functionalized polystyrene derivatives, gelatin, a gelatin derivative, cellulose, a cellulose derivative, starch or a starch derivative, a polyvinyl alcohol, an ethylene-vinylacetate copolymer, a maleic-anhydride based copolymer, a polyacrylamide, a polyacrylamide based copolymer, a polyacrylic acid, a polyacrylic acid based copolymer, a polyvinylpyrrolidone, a polyvinylpyrrolidone based copolymer, a polyacrylate based copolymer, a polyacrylamide, a polyacrylamide based copolymer, a propylene-acrylate copolymer, propylene-methacrylate copolymers, oxidized polypropylene, oxidized polyethylene, propylene-ethylene oxide copolymers, styrene-acrylate copolymers, and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymers, and mixtures thereof.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the activation is performed via an acoustic source and an electromagnetic source.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising activating the acoustic source before the electromagnetic source.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising activating the acoustic source after the electromagnetic source.

9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising activating the acoustic source and the electromagnetic source together.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2023
From: ARAMCO INNOVATIONS LLC
To: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Reel/Frame 063174/0696 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2021
From: CHEN, TAO
To: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Reel/Frame 056879/0334 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2021
From: ORLOV, MAXIM; ZHARNIKOV, TIMUR; SOLOVYEVA, VERA
To: ARAMCO INNOVATIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 056879/0351 →
Continuity (1)
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