IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,649,724
Granted Patent B2
US 11,649,724 · App. 17/184,296 · Granted May 16, 2023

Formation testing and sampling tool for stimulation of tight and ultra-tight formations

Inventors: Wael Soliman Elhawary (Dhahran, SA); Mustapha Berkane (Dhahran, SA); Ghulam Jeelani (Dhahran, SA); Colin Douglas Tisdale (Dhahran, SA); Mahmoud Eid Selim (Dhahran, SA); Endurance Oziegbe Ighodalo (Dhahran, SA)
Assignees: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.; Saudi Arabian Oil Company
E21B49/008E21B33/127E21B43/26E21B47/06
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Patent No.
US 11,649,724
App. No.
17/184,296
Granted
May 16, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fluid sampling tool and method for fluid sampling in an ultra-tight or tight formation. The tool may include a packer assembly that includes one or more inflatable packers and one or more exhaust ports, a multi-chamber section that includes one or more sample chambers, and at least two storage sections that each contain a storage tank, wherein each storage tank holds a stimulation fluid. A method for performing a stimulation operation that includes disposing a fluid sampling tool into a well, moving the fluid sampling tool to a zone of interest, and isolating the zone of interest with a packer assembly on the fluid sampling tool. The method may further include performing a first pressure draw down and a first pressure build up, performing an injectivity test, and performing a sampling process.

Claims (32)

1. A fluid sampling tool comprising:

a packer assembly that includes one or more inflatable packers and one or more exhaust ports;

a multi-chamber section that includes one or more sample chambers;

at least two storage sections that each contain a storage tank; wherein each storage tank holds a fluid consisting of a stimulation fluid and one or more inhibitors;

a channel that connects the packer assembly, the multi-chamber section, and the at least two storage sections; and

a pump that is configured to move the stimulation fluid through the channel to the packer assembly and out the one or more exhaust ports.

2. The fluid sampling tool of claim 1 , wherein each storage tank holds the stimulation fluid or a second stimulation fluid.

3. The fluid sampling tool of claim 1 , wherein the stimulation fluid etches at least one wormhole into a formation.

4. The fluid sampling tool of claim 1 , wherein the stimulation fluid includes HCL, H2SO4, Alkaline Surfactant Polymers, or viscosity reducers.

5. The fluid sampling tool of claim 1 , wherein the packer assembly is further configured to isolate a zone of interest with one or more inflatable packers.

6. The fluid sampling tool of claim 5 , wherein the packer assembly is further configured to remove fluid from the zone of interest.

7. The fluid sampling tool of claim 6 , wherein the packer assembly is further configured to add the stimulation fluid to the zone of interest.

8. The fluid sampling tool of claim 1 , wherein the packer assembly is further configured to remove a fluid from a zone of interest.

9. The fluid sampling tool of claim 8 , wherein the fluid is stored in the one or more sample chambers.

10. A method for performing a stimulation operation comprising:

disposing a fluid sampling tool into a well, wherein the fluid sampling tool contains a fluid consisting of a stimulation fluid and one or more inhibitors;

moving the fluid sampling tool to a zone of interest;

isolating the zone of interest with a packer assembly on the fluid sampling tool;

performing a first pressure draw down and a first pressure build up;

performing an injectivity test;

placing the fluid into the zone of interest;

performing a section pressure draw down and a second pressure build up; and

performing a sampling process.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising performing a clean up period in which a fluid from a formation is captured by the fluid sampling tool.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising measuring a hydrocarbon contamination level in the fluid.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising comparing the first pressure draw down and the first pressure build up to the second pressure draw down and the second pressure build up to determine a reservoir enhancement from the stimulation fluid in the zone of interest.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the placing a stimulation fluid into the zone of interest includes moving the stimulation fluid from a storage tank within the fluid sampling tool to the zone of interest through the packer assembly.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the stimulation fluid etches into a formation.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the formation is an ultra-tight formation.

17. The method of claim 10 , wherein the placing the stimulation fluid into the zone of interest is performed during a soaking time, wherein the soaking time is a time in which the stimulation fluid is exposed to a formation.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising monitoring a pressure fall-off response during the soaking time.

19. The method of claim 10 , wherein the zone of interest is a tight formation.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2021
From: TISDALE, COLIN DOUGLAS; BERKANE, MUSTAPHA; IGHODALO, ENDURANCE OZIEGBE
To: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Reel/Frame 055934/0467 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2021
From: ELHAWARY, WAEL SOLIMAN; JEELANI, GHULAM; SELIM, MAHMOUD EID
To: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
Reel/Frame 055934/0513 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63044191 · Jun 25, 2020
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