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US 12,378,835 · App. 18/456,859 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Method and device for downhole treating gas wells

Inventors: Qiwei Wang (Dhahran, SA); Jairo Leal Jauregui (Udhailiyah, SA); Mauricio Armando Espinosa Galvis (Abqaiq, SA); Tao Chen (Dhahran, SA)
Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
E21B27/02
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Patent No.
US 12,378,835
App. No.
18/456,859
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method are provided for adding chemicals to a produced fluid in a wellbore. An exemplary system includes a gauge hanger and a permeable container. The permeable container includes a solid cylindrical body, end caps placed at each end of the solid cylindrical body, and holes disposed proximate to each end of the permeable container, wherein the holes allow the produced fluid to flow through the permeable container from one end of the permeable container to the opposite end of the permeable container. The system further includes a well treatment chemical disposed in the permeable container.

Claims (40)

1. A method of adding chemicals to produced fluids in a wellbore, comprising:

placing a well treatment chemical in a permeable container, wherein the permeable container comprises:

a solid cylindrical body;

caps placed at each end of the solid cylindrical body; and

holes disposed proximate to each end of the permeable container, wherein a size of the holes, a number of the holes, or both are selected based, at least in part, on a concentration of hydrogen sulfide in the produced fluids; and

hanging the permeable container in a flow of the produced fluids, wherein the holes allow the produced fluid to flow through the permeable container from at one end of the permeable container to at an opposite end of the permeable container.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein placing the well treatment chemical in the permeable container comprises filling the permeable container with an encapsulated corrosion inhibitor.

3. The method of claim 1 , comprising selecting a size of the holes disposed proximate to each end of the permeable container based, at least in part, on a target addition rate of the well treatment chemical.

4. The method of claim 1 , comprising selecting a location of the holes at each end of the permeable container based, at least in part, on a target addition rate of the well treatment chemical.

5. The method of claim 1 , comprising selecting a location of the holes at each end of the permeable container based, at least in part, on a flow rate of the produced fluids.

6. The method of claim 1 , comprising selecting a number of the holes disposed proximate to each end of the permeable container based, at least in part, on a target addition rate of the well treatment chemical.

7. The method of claim 1 , comprising selecting a size of the holes, a number the holes, or both, based, at least in part, on a concentration of carbon dioxide in the produced fluids.

8. The method of claim 1 , comprising suspending the permeable container in the wellbore using a gauge hanger.

9. The method of claim 1 , comprising suspending a second permeable container in the wellbore.

10. The method of claim 9 , comprising selecting a distance between the permeable container and the second permeable container based, at least in part, on the well treatment chemical used in each container.

11. The method of claim 9 , comprising:

placing a first type of chemical in the permeable container; and

placing a second type of chemical in the second permeable container.

12. The method of claim 11 , comprising:

placing an encapsulated corrosion inhibitor in the permeable container; and

placing an unencapsulated corrosion inhibitor in the second permeable container.

13. The method of claim 11 , comprising:

placing an encapsulated corrosion inhibitor in the permeable container; and

placing a kinetic hydrate inhibitor in the second permeable container.

14. A system for adding chemicals to a produced fluid in a wellbore, comprising:

a gauge hanger; and

a permeable container, wherein the permeable container comprises:

a solid cylindrical body;

end caps placed at each end of the solid cylindrical body; and

holes disposed proximate to each end of the permeable container, wherein the holes allow the produced fluid to flow through the permeable container from one end of the permeable container to the opposite end of the permeable container;

a well treatment chemical disposed in the permeable container; and

a second permeable container suspended from the permeable container by a cable.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the permeable container comprises the holes in the end caps, and wherein the holes are sized based, at least in part, on a flow rate of the produced fluid.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the permeable container comprises the holes in the solid cylindrical body proximate to the cap at each end of the solid cylindrical body.

17. The system of claim 14 , wherein a mesh screen is disposed over the holes.

18. The system of claim 14 , wherein the well treatment chemical comprises particles of an encapsulated corrosion inhibitor disposed in the permeable container.

19. The system of claim 14 , wherein the well treatment chemical comprises a kinetic hydrate inhibitor disposed in the permeable container.

20. The system of claim 14 , wherein a length of the cable is selected based, at least in part, on the well treatment chemical disposed in the permeable container and a second well treatment chemical disposed in the second permeable container.

21. The system of claim 14 , wherein a second well treatment chemical disposed in the second permeable container comprises a corrosion inhibitor.

22. The system of claim 14 , wherein a second well treatment chemical disposed in the second permeable container comprises a kinetic hydrate inhibitor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2023
From: WANG, QIWEI; JAUREGUI, JAIRO LEAL; ESPINOSA GALVIS, MAURICIO ARMANDO; CHEN, TAO
To: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Reel/Frame 065586/0438 →
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