Method for treating multiple wellbore intervals
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IPC분류정보
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United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판)
E21B-043/26
E21B-043/04
E21B-043/17
출원번호
US-0891673
(2001-06-25)
발명자
/ 주소
Tolman, Randy C.
Nygaard, Kris J.
El-Rabaa, Abdel Wadood M.
Sorem, William A.
출원인 / 주소
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
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초록▼
This invention provides a method for treating multiple intervals in a wellbore by perforating at least one interval then treating and isolating the perforated interval(s) without removing the perforating device from the wellbore during the treatment or isolation. The invention can be applied to hydr
This invention provides a method for treating multiple intervals in a wellbore by perforating at least one interval then treating and isolating the perforated interval(s) without removing the perforating device from the wellbore during the treatment or isolation. The invention can be applied to hydraulic fracturing with or without proppant materials as well as to chemical stimulation treatments.
대표청구항▼
This invention provides a method for treating multiple intervals in a wellbore by perforating at least one interval then treating and isolating the perforated interval(s) without removing the perforating device from the wellbore during the treatment or isolation. The invention can be applied to hydr
This invention provides a method for treating multiple intervals in a wellbore by perforating at least one interval then treating and isolating the perforated interval(s) without removing the perforating device from the wellbore during the treatment or isolation. The invention can be applied to hydraulic fracturing with or without proppant materials as well as to chemical stimulation treatments. g one or more known physiological and ecological characteristics and (2) identifying a genetic characterization of at least one methanogenic microorganism of the consortia and comparing said characterization with at least one known genetic characterization derived from a known microorganism having one or more known ecological characteristics. 5. The process of claim 1 wherein the analysis of one or more components of the formation comprises obtaining and analyzing one or more samples of material from the formation, the material comprising at least one of formation water, formation hydrocarbons, or formation solids. 6. The process of claim 5 wherein the analysis of the fluid samples comprises identifying components of the fluids and state values of the fluids in the formation. 7. The process of claim 1 wherein characteristics of the microorganisms of act (c) is determined using a DNA analysis technique. 8. The process of claim 1 wherein identification of methanogenic microorganisms is performed using polymerase chain reaction technology amplifying a portion of methyl reductase genes. 9. The process of claim 1 further comprises determining an ecological environment that promotes in situ degradation of formation hydrocarbons by at least one microorganism of the consortia and promotes generation of methane by at least one methanogenic microorganism of the consortia by growing the identified microorganisms of act (b) in one or more test media containing formation fluid at a selected temperature, pressure and salinity using a multiplicity of growth stimulants. 10. The process of claim 9 wherein the growth stimulants used in the test media comprise at least one of (1) nutrients, (2) electron acceptors, (3) trace elements, (4) buffers, (5) vitamins, (6) catalysts, or (7) combinations thereof. 11. The process of claim 1 further comprises modifying the formation environment by injecting into the formation an aqueous solution containing a microbial stimulant. 12. The process of claim 11 wherein the microbial stimulant comprises at least one of (1) nutrients, (2) electron acceptors, (3) trace elements, (4) buffers, (5) vitamins, (6) catalysts, or (7) combinations thereof. 13. The process of claim 11 wherein the microbial stimulant comprises one or more compounds containing at least one of nitrogen or phosphorus. 14. The process of claim 11 wherein the microbial stimulant is one or more electron acceptors comprising at least one of nitrate, CO2,mineral oxides, humic acid, quinone compounds, sulfate, Fe3+,oxygen, or combinations thereof. 15. The process of claim 11 wherein the aqueous solution injected into the formation is fluid flood of a hydrocarbon recovery operation. 16. The process of claim 15 further comprises regulating the injection rate of the fluid flood into the formation in which the formation comprises at least two zones of fluid, each zone of fluid having different fluid densities to create multiple environmental interfaces between at least one formation zone in which hydrocarbon degradation predominates and at least one other formation zone in which methanogenesis predominates. 17. The process of claim 15 further comprises alternating injection of two or more microbial stimulants into the formation. 18. The process of claim 1 further comprising, after modifying the formation environment, shutting in the formation. 19. The process of claim 1 further comprises modifying the formation environment by injecting into the formation an aqueous solution that modifies at least one of formation salinity or formation temperature. 20. The process of claim 1 wherein the modification of the formation environment comprises injecting into the formation a material that changes the concentration of CO2in the formation. 21. The process of claim 1 wherein the modification of the formation environment comprises injecting into the formation a material that modifies the concentration of O2in the formation . 22. The process of claim 1 wherein the modification of the formation environment comprises injecting into the formation a material that changes the concentration of H2in the formation. 23. The process of claim 1 wherein the modification of the formation environment comprises stimulating growth of hydrocarbon-degrading microorganisms in the formation to convert the hydrocarbons to H2and CO2. 24. The process of claim 1 wherein the modification of the formation environment comprises stimulating growth of hydrocarbon-degrading microorganisms in the formation to convert the hydrocarbons to at least one of alcohols, compounds containing amines, and acids. 25. The process of claim 1 wherein the modification of the formation environment comprises injecting into the formation at least one material that suppresses growth of microorganisms in the formation that compete with the methanogenic microorganisms, thereby promoting growth of methanogenic microorganisms. 26. The process of claim 1 further comprising the act of recovering from the formation methane produced by methanogenic microorganisms. 27. The process of claim 26 wherein the methane recovery is from a gas zone formed by the methane produced by the microorganisms. 28. The process of claim 1 wherein the methane is dissolved in fluid produced at a production well. 29. The process of claim 1 further comprising monitoring formation environment during modification of the formation environment of act (e). 30. The process of claim 1 wherein the hydrocarbon-bearing formation is at least one of peat, lignite, coal, oil shale, oil formation, or tar sands. 31. The process of claim 1 wherein, in addition to methane, the process converts formation hydrocarbons to other low molecular weight hydrocarbons. 32. The process of claim 1 wherein the one or more components of the formation comprises one or more fluids of the formation. 33. The process of claim 1 wherein the one or more components of the formation comprises one or more fluids of the formation and formation rock. 34. The process of claim 1 wherein the hydrocarbons being converted by the microbial action comprise contaminant-hydrocarbons. 35. A process of stimulating the activity of microbial consortia in a hydrocarbon-bearing, subterranean formation to convert formation hydrocarbons to methane, comprising the acts of: (a) analyzing fluid and rock of the formation to determine characteristics of the formation environment; (b) detecting the presence of microbial consortia in at least one formation sample; (c) determining a genetic characterization of at least one hydrocarbon-degrading microorganism consortia, and comparing said genetic characterization with at least one known genetic characterization derived from a known hydrocarbon-degrading microorganism having one or more known physiological and ecological characteristics; (d) determining a genetic characterization of at least one methanogenic microorganism, and comparing said genetic characterization with at least one known genetic characterization derived from a known methanogenic microorganism having one or more known physiological and ecological characteristics; (e) using information obtained from acts (a), (c), and (d) for determining an ecological environment that promotes in situ microbial degradation of formation hydrocarbons and promotes microbial generation of methane by at least one methanogenic microorganism of the consortia; and (f) modifying the formation environment based on the determinations of act (d) to stimulate and sustain microbial conversion of formation hydrocarbons to methane. 36. The process of claim 31 further comprising the act of subjecting the formation to a methane recovery means. 37. The process of claim 31 further comprising after act (e) shutting in the formation to allow the microorganisms to convert the hydrocarbons to methane.
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