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Kafe 바로가기국가/구분 | United States(US) Patent 등록 |
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출원번호 | US-0866833 (2013-04-19) |
등록번호 | US-8770284 (2014-07-08) |
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인용정보 | 피인용 횟수 : 4 인용 특허 : 316 |
Systems and methods of detecting an intersection between a wellbore and a subterranean structure that includes a marker material. The systems and methods include drilling the wellbore and determining that the wellbore has intersected a portion of the subterranean structure that includes the marker m
Systems and methods of detecting an intersection between a wellbore and a subterranean structure that includes a marker material. The systems and methods include drilling the wellbore and determining that the wellbore has intersected a portion of the subterranean structure that includes the marker material by detecting the marker material. The systems and methods also may include distributing the marker material within the subterranean structure, aligning the marker material within the subterranean structure, determining one or more characteristics of the marker material, ceasing the drilling, repeating the method, and/or producing a hydrocarbon from the subterranean structure. The systems and methods further may include forming an electrical connection between an electric current source and a granular resistive heater that forms a portion of the subterranean structure, forming the granular resistive heater, and/or forming the subterranean structure.
1. A method of forming an electrical connection between an electric current source and a granular resistive heater that forms a portion of a subterranean structure, the method comprising: detecting an intersection of a wellbore with the subterranean structure by drilling the wellbore and determining
1. A method of forming an electrical connection between an electric current source and a granular resistive heater that forms a portion of a subterranean structure, the method comprising: detecting an intersection of a wellbore with the subterranean structure by drilling the wellbore and determining that the wellbore has intersected a portion of the subterranean structure that includes a marker material, wherein the determining includes detecting the marker material;providing a supplemental material to a portion of the granular resistive heater that is proximal to the wellbore;forming a first electrical connection between the supplemental material and the granular resistive heater; andforming a second electrical connection between the supplemental material and an electrical conduit that is configured to convey an electrical current between the granular resistive heater and the electric current source. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising ceasing the drilling the wellbore, wherein the ceasing is responsive to the detecting the intersection. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the wellbore includes a terminal depth, and wherein the ceasing includes ceasing the drilling such that a terminal depth of the wellbore is within 25 mm of a target portion of the subterranean structure. 4. The method of claim 1, further comprising distributing the marker material within the subterranean structure, wherein the distributing includes injecting the marker material into the subterranean structure from a stimulation well. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein a concentration of the marker material within the subterranean structure is less than 1 volume %. 6. The method of claim 4, wherein the marker material includes a plurality of discrete marker material particles, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of discrete marker material particles includes an elongate structure with a longitudinal axis, and wherein the distributing includes aligning the longitudinal axis, wherein the aligning includes at least one of aligning the longitudinal axis along a common axis and aligning the longitudinal axis parallel to a common plane. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the aligning includes at least one of flowing the marker material through the subterranean structure, flowing a fluid past the marker material after the marker material is present within the subterranean structure, applying an electric field to the marker material within the subterranean structure, applying a magnetic field to the marker material within the subterranean structure, and self-alignment of the marker material within the subterranean structure. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the marker material includes magnetite, and wherein the detecting the intersection includes detecting a bulk magnetic susceptibility of cuttings that are produced while drilling the wellbore. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the magnetite includes discrete magnetite particles, wherein each of the discrete magnetite particles includes magnetic poles including at least a north magnetic pole and a south magnetic pole, and wherein the method further comprises aligning the discrete magnetite particles within the subterranean structure such that a coherent fraction of the discrete magnetite particles is aligned with their north poles pointing within a threshold coherence angle of a same direction, wherein the coherent fraction includes at least 50% of the discrete magnetite particles, and wherein the threshold coherence angle is less than 20 degrees. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein each of the discrete magnetite particles in a single domain fraction of the discrete magnetite particles includes only one magnetic domain, wherein the single domain fraction includes at least 75% of the discrete magnetite particles. 11. The method of claim 9, wherein each of the discrete magnetite particles in a multi-domain fraction of the discrete magnetite particles includes magnetic domains, wherein the multi-domain fraction includes less than 50% of the discrete magnetite particles, and wherein the magnetic domains are aligned with one another to within a threshold alignment angle. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting the intersection includes detecting the marker material with a logging-while-drilling transducer. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the logging-while-drilling transducer is located on a drill string, and wherein the logging-while-drilling transducer is less than 1 meter from at least one of a drill bit that is associated with the drill string and a terminal end of the drill string. 14. The method of claim 1, wherein the wellbore forms a portion of a hydrocarbon well that is configured to convey a hydrocarbon from a subterranean formation that includes the subterranean structure to a surface region, and wherein the method further comprises producing a hydrocarbon from the subterranean formation. 15. The method of claim 1, wherein the marker material includes discrete marker bodies, and wherein the detecting the intersection includes detecting at least a portion of the discrete marker bodies. 16. The method of claim 1, wherein the marker material includes a first marker material and a second marker material, and wherein the method further comprises distributing the first marker material in a different portion of the subterranean structure than the second marker material. 17. The method of claim 16, wherein the detecting the intersection includes determining a characteristic of the marker material that is present at an intersection point between the wellbore and the subterranean structure, wherein the characteristic of the marker material includes at least one of an identity of the marker material, a concentration of the marker material, and a ratio of a concentration of the first marker material to a concentration of the second marker material. 18. The method of claim 17, further comprising drilling a second wellbore at a second location, wherein the second location is selected based on the determining. 19. The method of claim 16, wherein the distributing includes creating a ring of the first marker material around the second marker material within the subterranean structure. 20. The method of claim 1, wherein the supplemental material includes at least one of carbon, graphite, a metallic material, a metal particulate, and metal hairs. 21. The method of claim 1, wherein the well is a first well, and wherein the method further comprises repeating the method to form a second electrical connection between the electric current source and the granular resistive heater with a second well. 22. A method of forming a granular resistive heater, wherein the granular resistive heater forms a portion of a subterranean structure that is present within a subterranean formation, the method comprising: creating a fracture within the subterranean formation;supplying a proppant to the fracture, wherein the proppant includes a porous structure that is configured to provide for fluid flow through the fracture, and wherein the proppant includes a granular resistive heating material that forms the granular resistive heater;distributing a marker material within the fracture; andforming an electrical connection between an electric current source and the granular resistive heater using the method of claim 1. 23. The method of claim 22, wherein a portion of the granular resistive heater that is proximal to a stimulation well includes an average stimulation well-proximal thickness, wherein the average stimulation well-proximal thickness is at least 3 mm and less than 12 mm. 24. The method of claim 22, wherein the portion of the granular resistive heater that is proximal to the wellbore includes an average wellbore-proximal thickness, wherein the average wellbore-proximal thickness is at least 0.5 mm and less than 3 mm. 25. The method of claim 22, wherein the granular resistive heating material includes discrete heating material bodies, and wherein an average characteristic dimension of the discrete heating material bodies is at least 50 micrometers and less than 200 micrometers. 26. The method of claim 22, wherein a length of the granular resistive heater is at least 50 meters, wherein a width of the granular resistive heater is at least 25 meters, and wherein the granular resistive heater is at least substantially planar. 27. The method of claim 22, further comprising heating the subterranean formation with the granular resistive heater, wherein the heating includes performing at least one of a shale oil retort process, a shale oil heat treating process, a hydrogenation reaction, a thermal dissolution process, and an in situ shale oil conversion process within the subterranean formation, and wherein the heating includes converting the hydrocarbon into at least one of a liquid hydrocarbon, a gaseous hydrocarbon, and shale oil.
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