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| 8176979 | Injection well surveillance system A method and apparatus for surveying a well in real-time and responding to operational conditions in response to the surveillance. According to one or more aspects of the present disclosure a method for surveillance of a well includes providing a producing a fluid f... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8127835 | Integrated cable hanger pick-up system A hanger system is provided for supporting a cable-supported dewatering pump in a gas well. A dewatering pump is supported in a downhole location by a cable. A cable hanger bears the weight of the cable and the weight of the dewatering pump. A pulling tool is config... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8113273 | Power cable for high temperature environments An electric power cable for high temperature environments includes an electric conductor; an electrical insulator disposed on the electric conductor to form an insulated conductor, the electrical insulator suited for operation in a high temperature environment; and ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8096353 | Oilfield nanocomposites An oilfield apparatus includes an oilfield element made of a composite that includes a matrix material; and a plurality of functionalized graphene sheets dispersed in the matrix material. A method of oilfield operation includes selecting an oilfield apparatus having... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8084914 | Stator coil retention system for unvarnished stators A downhole electric motor device has a longitudinally extending tubular housing; a stator part deployed within the tubular housing; a stator coil winding looped through the stator part with an end turn having an apex; and a connecting device connecting between at le... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8083501 | Subsea pumping system including a skid with wet matable electrical and hydraulic connections A technique is provided for pumping fluid in subsea applications, such as booster pumping applications. A self-contained pumping module has a pump and a motor mounted on a skid. The self-contained pumping module also includes electrical connections by which electric... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082991 | Monitoring and control system for a gas well dewatering pump A monitoring and control system for a dewatering pump configured to dewater a gas well is provided. A dewatering pump is driven at a first speed to pump fluid out of a well annulus. A fluid level detection device is configured to identify a change of fluid level in ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8066476 | Electrical submersible pump stage construction A pump stage is disclosed for use with an electrical submersible pump. The stage includes an impeller and diffuser, each having a hub, blades and an outside ring. In such pump stage, the stage flow area is constructed from separate segments manufactured from wear re... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8025072 | Developing a flow control system for a well To develop a flow control system for use in a well, a multi-level approach is used, where the multi-level approach includes setting goals for the flow control system. According to the goals set, an overall design of the flow control system is specified, and based on... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8021129 | Hydraulically actuated submersible pump A submersible pumping system comprises a piston that is axially moveable relative to a body between an extended position and a retracted position. A pump valve is coupled to the body and in fluid communication with a supply of operating fluid. The pump valve has a f... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020624 | Submersible pumping system A technique is provided for pumping fluids in a subterranean wellbore. A submersible pumping system can be deployed in a wellbore for moving desired fluids within the wellbore. The pumping system energizes the desired fluid movement by reciprocating a working fluid ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8006757 | Flow control system and method for downhole oil-water processing A technique is provided for processing well fluid downhole. The technique utilizes equipment for separating a well fluid downhole into a water component and an oil component. The separation of water and oil can be controlled by selecting an appropriately sized flow ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7984756 | Overpressure protection in gas well dewatering systems Configurations for gas well dewatering systems having overpressure protection to protect a pump and its peripheral equipment from damage due to overpressure are provided. ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7980311 | Devices, systems and methods for equalizing pressure in a gas well Devices, systems and methods for equalizing pressure in a gas well are provided. A jar device is coupled to a pump deployed in a gas well between areas of low pressure and high pressure. The jar device includes a mandrel and a no-go sleeve. A jarring tool is operate... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979240 | System and method for real-time monitoring and failure prediction of electrical submersible pumps The present application relates to a system and method for real-time monitoring and failure prediction of electrical submersible pumps. The design includes generating a failure prediction value with a management system by calculating a percentage change of the respe... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7953584 | Method for optimal lift gas allocation A method is disclosed for optimal lift gas allocation, comprising: optimally allocating lift gas under a total lift gas constraint or a total produced gas constraint, the allocating step including distributing lift gas among all gas lifted wells in a network so as t... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7895241 | Method and apparatus for oilfield data repository The invention relates to a method for performing operations of an oilfield having at least one wellsite, a surface network, and a process facility, each wellsite having a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation for extracting fluid from an underground reservoi... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7877246 | System and method for performing oilfield simulation operations The invention relates to a method of performing an oilfield operation of an oilfield having at least one wellsite, each wellsite having a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation for extracting fluid from an underground reservoir therein. The method includes de... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7860654 | Simulation method and apparatus for determining subsidence in a reservoir A method for reservoir simulation that includes applying fraction boundary conditions at a surface of a grid representing the subterranean reservoir, finding a rock state, representing initial rock displacements and porosity in the grid, that satisfies a first equat... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7671867 | Method for locating underground deposits of hydrocarbon including a method for highlighting an object in a three dimensional scene A method of highlighting a selected object in a 3D scene comprises: executing an off screen rendering software and, responsive thereto, generating a texture image containing an image of the visible parts of a selected object over a background color, and, in response... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7627430 | Method and system for managing information A method for managing information associated with an oilfield operation of an oilfield, the oilfield having a subterranean formation with geological structures and reservoirs therein. The method includes specifying a first site of interest, where a first data source... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7561997 | Simulation system including a simulator and a case manager adapted for organizing data files for the simulator in a non-conventional tree like structure A simulation system includes a case manager adapted for organizing and managing a plurality of sets of input data being used by the simulation system. The case manager includes a plurality of case scenarios organized in a tree-like structure, some case scenarios bei... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7542037 | Three dimensional geological model construction A method for modeling geological structures includes identifying fault planes in a geologic structure, and creating a set of substantially vertically oriented pillars along the fault plane. The pillar grids are then combined into a common three-dimensional grid pill... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7516056 | Apparatus, method and system for improved reservoir simulation using a multiplicative overlapping Schwarz preconditioning for adaptive implicit linear systems A method, system and apparatus are disclosed for conducting a reservoir simulation, using a reservoir model of a gridded region of interest. The grid of the region of interest includes one or more types of cells, the type of cell being distinguished by the number of... | 04/07/2009 |
