Multiple well gravity-assisted column flow testing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016290909-A1
Application number	US-201415036668-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 20, 2014
Priority date	Mar 28, 2014
Publication date	Oct 6, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method of flow testing can include dispensing at least one solid material and at least one liquid into each of multiple wells in a filter plate, and allowing the liquid to flow from the filter plate only by force of gravity. A flow testing system can include a multiple well filter plate, each of the wells having disposed therein a selected combination of formation particles, a fracturing fluid composition and a liquid hydrocarbon, and a collection plate vertically below the filter plate. The fracturing fluid composition and the liquid hydrocarbon flow from the filter plate to the collection plate only by force of gravity.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method of flow testing, comprising:
dispensing at least one solid material and at least one liquid into each of multiple wells in a filter plate; and allowing the liquid to flow from the filter plate only by force of gravity.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the liquid comprises a liquid hydrocarbon.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the liquid hydrocarbon is selected from the group consisting of oil and liquid gas.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the solid material is dispensed into the wells before the liquid is dispensed into the wells.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the liquid is dispensed into the wells before the solid material is dispensed into the wells.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising heating the solid material and the liquid prior to the dispensing.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising heating the filter plate after the dispensing.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising flowing at least one of the group consisting of formation water and potassium chloride solution through the solid material, after the solid material is dispensed into the wells and before the liquid is dispensed into the wells.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the solid material is selected from the group consisting of proppant and formation particles.

10 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising measuring at multiple times and for each of the wells a quantity of the liquid flowed from the filter plate.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the liquid comprises a fracturing fluid composition.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the fracturing fluid composition comprises at least one of the group consisting of a surfactant, a gel, a biocide, a clay stabilizer and a gel breaker.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one liquid comprises multiple fracturing fluid compositions, and further comprising selecting one of the fracturing fluid compositions for use in a subterranean well fracturing operation based on the allowing the liquid to flow from the filter plate only by force of gravity.

14 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
introducing the selected fracturing fluid composition into an earth formation; and fracturing the earth formation using the selected fracturing fluid composition.

15 . A flow testing system, comprising:
a multiple well filter plate, each of the wells having disposed therein a selected combination of formation particles, a fracturing fluid composition and a liquid hydrocarbon; and a collection plate vertically below the filter plate, wherein the fracturing fluid composition and the liquid hydrocarbon flow from the filter plate to the collection plate only by force of gravity.

16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the liquid hydrocarbon is selected from the group consisting of oil and liquid gas.

17 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the formation particles, the fracturing fluid composition and the liquid hydrocarbon are heated to an elevated temperature.

18 . The system of claim 15 , further comprising a measurement device that measures at multiple times and for each of the wells a quantity of the fracturing fluid composition and the liquid hydrocarbon flowed from the filter plate.

19 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the fracturing fluid composition comprises at least one of the group consisting of a surfactant, a gel, a biocide, a clay stabilizer and a gel breaker.

20 . The system of claim 15 , further comprising a control system that controls a robotic solid dispenser that dispenses the formation particles into the wells.

21 . The system of claim 15 , further comprising a control system that controls a robotic liquid dispenser that dispenses into the wells at least one of the group consisting of the fracturing fluid composition and the liquid hydrocarbon.

22 . The system of claim 15 , further comprising proppant in each of the wells in the filter plate.

23 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the fracturing fluid composition is selected for use in a fracturing operation in a subterranean well based on the flow from the filter plate to the collection plate only by force of gravity.

24 . The system of claim 23 , wherein the selected fracturing fluid composition is introduced into an earth formation, and the earth formation is fractured using the selected fracturing fluid composition.

Assignees

• Halliburton Energy Services Inc

Inventors

• Burks Jody M
• Henkel Kristina M
• Benoit Denise Nicole

Classifications

• G01N11/06 Primary

  by timing the outflow of a known quantity · CPC title

• G01N33/2823 Primary

  Raw oil, drilling fluid or polyphasic mixtures · CPC title

• E21B47/10 Primary

  Locating fluid leaks, intrusions or movements · CPC title