Abstract: A pumping module is positionable within a pump housing for pumping fluid into a wellbore. The pumping module includes a cylindrical housing with an inlet end and an outlet end, an inlet cap positioned on the inlet end of the cylindrical housing and including an inlet formed through the inlet cap, and an outlet cap positioned on the outlet end of the cylindrical housing and including an outlet formed through the outlet cap. A shaft is rotatable with respect to the cylindrical housing, and a rotor is positioned within the cylindrical housing and rotatable by the shaft to push fluid through the cylindrical housing.

Abstract: A fluid injection system for injecting a particulate in a fluid, including a high-pressure pump operable to output the fluid from an outlet flow channel and a reservoir configured to hold the particulate. The system also includes a valve assembly in fluid communication with the reservoir and the outlet flow channel of the pump, the valve assembly operable to discharge the particulate into a fluid stream output by the pump while the reservoir is sealed from the outlet flow channel of the pump.

Abstract: Distributed Acoustic Sensing systems may be employed for monitoring wellbore events occurring within the interior of a tubular conveyance such as a coiled tubing strand. A signal cable carried by the coiled tubing strand may provide a measure of acoustic energy as a function of position in the wellbore such that a location of a ball dropped through the coiled tubing strand may be monitored in real time. The signal cable can be used to determine whether the ball encounters an obstruction within the coiled tubing strand, and/or can confirm that the ball has properly seated on a downhole tool actuated by engagement with the ball. In other embodiments, the location and density of a liquid sand flow or other fluid mixture can be monitored, and/or the location of a leak through a lateral wall of the coiled tubing strand can be detected.

Abstract: A fluid injection system for injecting a particulate in a fluid, including a high-pressure pump operable to output the fluid from an outlet flow channel and a reservoir configured to hold the particulate. The system also includes a valve assembly in fluid communication with the reservoir and the outlet flow channel of the pump, the valve assembly operable to discharge the particulate into a fluid stream output by the pump while the reservoir is sealed from the outlet flow channel of the pump.

Abstract: Systems and methods for multi-lateral wellbore construction and stimulation from cased parent wellbores. Methods and apparatus are provided to facilitate the creation of casing exit openings in the casing of parent wellbores. Methods and systems are provided for azimuthally and longitudinally aligning drilling assemblies through openings in a parent wellbore casing are provided to allow for drilling multiple lateral wellbores extending outwardly from a parent wellbore. A method of stimulating one or more subterranean zones intersected by multiple lateral wellbores extending outwardly from one or more patent wellbores includes the steps of: simultaneously injecting a stimulation fluid into the lateral wellbores; and stimulating the zones intersected by the lateral wellbores in response to the stimulation fluid injecting step.

Abstract: A tubular connector includes a first tubular member that includes a female end; a second tubular member including a male end insertable into the female end, each of the first and second tubular members including a bore that extends there through; a clamp positionable about the first and second tubular members to urge the male and female ends into sealing engagement; a housing that at least partially encloses the clamp such that a chamber is defined between the clamp and the housing; and a plate positionable between an axial end of the clamp and the housing.

Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for delivering a treatment fluid to a wellsite. An example method includes receiving a container containing a treatment fluid component from a treatment fluid component supplier. The method further includes introducing the treatment fluid component into a wellbore from the container by pumping the treatment fluid component out of the container and into the wellbore. The treatment fluid component is not transferred to another container during the receiving or the introducing.

Abstract: A downhole tool for injecting fluid in a wellbore intersecting a subterranean formation. The tool can include a housing, a piston assembly moveably received in a chamber in the housing and dividing the chamber into an extension cavity and a retraction cavity, a rod assembly moveable within the housing and including a conduit, a nozzle in fluid communication with the conduit. The tool can release fluid in a cyclical pattern powered by pressurized fluid flowing through the conduit or a power source such as a pump with control lines in fluid communication with the cavities.

Abstract: Some aspects of this specification describe the use of Boolean algebra for patent claim mapping and analysis. In some instances, characteristics of a collection of technologies are represented as binary variables, and each of the technologies has a respective subset of the characteristics. The collection of technologies is represented as a collection of binary functions, and each binary function includes a respective subset of the binary variables. A patent claim is generated based on inverting the binary functions according to Boolean algebra.

Abstract: A downhole hydra-jetting apparatus has a substantially cylindrical guide housing having an outer surface and an inner surface, and defining a cavity longitudinally extending through the guide housing; a plurality of retractable guide members attached radially around the guide housing; and a substantially cylindrical jet housing having an outer surface and an inner surface, and defining a cavity longitudinally extending through the jet housing, with a plurality of jetting nozzles defined in, and radially positioned about, the jet housing. Each of the plurality of jetting nozzles are adjustable relative to the guide housing to allow substantial alignment of projections from the plurality of jetting nozzles and the plurality of guide members when the guide members are extended radially from the outer surface of the guide housing and the apparatus is actively moved through a downhole.

Abstract: Slow-rotating tools may operate within a tubular structure such as casing or tubing strings in a wellbore, e.g., to clean an interior surface of the tubular structure or to support other wellbore applications. A slow-rotating tool may include a nozzle assembly that rotates with respect to an end of a coiled tubing strand or other conveyance, and a working fluid delivered through the conveyance may operate to drive rotation of the nozzle assembly. A motor component of the tool may include a coiled conduit that winds and un-winds in response to pressure fluctuations in the working fluid. The coiled conduit may be operably coupled to a pair of directional clutches that harness the rotational motion induced by the winding and unwinding, and impart the rotational motion to the rotatable housing in a single direction.

Abstract: A pumping module is positionable within a pump housing for pumping fluid into a wellbore. The pumping module includes a cylindrical housing with an inlet end and an outlet end, an inlet cap positioned on the inlet end of the cylindrical housing and including an inlet formed through the inlet cap, and an outlet cap positioned on the outlet end of the cylindrical housing and including an outlet formed through the outlet cap. A shaft is rotatable with respect to the cylindrical housing, and a rotor is positioned within the cylindrical housing and rotatable by the shaft to push fluid through the cylindrical housing.

Abstract: Systems and methods for multi-lateral wellbore construction and stimulation from cased parent wellbores. Methods and apparatus are provided to facilitate the creation of casing exit openings in the casing of parent wellbores. Methods and systems are provided for azimuthally and longitudinally aligning drilling assemblies through openings in a parent wellbore casing are provided to allow for drilling multiple lateral wellbores extending outwardly from a parent wellbore. A method of stimulating one or more subterranean zones intersected by multiple lateral wellbores extending outwardly from one or more patent wellbores includes the steps of: simultaneously injecting a stimulation fluid into the lateral wellbores; and stimulating the zones intersected by the lateral wellbores in response to the stimulation fluid injecting step.

Abstract: Methods and an apparatus to facilitate the creation of casing exit openings in the casing of parent wellbores. Methods and systems for azimuthally and longitudinally aligning drilling assemblies through openings in a parent wellbore casing to allow for drilling multiple lateral wellbores extending outwardly from a parent wellbore. A method of stimulating one or more subterranean zones intersected by multiple lateral wellbores extending outwardly from one or more patent wellbores includes the steps of: simultaneously injecting a stimulation fluid into the lateral wellbores; and stimulating the zones intersected by the lateral wellbores in response to the stimulation fluid injecting step.

Abstract: A downhole hydra-jetting apparatus has a substantially cylindrical guide housing having an outer surface and an inner surface, and defining a cavity longitudinally extending through the guide housing; a plurality of retractable guide members attached radially around the guide housing; and a substantially cylindrical jet housing having an outer surface and an inner surface, and defining a cavity longitudinally extending through the jet housing, with a plurality of jetting nozzles defined in, and radially positioned about, the jet housing. Each of the plurality of jetting nozzles are adjustable relative to the guide housing to allow substantial alignment of projections from the plurality of jetting nozzles and the plurality of guide members when the guide members are extended radially from the outer surface of the guide housing and the apparatus is actively moved through a downhole.

Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing the amount of torque transferred to the Bottom Hole Assembly and the drill string during drilling operations are disclosed. The drill string includes an optionally non-rotatable portion. A rotational hold down system is positioned at a first position on the drill string where it is not rotationally coupled to the drill string. The rotational hold down system is then moved to a second position on the drill string where it is rotationally coupled to the optionally non-rotatable portion of the drill string. In the second position, one or more bars on the rotational hold down system substantially prevent rotation of the optionally non-rotatable portion of the drill string.

Abstract: A casing cutting tool including a top mandrel operatively coupled to a conveyance; a first retractable wedge operatively coupled to the top mandrel; a jetting tool operatively coupled to the retractable wedge, the retractable wedge thereby interposing the top mandrel and the jetting tool, wherein the jetting tool has one or more jetting nozzles arranged thereon; and a bottom terminal operatively coupled to the jetting tool, the jetting tool thereby interposing the retractable wedge and the bottom terminal.

Abstract: Embodiments herein include a casing cutting tool comprising a top mandrel operatively coupled to a conveyance; a first retractable wedge operatively coupled to the top mandrel; a jetting tool operatively coupled to the retractable wedge, the retractable wedge thereby interposing the top mandrel and the jetting tool, wherein the jetting tool has one or more jetting nozzles arranged thereon; and a bottom terminal operatively coupled to the jetting tool, the jetting tool thereby interposing the retractable wedge and the bottom terminal.

Abstract: A tubular connector includes a first tubular member that includes a female end; a second tubular member including a male end insertable into the female end, each of the first and second tubular members including a bore that extends there through; a clamp positionable about the first and second tubular members to urge the male and female ends into sealing engagement; a housing that at least partially encloses the clamp such that a chamber is defined between the clamp and the housing; and a plate positionable between an axial end of the clamp and the housing.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for cooling at least one pump used to supply fluids to subterranean formations in connection with the recovery of hydrocarbons, where the cooling system includes a cooling tower connected to the at least one pump to remove heat from the at least one pump, with a plurality of fans configured in an array and oriented vertically within the cooling tower, wherein each of the plurality of fans comprises an inner flow path having an output end directed towards the cooling tower output end, and an intake end. The cooling system may further include an exhaust pipe axially located within the cooling tower to direct heated air from the exhaust pipe towards the cooling tower output end.