Abstract: A method of using a tracer additive in a wellbore that includes using a deployment device, the device configured with a hollowed region, and disposing a tracer additive into the hollowed region. The method includes sending the deployment device into the wellbore in manner whereby the deployment device arrives at a desired location, and sufficiently dissolving the deployment device so that the tracer additive comes into contact with a target formation fluid. The tracer additive has a first composition, and is in a solid powder form.

Abstract: A method of using a tracer additive in a wellbore that includes forming a utility fluid mixture comprising the tracer additive, and disposing the utility fluid into the wellbore so that the utility fluid comes into contact with a target formation. Upon contacting the utility fluid with the target formation for an amount of time, returning a remnant fluid that includes at least a portion of the utility fluid to a surface for testing. The tracer additive has a first composition, and is in a solid powder form having an average particle diameter of at least 0.1 ?m to no more than 10 ?m, and an average bulk specific gravity of at least 0.6 g/cm3 to no more than 1.2 g/cm3.

Abstract: An example modeling process of pore pressure and injected waste distribution profile may include several steps. A hydrodynamic flow simulation model may be built according to the geometry and/or physical properties of the subsurface formation. A fluid distribution and pore pressure profile in the subsurface may be affected by the geometry and orientation of hydraulic fractures created as a result of drill cuttings subsurface injection (cuttings re-injection or CRI). A fracture profile may be generated using a hydraulic fracturing simulation and may then be embedded into the hydrodynamic simulation model. In some examples, the nature of injected fluids in the same formation and through the same well, fracture, and/or perforation interval may lead to modification of the subsurface formation properties, and this may be accounted for in the simulation.

Abstract: A method of designing a well control operation includes obtaining sub-surface data related to a formation surrounding a well, building a geomechanical model of the formation based on the sub-surface data, obtaining operational data related to the well control operation, performing, on a processor, a hydraulic fracture simulation of the formation, wherein the simulation is based on the operational data and the geomechanical model, and determining an estimated volume of fluid required for a fracture to breach an upper surface of the formation.

Abstract: An example modeling process of pore pressure and injected waste distribution profile may include several steps. A hydrodynamic flow simulation model may be built according to the geometry and/or physical properties of the subsurface formation. A fluid distribution and pore pressure profile in the subsurface may be affected by the geometry and orientation of hydraulic fractures created as a result of drill cuttings subsurface injection (cuttings re-injection or CRI). A fracture profile may be generated using a hydraulic fracturing simulation and may then be embedded into the hydrodynamic simulation model. In some examples, the nature of injected fluids in the same formation and through the same well, fracture, and/or perforation interval may lead to modification of the subsurface formation properties, and this may be accounted for in the simulation.

Abstract: A method may include receiving, via a processor, data related to properties associated with injecting a slurry into a subsurface region of the Earth from one or more sensors disposed within the subsurface region. The method may then determine whether the data is within a threshold of simulated data determined based on a simulation of injecting the slurry into the subsurface region over a simulated period of time. The simulation is generated using a geomechanical model having mechanical properties associated with the subsurface region. The method may then generate an updated geomechanical model based on the data and automatically send commands to adjust operations of components that control an injection of the slurry into the subsurface region based on the updated geomechanical model.

Abstract: A method of designing a well control operation includes obtaining sub-surface data related to a formation surrounding a well, building a geomechanical model of the formation based on the sub-surface data, obtaining operational data related to the well control operation, performing, on a processor, a hydraulic fracture simulation of the formation, wherein the simulation is based on the operational data and the geomechanical model, and determining an estimated volume of fluid required for a fracture to breach an upper surface of the formation.

Abstract: A method for determining a maximum volume of drilling cuttings disposal in a formation, the method including inputting formation parameters into a simulator, simulating a formation during waste injection based on the formation parameters, determining a net pressure based on the simulating, determining a closure pressure increase based on the simulating, calculating a disposal volume based on the net pressure and the closure pressure, calculating a time interval of waste injection based on the calculated injection volume, and outputting at least one of the disposal volume and the time interval is disclosed. A method of optimizing a waste injection process, the method including simulating a formation based on input parameters, determining a closure pressure increase per unit slurry volume based on the simulation, calculating a disposal capacity of the selected formation, and outputting the disposal capacity is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for determining a maximum volume of drilling cuttings disposal in a formation, the method including inputting formation parameters into a simulator, simulating a formation during waste injection based on the formation parameters, determining a net pressure based on the simulating, determining a closure pressure increase based on the simulating, calculating a disposal volume based on the net pressure and the closure pressure, calculating a time interval of waste injection based on the calculated injection volume, and outputting at least one of the disposal volume and the time interval is disclosed. A method of optimizing a waste injection process, the method including simulating a formation based on input parameters, determining a closure pressure increase per unit slurry volume based on the simulation, calculating a disposal capacity of the selected formation, and outputting the disposal capacity is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of designing a response to a fracture behavior of a formation during re-injection of cuttings into a formation, the method including obtaining a pressure signature for a time period, interpreting the pressure signature for the time period to determine a fracture behavior of the formation, determining a solution based on the fracture behavior of the formation, and implementing the solution is disclosed. A method of assessing a subsurface risk of a cuttings re-injection operation, the method including obtaining a pressure signature for a time period, interpreting the pressure signature to determine a fracture behavior of the formation, characterizing a risk associated with the determined fracture behavior of the formation, and implementing a solution based on the characterized risk is also disclosed.