Abstract: An expandable, retrievable plug includes a base, a plurality of arm bars pivotably attached to the base and movable between stowed and extended configurations, and a set of expandable blades operatively coupled to and angularly interposing each pair of angularly adjacent arm bars such that, as the plurality of arm bars move to the extended configuration, each set of expandable blades transitions from a stacked state to a fanned state. An inflatable element is attached to the base and is engageable with the plurality of arm bars, and an expandable seal is mounted to the plurality of arm bars and each set of expandable blades. Selectively inflating the inflatable element transitions the plurality of arm bars from the stowed configuration to the extended configuration, which transitions each set of expandable blades from the stacked state to the fanned state, and simultaneously radially expands the expandable seal.

Abstract: A multiphase fluid is flowed from a flow pipe to a U-bend. Several differential pressures of the multiphase fluid flowing through the flow pipe and U-bend are measured. A mixture density of the multiphase fluid is determined at least based on the measured differential pressures.

Abstract: A system includes a well extending through an underground formation, a primary tunnel extending a length outwardly from the well at a first axial location along the well, a battery installed in the primary tunnel, recharging equipment connected to the battery, and electrically powered downhole equipment positioned in the well, wherein the downhole equipment is connected to the battery.

Abstract: A tubing hanger includes a hanger connection profile positioned along a borehole of the tubing hanger and a first landing profile positioned along the borehole and above the hanger connection profile. The first landing profile includes first threads including a first thread feature configured to secure a first check valve to the tubing hanger for isolating a production tubing. The tubing hanger further includes a second landing profile positioned along the borehole and above the first landing profile, the second landing profile including second threads including a second thread feature. The second thread feature is larger than the first thread feature and is configured to secure a second check valve to the tubing hanger for further isolating the production tubing.

Abstract: A system for deploying a magnetic robotic crawler onto a surface of an elevated asset, the crawler being of the type that is capable of magnetically attaching to and traversing the surface. The system comprises an extendable pole having a proximal end and a distal end. The system also comprises a docking station having a housing for receiving the crawler. The docking station is provided at the distal end of the pole. The docking station also includes magnetic feet mounted at a distal end of the housing and configured to magnetically couple with the surface. The system can also comprise an extendable pole having a proximal end and a distal end and an end effector attached to the distal end. Specifically, the end effector is configured to selectively attach to and detach from a complementary shaped receiver provided on the crawler.

Abstract: An untethered device includes a tool and a ballast weight. The ballast weight includes an attachment plate that is securable to the tool, a dissolvable ballast, and attachment elements that secure the dissolvable ballast to the attachment plate. At least one of the attachment elements is dissolvable to release the dissolvable ballast from the attachment plate.

Abstract: A process for upgrading a hydrocarbon-based composition includes combining a heated water stream, a hydrogen stream, and a hydrocarbon-based composition in a mixing device to create a combined feed stream. The combined feed stream is introduced into a supercritical water hydrogenation reactor operating at a temperature greater than a critical temperature of water and a pressure greater than a critical pressure of water. The combined feed stream is at least partially converted to an upgraded product stream, and the upgraded product stream is introduced to a gas/oil/water separator where the upgraded product stream is separated to produce a gas fraction, a liquid oil fraction, and a water fraction. The liquid oil fraction is introduced to a mild hydrotreating unit to produce a hydrotreated product.

Abstract: Proppant particulates may comprise a polymer material and a microdevice encapsulated within the polymer material. Compositions may comprise a carrier fluid and a plurality of the proppant particulates dispersed within the carrier fluid. Methods may comprise providing the composition containing the plurality of the proppant particulates, introducing the composition into a subterranean formation at or above a fracture gradient pressure to form a plurality of fractures therein, allowing at least a portion of the plurality of proppant particulates to settle in the plurality of fractures, and interrogating the plurality of proppant particulates to determine at least one attribute of the plurality of fractures.

Abstract: A system (200) for pumping a multi-phase feed mixture includes a separation section (230) having a separation tank (206), a mixing section (240), and a pumping section (250). The separation tank (206) has a feed mixture entrance (204) and a liquid outlet (215) located at different axial positions along a wall of the separation tank (206). A gas line (212) extends through the separation tank (206) from a gas inlet (217) located in an interior of the separation tank to a gas outlet (218) located outside of the separation tank (206). The mixing section (240) includes a fluid suction chamber (220) surrounding the gas outlet (218), and a liquid line (216) fluidly connects the liquid outlet (215) to the fluid suction chamber (220). The pumping section (250) includes a pump (226), and a diffuser (222) fluidly connects the fluid suction chamber (220) to a pump inlet (224).

Abstract: Improved processes and systems for sweeping an activated carbon bed after steam regeneration to decrease or prevent the occurrence of flameouts or unit trips in a reaction furnace of a low-pressure sulfur recovery unit. The improved sweeping process includes conveying a sweeping gas to the reaction furnace at a sweeping flow rate that is less than an operational flow rate of the activated carbon bed. The improved system includes a bypass line that bypasses at least a portion of the main outlet line of the activated carbon bed to result in a reduced sweeping flow rate. The improved sweeping process may include starting the sweeping process after the temperature of the active carbon beds drops below a threshold level.

Abstract: A digital retrofit device comprises a camera, a processor coupled to the camera and configured with computer-executable instructions that cause the processor to activate the camera to capture an image and process the image so as to identify measurement data being displayed on an analog measurement instrument which is within the image captured by the camera, wherein the processing includes: identifying a type of the analog measurement instrument, identifying features of the analog measurement instrument, extract the measurement data displayed on the analog instrument based on the identified type and features of the analog instrument measurement, convert the extracted data into converted digital information, and obtain supplemental information from a database related to the analog instrument.

Abstract: A method may include obtaining historical contract data regarding various contracts for various service operations. The method may further include extracting, from various servers, supply data regarding various material components using a web scraping process. The method may further include identifying a contract among the contracts that is associated with a service operation. The method may further include determining predicted contract data for the contract using a machine-learning model, the supply data, and the historical contract data. The method further includes determining whether the predicted contract data satisfies a predetermined criterion. The method may further include determining, in response to the predicted contract data failing to satisfy the predetermined criterion, a contract adjustment based on the predicted contract data. The method may further include transmitting a command that adjusts the contract based on the contract adjustment.

Abstract: A method for allocating optimum fluid volume among a set of injectors of a hydrocarbon reservoir includes, for each of multiple depletion stages of the reservoir, determining reservoir pressure at a first region, corresponding to a first injector, in relation to average field reservoir pressure, determining reservoir pressure at a second region, corresponding to a second injector, in relation to average field reservoir pressure, and injecting fluid through the first and second injectors independently and as a function of the determined reservoir pressures at the first and second regions respectively.

Abstract: A loss circulation material (LCM) includes an alkaline nanosilica dispersion and a formate activator. The formate activator may be present in an amount in a range of 1 wt % to 40 wt % of the loss circulation material. A method of controlling loss circulation in a loss circulation zone (LCZ) in a wellbore includes introducing an alkaline nanosilica dispersion into the wellbore, introducing a formate activator solution into the wellbore, contacting the alkaline nanosilica dispersion with the formate activator, thereby forming a LCM composition, and forming a gelled solid from the LCM in the loss circulation zone. A method of controlling loss circulation in a LCZ in a wellbore includes introducing a LCM that includes an alkaline nanosilica dispersion and a formate activator into the wellbore such that they contact the LCZ, and forming a gelled solid from the LCM in the LCZ.

Abstract: A method for estimating the gas-oil ratio (GOR) of a flowing oil well in real-time includes installing a first pressure downhole monitoring system in a flowing oil well, and installing a second pressure downhole monitoring system in a flowing oil well such that a pressure gradient can be calculated between a pressure measured by the first pressure downhole monitoring system and a pressure measured by the second pressure downhole monitoring system. Then the pressure is measured at the well-head of the oil well, and previous production test results of the oil well are reviewed in order to collect a liquid flow rate from the measured well-head pressure. Finally, known correlations between liquid flow rates and pressure gradients at constant GOR values are used to determine the GOR of the well.

Abstract: A method for determining drilling fluid properties. The method includes obtaining current drilling fluid properties for a drilling fluid used in a drilling operation, obtaining operational parameters related to the drilling operation, and obtaining a treatment, wherein the treatment describes one or more additives or processes to be applied the drilling fluid. The method further includes processing the current drilling fluid properties, the operational parameters, and the treatment with a treatment prediction system to determine a prediction for drilling fluid properties after treatment. The method further includes applying the treatment to the drilling fluid and using the drilling fluid, after application of the treatment, in the drilling operation.

Abstract: A process for upgrading a hydrocarbon-based composition includes combining a heated water stream and a pressurized, heated hydrocarbon-based composition in a mixing device to create a combined feed stream. The combined feed stream is introduced into a supercritical water reactor operating at a temperature greater than a critical temperature of water and a pressure greater than a critical pressure of water. The combined feed stream is at least partially converted to an upgraded product. At least one catalyst lobular structure is present in the supercritical water reactor.

Abstract: A method may include obtaining various cross-spread gathers regarding a geological region of interest. The method may further include determining traveltime table data based on the cross-spread gathers. The method may further include transmitting the cross-spread gathers to various parallel processing groups in a parallel processing network. A respective cross-spread gather among the cross-spread gathers may be transmitted to a respective parallel processing group among the parallel processing groups. The method may further include determining, by various parallel processing nodes in the respective parallel processing group, a first subset of a migrated dataset using the respective cross-spread gather, a subset of the traveltime table data, a velocity model, and a migration function. The method may further include generating, based on various subsets of the migrated dataset that includes the first subset, a first seismic image of the geological region of interest.

Abstract: Methods and systems for training a machine learning (ML) network to predict a likelihood of a presence of a geological fracture from an observed drill-bit seismic dataset are disclosed. The method may include obtaining, using a seismic processing system, a plurality of geophysical models, where each geophysical model includes a location of a drill bit. The method may further include simulating, for each geophysical model a corresponding simulated drill-bit seismic dataset for seismic waves emanating from the drill bit and recorded by at least one seismic receiver and forming a training dataset including a plurality of training pairs, with each training pair including a geophysical model from the plurality of geophysical models and the corresponding simulated drill-bit seismic dataset. The method may still further include training, using the training dataset, the ML network to predict the likelihood of the presence of the geological fracture from the observed drill-bit seismic dataset.

Abstract: Methods for processing a hydrocarbon feedstock may include cracking at least a portion of the hydrocarbon feedstock by contacting the hydrocarbon feedstock with a modified zeolite in the presence of hydrogen to form an intermediate cracked product and steam cracking at least a portion of the intermediate cracked product to form a steam cracked product. The intermediate cracked product may include at least 30 wt. % of one or more linear alkanes. The modified zeolite may include a microporous framework. The microporous framework may include at least silicon atoms and oxygen atoms. The modified zeolite also includes a plurality of Group 4-6 metal atoms each bonded to four bridging oxygen atoms, wherein each of the bridging oxygen atoms bonded to the Group 4-6 metal atoms bridges one of the plurality of the Group 4-6 metal atoms and a silicon atom of the microporous framework.