Abstract: A method for milling a wellbore structure comprising: pumping fluid through a mud motor and a milling tool while the milling tool and the mud motor are moved on a string to mill out a wellbore structure; and conveying a diversion agent with the fluid through the string, mud motor and milling tool to introduce the diversion agent to the wellbore, the diversion agent mitigating fluid loss in a low pressure zone.
Abstract: Diversion material is particulate material used during wellbore treatment to temporarily seal a wellbore fluid passage such as a fracture. A method and apparatus for diversion material testing permits simulation of wellbore fracture parameters and testing thereof against a selected diversion material. The apparatus comprises: a fluid piping system including a fluid inlet end and a fluid outlet end; a fracture simulator chamber including a fracture-simulating outlet slot through a wall of the chamber, the fracture simulator chamber being releasably connectable to the fluid outlet end; a pump to pump fluid through the fluid piping system from the fluid inlet line to the fluid outlet end and into the fracture simulator chamber; a diversion material launch system connected in communication with the fluid piping system between the fluid inlet end and the fluid outlet line; and a pressure transducer in the fluid piping system to measure pressure in the fluid piping system.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 20, 2017
Date of Patent:
September 3, 2019
Assignee:
STEP ENERGY SERVICES LTD.
Inventors:
Andrew James McMurray, Darren Michael Maley, Michael Edward Burvill, Bailey Todd Epp
Abstract: A proppant composition includes: a volume of water; a self-suspending proppant, including a plurality of proppant granules each with a hydrophilic polymer coating, the hydrophilic polymer coatings of the self-suspending proppant together defining a total polymer volume; and an untreated proppant, where a concentration of the self-suspending proppant in the water is sufficient (i) to reduce the water to an unabsorbed volume of less than 25% of the volume of water and (ii) to hydrate at least 75% of the total polymer volume.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 27, 2017
Date of Patent:
January 29, 2019
Assignee:
STEP ENERGY SERVICES LTD.
Inventors:
Darren Michael Maley, Mark Errol Abesamis Manipon
Abstract: Diversion material is particulate material used during wellbore treatment to temporarily seal a wellbore fluid passage such as a fracture. A method and apparatus for diversion material testing permits simulation of wellbore fracture parameters and testing thereof against a selected diversion material. The apparatus comprises: a fluid piping system including a fluid inlet end and a fluid outlet end; a fracture simulator chamber including a fracture-simulating outlet slot through a wall of the chamber, the fracture simulator chamber being releasably connectable to the fluid outlet end; a pump to pump fluid through the fluid piping system from the fluid inlet line to the fluid outlet end and into the fracture simulator chamber; a diversion material launch system connected in communication with the fluid piping system between the fluid inlet end and the fluid outlet line; and a pressure transducer in the fluid piping system to measure pressure in the fluid piping system.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 20, 2017
Publication date:
July 27, 2017
Applicant:
STEP ENERGY SERVICES LTD.
Inventors:
Andrew James McMurray, Darren Michael Maley, Michael Edward Burvill, Bailey Todd Epp