Abstract: A completion system for CO2 storage monitoring includes a first well tubular metal structure, a second well tubular metal structure, cement arranged between the borehole and a second part of the second well tubular metal structure, a monitoring line extending along the second well tubular metal structure and into the cement, a production packer assembly providing a seal between the first and second well tubular metal structures, the production packer assembly having an anchoring unit, and an annular barrier unit. Each unit comprises a tubular metal part configured to be mounted as part of a first part of the second well tubular metal structure, the tubular metal part having an expandable metal sleeve having a circumferential groove with an anchoring element and a sealing element. The monitoring line extends through the anchoring and annular barrier units between the tubular metal part and the expandable metal sleeve.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method to be applied to multiple inflow and outflow control zones in an open-hole uncoupled completion. The invention can handle, for example, the complexities and limitations of hydraulic control found in carbonate reservoirs in the Brazilian Pre-Salt, which are characterized by high pressures and flows, large vertical extensions of the reservoir, high scaling potential, and high potential for losses during drilling and completion operations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method to be applied to multiple inflow and outflow control zones in an open-hole uncoupled completion. The invention can handle, for example, the complexities and limitations of hydraulic control found in carbonate reservoirs in the Brazilian Pre-Salt, which are characterized by high pressures and flows, large vertical extensions of the reservoir, high scaling potential, and high potential for losses during drilling and completion operations.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions of green coalescents comprising monoesters obtained from direct or indirect esterification of vegetable oil fatty acids and fusel oil alcohols. The fatty acids used in the present invention have 6 to 22 carbon atoms and can be either saturated or unsaturated.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of mixtures of monoesters and diesters as coalescing agents. Monoesters and diesters according to the present invention were obtained by ethoxylation of fatty acids, and/or by direct esterification of fatty acids with monoethylene glycol or polyethylene glycol. Fatty acids used in the present invention have 4 to 22 carbon atoms and can be saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched. In particular, the invention is directed to a composition of coalescing agents comprising: (i) mixtures of (RCOO(EO)nH) monoesters and diesters; and, (ii) mixtures of (RCOO(EO)nH) monoesters and diesters obtained from the ethoxylation of fatty acids, and/or direct esterification of fatty acids with ethylene glycol derivatives, and/or transesterification, wherein the monoesters are present in an amount of 90 to 10 mass % and diesters are present in an amount of 10 to 90 mass %.

Abstract: The deposition of organic materials originating from crude oil, such as asphaltenes and paraffins, is deemed to compromise satisfactory oil exploration and production, because it clogs pores and equipment, compromising the operation performance. This problem may arise at various points during the operations of drilling, stimulating, fracturing, completing and cementing wells, production, transportation, refining and storage of oil and derivatives, including the use of the fluid in treatments for oil wells and reservoirs, well tubing and annuli, tubing, equipment, and tanks used in treatment processes, transportation and refining of oil and derivatives thereof. The present invention relates to a solvent composition to solubilize such deposits and incrustations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a cyclic ketal, 2-methyl-2-ethyl-1,3-dioxolane as a solvent in adhesives, as well as an adhesive composition comprising said ketal. 2-Methyl-2-ethyl-1,3-dioxolane has high solubilization power of the polychloroprene polymer, forming solutions having high viscosity and having suitable drying time after application of a film onto a surface. Due to the good technical performance, the adhesive composition made according to the present invention is well accepted in the market, finding use to substitute compositions containing toluene or other aromatic and oxygenated solvents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a cyclic ketal, 2-methyl-2-ethyl-1,3-dioxolane as a solvent in adhesives, as well as an adhesive composition comprising said ketal. 2-Methyl-2-ethyl-1,3-dioxolane has high solubilization power of the polychloroprene polymer, forming solutions having high viscosity and having suitable drying time after application of a film onto a surface. Due to the good technical performance, the adhesive composition made according to the present invention is well accepted in the market, finding use to substitute compositions containing toluene or other aromatic and oxygenated solvents.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions of green coalescents comprising monoesters obtained from direct or indirect esterification of vegetable oil fatty acids and fusel oil alcohols. The fatty acids used in the present invention have 6 to 22 carbon atoms and can be either saturated or unsaturated.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of mixtures of monoesters and diesters as coalescing agents. Monoesters and diesters according to the present invention were obtained by ethoxylation of fatty acids, and/or by direct esterification of fatty acids with monoethylene glycol or polyethylene glycol. Fatty acids used in the present invention have 4 to 22 carbon atoms and can be saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched. In particular, the invention is directed to a composition of coalescing agents comprising: (i) mixtures of (RCOO(EO)nH) monoesters and diesters; and, (ii) mixtures of (RCOO(EO)nH) monoesters and diesters obtained from the ethoxylation of fatty acids, and/or direct esterification of fatty acids with ethylene glycol derivatives, and/or transesterification, wherein the monoesters are present in an amount of 90 to 10 mass % and diesters are present in an amount of 10 to 90 mass %.

Abstract: A diagnosis system for household electric appliances, such as refrigerators, freezers, and others, presenting multiple loads (10) energized by switches (20) commanded by electronic controls (30) coupled to a command module (50), which energizes the loads (10) and an interface (80). The system comprises: a voltmeter (60) to measure a first voltage (Voff) in the inlet of the loads (10) with the switches (20) opened, and a second voltage (Vres, Vlamp, Vcomp) in the inlet of each load (10) with the respective switch (20) closed; a control unit (70) for processing the values of the first voltage (Voff) and of each second voltage (Vres, Vlamp, Vcomp), indicating in the interface (80) the existence of failure in the command module (50), in the switches (20), and in the respective electronic controls (30) thereof, and interrupting the sequence of tests, in case any second voltage (Vres, Vlamp, Vcomp) presents a value that is equal to or higher than that of the first voltage (Voff).

Abstract: A system for detecting low voltage in an electric appliance having multiple loads (10) associated with drive switches (20) commanded by respective electronic controls (30) which are energized from a power source (40) connected to an electric network and which are operatively coupled to a command module (50). The system comprises: a compensating load (60), connected to the power source (40) and constructed to maintain constant the relation between the voltage of the electric network and the voltage of the power source (40), regardless of the number of loads (10) being energized; a control unit (70) associated with the command module (50) and with the compensating load (60), to define the current consumption to be produced by the compensating load (60), and a voltage sensing means (S) associated with the power source (40) and with the control unit (70) to promote the de-energization of the loads (10) when the voltage of the power source (40) is lower than a predetermined minimum value.