Patents by Inventor Fernando Antonio Moreira Da Silva

Fernando Antonio Moreira Da Silva has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240133268
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for applying scale inhibitor to completion fluids during injectivity test operations. Said method takes advantage of the completion fluid to inhibit scaling in the reservoir by filling the porous spaces of the reservoir rock with the inhibited completion fluid. When the well is put into production, this inhibited fluid positioned inside the reservoir will be produced together with the oil and will inhibit the formation of scale inside the reservoir and on production equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. - PETROBRAS
    Inventors: MARIO GERMINO FERREIRA DA SILVA, VALTAIR MARCOS CRISTANTE, FERNANDO ANTONIO MOREIRA DA SILVA, CIRO DOS SANTOS GUIMARAES
  • Patent number: 11884877
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for removing fouling in carbonate reservoirs and/or depleted reservoirs by adding carbon dioxide to industrial or desulphated water to produce carbonic acid, in producing well stimulation operations, to be used as a weak acid for removing fouling in remote operation aiming at keeping the productivity of producing wells and lessening the need for remote operations with stimulation vessel, and therefore reducing operating costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.-Petrobras
    Inventors: Fernando Antonio Moreira Da Silva, Mario Germino Ferreira Da Silva, Patricia Braga Gusmao, Valtair Marcos Cristante
  • Publication number: 20240018848
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an autonomous chemical treatment system and method for drilling and completion probes, so that it allows the probe to carry out chemical treatments in subsea wells, dispensing the need to use the WSSV, which has a limited treatment capacity due to tank volumetry, generally smaller than the marine probes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: FERNANDO ANTONIO MOREIRA DA SILVA, MARIO GERMINO FERREIRA DA SILVA, VALTAIR MARCOS CRISTANTE
  • Publication number: 20230407726
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and process for assisted autonomous treatment for removing and/or inhibiting scale with desulfated seawater on pre-salt production platforms, using production facilities and injection water, without the need of using a stimulation vessel or a workover rig.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: TATIANA PITCHON SAMPAIO, LILIA NAVEIRA BUKAHI, FERNANDO ANTONIO MOREIRA DA SILVA, MARCELO ALMEIDA GOMES, PATRICIA BRAGA GUSMAO, MARIO GERMINO FERREIRA DA SILVA, BERNARDO CALDEIRA DIAS, LEANDRO FERNANDES TELLES, VALTAIR MARCOS CRISTANTE, GERALDO MARCEL GOMES CALIL, PEDRO ANDRE NOGUERIA SOUZA DE OLIVEIRA VALE, TIAGO CAVALCANTE FREITAS, DANIEL MONTEIRO PIMENTEL, THIAGO DA COSTA RIBEIRO
  • Patent number: 11834927
    Abstract: This invention contains a method focused on increasing the water saturation of the reservoir by injecting industrial water into the well via SPU, thus diluting the concentration of salts, such as halite (sodium chloride). When the oil passes through the gas lift mandrel, this dilution will allow a part of the BSW water to evaporate, however, the amount of water that will remain in the oil will be sufficient to keep the salts in solution, thus scale formation will not occur and therefore no loss of production will occur. One of the focus areas of the method of this invention are high-temperature and low-BSW production reservoir wells. The solution of this invention minimizes the frequency of well treatments, avoiding loss of production due to well stoppage. The technical advantages of the method are increased reliability for SPU, increased NPV of operations and increased safety due to the reduction of operations with participation of the stimulation vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.—Petrobras
    Inventors: Mario Germino Ferreira Da Silva, Francisca Ferreira Do Rosario, Tiago Cavalcante Freitas, Fernando Antonio Moreira Da Silva, Roberto Motto Gomes
  • Patent number: 11761307
    Abstract: The present invention addresses to a remote and autonomous chemical treatment system for application in producing wells of offshore platforms aiming at treatments for removal and prevention of production string fouling, selective completion system, well safety equipment (DHSV, HFIV) and rock formation. The purpose of this invention is to completely replace the stimulation boat, thus allowing treatments to be carried out with resources from the routine operational contracting of the offshore production unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.—Petrobras
    Inventors: Fernando Antonio Moreira Da Silva, Paulo Henrique De Amorim Martins, Jose Sergio Daher, Mario Germino Ferreira Da Silva, Thiago Geraldo Da Silva, Caio Mezencio Pimenta
  • Publication number: 20230193118
    Abstract: The invention addresses to a method of applying a formulation obtained from a mixture of phosphonic salts and acids (R1—P(OR2) (OR3)), sulfonic acids (R—SO3H) and/or carboxylic acids (R—COOH). The pH of this formulation must be less than 3.5, preferably between 2.0 and 3.5. The formulation can be manufactured by dilution in saline fluid at the WSSV facility, in product compatible tanks on the rig or offshore platform or stimulation boat. This formulation enables acid stimulation and inhibition of the well in the same operation, in addition to removing damage caused by the use of organic acids in carbonate oil and natural gas reservoirs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Mario Germino Ferreira Da Silva, Valtair Marcos Cristante, Fernanda Rodrigues Guimaraes, Fernando Antonio Moreira Da Silva
  • Publication number: 20230131679
    Abstract: The present invention presents a method of automatic characterization and removal of marks and pad artifacts in ultrasonic images of reservoir wells. The method demonstrates the effectiveness of automatic characterization of this noise and its removal by modeling a two-dimensional square wave signal, periodic in the angular axis of the image, and includes: the obtention of the average curve of the one-dimensional power spectrum of the well image for the automatic detection of the artifact noise frequency response peak; the derivation of the geometric parameters of the signal of the artifacts by means of the frequency peak estimated in the previous step; the automatic modeling of the signal of the artifact as a periodic square wave using the parameters obtained in the previous steps; the processing of the original image using the square wave model filter obtained in the previous step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Fernando Antonio Moreira Da Silva, Mario Germino Ferreira Da Silva, Patricia Braga Gusmao, Valtair Marcos Cristante
  • Publication number: 20230127921
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for removing fouling in carbonate reservoirs and/or depleted reservoirs by adding carbon dioxide to industrial or desulphated water to produce carbonic acid, in producing well stimulation operations, to be used as a weak acid for removing fouling in remote operation aiming at keeping the productivity of producing wells and lessening the need for remote operations with stimulation vessel, and therefore reducing operating costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Fernando Antonio Moreira Da Silva, Mario Germino Ferreira Da Silva, Patricia Braga Gusmao, Valtair Marcos Cristante
  • Publication number: 20230106902
    Abstract: The present invention addresses to a remote and autonomous chemical treatment system for application in producing wells of offshore platforms aiming at treatments for removal and prevention of production string fouling, selective completion system, well safety equipment (DHSV, HFIV) and rock formation. The purpose of this invention is to completely replace the stimulation boat, thus allowing treatments to be carried out with resources from the routine operational contracting of the offshore production unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Fernando Antonio Moreira Da Silva, Paulo Henrique De Amorim Martins, Jose Sergio Daher, Mario Germino Ferreira Da Silva, Thiago Geraldo Da Silva, Caio Mezencio Pimenta
  • Publication number: 20230054645
    Abstract: The present invention addresses to a method of removing scale from the DHSV of the oil production string aiming at maintaining the production of the wells and thus avoiding the loss of production. First, a neutralizing solution is placed in the service line, before pumping the scale removing solution through the string to act on the DHSV. Next, the acid is pumped into the production string to react with the calcium carbonate scale. After the time for the dissolution of the scale inside the DHSV, the well is opened for production by the service line. The spent acid is mixed with the neutralizing solution inside the service line, reducing its corrosiveness in relation to the service line, contributing to its preservation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Mario Germino Ferreira Da Silva, Giselle Maria Lopes Leite Da Silva, Tiago Cavalcante Freitas, Rosane Alves Fontes, Fernando Antonio Moreira Da Silva
  • Publication number: 20220372848
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for use of desulphated injection water from offshore platforms for utilization in inhibition squeeze operations. The system is capable of increasing the treatment capacity by joining the pumping system from the stimulation vessel with the water injection system from the offshore platform. In the initial treatment step, according to the method of this invention, the fluid containing the inhibitor is pumped exclusively by the vessel, followed by an aqueous overflush, where the injection water is mixed with part of the inhibitor cushion pumped by the stimulation vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Fernando Antonio MOREIRA DA SILVA, Fabio Antonio TEIXEIRA SABOIA FILHO, Rosane ALVES FONTES, Stefan SUAREZ FERREIRA, Francisca FERREIRA DO ROSÁRIO, Patricia BRAGA GUSMÃO, Paulo Henrique DE AMORIM MARTINS
  • Publication number: 20220306928
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of applying incrustation inhibitor in completion fluids inside a reservoir in order to ensure the flow of well production. The present invention can be applied in throughout the well area, being directed to the reservoir areas for the management of incrustation and in the elevation and outflow areas, it will work to ensure the flow of production from the wells. It may also be applied as part of the technology used in the construction of wells in the completion phase in the operations to combat loss of circulation as part of the technology used in the completion fluids, it merely being necessary to plan for the addition of the inhibitor chemical product in the manufacture of the completion fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Fernando Antonio Moreira Da Silva, Francisca Ferreira Do Rosario, Mario Germino Ferreira Da Silva, Patricia Braga Gusmão, Rosane Alves Fontes
  • Publication number: 20220136369
    Abstract: This invention contains a method focused on increasing the water saturation of the reservoir by injecting industrial water into the well via SPU, thus diluting the concentration of salts, such as halite (sodium chloride). When the oil passes through the gas lift mandrel, this dilution will allow a part of the BSW water to evaporate, however, the amount of water that will remain in the oil will be sufficient to keep the salts in solution, thus scale formation will not occur and therefore no loss of production will occur. One of the focus areas of the method of this invention are high-temperature and low-BSW production reservoir wells. The solution of this invention minimizes the frequency of well treatments, avoiding loss of production due to well stoppage. The technical advantages of the method are increased reliability for SPU, increased NPV of operations and increased safety due to the reduction of operations with participation of the stimulation vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Mario Germino Ferreira Da Silva, Francisca Ferreira Do Rosario, Tiago Cavalcante Freitas, Fernando Antonio Moreira Da Silva, Roberto Motto Gomes