Patents by Inventor JINZHOU ZHAO
JINZHOU ZHAO 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).
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Patent number: 12180409Abstract: The present invention discloses a double-crosslinked thermal phase transition gel temporary plugging agent and an application thereof, and relates to the technical field of oil and gas field development. The gel temporary plugging agent comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 5.8-18.3% of acrylic acid, 2.8-6.5% of 2-acrylamide-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid, 2.8-7.0% of hydroxyethyl acrylate, 0.2-1.0% of a degradable crosslinking agent, 0.4-1.2% of borax or boric acid, 0.2-0.8% of a high-temperature initiator, 2.6-4.5% of palygorskite attapulgite, 1.5-3.1% of a urea-formaldehyde resin, and the balance of water, wherein the gel temporary plugging agent is formed by underground gelation. The gel temporary plugging agent is applied to oil and gas reservoirs with a temperature of 100-150° C., can automatically be subjected to gelation and degradation, and has a low filtration loss before gelation.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2024Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITYInventors: Yu Peng, Pengjun Shi, Yongming Li, Zhenglan Li, Jiandu Ye, Jinzhou Zhao
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Patent number: 12152192Abstract: A displacement system designed for robust heterogeneous oil reservoirs and its application within the oil exploitation field. System comprises a polymer-enhanced foam plugging agent and an active polymer flooding agent. Plugging agent consists of 0.12% bio-polysaccharide polymer diutan gum foam stabilizer and 0.4% ?-olefin sulfonate foaming agent by mass. The active polymer flooding agent is formulated through free radical polymerization, with components comprising a total monomer concentration of 27.5%, wherein monomer A to monomer B ratio is 7.5:2.5, monomer C constitutes 5.5% of the total monomer concentration, and water comprises the remaining. Monomer A is acrylamide, monomer B is 2-acrylamide-2-methyl propane sulfonic acid, and monomer C is a quaternary ammonium salt type active monomer. Demonstrated through parallel core displacement experiments, this displacement system exhibits effective displacement in heterogeneous oil reservoirs with a permeability gradation of 30 at 65° C.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2024Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: TIANFU YONGXING LABORATORYInventors: Qingyuan Chen, Jinzhou Zhao, Wanfen Pu, Xiaodong Tang, Chao Shen, Shuai Zhao, Su Liu, Ziyuan Yi, Zijia Liao
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Patent number: 12146104Abstract: The present invention discloses a CO2 responsive core-shell multi-stage swelling microsphere and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: adding a styrene monomer into a sodium dodecyl sulfate solution for emulsion polymerization to obtain a spherical polystyrene solution, taking azobisisobutyronitrile and ethylene glycol for Pinner reaction to obtain an azo compound with hydroxyl functional groups at two ends, taking the azo compound with the hydroxyl functional groups at two ends as a raw material for Schotten-Baumann reaction with methacryloyl chloride to obtain BPAB, adding the BPAB into the spherical polystyrene solution to prepare an active polystyrene core solution, and dissolving the active polystyrene core solution, acrylamide, a CO2 responsive monomer, a CO2 responsive cross-linking agent and a stable cross-linking agent into water to obtain a target product.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2024Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITYInventors: Daijun Du, Zezhou Fang, Wanfen Pu, Jinzhou Zhao, Yangyang Zhang, Fayang Jin, Rui Liu, Peiwen Xiao
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Patent number: 12116437Abstract: The present invention provides an asphaltene dispersion stabilizer and a preparation method therefor, and relates to the technical field of oilfield additives. The asphaltene dispersion stabilizer is prepared by the following method: taking iminodisuccinic acid or salt thereof, and performing Michael addition reaction on the iminodisuccinic acid or the salt thereof and unsaturated sulfonate to prepare a first intermediate; taking the first intermediate, and performing amidation reaction on the first intermediate and a first monomer under the action of a catalyst to obtain a second intermediate; and preparing a dendrimer by taking the second intermediate as a core and taking a second monomer and a third monomer as raw materials, wherein the dendrimer is the asphaltene dispersion stabilizer, and the generation number of the dendrimer is 0.5 generations, 1.5 generations or 2.5 generations. The asphaltene dispersion stabilizer of the present invention has a good dispersion stabilization effect on asphaltene.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2024Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Southwest Petroleum UniversityInventors: Pingli Liu, Chengjie Wang, Jinzhou Zhao, Juan Du, Xiang Chen, Xianyu Song, Guan Wang
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Method for realizing uniform stimulation for the oil and gas well by low-cost multi-stage fracturing
Patent number: 11692423Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for realizing uniform stimulation for the oil and gas well by low-cost multi-stage fracturing, comprising the following steps: first calculate and predict the inlet widths of the fracture created in the planned hydraulic fracturing; then design the plugging scheme for blocking the fracture inlet after each fracturing treatment; the selected plugging particles are composed of filling particles and skeleton particles, with designed plugging scheme; after complete the design of plugging scheme, perform the fracturing treatment to create hydraulic fracturing in the reservoir; skeleton particles and filling particles are added into the fractures successively according to plan. The present invention provides a multi-stage single-cluster fracturing method, with the advantages of controllable fracture sizes and low cost. The present invention can realize a good uniformity of stimulation for the oil and gas wells.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Southwest Petroleum UniversityInventors: Xiyu Chen, Yitao Huang, Yongming Li, Huibo Wen, Yu Peng, Youshi Jiang, Jinzhou Zhao -
METHOD FOR REALIZING UNIFORM STIMULATION FOR THE OIL AND GAS WELL BY LOW-COST MULTI-STAGE FRACTURING
Publication number: 20230203929Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for realizing uniform stimulation for the oil and gas well by low-cost multi-stage fracturing, comprising the following steps: first calculate and predict the inlet widths of the fracture created in the planned hydraulic fracturing; then design the plugging scheme for blocking the fracture inlet after each fracturing treatment; the selected plugging particles are composed of filling particles and skeleton particles, with designed plugging scheme; after complete the design of plugging scheme, perform the fracturing treatment to create hydraulic fracturing in the reservoir; skeleton particles and filling particles are added into the fractures successively according to plan. The present invention provides a multi-stage single-cluster fracturing method, with the advantages of controllable fracture sizes and low cost. The present invention can realize a good uniformity of stimulation for the oil and gas wells.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: Southwest Petroleum UniversityInventors: Xiyu CHEN, Yitao HUANG, Yongming LI, Huibo WEN, Yu PENG, Youshi JIANG, Jinzhou ZHAO -
Patent number: 11542801Abstract: The present invention discloses an optimized design method for a temporary blocking agent to promote uniform expansion of fractures produced by fracturing in horizontal wells, which comprises the following steps: calculating a particle size and a volume range of a candidate temporary blocking agent in an applicable target area; establishing a hydraulic fracture expansion calculation model with complete fluid-solid coupling; calculating an optimal average particle size required for effective temporary blocking; determining the particle size distribution of the temporarily blocked particles according to the optimal average particle size; calculating the particle volume of the temporary blocking agent required for effective temporary blocking; and predicting and evaluating a fracturing effect after the preferred temporary blocking design is adopted in the target area.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITYInventors: Xiyu Chen, Yongming Li, Jinzhou Zhao
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Patent number: 11465152Abstract: A crushing system for large-size natural gas hydrate rock samples, which mainly includes a crushing and stirring control subsystem, crushing and stirring execution subsystem and hydrate preparation subsystem. Full automatic control to parameter acquisition and experimental process is achieved by utilizing modern automation technology, including the function of automatically crushing the large-size natural gas hydrate rock samples and also monitoring, collecting and storing the drilling pressure, the torque and the internal furnace pressure and temperature parameters during the crushing process in real time, to provide reliable guarantee for the follow-up researches on crushing mechanism, crushing efficiency, drilling parameter optimization, rock crushing ability evaluation of a crushing tool and the like of the large-size natural gas hydrate rock samples and necessary experimental verification means for optimization of on-site exploiting construction conditions of natural gas hydrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITYInventors: Jinzhou Zhao, Na Wei, Chunquan Liu, Kaisong Wu, Liehui Zhang, Shouwei Zhou, Haitao Li, Wantong Sun
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Publication number: 20220290529Abstract: The present invention discloses a gas flow rate analysis and prediction method for wellhead choke of gas well based on Gaussian process regression, comprising the following steps of Step 1) acquiring basic data of the wellhead choke on site, Step 2) selecting a kernel function, Step 3) calculating a covariance matrix, Step 4) testing the Gaussian process regression model with the test data sample to calculate a prediction deviation, Step 5) selecting different kernel functions, repeating Steps 2-4, comparing prediction deviations of the different kernel functions, and Step 6) analyzing and predicting the gas flow rate of the wellhead choke of the gas well to be tested. According to the method, the data of the wellhead choke of the gas well can be processed effectively, and the gas flow rate can be predicted accurately under the condition that there is gas-liquid flow rate in the wellhead choke.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: Southwest Petroleum UniversityInventors: Youshi JIANG, Yan KOU, Yongming LI, Jing JIA, Jinzhou ZHAO
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Patent number: 11428620Abstract: A high-temperature and high-pressure microscopic visual flowing device and an experimental method are provided by the present disclosure, comprising a seepage simulation system, a micro-displacement and metering system connected to the seepage simulation system, and an image acquisition and analysis system; the seepage simulation system consists of a visual high-temperature and high-pressure kettle, a microscopic core model placed in the visual high-temperature and high-pressure kettle, and glass carriers arranged above and below the microscopic core model; the glass carriers are provided with sealing rubber sleeves, and the visual high-temperature and high-pressure kettle is provided with an annular heating jacket; an outlet of the microscopic core model is provided with a microflow channel which is connected to the micro-displacement and metering system through a pipe, effectively reducing the metering error caused by the dead volume of the pipe.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Southwest Petroleum UniversityInventors: Wenlian Xiao, Yubin Yang, Jitian Ren, Wanfen Pu, Shuaishuai Liu, Xiao Guo, Yongming Li, Kun Wang, Lingli Zheng, Jinzhou Zhao, Yijian Chen, Quantang Fang
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Patent number: 11377589Abstract: An emulsifier with high temperature resistance, low viscosity and low corrosiveness, and an emulsified acid system comprising the same. The emulsifier includes a viscoelastic surfactant, which is prepared by a quaterization of fatty acid acyl propyl dimethylamine and a halogenated compound; by a quaterization of a long-chain halogenated hydrocarbon and a tertiary amine compound; or by a reaction of the fatty acid acyl propyl dimethylamine with a linking group synthesized by epichlorohydrin and an alkylamine compound.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITYInventors: Xiaojiang Yang, Difei Han, Jincheng Mao, Heng Zhang, Chong Lin, Jinhua Mao, Jinzhou Zhao
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Publication number: 20220205896Abstract: A high-temperature and high-pressure microscopic visual flowing device and an experimental method are provided by the present disclosure, comprising a seepage simulation system, a micro-displacement and metering system connected to the seepage simulation system, and an image acquisition and analysis system; the seepage simulation system consists of a visual high-temperature and high-pressure kettle, a microscopic core model placed in the visual high-temperature and high-pressure kettle, and glass carriers arranged above and below the microscopic core model; the glass carriers are provided with sealing rubber sleeves, and the visual high-temperature and high-pressure kettle is provided with an annular heating jacket; an outlet of the microscopic core model is provided with a microflow channel which is connected to the micro-displacement and metering system through a pipe, effectively reducing the metering error caused by the dead volume of the pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: Southwest Petroleum UniversityInventors: Wenlian XIAO, Yubin YANG, Jitian REN, Wanfen PU, Shuaishuai LIU, Xiao GUO, Yongming LI, Kun WANG, Lingli ZHENG, Jinzhou ZHAO, Yijian CHEN, Quantang FANG
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Patent number: 11156064Abstract: A natural gas hydrate solid-state fluidization mining method and system under an underbalanced positive circulation condition, used for performing solid-state fluidization mining on a non-rock-forming weak-cementation natural gas hydrate layer in the ocean. Equipment includes a ground equipment system and an underwater equipment system. The construction procedure has an earlier-stage construction process, underbalanced hydrate solid-state fluidization mining construction process and silt backfilling process. Natural gas hydrates in the seafloor are mined through an underbalanced positive circulation method.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITYInventors: Jinzhou Zhao, Na Wei, Haitao Li, Liehui Zhang, Shouwei Zhou, Qingping Li, Wantong Sun
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Patent number: 11118450Abstract: The invention discloses a method for simulating the discontinuity of the hydraulic fracture wall in fractured reservoirs, comprising the following steps: establish a physical model of the natural fracture; establish a hydraulic fracture propagation calculation equation; establish a natural fracture failure model, calculate the natural fracture aperture, and then calculate the natural fracture permeability, and finally convert the natural fracture permeability into the permeability of the porous medium; couple the hydraulic fracture propagation calculation equation with the permeability of the porous medium through the fracture propagation criterion and the fluid loss to obtain a pore elastic model of the coupled natural fracture considering the influence of the natural fracture; work out the stress and displacement distribution of the hydraulic fracture wall with the pore elastic model of the coupled natural fracture, and analyze the offset and discontinuity of the hydraulic fracture wall according to the disType: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITYInventors: Jinzhou Zhao, Qiang Wang, Yongquan Hu, Lan Ren, Chaoneng Zhao, Jin Zhao, Ran Lin
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Publication number: 20210270114Abstract: An optimization method for high-efficiently placing proppants in a hydraulic fracturing treatment includes steps of: (1) constructing a rock deformation governing equation during a fracturing process, and constructing a material balance equation of flowing of fracturing fluid and transport of the proppant; (2) constructing a model for representing a pumped volume fraction of the proppant; (3) calculating with given parameters, and obtaining corresponding fracture geometric size and volumetric concentration distribution of the proppant; (4) calculating a placement efficiency of the proppant for each set of parameters; (5) calculating an average placement efficiency of the proppant under different parameters; (6) selecting optimized parameters; (7) substituting the optimized parameters into the models constructed in the steps (1) and (2), calculating the placement efficiency of the proppant as step (4), and verifying whether the placement efficiency is maximum, which means the optimized parameters are optimal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Xiyu Chen, Yongming Li, Jinzhou Zhao, Huibo Wen, Bin Fu, Zhibo Yu
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Publication number: 20210222057Abstract: An emulsifier with high temperature resistance, low viscosity and low corrosiveness, and an emulsified acid system comprising the same. The emulsifier includes a viscoelastic surfactant, which is prepared by a quaterization of fatty acid acyl propyl dimethylamine and a halogenated compound; by a quaterization of a long-chain halogenated hydrocarbon and a tertiary amine compound; or by a reaction of the fatty acid acyl propyl dimethylamine with a linking group synthesized by epichlorohydrin and an alkylamine compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2020Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Xiaojiang YANG, Difei HAN, Jincheng MAO, Heng ZHANG, Chong LIN, Jinhua MAO, Jinzhou ZHAO
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Patent number: 11054405Abstract: The invention discloses a testing device and method for simulating the flowback in the shut-in period of fractured wells, comprising a fracturing fluid tank, a flowback fracturing fluid tank, a hydraulic fracturing pump, a flowback fluid collection beaker, and a shut-in flowback testing system; the shut-in flowback testing system is composed of a box body and an acoustic wave testing device, a temperature control device, a fracturing string and a square rock block arranged in the box body; a stress loading plate and a hydraulic block are successively arranged between the four surfaces of the square rock block and the inner walls of the box body; the acoustic wave testing device consists of an acoustic wave transmitting probe and an acoustic wave receiving probe; the four outer surfaces of the box body are provided with hydraulic tanks.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITYInventors: Yongquan Hu, Chaoneng Zhao, Jinzhou Zhao, Pengju Song, Qiang Wang
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Patent number: 11053779Abstract: A hydrate solid-state fluidization mining method and system under an underbalanced reverse circulation condition are used for solid-state fluidization mining on a non-rock-forming weak-cementation natural gas hydrate layer in the ocean. Equipment includes a ground equipment system and an underwater equipment system. The construction procedure includes an earlier-stage construction process, pilot hole drilling construction process, reverse circulation jet fragmentation process, underbalanced reverse circulation fragment recovery process and silt backfilling process. Natural gas hydrates in the seafloor are mined through an underbalanced reverse circulation method. Problems such as shaft safety, production control and environmental risks faced by conventional natural gas hydrate mining methods such as depressurization, heat injection, agent injection and replacement are effectively solved.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITYInventors: Jinzhou Zhao, Na Wei, Haitao Li, Liehui Zhang, Shouwei Zhou, Qingping Li, Wantong Sun
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Patent number: 11015444Abstract: The invention discloses a method for predicting the optimal shut-in duration by coupling fluid flow and geological stress, comprising the following steps: determine basic parameters; obtain the fracture length, fracture width and reservoir stress distribution based on the basic parameters; calculate the oil saturation, pore pressure, and permeability and porosity after coupling change in different shut-in durations on the basis of the principle of fluid-solid coupling; take the oil saturation, pore pressure, and permeability and porosity obtained in Step 3 as initial parameters and calculate the production corresponding to different shut-in time on the basis of the productivity model; finally select the optimal shut-in time based on the principle of fastest cost recovery. The present invention can accurately predict the optimal shut-in duration after fracturing to improve the oil and gas recovery ratio in tight oil and gas reservoirs with difficulty in development and low recovery.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2020Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITYInventors: Yongquan Hu, Qiang Wang, Jinzhou Zhao, Lan Ren, Chenghao Fu, Chaoneng Zhao, Jin Zhao
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Patent number: 10921228Abstract: A testing device and method for floating rate of floating agent for fracture height control are provided. The test device includes a support frame, a glass tube vertically fixed on the support frame, a floating agent storage container, a control valve, and a liquid storage tank, wherein multiple circular holes are uniformly distributed along an axial direction of the glass tube, and multiple turbidimeters for measuring liquid turbidity are sequentially mounted on the circular holes. The liquid storage tank communicates with an inner cavity of an upper end of the glass tube through a pipeline, and the floating agent storage container is connected to an inner cavity of a lower end of the glass tube through a control valve. The present invention increases accuracy of measured floating rate of the floating agent, and provides reliable floating data of the floating agent for oil and gas reservoir reconstruction.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2020Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITYInventors: Youshi Jiang, Fujian Liu, Yongming Li, Bo Chen, Jinzhou Zhao