Patents by Inventor Mario Germino Ferreira DA SILVA

Mario Germino Ferreira 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: 20240151124
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for storing chemical products or their solutions in reservoir rock. In said method, the cargo boat containing the chemical product to be stored in the reservoir is connected to the production platform through an appropriate connection and connecting to the well header. The product is pumped through the chemical product capture line using a triplex chemical injection pump aligned to the head of the production or injection well. The product is pumped through the surface lines, riser and subsea line and, passing through the WCT, it is injected into the reservoir through the production or injection string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. - PETROBRAS
    Inventors: FERNANDO ANTONIO MOREIRA DA SILVA, Mario Germino Ferreira Da Silva
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20240117241
    Abstract: The present invention describes a composition that comprises viscous mattresses and calcite impregnated with scale inhibitors. In a second embodiment, the present invention relates to the process of preparing said composition. In another embodiment, a process for combating the circulation loss including the application, within the reservoir, of said composition during the drilling a well, is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: MARIO GERMINO FERREIRA DA SILVA
  • Patent number: 11952534
    Abstract: A joint application process of two treatments, scale removal and inhibitor squeeze injection, is described herein. Through the simultaneous positioning inside the reservoir, it can be applied in scale removal operations for carbonate formations, such as the pre-salt case. Accordingly, there is a way to improve the efficiency of reservoir management, through an innovation in the scaling management process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Petróbras Brasileiro S. A.—Petrobras
    Inventors: Mario Germino Ferreira Da Silva, Sergio Taveira De Camargo Junior, Tiago Cavalcante Freitas, Giselle Maria Lopes Leite Da Silva, Francisca Ferreira Do Rosario, Francileide Gomes Da Costa, Katia Regina Silva Alves Da Rosa, Rosane Alves Fontes
  • 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: 11815502
    Abstract: This invention is in relation to a laser-energization system to be used in laboratory tests used in the area of acid stimulation of carbonate reservoirs aiming to improve the efficiency in the passage of acid inside the reservoir rock. This system improves planning of the operation, seeking more efficient penetration of the acid treatment in the carbonate rock, and therefore it contributes to improving the IP result of the well by increasing the area open to the flow between the reservoir and the well. The laser-energization system comprises coupling the plug-flow testing equipment with the laser-energization system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.—Petrobras
    Inventor: Mario Germino Ferreira Da Silva
  • Patent number: 11788381
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a mandrel assembly for chemical injection in use in an oil well production string where the water depth can reach 3,000 m, exerting extreme hydrostatic pressures on the mandrel. The mandrel assembly is capable of dosing the chemical fluid flow rate to avoid some types of unwanted situations in the production string, mainly related to fouling. It has the characteristic of not using injection valves having small diameters, causing the annular space between the mandrel body and the inner part to ensure greater space for the flow of chemical fluid, thus reducing the likelihood of a possible plugging. Such characteristics ensure lower maintenance interventions, thus generating lower costs and increasing well reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.—PETROBRÁS
    Inventors: Mario Germino Ferreira Da Silva, Giselle Maria Lopes Leite Da Silva
  • Patent number: 11761680
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to solve the problem of casing and string collapse of production or injection wells, which occurs due to cooling caused by injection of completion fluids into the well, by applying heat to the fluid being injected during operations, such as acid treatments, secondary recovery, scale removal, and inhibiting squeeze. The fluid laser heating equipment was designed to perform the heating of the fluid to be injected into a production or injection well. Before being pumped into the well, the fluid passes through the heating equipment, through a metal coil-shaped tube immersed in hot water, placed inside a tank, a laser system heats the water inside the tank, the water inside the tank exchanges heat with the coil heating the same, and in turn the coil exchanges heat with the fluid passing within it. In this way, the fluid will be at an appropriate temperature for injection into the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.—PETROBRAS
    Inventors: Mario Germino Ferreira Da Silva, Francisca Ferreira Do Rosario, Bruno Barbosa Castro
  • 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: 20230167936
    Abstract: The invention proposed here discloses an instrumented PIG that uses a sufficient number of sensors for detecting the NORM of the scales, variation in the thickness of the scale deposit, internal diameter and detection of the internal position of the beginning and ending of these along the piping. The modular form of the NORM instrumented PIG (1) provides enough flexibility to the invention to allow the passage in curves and ability to tolerate variations in diameters. The system has a mechanical design in which the sensors are mounted on rubber modules, interconnected with each other, forming a mechanically flexible assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Mario Germino Ferreira Da Silva, José Mauro Teixeira Marinho
  • Publication number: 20230160292
    Abstract: The invention addresses to a flow uniformization process for the entire useful life of a horizontal well, which associates the use of divergent sand containment screens or divergent liner. For the manufacture of divergent liners, flow simulations are carried out via computational fluid dynamics as a function of the dimensions of the horizontal well, outer diameter and length of the liner, static pressure, expected flow pressure, expected oil flow rate, oil viscosity, API degree, planned length for the horizontal well. These simulations simulate the area open to flow along the horizontal section. Additionally, well stimulation methods, scale removers and, optionally, sand containment are used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Mario Germino Ferreira Da Silva, Paulo Dore Fernandes, Alexandre Zacarias Ignacio Pereira, Thiago Judson Lima De Oliveira
  • Publication number: 20230151718
    Abstract: The invention discloses a chemical injection system adapted inside of the gas lift mandrel, such scale inhibitor injection system being intended to protect the chemical injection valve as well as the check valves and will also prevent scale deposition on the column above the gas lift mandrel due to dehydration caused by dry gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventor: Mario Germino Ferreira Da Silva
  • Publication number: 20230144861
    Abstract: The invention proposes a tool for flow uniformization in stimulation operations that uses a washing string with divergent perforation, provides a better direction of stimulation and, therefore, a better management of the reservoir. The technology can be applied entirely through the wells area, being addressed to the reservoirs area in the management of reservoirs; wells stimulated in a homogeneous way will have fewer problems of premature cones of water and/or gas, and in the lift and flow area will contribute to improving the guarantee of flow of production from the wells. It can be applied as a technology in the intervention of wells in the phase of restoration of productivity, through operations of injection of acid in the reservoir as well as operations of squeeze of scale inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Mario Germino Ferreira Da Silva, Alexandre Zacarias Ignacio Pereira, Paulo Dore Fernandes
  • 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: 20230111551
    Abstract: The present invention addresses to a laser blasting pipe for heating a scale removal treatment to be descended by electric cable, and a recirculation system with the objective of heating the scale removal solution, inside the production string during the time the reaction is taking place, in order to guarantee its efficiency. The laser blast pipe is a device similar to a metallic cylinder that can travel through the interior of a production string, being descended by gravity itself, and ascended by the action of the cable, being able to recirculate and heat the fluid. This heating would have the function of compensating the heat loss of the removal solution due to the heat exchange of the riser with the seabed, and maintaining the temperature of the reaction inside the production line in an optimal range of yield, thus aiming at increasing the reaction efficiency and the reduction of the time required for the removal of scale in the production string of the well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventor: Mario Germino Ferreira Da Silva