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US 12,428,959 B2Granted
Method of using a dissolvable deployment device for the transfer of ultrahigh resolution nanoparticle tracer additives into a wellbore
OwnerTalgat Shokanovinventor
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Abstract
A method of using a tracer additive in a wellbore that includes using a deployment device, the device configured with a hollowed region, and disposing a tracer additive into the hollowed region. The method includes sending or providing the deployment device into the wellbore in manner whereby the deployment device is positioned at a desired location, and sufficiently dissolving the deployment device so that the tracer additive comes into contact with a target formation fluid. The tracer additive has a first composition, and is in a solid powder form.
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A method of using a tracer additive in a wellbore, the method comprising:
- using a deployment device, the deployment device configured with a hollowed region therein;
- disposing the tracer additive in solid powder form into the deployment device so that the tracer additive resides in the hollowed region;
- providing the deployment device into the wellbore in manner whereby the deployment device arrives at a target formation in communication with the wellbore, whereby the tracer additive in the hollowed region is initially isolated from contacting the target formation;
- waiting for at least partial dissolving of the deployment device so that the tracer additive comes into contact with a target formation fluid;
- and
- upon contacting the target formation fluid with the tracer additive for an amount of time, returning a remnant fluid that includes at least a portion of the tracer additive to a surface,
- wherein the deployment device is neither a frac plug, nor a part of frac plug, and
- wherein the deployment device is not connected with a workstring.
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A method of using a tracer additive in a wellbore, the method comprising:
- using a deployment device, the deployment device configured with a hollowed region therein;
- disposing the tracer additive in solid powder form into the deployment device so that the tracer additive resides in the hollowed region;
- sending the deployment device into the wellbore in manner whereby the deployment device arrives at a target formation in communication with the wellbore, whereby the tracer additive in the hollowed region is initially isolated from contacting the target formation;
- waiting for at least partial dissolving of the deployment device so that the tracer additive comes into contact with a target formation fluid;
- upon contacting the target formation fluid with the tracer additive for an amount of time, returning a remnant fluid that includes at least a portion of the tracer additive to a surface,
- testing at least a portion of the remnant fluid via non-destructive energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) in order to provide a set of fluid data associated with an elemental composition of the remnant fluid,
- wherein the deployment device is neither a frac plug, nor a part of frac plug.
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A method of using a tracer additive in a wellbore, the method comprising:
- using a deployment device, the deployment device configured with a hollowed region therein;
- disposing the tracer additive in solid powder form into the deployment device so that the tracer additive resides in the hollowed region;
- sending the deployment device into the wellbore in manner whereby the deployment device arrives at a target formation in communication with the wellbore, whereby the tracer additive in the hollowed region is initially isolated from contacting the target formation;
- waiting for at least partial dissolving of the deployment device so that the tracer additive comes into contact with a target formation fluid;
- upon contacting the target formation fluid with the tracer additive for an amount of time, returning a remnant fluid that includes at least a portion of the tracer additive to a surface;
- taking a sample of the remnant fluid;
- providing the sample to a surface facility;
- and
- testing the sample at the surface facility provide a set of fluid data associated with the remnant fluid,
- wherein the tracer additive further comprises a first tracer composition, and
- has an average bulk specific gravity of at least 0.6 to no more than 1.6,
- wherein the deployment device is neither a frac plug, nor a part of frac plug, and
- wherein the deployment device is not connected with a workstring.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.