Lost circulation mitigation using mineralization of CO2 in the subsurface
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsPramod Dhanaji Patil, Abdulaziz S. Al-Qasim, Ali A. Yousef
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AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsPramod Dhanaji Patil, Abdulaziz S. Al-Qasim, Ali A. Yousef
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Methods and compositions for carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration in a wellbore. A method includes locating a lost circulation zone in the wellbore during drilling. Methods may further include flushing drilling mud from the wellbore to prepare the lost circulation zone for lost circulation mitigation and injecting a cleaning solution into the wellbore. Then, injecting a composition for CO2 sequestration into the wellbore, where the composition may include a brine solution, an alkali and/or an alkaline compound, and a catalyst. The method may further include injecting a volume of CO2 into the wellbore, mineralizing the alkali and/or the alkaline compound and the volume of CO2 to produce an alkali and/or alkaline carbonate compound, injecting drilling mud into the wellbore and resuming drilling operations.
A method for carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration in a wellbore, comprising:
A method for carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration in a wellbore, comprising:
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