Method for well stimulation using nanobubbles
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsMuhammad Majid Almajid, Amr Abdel-Fattah, Waheed Syed Arshad, Afnan Mashat
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Abstract
A composition and methods are provided for stimulating a well with nanobubbles. An exemplary method includes obtaining a stimulation fluid and generating a nanobubbles solution, wherein the nanobubbles solution includes nano-sized bubbles in the stimulation fluid. The nanobubbles solution is injected into the oil well.
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A method for stimulating a well with nanobubbles, comprising:
- injecting a stimulation fluid into a nanobubble generator, wherein the stimulation fluid is prepared by:
- mixing an acid into a base fluid to form an acid solution;
- adding a surfactant to the acid solution to form an acid/surfactant solution;
- and
- adding a corrosion inhibitor to the acid/surfactant solution to form the stimulation fluid;
- generating nano-sized bubbles in the stimulation fluid by the nanobubble generator to
- form a nanobubbles solution, wherein the nanobubbles solution has a viscosity as that of the base fluid;
- and
- injecting the nanobubbles solution into the well.
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The method of claim, wherein the acid comprises an inorganic acid, an organic acid, or an acid generating compound.
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A composition for stimulating an oil well comprising nano-sized bubbles in a stimulation fluid.
A method of manufacturing a nanobubbles fluid for stimulating an oil well with nanobubbles, comprising:
- mixing components to form a stimulation fluid;
- and
- generating nano-bubbles in the stimulation fluid to create a nanobubbles fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.