Non-cryogenic nitrogen for on-site downhole drilling and post drilling operations apparatus
AssigneeMG Nitrogen Services, Inc.
InventorKeith P. Michael
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Abstract
A method for enhancing gas or oil production by delivering a nitrogen rich gas produced from a non-cryogenic source into the well and/or reservoir where the gas and/or oil is located.
Claims34
A method for enhancing gas or oil production in which a compressed inert gas is delivered to a target area selected from the group consisting of a well and a reservoir containing said gas or oil, the improvement consisting essentially of:
- (a) removing at least a substantial portion of the oxygen contained within a feed stream of air at the site of said drilling to produce an inert rich gas and an oxygen enriched waste gas;
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- (b) delivering the inert rich gas to at least one of the well or the reservoir.
A method for enhancing gas or oil production in which a compressed inert gas is delivered to a target area selected from the groups consisting of a well and a reservoir containing said gas or oil, the improvement comprising:
- (a) removing at least a substantial portion of the oxygen contained within a feed stream of air at the site of said drilling to produce an inert rich gas and an oxygen enriched waste gas;
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- (b) delivering the inert rich gas to at least one of the well or the reservoir in the substantial absence of an oxygen-containing gas other than any ambient air which may be present in the well or reservoir.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.