Hydrocarbon industry servicing fluid and methods of performing service operations
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsLaurence J. Abney, Graeme W. Pirie, Tim Hunter, Billy Slabaugh, Leonard Case
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Abstract
A hydrocarbon industry servicing fluid comprises an irradiated fluid that is biologically inert. The fluid may be irradiated with ultraviolet light. A method comprises performing a hydrocarbon industry service operation with an irradiated fluid that is biologically inert. The method may comprise disposing of the irradiated fluid to the environment or capturing the irradiated fluid when the service operation is complete. The method may further comprise re-irradiating the captured irradiated fluid to produce a remediated fluid, and performing a service operation with the remediated fluid.
Claims28
A method comprising:
- performing a hydrocarbon industry service operation with an irradiated fluid that is biologically inert, wherein the fluid is freshwater and a pipeline that comprises an alloy material receives the fluid.
A method comprising:
- performing a hydrocarbon industry service operation with an irradiated fluid that is biologically inert, wherein the service operation comprises flooding a pipeline, hydrostatically testing the pipeline, or both, and wherein the pipeline is offshore.
A method comprising:
- performing a hydrocarbon industry service operation with an irradiated fluid that is biologically inert, wherein the service operation comprises flooding a pipeline, hydrostatically testing the pipeline, or both, and wherein the pipeline is onshore.
A method comprising:
- performing a hydrocarbon industry service operation with an irradiated fluid that is biologically inert, wherein the service operation comprises flooding a pipeline, hydrostatically testing the pipeline, or both, and wherein the fluid does not corrode the pipeline.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.