Method and system for servicing a wellbore
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorRory Dennis Daussin
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Abstract
A method of servicing a wellbore that includes, transporting a fluid treatment system to a wellsite, accessing a water source proximate to the wellsite, introducing a water stream from the water source into the fluid treatment system, irradiating at least a portion of the water stream within the fluid treatment system, forming a wellbore servicing fluid from the irradiated water stream, and placing the wellbore servicing fluid into the wellbore. The portion of the water stream is irradiating by exposing the portion of water stream to ultraviolet light emitted from at least one pulsed ultraviolet lamp.
Claims20
A method of servicing a wellbore, comprising:
- transporting a fluid treatment system to a wellsite;
- accessing a water source proximate to the wellsite;
- introducing a water stream from the water source into the fluid treatment system;
- irradiating at least a portion of the water stream within the fluid treatment system, wherein the portion of the water stream is irradiated by exposing the portion of the water stream to ultraviolet light emitted from at least one pulsed ultraviolet lamp;
- forming a wellbore servicing fluid from the irradiated water stream, wherein forming the wellbore servicing fluid comprises mixing the irradiated water stream with an additive;
- placing the wellbore servicing fluid into the wellbore;
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- wherein the fluid treatment system comprises an ultraviolet irradiation unit comprising at least one ultraviolet irradiation chamber;
- wherein the at least one ultraviolet irradiation chamber comprises the at least one pulsed ultraviolet lamp;
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- wherein the at least one ultraviolet irradiation chamber comprises a first group of pulsed ultraviolet lamps and a second group of pulsed ultraviolet lamps, wherein the lamps of the first group of pulsed ultraviolet lamps and the lamps of the second group of pulsed ultraviolet lamps are positioned within the ultraviolet irradiation chamber about perpendicular to a flowpath of the water stream through the ultraviolet irradiation chamber.
A method of servicing a wellbore, comprising:
- accessing a water source to form a water stream;
- providing at least one ultraviolet irradiation chamber, wherein the chamber comprises a first group of pulsed ultraviolet lamps and a second group of pulsed ultraviolet lamps, wherein the lamps of the first group of pulsed ultraviolet lamps and the lamps of the second group of pulsed ultraviolet lamps are positioned within the ultraviolet irradiation chamber about perpendicular to a flowpath of the water stream through the ultraviolet irradiation chamber;
- irradiating at least a portion of the water stream to yield an irradiated water stream, wherein the portion of the water stream is irradiated by exposing the portion of the water stream to ultraviolet light emitted from the pulsed ultraviolet lamps;
- forming a wellbore servicing fluid from the irradiated water stream, wherein forming the wellbore servicing fluid comprises mixing the irradiated water stream with an additive;
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- placing the wellbore servicing fluid into the wellbore.
A fluid treatment system for servicing a wellbore, comprising:
- an ultraviolet irradiation unit, the ultraviolet irradiation unit comprising at least one ultraviolet irradiation chamber, the at least one ultraviolet irradiation chamber comprising at least one pulsed ultraviolet lamp;
- a blender configured to mix the irradiated water stream with an additive, the ultraviolet irradiation unit being in fluid communication with the blender;
- a wellhead providing access to the wellbore, the blender being in fluid communication with the wellhead;
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- wherein the at least one ultraviolet irradiation chamber comprises a first group of pulsed ultraviolet lamps and a second group of pulsed ultraviolet lamps, wherein the lamps of the first group of pulsed ultraviolet lamps and the lamps of the second group of pulsed ultraviolet lamps are positioned within the ultraviolet irradiation chamber about perpendicular to a flowpath of the water stream through the ultraviolet irradiation chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.