Production and delivery of a fluid mixture to an annular volume of a wellbore

Patent · Tue Jan 24 00:00:00 EST 2012

OSTI ID:1034647

Hermes, Robert E ^[1]; Bland, Ronald Gene ^[2]; Foley, Ron Lee ^[3]; Bloys, James B ^[4]; Gonzalez, Manuel E ^[5]; Daniel, John M ^[6]; Robinson, Ian M ^[7]; Carpenter, Robert B ^[8]

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1. Los Alamos, NM
2. Houston, TX
3. Magnolia, TX
4. Katy, TX
5. Kingwood, NM
6. Germantown, TN
7. Guisborough, GB
8. Tomball, TX

The methods described herein generally relate to preparing and delivering a fluid mixture to a confined volume, specifically an annular volume located between two concentrically oriented casing strings within a hydrocarbon fluid producing well. The fluid mixtures disclosed herein are useful in controlling pressure in localized volumes. The fluid mixtures comprise at least one polymerizable monomer and at least one inhibitor. The processes and methods disclosed herein allow the fluid mixture to be stored, shipped and/or injected into localized volumes, for example, an annular volume defined by concentric well casing strings.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, CA); Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM); Baker Hughes Incorporated (Houston, TX);Lucite International, Inc. (Cordova, TN)
• Patent Number(s): 8,100,179
• Application Number: 12/388,994
• OSTI ID: 1034647
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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