Rock mechanical properties from drill cuttings

DV Amendt, S Busetti, WR Morris, E Cline… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
This disclosure describes a novel method for predicting or estimating rock mechanical
properties from cuttings at a particular depth based on determining the facies, plotting the …

Oxidizing gasses for carbon dioxide-based fracturing fluids

D Schipper, KL Hull, RK Saini… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
Unconventional hydrocarbon source rock reservoirs can contain the organic material
kerogen, intertwined with the rock matrix. The kerogen can alter the tensile strength of the …

Synthetic source rocks

MH Haque, YN Abousleiman, KL Hull… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
Methods and systems for fabricating synthetic source rocks with organic materials, for
example, using high energy resonant acoustic mixing technology, are provided. An example …

Viscoelastic-surfactant fracturing fluids having oxidizer

KL Hull, RK Saini, D Schipper, BK Crane - US Patent 11,390,796, 2022 - Google Patents
A method and hydraulic fracturing fluid that is a viscoelastic surfactant (VES) fracturing fluid
having a surfactant and an inorganic oxidizer salt for hydraulic fracturing of a geological …

Determining rock properties

HAN Yanhui, B Lai, LIU Hui-Hai, H Li - US Patent 9,983,106, 2018 - Google Patents
A compressive load is exerted with a test apparatus across a rock sample that has a
specified length-to-diameter ratio. A strain on the rock sample is measured during the …

Determining rock properties

B Lai, H Li, LIU Hui-Hai, HAN Yanhui - US Patent 10,048,179, 2018 - Google Patents
Techniques for determining rock properties include exerting a compressive load with a test
apparatus across a rock sample that includes a specified length-to-diameter ratio; …

Determining effect of oxidative hydraulic fracturing

KL Hull, YN Abousleiman, D Phan… - US Patent …, 2023 - Google Patents
Estimating permeability enhancement of a subterranean formation due to presence of an
oxidizer in a fracturing fluid, including determining kerogen volume percent in the sub …

Determination of depositional environments

M Soua, D Jacobi, JAE Gonzalez - US Patent 11,549,894, 2023 - Google Patents
Methods are provided for determining a depositional envi ronment of a sample of a
subterranean environment. An example method includes measuring intensities for a crys …

Testing cement shear bond strength at reservoir conditions

P Boul, AP Bathija - US Patent 11,280,713, 2022 - Google Patents
Systems and methods for testing shear bond strength of cement with a composite sample
under downhole conditions form a bonding surface of the sample oriented at an angle …

Viscoelastic-surfactant treatment fluids having oxidizer

KL Hull, RK Saini, BK Crane, AJ Cairns - US Patent 11,352,548, 2022 - Google Patents
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