MULTIFUNCTIONAL TRACERS FOR ANALYSIS OF OILFIELDS

• Main Authors: CARMINATI, Stefano, MOSCATELLI, Davide, MARALDI, Matteo, MADDINELLI, Giuseppe
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 30.08.2023
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; DYES; EARTH DRILLING; EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVINGCARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS; MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FORELSEWHERE; METALLURGY; MINING; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PAINTS; POLISHES; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP

A new class of multifunctional tracers has been synthesised for use in the oil industry, specifically during waterflooding operations. They are used either in a traditional way (i.e., mapping the connections of oilfield selections) or to provide information on important physical-chemical parameters (such as oil content, temperature and rock permeability) useful for optimizing the oilfield management and subsequent improvement/increase in oil extraction. The multifunctional tracers have a polymer chain having a plurality of units different from one another and recurring along the chain and having respective specific functionalities. The units have at least a first rock-repulsive unit, which is configured to provide an effect of electrostatic repulsion towards rock, and at least a second detectable unit, which is configured to allow detectability of the tracer; and optionally at least a third unit, which is configured to detect a parameter or features of an oilfield, in particular oil saturation and temperature.