US20090151927A1 - Combined nitrogen generation system and well servicing fluid system in one power unit apparatus - Google Patents

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US20090151927A1
US20090151927A1 US11/988,905 US98890506A US2009151927A1 US 20090151927 A1 US20090151927 A1 US 20090151927A1 US 98890506 A US98890506 A US 98890506A US 2009151927 A1 US2009151927 A1 US 2009151927A1
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    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
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  • This invention relates, generally, to the treatment of oil and gas wells using nitrogen from the atmosphere to increase the production capability of the wells, and specifically, to providing in a single unit, all of the equipment and accessories to pump high pressure nitrogen and chemicals into the wells being treated.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 6,230,805 teaches a method of hydraulic fracturing in which at least two separate fracturing fluid components are pumped downhole, one of said components being pumped downhole within coiled tubing, but does not teach how to accomplish this with a single compact unit in which all equipment is powered by a common engine.
  • the prior art on land typically brings two or even three tractor-trailers to the well to be treated, one having either a liquid nitrogen tank or a large footprint nitrogen generation unit, and one having the nitrogen pumping unit, and one high pressure pumping unit for acids and other chemicals.
  • the requirement for multiple tractor-trailers increases the transportation costs and personnel required to bring the units to the well and run this service.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 6,273,188 teaches a trailer mounted coiled tubing rig.
  • a single tractor trailer unit in which the tractor itself drives a plurality of hydraulic motors that control the pumps and motors associated with a nitrogen system that is used for injecting nitrogen into a well, but unlike the present invention, no disclosure is made for the provision of well servicing fluid tanks, mixers, and pumps. Instead a crane unit and a coiled tubing injection unit are provided.
  • the preferred type of nitrogen system is tanks of liquid nitrogen, although an alternative mode is disclosed in which the liquid nitrogen system is replaced with one or more nitrogen generators that gather nitrogen from earth's atmosphere.
  • the nitrogen could be mixed with well servicing fluids provided by the same tractor-trailer unit, but rather the nitrogen was pumped through the coiled tubing unit into the well being treated; or directly into the wellhead.
  • PCT Application US2004/034521 also by the present inventors, teaches a three-in-one nitrogen treatment system, fluid system, and coiled tubing system in one unit.
  • a single tractor-trailer or marine unit in which a single engine drives a plurality of hydraulic motors that control the pumps and motors associated with a nitrogen system and a fluid system that is used for injecting nitrogen and fluid into a well, but unlike the present invention, a coil tubing system is also provided, which increases power requirements above those of the present invention.
  • the only means disclosed for pumping fluid to the well is through the coil tubing system and no disclosure is made for the injection of well servicing fluids directly into the well.
  • no fluid blending tank is disclosed (a chemical tank, which is a tank inside a tank—double walled).
  • Prior art units have components that are permanently attached to a transportation unit. This is a problem if there is a need to replace or upgrade any component. Because of improvements in nitrogen generation technology, the ability to upgrade this component is especially desirable, yet is not available in the prior art.
  • the primary object of the present invention is to provide a small unit that can be placed on a single tractor-trailer or a small barge or ship to provide a nitrogen generation system and pump a combination of high pressure nitrogen and acids or other chemicals into wells.
  • a combined system for treating an oil and/or gas well comprising: a single transportation means having mounted thereon: a single prime mover for providing prime power for the operation of pumps and motors mounted on said transportation means; a nitrogen generator that can gather gaseous nitrogen from the earth's atmosphere; and a fluid pumping system for pumping fluids into a wellbore, said nitrogen generator and said fluid pumping system being interconnectable by plumbing and including a power transmission means responsive to the operation of said engine.
  • FIG. 1 is an elevated, pictorial view of a tractor unit and part of the trailer with nitrogen generation equipment that is connected to the discharge line at a tee;
  • FIG. 2 is an elevated, pictorial view of the other part of the trailer from FIG. 1 , which shows storage, mixing, and pumping equipment for well servicing fluid, and shows that said equipment is connected to the discharge line at the same tee that the nitrogen generation equipment is connected to;
  • FIG. 3 illustrates, in block diagram, the various systems that are used in accordance with the present invention to treat a well with nitrogen;
  • FIG. 4 is a pictorial view of three nitrogen generators
  • FIG. 5 is a pictorial view of a unit using membrane technology to pull gaseous nitrogen out of the atmosphere.
  • FIG. 6 is a diagram of components that are removably attached to the transportation means.
  • FIG. 1 shows a tractor 10 having a prime mover, such as a gasoline engine or a diesel engine, that is used to pull the trailer 20 illustrated in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 .
  • the tractor's engine drives all of the components that are illustrated in FIG. 1 . and FIG. 2 , on the tractor 10 , and the trailer 20 , respectively.
  • the chassis 11 of the tractor 10 may be, for example, a Freightliner.
  • the tractor 10 also has a hydraulic tank 12 and a tank hold-down unit 13 which secures the hydraulic tank to the chassis.
  • a hydraulic pump 14 has a coupling and a drive mechanism connected to its one end.
  • the coupling 16 is connected into a transfer case and drive shaft mechanism 17 .
  • a hydraulic pump 18 is one of many hydraulic pumps in the tractor assembly 10 and also includes various hydraulic pumps within the assembly 19 . It should be appreciated that all of the mechanisms illustrated with the trailer 20 in FIG. 2 are driven by hydraulic pumps located on the tractor chassis 10 .
  • the assembly 15 is a hydraulic pump that includes a clutch pulley being driven by the prime mover located within the tractor 10 .
  • the tractor bed 21 has an assembly 22 that is used to connect the tractor to the trailer as illustrated in FIG. 2 .
  • Trailer bed 30 is connected to the tractor bed 21 by way of the mechanism 22 .
  • a feed air system 32 that is connected to nitrogen membranes 33 .
  • the feed air system 32 and nitrogen membrane 33 function as a nitrogen generator 31 (also shown in FIG. 5 ) that extracts nitrogen from the atmosphere to eliminate the need for (and the associated cost of) transporting and filling nitrogen tanks.
  • the preferred embodiment nitrogen generator 31 uses a membrane 33 (also shown in detail in FIG. 6 ) that allows nitrogen-rich air from the earth's atmosphere to be continuously fed into bundle housing. The air reaches the center of the bundle of membrane fibers at which point the gas consists mostly of gaseous nitrogen. The nitrogen collects in the mandrel at the center of the bundle.
  • the oxygen and other fast gases pass through the wall of the membrane fibers as they go through the fibers to be collected at the end. Oxygen, water vapor, and other fast gases are continuously collected and are moved from the bundle, thus leaving the nitrogen available for injection into the well being treated. This occurs at near ambient pressure and temperature. It is an advantage of this embodiment that large volumes of nitrogen can be provided at the well site to be pumped into the well, without the need to transport that entire volume in either liquid or gaseous form to the well site.
  • the nitrogen generators of the preferred embodiment accomplish nitrogen generation with a smaller footprint than any prior art the inventor knows.
  • the nitrogen then flows to the nitrogen booster compressor 38 that compresses the dry nitrogen to the desired pressure.
  • the nitrogen will then be pumped to the tee 39 where is mixes with a fluid or a fluid mix, such as an acid, and then the resulting mixture enters the discharge line 40 .
  • the trailer bed 30 mounted on the trailer bed 30 are chemical storage tanks 42 that supply chemicals to blending tanks 44 where the chemicals are mixed.
  • the mixed chemicals flow first to the centrifugal pump 46 and then to the well servicing fluid pump 48 .
  • the mixed chemicals flow to the tee 39 where the mixed chemicals mix with nitrogen and the resulting mixture flows into the discharge line 40 . From the discharge line the resulting mixture can either flow through any coil tubing unit to the well head, or flow directly to the well head
  • the nitrogen air feed system 32 has its output connected into the input of a hydraulic pump 64 .
  • the prime mover 70 which may be a gasoline or diesel powered engine, has a return line 74 .
  • a hydraulic pump 90 is connected into a hydraulic motor 92 that is used to drive the return line 74 .
  • Another hydraulic pump 96 drives a motor 98 to drive the crane 46 that is illustrated in FIG. 2 .
  • Another hydraulic pump 100 drives a motor 102 to power the blending tanks that are illustrated in FIG. 2 .
  • the prime mover 70 drives each of the hydraulic pumps 64 , 90 , 96 and 100 as shown by the line 106 .
  • the hydraulic pump 64 , 90 , 96 and 100 are preferably driven by one or more belts that can be used with clutch pulleys as desired.
  • a compressor unit 108 that is also driven by the prime mover 70 is run off of the drive line 106 to assist in keeping the liquid nitrogen down to its desired temperature.
  • prime mover 70 is obviously and desirably located on the tractor, and the nitrogen generation system and well servicing fluid system are preferably located on the trailer, most of the other items identified in FIG. 3 can be found on either the tractor and/or the trailer as desired.
  • the important feature of this invention is to recognize that all of the items shown in FIG. 3 are located on a combined tractor/trailer configuration that does not require the use of either another tractor or another trailer.
  • Nitrogen generators shown in FIG. 4 extract nitrogen from the atmosphere, which can eliminate the costs of transporting and filling nitrogen tanks.
  • Some of such nitrogen generators utilize a membrane, shown in FIG. 5 , which allows nitrogen-rich air from the earth's atmosphere to be continuously fed into bundle housing. The air reaches the center of the bundle of membrane fibers that at that point, consists mostly of gaseous nitrogen. The nitrogen collects in the mandrel at the center of the bundle. As the air passes through the bundle of membrane fibers, the oxygen and other fast gases pass through the wall of the membrane fibers as they go through the fibers to be collected at the end. Oxygen and the other fast gases are continuously collected and are moved from the bundle, thus leaving the nitrogen available to be used for injection into the well being treated. By stacking a plurality of such nitrogen generators, available volumes are provided that have an increased flow capability.
  • each component [blending tank 44 , prime mover 70 (with fuel pump 400 ), nitrogen generator 31 with hydraulic compressor 38 , and chemical storage tank 42 ] is removably connected to the transportation means 30 by connectors 300 .
  • the nitrogen generator 31 as a stand alone unit is available commercially. Combination of a nitrogen generator with fluid pumping and mixing on a single tractor-trailer and all powered by a single prime mover is not known in the prior art to the best of the inventor's knowledge, and as far the inventor knows, the preferred embodiment of the invention has a smaller footprint than any functional equivalent.
  • the preferred embodiment of the present invention can be used for any application that requires pressure pumping various chemicals, including but not limited to:
  • the preferred embodiment can operate as a stand-alone unit or operate with a separate coil tubing unit and is also compatible with any coil tubing unit.
  • connecting discharge line 40 of the preferred embodiment to the coil tubing unit allows the coil tubing unit to pump nitrogen and chemical mixtures into the well.
  • the preferred embodiment can do well servicing:
  • One advantage of the preferred embodiment is that it makes it possible to do with one tractor-trailer what previously required three tractor-trailers: a liquid nitrogen tank transport truck, a second tractor trailer with a high pressure pumping system for other chemicals and acids, and a third tractor trailer with a nitrogen pumping unit. Because this embodiment allows one tractor-trailer to do what once require several connected together with the requisite hoses and plumbing, the time and expense of plumbing the separate units together is avoided. Plumbing all three systems together before rigging up to the well is avoided. Disconnecting and stowing all of the plumbing after completion is also avoided, saving additional time and labor.
  • the preferred embodiment can do the same job with one tractor-trailer in one day.
  • the danger of transporting liquid, which is an explosion hazard, is also avoided. Tripping hazards associated with the plumbing and hoses are also avoided.
  • the preferred embodiment is even more advantageous in remote locations where liquid nitrogen is rare and expensive, or extremely difficult to transport to the well head.

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