Oilfield apparatus comprising swellable elastomers having nanosensors therein and methods of using same in oilfield application
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising an oilfield element made of a swellable elastomeric composition, wherein the swellable elastomeric composition comprises a man-made swellable elastomer and one or more nanosensors dispersed therein to sense one or more parameters useful in oilfield operations;
- wherein the man-made elastomer comprises a reaction product of a linear or branched polymer having residual ethylenic unsaturation with an ethylenically unsaturated organic monomer having at least one reactive moiety selected from acid, acid anhydride, acid salt, and mixtures thereof.
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Abstract
An oilfield apparatus has a swellable elastomeric composition that includes a swellable elastomer and one or more nanosensors dispersed therein. An oilfield assembly for exploring for, drilling for, testing for, or producing hydrocarbons includes various oilfield elements such as tubing, jointed pipe, sucker rods, submersible pump motor protector bags, packer elements, blow out preventer elements, zonal isolation tool elements, etc; and one or more of the oilfield elements has a swellable elastomeric composition that includes a swellable elastomer and one or more nanosensors dispersed therein. A method of selecting one or more oilfield elements has a component of an elastomeric composition that includes a swellable elastomer and one or more nanosensors dispersed therein; and a method of using the one or more oilfield elements in an oilfield operation, thus exposing the oilfield element to an oilfield environment.
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18 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising an oilfield element made of a swellable elastomeric composition, wherein the swellable elastomeric composition comprises a man-made swellable elastomer and one or more nanosensors dispersed therein to sense one or more parameters useful in oilfield operations;
- wherein the man-made elastomer comprises a reaction product of a linear or branched polymer having residual ethylenic unsaturation with an ethylenically unsaturated organic monomer having at least one reactive moiety selected from acid, acid anhydride, acid salt, and mixtures thereof.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An oilfield assembly for exploring for, drilling for, testing for, or producing hydrocarbons comprising:
one or more oilfield elements selected from tubing, jointed pipe, sucker rods, submersible pump motor protector bags, packer elements, blow out preventer elements, zonal isolation tool elements, O-rings, T-rings, centralizers, hangers, plugs, plug catchers, check valves, universal valves, spotting valves, differential valves, circulation valves, equalizing valves, safety valves, fluid flow control valves, sliding seals, connectors, disconnect tools, downhole filters, motorheads, retrieval and fishing tools, bottom hole assemblies, seal assemblies, snap latch assemblies, anchor latch assemblies, shear-type anchor latch assemblies, no-go locators, sensor protectors, gaskets, pump shaft seals, tube seals, valve seals, seals and insulators used in electrical components, seals used in fiber optic connections, pressure sealing elements for fluids, and combinations thereof;
wherein the one or more of oilfield elements comprises a swellable elastomeric composition comprising a man-made swellable elastomer and one or more nanosensors dispersed therein to sense one or more parameters useful in oilfield operations; and
wherein the man-made elastomer comprises a reaction product of a linear or branched polymer having residual ethylenic unsaturation with an ethylenically unsaturated organic monomer having at least one reactive moiety selected from acid, acid anhydride, acid salt, and mixtures thereof.
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17. A method comprising:
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(a) selecting one or more oilfield elements having a component comprising an elastomeric composition comprising a swellable elastomeric composition comprising a man-made swellable elastomer and one or more nanosensors dispersed therein to sense one or more parameters useful in oilfield operations; and
wherein the man-made elastomer comprises a reaction product of a linear or branched polymer having residual ethylenic unsaturation with an ethylenically unsaturated organic monomer having at least one reactive moiety selected from acid, acid anhydride, acid salt, and mixtures thereof; and(b) using the one or more oilfield elements in an oilfield operation, thus exposing the oilfield element to an oilfield environment. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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