US 12,480,385 B2
Method for downhole chemical storage for well mitigation and reservoir treatments
Eyad Ali Alali, Dammam (SA); Mohammed Abdullah Bataweel, Dhahran (SA); and Rajendra Arunkumar Kalgaonkar, Dhahran (SA)
Assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/930,586.
Prior Publication US 2024/0084676 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 17/00 (2006.01); E21B 43/01 (2006.01); E21B 44/00 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 43/01 (2013.01) [E21B 44/00 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
providing a well extending underground from a surface;
using radial drilling to drill a primary tunnel extending in an outwardly direction from the well at a first axial location along the well;
drilling a secondary tunnel extending from the well to a second axial location along the main well,
wherein the primary tunnel and the secondary tunnel are drilled within a non-producing area off the well;
installing a power source in the secondary tunnel;
installing a chemical storage assembly in the primary tunnel, wherein the chemical storage assembly comprises chemicals stored in the chemical storage assembly;
connecting the power source to the chemical storage assembly in the primary tunnel;
powering the chemical storage assembly via the power source; and
ejecting the chemicals from the chemical storage assembly into the well.