A high-temperature resistant and high-density polymeric saturated brine-based drilling fluid

Three high-temperature resistant polymeric additives for water-based drilling fluids are designed and developed:weakly cross-linked zwitterionic polymer fluid loss reducer(WCZ),flexible polymer microsphere nano-plugging agent(FPM)and comb-structure polymeric lubricant(CSP).A high-temperature resistant and high-density polymeric saturated brine-based drilling fluid was developed for deep drilling.The WCZ has a good anti-polyelectrolyte effect and exhibits the API fluid loss less than 8 mL after aging in saturated salt environment at 200°C.The FPM can reduce the fluid loss by improving the quality of the mud cake and has a good plugging effect on nano-scale pores/fractures.The CSP,with a weight average molecular weight of 4804,has multiple polar adsorption sites and exhibits excellent lubricating performance under high temperature and high salt conditions.The developed drilling fluid system with a density of 2.0 g/cm^(3)has good rheological properties.It shows a fluid loss less than 15 mL at 200°C and high pressure,a sedimentation factor(SF)smaller than 0.52 after standing at high temperature for 5 d,and a rolling recovery of hydratable drill cuttings similar to oil-based drilling fluid.Besides,it has good plugging and lubricating performance.

Physical properties of sandstone reservoirs: Implication for fluid mobility

Core samples representing depths of hydrocarbon-bearing zones are not readily accessible for reservoir evaluations.On the other hand,wireline logs with incorporated seismic data,which can be archived over a more extended period while retaining their original forms,are typically more available for research purposes.Therefore,the study relies on wireline logs with seismic data to predict the reservoirs'fluid mobility by evaluating the hydraulic(flow)units,reservoir depths,fluid saturations,and geothermal gradients.It also indicates the associated water cut(C_(w))within Ritchie oil and gas field,Niger Delta considering a three-phase(oil-gas-water-bearing)reservoir(R_(A))and an oil-saturated reservoir(R_(B))delineated across three wells(R_(W1),R_(W2) and R_(W3)).Research activities combining the presented factors to achieve the stated objectives are not quite common within the study location.It shows lower,average and upper limits of the flow unit factors and irreducible water saturation(S_(wirr))within the reservoirs.The study shows the relationship between hydraulic units/fluid saturations and fluid mobility/associated C_(w) within the sandstone reservoirs.It maximises porosity(Ф)for the theoretical flow units'prediction during qualitative and quantitative estimation based on the adopted expressions.Therefore,the study reveals that water saturation(S_(w))and hydrocarbon/water ratios substantially control C_(w),and other contributing factors include thermal gradients and S_(wirr).The flow unit factors are also significant and will encourage fluid mobility.The evaluated reservoirs(R_(A) and R_(B))are below 10400 ft(3170 m)across wells R_(W1),R_(W2) and R_(W3) within the Agbada Formation of a geothermal gradient up to 2.7℃/100 m;therefore,they have good thermal conditions to enhance hydrocarbon mobility and increase S wirr.Hence,the reservoir should feature significant hydrocarbon extraction via primary recovery.The average water cut(C_(w-avg).)(12.3%)estimated for reservoir R_(A) is within the acceptable range;therefore,the associated water production from the three-phase reservoir will not be much of a concern.In addition,simple models are presented to aid an alternative approach for predicting reservoir quality and C_(w) within sandstone res-ervoirs,especially in the absence of core samples.

Stimulus-responsive mechanism of salt-responsive polymer and its application in saturated saltwater drilling fluid

AM-AMPS-TAC polymers with different charge distribution are synthesized using acrylamide(AM),2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonate(AMPS)and 3-acrylamidopropyl trimethylammonium(TAC)at different feed ratios by polymerization in solution.The salt-responsive behavior,reasons leading to salt-responsiveness,and effects of polymers molecular structure on salt-responsiveness are studied by laboratory experiments to find out the adaptability of the polymers.Rheology test under stepwise shear mode shows that the AM-AMPS-TAC polymers have salt responsiveness,and the closer the feeds of AMPS and ATC,the more significant the salt responsiveness will be.Conformation change of polymers molecular chain under salt stimulus is studied by turbidity test and micro-morphology analysis,and the responsive mechanism is further investigated by intrinsic viscosity test and copolymer composition analysis.Results indicate that the salt-responsive behavior of AM-AMPS-TAC polymers derives from the"curled to expanded"transition of chain conformation under salt stimulus,and this transition is led by the screening effect of salt which weakens polymers intramolecular ionic bond.Application in saturated saltwater drilling fluid shows that the AM90-AMPS5-TAC5 polymer has the best salt-tolerance and temperature-tolerance when used together with fluid loss controller PAC-Lv.The drilling fluid saturated with NaCl can maintain stable viscosity,good dispersion and low fluid loss for long time under 150℃.

Stress relaxation and attenuation of fluid－saturated sandstone at low frequency

The authors studied the attenuation and modulus dispersion of fluid-saturated sandstone by changing the viscosity of fluid, tried to find out the relationship between attenuation, exciting frequency and resonance amplitude to identify the difference of attenuation when the sandstone was saturated with different fluids. The authors also select three-parameter viscoelastic model and Cole-Cole distribution to explain the observed experimental phenomena.

The primary controlling parameters of porosity, permeability,and seepage capability of tight gas reservoirs:a case study on Upper Paleozoic Formation in the eastern Ordos Basin,Northern China

Tight sandstone gas(hereafter"tight gas")has become a subject of unconventional gas exploration globally.The large-scale development and use of tight gas resources in the USA,in particular,facilitated the rapid rebound of natural gas production in the USA,in addition to driving the rapid development of tight gas worldwide.In the eastern Ordos Basin,the Upper Paleozoic feature includes multiple layers of gas,a shallow depth,and notable potential for exploration and development.However,the reservoirs in the area are relatively tight,exhibit strong heterogeneity,and possess a complex micropore structure,thus restricting the eff ective economic development of oil and gas.Thus,research on the primary parameters controlling pore throat structure and the seepage capability of low-permeability reservoirs will be beneficial for the effcient exploration and development of natural gas in the eastern Ordos Basin.The parameters of reservoir porosity and percolation ability,as well as permeability,were analyzed using systematic sampling of the of the Upper Paleozoic Benxi,Taiyuan,and Shanxi Formations in the eastern Ordos Basin,constant-rate mercury injection experiments,nuclear magnetic resonance analysis,and gas–water-phase experimental studies.The results indicate that reservoir porosity is controlled by the effective pore volume and number,whereas permeability is controlled by the largest throat radius,rather than the average.The effective pore volume controls the movable fluid saturation,while reservoir percolation capability is controlled by the effective pore volume,irreducible water saturation,and size of the gas–water two-phase seepage zone.

Multi-transmitting formula for attenuating waves

The MTF is extended to case of attenuating incident wave by introducing an attenuation coefficient. The reflection coefficients of this modified MTF and MTF are evaluated and compared when an attenuating wave impinges on the boundary, and the results demonstrate that MTF can be used to absorb slightly attenuating waves and the modified MTF is more capable of absorbing heavily attenuating waves than MTF. The accuracy of modified MTF is also tested by numerical examples of fluid saturated porous media.

An explicit finite element method for dynamic analysis in three-medium coupling system and its application

In this paper, an explicit finite element method to analyze the dynamic responses of three-medium coupled systems with any terrain is developed on the basis of the numerical simulation of the continuous conditions on the bounda-ries among fluid saturated porous medium, elastic single-phase medium and ideal fluid medium. This method is a very effective one with the characteristic of high calculating speed and small memory needed because the formulae for this explicit finite element method have the characteristic of decoupling, and which does not need to solve sys-tem of linear equations. The method is applied to analyze the dynamic response of a reservoir with considering the dynamic interactions among water, dam, sediment and basement rock. The vertical displacement at the top point of the dam is calculated and some conclusions are given.

Examination on the existence of slow wave in fluid saturated porous medium with the optical method

With the shadowgraph method, three ultrasonic pulses in Water, which correspond to the conversion modes of the fast compressional wave, the transverse wave and the slow compressional wave in the sample of Fluid-Saturated Porous Medium (FSPM) respectively,were observed and recorded by CCD camera. The positions of these pulses are cousistent with the computed positions and the time interval between these pulses measured by a transmitterreceiver method.

Reservoir and development characteristics of the Da'anzhai tight oil in Sichuan Basin,SW China

The oil in the Jurassic Da'anzhai reservoirs in the Sichuan Basin is unconventional tight oil,which accumulated in or near source rocks,and did not experience extensive migration in a large-scale long distance.The first submember,second submember and third submember of Da'anzhai Member are dominated by shell limestone which is widely and continuously distributed,and are typical near-source lacustrine shell limestone tight reservoirs.Complex lithology,multiple types of reservoir space and complicated pore structure are developed in these reservoirs.The effective reservoir space mainly includes micro-pores and micro-fractures with strong fabric selectivity.The petrophysics experiment reveals that the average connected matrix porosity of tight oil reservoir in Jurassic Da'anzhai Member is about 2.13%,lower than that of other tight oil reservoirs but higher than the average effective porosity(0.97%)from previous single alcohol-saturated method.According to production performance data,the Da'anzhai shell limestone reservoir is not a simple porous or fractured reservoir,but has complex porethroat-fracture association or storage-seepage mode.Because the development of fossil shells controls the development of micro-fractures,fluids are difficult to enter into but easy to escape from the reservoirs.Although the pore-throat is fine,the sorting is poor and the displacement pressure is high,the movable fluid saturation and mercury ejection efficiency of the reservoir in the Da'anzhai Member is only slightly lower than that of some storage-seepage modes,and higher than that of Oil-bearing Group 7 of Yanchang Formation in the Ordos Basin.The reservoir in the Da'anzhai Member is one of the few tight oil reservoirs with high natural productivity.The tight oil in the shell limestone of the Da'anzhai Member has great development potential,but its extensive and effective development also has some challenges,such as high seepage resistance of matrix and ineffective single development mode.The development mode of the Da'anzhai tight oil should draw lessons from the Bakken Formation in North America and Oil-bearing Gourp 7 of Yanchang Formation in the Ordos Basin,and thus,effective development technologies based on volume fracturing and fine operation for shell limestone tight oil in the Da'anzhai Member in Sichuan Basin are developed to realize the development of profit and scale.