Fracture propagation law of temporary plugging and diversion fracturing in shale reservoirs under completion experiments of horizontal well with multi-cluster sand jetting perforation

This study conducted temporary plugging and diversion fracturing(TPDF)experiments using a true triaxial fracturing simulation system within a laboratory setting that replicated a lab-based horizontal well completion with multi-cluster sand jetting perforation.The effects of temporary plugging agent(TPA)particle size,TPA concentration,single-cluster perforation number and cluster number on plugging pressure,multi-fracture diversion pattern and distribution of TPAs were investigated.A combination of TPAs with small particle sizes within the fracture and large particle sizes within the segment is conducive to increasing the plugging pressure and promoting the diversion of multi-fractures.The addition of fibers can quickly achieve ultra-high pressure,but it may lead to longitudinal fractures extending along the wellbore.The temporary plugging peak pressure increases with an increase in the concentration of the TPA,reaching a peak at a certain concentration,and further increases do not significantly improve the temporary plugging peak pressure.The breaking pressure and temporary plugging peak pressure show a decreasing trend with an increase in single-cluster perforation number.A lower number of single-cluster perforations is beneficial for increasing the breaking pressure and temporary plugging peak pressure,and it has a more significant control on the propagation of multi-cluster fractures.A lower number of clusters is not conducive to increasing the total number and complexity of artificial fractures,while a higher number of clusters makes it difficult to achieve effective plugging.The TPAs within the fracture is mainly concentrated in the complex fracture areas,especially at the intersections of fractures.Meanwhile,the TPAs within the segment are primarily distributed near the perforation cluster apertures which initiated complex fractures.

Development of degradable pre-formed particle gel(DPPG)as temporary plugging agent for petroleum drilling and production

Temporary plugging agent(TPA)is widely used in many fields of petroleum reservoir drilling and production,such as temporary plugging while drilling and petroleum well stimulation by diverting in acidizing or fracturing operations.The commonly used TPA mainly includes hard particles,fibers,gels,and composite systems.However,current particles have many limitations in applications,such as insufficient plugging strength and slow degradation rate.In this paper,a degradable pre-formed particle gel(DPPG)was developed.Experimental results show that the DPPG has an excellent static swelling effect and self-degradation performance.With a decrease in the concentration of total monomers or cross-linker,the swelling volume of the synthesized DPPG gradually increases.However,the entire self-degradation time gradually decreases.The increase in 2-acrylamide-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid(AMPS)in the DPPG composition can significantly increase its swelling ratio and shorten the self-degradation time.Moreover,DPPG has excellent high-temperature resistance(150°C)and high-salinity resistance(200,000 mg/L NaCl).Core displacement results show that the DPPG has a perfect plugging effect in the porous media(the plugging pressure gradient was as high as 21.12 MPa),and the damage to the formation after degradation is incredibly minor.Therefore,the DPPG can be used as an up-and-coming TPA in oil fields.

Degradable preformed particle gel as temporary plugging agent for low-temperature unconventional petroleum reservoirs:Effect of molecular weight of the cross-linking agent

The development of unconventional petroleum resources has gradually become an important succession for increasing oil production.However,the related engineers and researchers are paying more and more attention to the application of temporary plugging agents(TPAs)for their efficient development.TPAs can expand the stimulated reservoir volume(SRV)and facilitate the flow of oil and gas to the bottom of the well.Particle-gels used as temporary plugging agents have the characteristics of the simple injection process,good deformation,high plugging strength,and complete self-degradation performance,which have been widely applied in recent years.In this paper,five samples of DPPG polymerized by different molecular weights of cross-linking agents were prepared.In addition,infrared spectroscopy analysis,differential calorimetry scanning(DSC)analysis,static particle gel swelling and degradation performance evaluation experiments,and dynamic temporary plugging performance experiments in cores were conducted at 34°C.Results show that as the molecular weight of the cross-linking agent(at 0.01 g)in the DPPG molecule decreased from 1,000 to 200 Da,the fewer cross-linking sites of DPPG,the looser the microscopic three-dimensional mesh structure formed.The swelling ratio increased from 7 to 33 times.However,the complete degradation time increased from 40 to 210 min.Moreover,the DSC results confirmed that the higher the molecular weight of the cross-linking agent,the worse is chemical stability and the more prone it to self-degradation.DPPG samples had good temporary plugging performance in reservoir cores.DPPGs prepared by the cross-linking agent with smaller molecular weight has a stronger swelling ratio,higher gel strength,and greater plugging strength in the core permeabilities.Moreover,the degraded DPPG is less damaging to the cores.However,their slower degradation rates take a slightly longer times to reach complete degradation.The results of this paper can provide new ideas and a theoretical basis for the development of particle gel-type temporary plugging agents(TPA)with controllable degradation time in low-temperature reservoirs.It can help to expand the application range of existing DPPG reservoir conditions.

Optimization of the Plugging Agent Dosage for High Temperature Salt Profile Control in Heavy Oil Reservoirs

After steam discharge in heavy oil reservoirs,the distribution of temperature,pressure,and permeability in different wells becomes irregular.Flow channels can easily be produced,which affect the sweep efficiency of the oil displacement.Previous studies have shown that the salting-out plugging method can effectively block these channels in high-temperature reservoirs,improve the suction profile,and increase oil production.In the present study,the optimal dosage of the plugging agent is determined taking into account connection transmissibility and inter-well volumes.Together with the connectivity model,a water flooding simulation model is introduced.Moreover,a non-gradient stochastic disturbance algorithm is used to obtain the optimal plugging agent dosage,which provides the basis for the high-temperature salting-out plugging agent adjustment in the field.

A bull-heading water control technique of thermo-sensitive temporary plugging agent

Aimed at the disadvantages of secondary damage to oil layers caused by the conventional bull-heading water control technique, a thermo-sensitive temporary plugging agent for water control was synthesized by water solution polymerization and applied in the field with a new secondary temporary plugging technique. The optimization and performance evaluation of thermo-sensitive temporary plugging agent were carried out through laboratory experiments. The optimized formula is as follows:(6%-8%) acrylamide +(0.08%-0.12%) ammonium persulfate +(1.5%-2.0%) sepiolite +(0.5%-0.8%) polyethylene glycol diacrylate. The thermo-sensitive temporary plugging agent is suitable for formation temperatures of 70-90 ?C, it has high temporary plugging strength(5-40 k Pa), controllable degradation time(1-15 d), the apparent viscosity after degradation of less than 100 m Pa?S and the permeability recovery value of simulated cores of more than 95%. Based on the research results, secondary temporary plugging technique was used in a horizontal well in the Jidong Oilfield. After treatment, the well saw a drop of water cut to 27%, and now it has a water cut of 67%, its daily increased oil production was 4.8 t, and the cumulative oil increment was 750 t, demonstrating that the technique worked well in controlling water production and increasing oil production.

Optimization of refracturing timing for horizontal wells in tight oil reservoirs: A case study of Cretaceous Qingshankou Formation, Songliao Basin, NE China

Tight oil reservoirs in Songliao Basin were taken as subjects and a novel idealized refracturing well concept was proposed by considering the special parameters of volume fracturing horizontal wells, the refracturing potential of candidate wells were graded and prioritized, and a production prediction model of refracturing considering the stress sensitivity was established using numerical simulation method to sort out the optimal refracturing method and timing. The simulations show that: with the same perforation clusters, the order of fracturing technologies with contribution to productivity from big to small is refracturing between existent fractured sections, orientation diversion inside fractures, extended refracturing, refracturing of existent fractures; and the later the refracturing timing, the shorter the effective time. Based on this, the prediction model of breakdown pressure considering the variation of formation pressure was used to find out the variation pattern of breakdown pressure of different positions at different production time. Through the classification of the breakdown pressure, the times of temporary plugging and diverting and the amount of temporary plugging agent were determined under the optimal refracturing timing. Daily oil production per well increased from 2.3 t/d to 16.5 t/d in the field test. The research results provide important reference for refracturing optimization design of similar tight oil reservoirs.

Microstructure Formation and Degradation Mechanism of Cementitious Plugging Agent Slurries

The hydration products and microstructure of class G oil well cement and a newly developed plugging agent （YLD） slurries cured in the simulated temperature and pressure environment, which was of similar temperature and pressure with those at the bottom of oil well in a normal depth, were investigated using XRD, TG and SEM. Severe leakage is confirmed at the interface between hardened slurries and steel tube during the dynamically curing process, which induces the quick loss of cementing property of slurries. This should be the dominating cause of degradation of class G oil well cement slurry. A secondary hydration process can take place at the eroded interface of hardened YLD plugging agent slurry. Newly formed C-S-H gel has a self-healing effect to repair the damaged interface, which unceasingly maintains the cementing property of the YLD plugging agent slurry. Therefore, the effective using period of YLD plugging agent can be prolonged.

High-strength and self-degradable sodium alginate/polyacrylamide preformed particle gels for conformance control to enhance oil recovery

Excess water production has become an important issue in the oil and gas extraction process.Preformed particle gels(PPGs),show the capability to control the conformance and reduce excess water cut.However,conventional PPGs have poor mechanical properties and their swollen particles are easily damaged by shearing force when passing through the fractures in formations,meanwhile PPGs can be also degraded into various byproducts,leading to permanent damage to the reservoir permeability after temporary plugging.Herein,a novel type of dual cross-linked PPGs(dPPGs)was designed and synthesized using sodium alginate(SA)and acrylamide(AAm),cross-linked with N,N’-methylenebisacrylamide(MBA)and Fe^(3+).Results show that dPPGs have excellent mechanical properties with a storage modulus up to 86,445 Pa,which is almost 20 times higher than other reported PPGs.Meanwhile,dPPGs can be completely degraded into liquid without any solid residues or byproducts and the viscosity of dPPGs degraded liquid was found to be lower than 5 mPa·s.A laboratory coreflooding test showed that the plugging efficiency of dPPGs was up to 99.83%on open fractures.The obtained results demonstrated that dPPGs could be used as economical and environment-friendly temporary plugging agent with high-strength,self-degradation,thermal stability,and salt stability,thus making it applicable to a wide range of conformance control to enhance oil recovery.

Integrated hydraulic fracturing techniques to enhance oil recovery from tight rocks

Two main challenges exist in enhancing oil recovery rate from tight oil reservoirs,namely how to create an effective complicated fracture network and how to enhance the imbibition effect of fracturing fluid.In response to the challenges,through modeling experiment in laboratory and evaluation of field application results,a set of integrated efficient fracturing and enhanced oil recovery(EOR)techniques suitable for tight oil development in China has been proposed.(1)Fracturing with temporary plugging agents to realize stimulation in multiple clusters,to form dense fracture network,and thus maximizing the drainage area;(2)Supporting induced fractures with micro-sized proppants during the prepad fluid fracture-making stage,to generate dense fracture network with high conductivity;(3)Using the liquid nanofluid as a fracturing fluid additive to increase oil-water displacement ratio and take advantage of the massive injected fracturing fluid and maximize the oil production after hydraulic fracturing.

乳化沥青提高原油采收率研究进展

乳化沥青具有注入性能好、封堵强度高等优点,作为一种选择性堵剂在油田提高采收率领域比其他化学剂体系更具应用潜力。本文总结了国内乳化沥青堵水体系的开发历程及现场选择性堵水的应用效果。通过调研近年来国内外文献,概述了乳化沥青堵水的作用机理,一种是作为乳液的作用机理,主要是乳液颗粒被变形捕获产生贾敏效应和乳液液滴的机械滞留使水的流动阻力增大;另一种是其分散相也就是乳液破乳后沥青的作用机理,主要是沥青黏附在岩壁上起到的堵水作用。同时,总结了乳化沥青稳定的主要影响因素,包括温度、水相中的电解质浓度和pH值以及分散相中的沥青质,并且论述了各因素影响乳化沥青稳定性的作用机理。最后,详细叙述了乳化沥青应用于油田调剖堵水领域的最新研究进展,研究表明乳化沥青不仅具有优异的封堵效果,还具有独特的封堵选择性。此外,乳化沥青还能与CO_(2)吞吐、泡沫调驱组成复合增产技术进行现场应用,并且指出了乳化沥青应用于调剖堵水领域存在的问题与未来展望。

改性聚乙醇酸暂堵剂研发及其在河南油田的应用

酸溶性暂堵剂对地层伤害较大,解堵较麻烦,油溶性暂堵剂不适合高含水的油层;河南油田低渗透油藏地层温度为50~120℃,注水驱油见水快,常规水溶性聚乙醇酸暂堵剂和聚乳酸暂堵剂水解温度大于80℃,不能完全满足低渗透油藏暂堵压裂的需求。结合颗粒类水溶性聚乙醇酸暂堵剂和聚乳酸暂堵剂的特性和暂堵原理,采用催化剂和抑制剂使聚乙醇酸和聚乳酸发生酯化反应,生成聚乙醇酸和聚乳酸融合物,再加入成核剂及结晶促进剂,可得到改性聚乙醇酸暂堵剂。经测试,改性聚乙醇酸暂堵剂在50~120℃温度下具有常规聚乙醇酸暂堵剂的溶解性能和暂堵强度;当改性聚乙醇酸暂堵剂的总用量占比达到18%、粗粒径与细粒径质量配比接近1:1时,其封堵强度大于40 MPa,暂堵性能良好。现场试验7井次,加入改性聚乙醇酸暂堵剂后,单井施工压力最高增加了6.1 MPa,日增油5.3 t,取得了明显的增油效果。

延迟成胶弹性硅酸凝胶堵水剂及其性能研究

针对现有硅酸凝胶堵水剂普遍存在成胶时间短、成胶后脆性大的问题,结合L油田油藏条件,通过考察活化剂类型及用量,弹性改善剂类型及用量,以及水玻璃用量对成胶时间和弹性模量的影响,得出了一种延迟成胶弹性硅酸凝胶堵水剂。其配方为:6%水玻璃+0.85%活化剂三元弱酸一铵GL-1+0.1%弹性改善剂正电胶,该配方在油藏温度65℃下,成胶强度达到E级的时间为72 h,成胶后的弹性模量为589.46 Pa。采用填砂管实验评价了堵水剂的注入性及封堵性,结果表明堵水剂在L油田中具有良好的注入性及封堵性,在渗透率为1168.06×10^(-3)~5061.57×10^(-3)μm^(2)的填砂管中,注入0.8 PV的最高注入压力仅有0.72 MPa,封堵率均>96%。该堵水剂可用于L油田的油井堵水。

低渗透油田微生物堵剂的多尺度封堵性能

封堵低渗透油藏的多尺度水窜通道是提升这类油藏水驱开发效果的关键,开发了一种内源微生物堵剂,优化了其菌种发酵营养液配方,并基于室内静态实验表征了其基础物性,最后通过岩心动态实验评价了其封堵适应性。所优化的菌种发酵营养液配方为:1.0%~2.0%糖蜜+0.2%~1.0%硝酸钠+0.5%~2.0%磷酸二氢钾+0.2%~1.0%磷酸氢二钠+0.1%~0.5%硫酸铵+0.01%~0.1%工业酵母膏+0.01%~0.03%硫酸铁+0.01%~0.03%硫酸锰。在营养液中培养4 d后,微生物趋于稳定,形成的分散颗粒呈正态分布,粒径集中在40~160μm之间,粒度中值在90μm左右,且具有良好的抗剪切性、耐盐性及稳定性。初始态的微生物调堵剂能顺利进入低渗透岩心、非均质岩心和裂缝性岩心。进入岩心后,微生物基于其自生长特性与孔隙及裂缝介质匹配,对渗透率为5×10^(-3)μm^(2)的岩心的封堵率达到80%;对渗透率为5×10^(-3)/100×10^(-3)μm^(2)的非均质岩心的封堵率达92%;对渗透率为5×10^(-3)/300×10^(-3)μm^(2)的非均质岩心的封堵率达95%。微生物堵剂对开度为30μm的裂缝性岩心的封堵率达84%;对开度为80μm的裂缝性岩心的封堵率接近90%。微生物堵剂既可以封堵不同尺度的多孔介质水窜通道,又可以封堵不同尺度的微裂缝水窜通道,具备封堵低渗透油田多尺度水窜通道的潜力。

用于稠油热采井的耐温凝胶堵剂研制与评价——以春光油田为例

针对河南春光油田稠油热采水平井水窜严重的问题,通过耐高温凝胶堵剂配方研究及性能评价,配套双封定位封堵工艺,实现了水平井不同水窜位置的有效封堵。所研制的耐高温凝胶堵剂,具有耐温耐盐性能好和封堵强度高的特点,耐盐1.00×10^(5)mg/L,耐温达到350℃,高温60 h后突破真空度仍保持在0.065 MPa以上,现场实施后有效延缓了稠油水平井水窜速度,改善了稠油热采水平井开发效果。

缓交联高强度封堵剂研究进展

综述了目前油田主要应用的封堵剂的发展情况,介绍了含水率较高的油田实施窜流封堵技术,分析了不同类型的深部封堵剂优劣特性及适用情况,总结和展望了未来缓慢交联的封堵剂技术的发展趋势。

转向压裂暂堵剂的研究与应用进展

将油田转向压裂用暂堵剂进行了梳理分类,运用统计方法分析了近年来暂堵剂研究成果,提出普适性较强的暂堵剂的评价指标。比较分析了各种暂堵剂的性能,介绍了暂堵剂的应用发展现状和各类暂堵剂的优缺点,并对暂堵剂的发展方向提出见解。

用于CCUS油藏压井的环境响应型暂堵剂研制与应用

目前我国CCUS技术正在各油田大规模推广应用。由于CO_(2)对井筒腐蚀十分严重,修井工作量逐年增大,亟需研发压井暂堵剂,对井筒目标层段油气进行暂堵,以有效压井,保障顺利完成修井,修井后暂堵剂自动解堵,快速恢复生产。文中提出环境响应型暂堵剂的研究思路,暂堵剂由聚丙烯酰胺(HPAM)、有机铬交联剂A、活性交联剂B、GB-01破胶剂组成,在复合交联剂作用下快速成胶,并保持3 d左右的高强度和稳定性,实现有效暂堵压井。修井完成后,暂堵剂在微量破胶剂作用下迅速实现环境响应破胶(高温、高矿化度、高CO_(2)含量),2~5 d内完全解堵,从而快速恢复生产。该暂堵剂在吉林油田某井进行了现场试验,效果较好。环境响应型暂堵剂的研究思路具有可行性,也为我国CCUS油藏压井暂堵技术的现场应用提供了参考。

低温转向压裂自降解暂堵颗粒的制备与性能评价研究

为解决低温致密油藏储层转向压裂暂堵剂的降解问题,通过溶液聚合法以丙烯酸、丙烯酰胺、PA-1交联剂和过硫酸铵引发剂制备了适用于低温致密油藏转向压裂的自降解凝胶颗粒暂堵剂,评价了凝胶颗粒的吸水性能和降解性能。同时采用单因素变量法研究了丙烯酰胺、丙烯酸、交联剂、引发剂和矿化度对凝胶颗粒性能的影响,研究了暂堵颗粒的封堵性能。结果表明,凝胶颗粒的吸水倍数为82倍,降解时间为3~6 d,通过调节配方组分可以调节暂堵剂的吸水倍数和降解时间,同时该暂堵剂具有较强的封堵能力,封堵率为99.81%,耐压20.66 MPa。注入水体积为20 PV时,封堵率仍能保持95%以上,暂堵剂可满足低温施工作业要求。

聚酯类颗粒暂堵剂的降解规律及水解机理

考察了盐酸和NaOH水溶液质量浓度、温度对聚乳酸(PLA)、聚乙交酯(PGA)、聚己二酸-对苯二甲酸丁二醇酯(PBAT)降解性能的影响,通过FTIR、XRD、SEM探究了聚酯类颗粒作为酸压暂堵剂的降解规律和水解机理,并对其封堵性能进行了评价。结果表明,盐酸或NaOH水溶液质量浓度越大,温度越高,PLA、PGA、PBAT完全降解时间越短,在相同质量浓度下,它们在NaOH水溶液中降解比在盐酸中更快;同样条件下,降解速率由大到小的3种聚酯类颗粒暂堵剂排序为PGA>PLA>PBAT。聚酯类颗粒暂堵剂在降解初期,酯基开始水解,颗粒表面出现孔洞,颗粒体积略微减小;随着降解的进行,水解优先发生在无定形区,结晶度增大,羰基指数减小,羟基指数增大,颗粒表面孔洞增多,体积进一步缩小;降解后期,结晶区开始水解,结晶度减小,聚合物分子链大量断裂,直至完全降解。封堵性能(承压能力)由大到小排序为PLA>PGA>PBAT,聚酯类颗粒暂堵剂与水的固液比(g∶L)为150∶1的PLA、PGA、PBAT突破压力分别为11.7、10.9、7.5 MPa;注入聚酯类颗粒暂堵剂的固液比越大,封堵层越致密,承压能力越强。

高温裂缝性油藏凝胶封堵剂的性能评价

目的针对高温裂缝性油藏钻井过程井漏失严重的问题,利用有机碱式铬交联凝胶封堵剂进行封堵油藏漏失。方法采用黏度测试、高温老化、稠度测试以及模拟堵漏实验等方法,评价了凝胶封堵剂的流变性能、热稳定性、稠化性、岩心封堵后突破压力梯度及封堵性。结果以AM/AANa二元共聚物为凝胶封堵剂基液,有机碱式铬OACrC-1作为交联剂,乳酸为缓凝剂的凝胶封堵剂成胶前的表观黏度较低,稠度小于110 mPa·s,且稠化过渡期较短,表现出直角稠化性,且在120℃下具有良好的热稳定性;凝胶封堵剂注入效果在实验范围内随缝宽的增加变好,岩心突破压力梯度及封堵性表明凝胶封堵剂对缝宽不同的岩心均具有较好的封堵性能,封堵率可达85.9%及以上。结论该凝胶封堵剂在高温裂缝性油藏具有良好的封堵性,耐温能力达到120℃,在钻井过程中封堵漏失层具有重要的应用价值和指导意义。