Predicting downhole mechanical cleaning efficiency in wellbore walls during wellbore fluids displacements

    公开(公告)号:US11668162B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-06

    申请号:US16616296

    申请日:2018-12-31

    摘要: Predicting the efficiency of downhole mechanical removal of one or more accreted materials from one or more wellbore walls may prevent the unnecessary consumption of resources in a wellbore fluids displacement operation. A method and system for removing accreted materials in a wellbore is provided, wherein the efficiency of mechanical removal of accreted materials may be characterized based, at least in part, on a comparison between one or more actual shear stresses exerted by a wellbore servicing fluid at one or more depths of the wellbore and one or more required shear stresses to remove the accreted materials from the depth. The one or more required shear stresses may be determined using one or more of one or more known properties of the one or more accreted materials, one or more rheology models, one or more hydraulic parameters, one or more wellbore hydraulic models, and one or more downhole conditions. To account for one or more effects of eccentricity in the wellbore, the one or more actual shear stresses exerted by wellbore servicing fluid may be determined by partitioning one or more three dimensional flow profiles into divided annular segments for individual analysis. To improve operational decision making, operators or automated processes may modify the wellbore fluids displacement operation based, at least in part, on the comparison. The comparison between the one or more actual shear stresses and the one or more required shear stresses may be used to generate a parameter that characterizes the cleaning efficiency of the wellbore fluids displacement operation.

    Injection well cleaning fluids and related methods

    公开(公告)号:US11661543B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-30

    申请号:US17167307

    申请日:2021-02-04

    IPC分类号: C09K8/528 E21B37/06

    CPC分类号: C09K8/528 E21B37/06

    摘要: Methods can include introducing a cleaning fluid into a near-wellbore zone of an injection well penetrating a subterranean formation, wherein the cleaning fluid includes: 0.5 wt % to about 5 wt % of a surfactant blend comprising an alkoxy carbonate surfactant and an internal olefin sulfonate surfactant; salt water having a total dissolved solids (TDS) of about 15,000 mg/L or greater; and 0 wt % to about 0.05 wt % of an organic acid; and dispersing a hydrocarbon from the near-wellbore zone in the cleaning fluid. Compositions for cleaning a near-wellbore zone of a subterranean formation can include 0.5 wt % to about 5 wt % of a surfactant blend comprising an alkoxy carbonate surfactant and an internal olefin sulfonate surfactant; salt water having a total dissolved solids (TDS) of about 15,000 mg/L or greater; and 0 wt % to about 0.05 wt % of an organic acid.

    WELL TUBING/CASING CORROSION DEPOSITS DESCALING MODEL

    公开(公告)号:US20230036144A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-02

    申请号:US17386973

    申请日:2021-07-28

    IPC分类号: E21B47/00 E21B47/06 E21B37/06

    摘要: A method for performing a maintenance operation of a well in an oil/gas field is disclosed. The method includes identifying an extent of corrosion deposit of the well, predicting, using a descaling model of the oil/gas field and based on the extent of corrosion deposit, expected descaling metal loss in a tubular of the well, calculating, based on the expected descaling metal loss, a tubular burst/collapse pressure for a predicted thickness of the tubular, comparing the tubular burst/collapse pressure against a well operating pressure to generate a comparison result, and performing the maintenance operation of the well based on the comparison result.