MANIPULATION OF FLOW UNDERGROUND
    1.
    发明申请
    MANIPULATION OF FLOW UNDERGROUND 有权
    流域地下操作

    公开(公告)号:US20110036577A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-02-17

    申请号:US12539051

    申请日:2009-08-11

    IPC分类号: E21B43/16

    摘要: Solid material required at a subterranean location is supplied from the surface suspended in a carrier liquid and agglomerated below ground by means of a binding liquid. Agglomeration is achieved by arranging that the binding liquid and the particulate solid are similar to each other but opposite to the carrier liquid in hydrophilic/hydrophobic character. The solid and the binding liquid may both be hydrophobic while the carrier liquid is hydrophilic, or vice versa. The solid may be hydrophobically surface modified to render it hydrophobic. The binding liquid may be provided as a precursor which converts to the binding liquid below ground to trigger agglomeration after arrival at the subterranean location.The agglomerates may function as proppant heterogeneously placed in a fracture of a reservoir, or may serve to block an unwanted path of flow. The binding liquid may polymerise after agglomeration so as to stabilise and strengthen the agglomerates.

    摘要翻译: 在地下位置所需的固体材料从悬浮在载体液体中的表面供给,并通过粘结液体凝结在地下。 聚集是通过将粘合液和颗粒固体彼此相似但亲水/疏水特性与载体液相反的方式实现的。 固体和结合液体都可以是疏水的,而载体液体是亲水的,反之亦然。 该固体可以疏水表面改性以使其具有疏水性。 结合液体可以作为前体提供,其转化为地下的结合液体,以在到达地下位置之后引发附聚。 附聚物可以作为不均匀地放置在储存器的断裂中的支撑剂,或者可以用于阻止不期望的流动路径。 结合液可以在附聚后聚合,以稳定和强化附聚物。

    Manipulation of flow underground
    2.
    发明授权
    Manipulation of flow underground 有权
    地下流动操纵

    公开(公告)号:US08141637B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-03-27

    申请号:US12539051

    申请日:2009-08-11

    IPC分类号: E21B33/138 E21B43/267

    摘要: Solid material required at a subterranean location is supplied from the surface suspended in a carrier liquid and agglomerated below ground by means of a binding liquid. To achieve agglomeration, the binding liquid and the particulate solid are similar to each other but opposite to the carrier liquid in hydrophilic/hydrophobic character. The solid and the binding liquid may both be hydrophobic while the carrier liquid is hydrophilic, or vice versa. The solid may be hydrophobically surface modified to render it hydrophobic. The binding liquid may be provided as a precursor which converts to the binding liquid below ground to trigger agglomeration after arrival at the subterranean location. The agglomerates may function as proppant heterogeneously placed in a fracture of a reservoir, or may serve to block an unwanted path of flow. The binding liquid may polymerise after agglomeration so as to stabilise and strengthen the agglomerates.

    摘要翻译: 在地下位置所需的固体材料从悬浮在载体液体中的表面供给,并通过粘结液体凝结在地下。 为了实现凝聚,结合液和颗粒固体在亲水/疏水性质上彼此相似但与载体液相反。 固体和结合液体都可以是疏水的,而载体液体是亲水的,反之亦然。 该固体可以疏水表面改性以使其具有疏水性。 结合液体可以作为前体提供,其转化成地下的结合液体,以在到达地下位置之后引发附聚。 附聚物可以作为不均匀地放置在储存器的断裂中的支撑剂,或者可以用于阻止不期望的流动路径。 结合液可以在附聚后聚合,以稳定和强化附聚物。

    METHOD OF GRAVEL PACKING
    3.
    发明申请
    METHOD OF GRAVEL PACKING 有权
    GRAVEL包装方法

    公开(公告)号:US20120048547A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-03-01

    申请号:US12868188

    申请日:2010-08-25

    IPC分类号: E21B43/04 C09K8/00

    CPC分类号: C09K8/80

    摘要: Gravel packing a region of a wellbore is carried out using one or more hydrophobically-surfaced particulate materials as the gravel. Placing the gravel pack is carried out using an aqueous carrier liquid, with hydrophobic particulate material suspended in the liquid and a gas to wet the surface of the particles and bind them together as agglomerates. The presence of gas lowers the density of the agglomerates relative to the particulate material in them, so that transport of the particulates is improved. The invention enables the placing of longer, uniformly packed, gravel packs, especially in horizontal and near horizontal wellbores.

    摘要翻译: 使用一个或多个疏水表面的颗粒材料作为砾石进行用于钻井的区域的砾石。 砾石包装的放置使用水性载体液体进行,其中悬浮在液体中的疏水性颗粒物质和气体以润湿颗粒表面并将其作为附聚物结合在一起。 气体的存在降低了聚集体相对于其中的颗粒材料的密度,从而提高了颗粒的输送。 本发明使得能够放置较长的均匀包装的砾石包装,特别是在水平和近水平井筒中。

    Method of gravel packing
    4.
    发明授权
    Method of gravel packing 有权
    砾石包装方法

    公开(公告)号:US08714248B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-05-06

    申请号:US12868188

    申请日:2010-08-25

    IPC分类号: E21B43/04 E21B43/27

    CPC分类号: C09K8/80

    摘要: Gravel packing a region of a wellbore is carried out using one or more hydrophobically-surfaced particulate materials as the gravel. Placing the gravel pack is carried out using an aqueous carrier liquid, with hydrophobic particulate material suspended in the liquid and a gas to wet the surface of the particles and bind them together as agglomerates. The presence of gas lowers the density of the agglomerates relative to the particulate material in them, so that transport of the particulates is improved. The invention enables the placing of longer, uniformly packed, gravel packs, especially in horizontal and near horizontal wellbores.

    摘要翻译: 使用一个或多个疏水表面的颗粒材料作为砾石进行用于钻井的区域的砾石。 砾石包装的放置使用水性载体液体进行,其中悬浮在液体中的疏水性颗粒物质和气体以润湿颗粒表面并将其作为附聚物结合在一起。 气体的存在降低了聚集体相对于其中的颗粒材料的密度,从而提高了颗粒的输送。 本发明使得能够放置较长的均匀包装的砾石包装,特别是在水平和近水平井筒中。

    DELIVERY OF PARTICULATE MATERIAL BELOW GROUND
    5.
    发明申请
    DELIVERY OF PARTICULATE MATERIAL BELOW GROUND 有权
    交付下面的颗粒材料

    公开(公告)号:US20120048557A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-03-01

    申请号:US12868165

    申请日:2010-08-25

    IPC分类号: E21B43/26 C09K8/60 E21B43/00

    摘要: A wellbore fluid is an aqueous carrier liquid with first and second hydrophobic particulate materials suspended therein. The first hydrophobic particles have a higher specific gravity than the second hydrophobic particles and the fluid also comprises a gas to wet the surface of the particles and bind them together as agglomerates. The fluid may be a fracturing fluid or gravel packing fluid and the first particulate material may be proppant or gravel. The lighter second particulate material and the gas both reduce the density of the agglomerates which form so that they settle more slowly from the fluid, or are buoyant and do not settle. This facilitates transport and placement in a hydraulic fracture or gravel pack. One application of this is when fracturing a gas-shale with slickwater. The benefit of reduced settling is better placement of proppant so that a greater amount of the fracture is propped open.

    摘要翻译: 井筒流体是其中悬浮有第一和第二疏水性颗粒材料的水性载体液体。 第一疏水性颗粒具有比第二疏水性颗粒更高的比重,并且流体还包括用于润湿颗粒表面的气体并将其作为附聚物结合在一起。 流体可以是压裂流体或砾石填充流体,并且第一颗粒材料可以是支撑剂或砾石。 较轻的第二颗粒材料和气体都降低了附聚物的密度,使得它们从流体更缓慢地沉降,或者浮力并且不沉降。 这有助于运输和放置在水力裂缝或砾石包装中。 这种情况的一个应用是用瓦斯页岩压裂瓦斯页岩。 减少沉降的好处是支撑剂的更好的放置,使得更大量的裂缝被支撑开放。

    Delivery of particulate material below ground
    6.
    发明授权
    Delivery of particulate material below ground 有权
    交付颗粒材料在地下

    公开(公告)号:US08459353B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-06-11

    申请号:US12868165

    申请日:2010-08-25

    摘要: A wellbore fluid is an aqueous carrier liquid with first and second hydrophobic particulate materials suspended therein. The first hydrophobic particles have a higher specific gravity than the second hydrophobic particles and the fluid also comprises a gas to wet the surface of the particles and bind them together as agglomerates. The fluid may be a fracturing fluid or gravel packing fluid and the first particulate material may be proppant or gravel. The lighter second particulate material and the gas both reduce the density of the agglomerates which form so that they settle more slowly from the fluid, or are buoyant and do not settle. This facilitates transport and placement in a hydraulic fracture or gravel pack. One application of this is when fracturing a gas-shale with slickwater. The benefit of reduced settling is better placement of proppant so that a greater amount of the fracture is propped open.

    摘要翻译: 井筒流体是其中悬浮有第一和第二疏水性颗粒材料的水性载体液体。 第一疏水性颗粒具有比第二疏水性颗粒更高的比重,并且流体还包括用于润湿颗粒表面的气体并将其作为附聚物结合在一起。 流体可以是压裂流体或砾石填充流体,并且第一颗粒材料可以是支撑剂或砾石。 较轻的第二颗粒材料和气体都降低了附聚物的密度,使得它们从流体更缓慢地沉降,或者浮力并且不沉降。 这有助于运输和放置在水力裂缝或砾石包装中。 这种情况的一个应用是用瓦斯页岩压裂瓦斯页岩。 减少沉降的好处是支撑剂的更好的放置,使得更大量的裂缝被支撑开放。

    Delivery of particulate material below ground
    7.
    发明授权
    Delivery of particulate material below ground 有权
    交付颗粒材料在地下

    公开(公告)号:US08448706B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-05-28

    申请号:US12868201

    申请日:2010-08-25

    摘要: A wellbore fluid comprises an aqueous carrier liquid, hydrophobic fibers suspended therein, hydrophobic particulate material also suspended in the carrier liquid, and a gas to wet the surfaces of the particles and fibers and bind them together as agglomerates. The wellbore fluid may be a slickwater fracturing fluid and may be used for fracturing a tight gas reservoir. Using a combination of hydrophobic particulate material, hydrophobic fibers and gas inhibits settling out of the particulate material from an aqueous liquid. Because the gas acts to wet the surfaces of both materials and agglomerates them, the particulate material is made to adhere to the fibers; the fibers form a network which hinders settling of the particulate material adhering to them, and the agglomerates contain gas and so have a bulk density which is less than the specific gravity of the solids contained in the agglomerates.

    摘要翻译: 井眼流体包括水性载体液体,悬浮在其中的疏水性纤维,还悬浮在载体液体中的疏水性颗粒材料,以及将颗粒和纤维的表面湿润的气体,并将其作为附聚物结合在一起。 井筒流体可以是一个滑水压裂液,并可用于压裂一个紧密的气藏。 使用疏水性颗粒材料,疏水性纤维和气体的组合可以防止从水性液体中沉淀出颗粒物质。 因为这些气体用来润湿两种材料的表面并使它们聚集,所以使颗粒材料粘附到纤维上; 纤维形成阻碍粘附在其上的颗粒材料的沉降的网络,并且附聚物含有气体,因此其堆积密度小于附聚物中所含固体的比重。

    Delivery of particulate material below ground
    8.
    发明授权
    Delivery of particulate material below ground 有权
    交付颗粒材料在地下

    公开(公告)号:US09234415B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-01-12

    申请号:US12868177

    申请日:2010-08-25

    摘要: A wellbore fluid comprises an aqueous carrier liquid, hydrophobic particulate material suspended therein and a gas to wet the surface of the particles and bind them together as agglomerates. The hydrophobic particulate material has a specified maximum volume median particle size d50 of not more than 200 micron, and/or a minimum surface area of at least 30 m2 per liter. Agglomerates of the particles contain gas and so have a bulk density lower than the density of the particles. This reduces the rate of settling. The fluid is particularly envisaged as a slickwater fracturing fluid in which the suspended particles are proppant. The small particle size and/or substantial surface area increases the amount of gas which can be retained within agglomerates and so enhances the buoyancy of the agglomerates. The end result is that a greater proportion of a hydraulic fracture is propped open.

    摘要翻译: 井眼流体包括水性载体液体,悬浮在其中的疏水性颗粒材料和用于润湿颗粒表面的气体并将其作为附聚物结合在一起。 疏水性颗粒材料具有不大于200微米的特定最大体积中值粒径d 50和/或至少30m 2 / l的最小表面积。 颗粒的聚集体含有气体,因此其密度低于颗粒的密度。 这降低了沉降的速度。 流体特别设想为浮水压裂液,其中悬浮颗粒是支撑剂。 小的颗粒尺寸和/或实质的表面积增加了可以在聚集体内保留的气体的量,从而增强了附聚物的浮力。 最终的结果是水力裂缝的比例较大。

    DELIVERY OF PARTICULATE MATERIAL BELOW GROUND
    9.
    发明申请
    DELIVERY OF PARTICULATE MATERIAL BELOW GROUND 有权
    交付下面的颗粒材料

    公开(公告)号:US20120048555A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-03-01

    申请号:US12868201

    申请日:2010-08-25

    IPC分类号: E21B43/16 C09K8/62 E21B43/26

    摘要: A wellbore fluid comprising an aqueous carrier liquid, hydrophobic fibers suspended therein, hydrophobic particulate material also suspended in the carrier liquid, and a gas to wet the surfaces of the particles and fibers and bind them together as agglomerates. The wellbore fluid may be a slickwater fracturing fluid and may be used for fracturing a tight gas reservoir.Using a combination of hydrophobic particulate material, hydrophobic fibers and gas inhibits settling out of the particulate material from an aqueous liquid. Because the gas acts to wet the surfaces of both materials and agglomerates them, the particulate material is made to adhere to the fibers; the fibers form a network which hinders settling of the particulate material adhering to them, and the agglomerates contain gas and so have a bulk density which is less than the specific gravity of the solids contained in the agglomerates.

    摘要翻译: 包含水性载体液体的疏水性流体,悬浮在其中的疏水性纤维,还悬浮在载体液体中的疏水性颗粒材料,以及气体以湿润颗粒和纤维的表面并将其作为附聚物结合在一起。 井筒流体可以是一个滑水压裂液,并可用于压裂一个紧密的气藏。 使用疏水性颗粒材料,疏水性纤维和气体的组合可以防止从水性液体中沉淀出颗粒物质。 因为这些气体用来润湿两种材料的表面并使它们聚集,所以使颗粒材料粘附到纤维上; 纤维形成阻碍粘附在其上的颗粒材料的沉降的网络,并且附聚物含有气体,因此其堆积密度小于附聚物中所含固体的比重。

    DELIVERY OF PARTICULATE MATERIAL BELOW GROUND
    10.
    发明申请
    DELIVERY OF PARTICULATE MATERIAL BELOW GROUND 有权
    交付下面的颗粒材料

    公开(公告)号:US20120048554A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-03-01

    申请号:US12868177

    申请日:2010-08-25

    IPC分类号: E21B43/16 C09K8/62

    摘要: A wellbore fluid comprises an aqueous carrier liquid, hydrophobic particulate material suspended therein and a gas to wet the surface of the particles and bind them together as agglomerates. The hydrophobic particulate material has a specified maximum particle size and/or minimum surface area: namely a volume median particle size d50 of not more than 200 micron, determined as median diameter of spheres of equivalent volume and/or a surface area of at least 30 m2 per liter (0.03 m2 per milliliter), determined as surface area of smooth spheres of equivalent volume.The agglomeration of the particles by gas leads to the formation of agglomerates which contain gas and so have a bulk density lower than the density of the particles. This reduces the rate of settling. The fluid is particularly envisaged as a slickwater fracturing fluid in which the suspended particles are proppant. We have found that the small particle size and/or substantial surface area increases the amount of gas which can be retained within agglomerates and so enhances the buoyancy of the agglomerates. The end result is that a greater proportion of a hydraulic fracture is propped open.

    摘要翻译: 井眼流体包括水性载体液体,悬浮在其中的疏水性颗粒材料和用于润湿颗粒表面的气体并将其作为附聚物结合在一起。 疏水性颗粒材料具有规定的最大粒径和/或最小表面积:即体积中值粒径d50不大于200微米,确定为等体积的球体的中值直径和/或至少30的表面积 m2 /升(0.03平方米/毫升),确定为相当体积平滑球面的表面积。 通过气体的颗粒附聚导致形成含有气体的聚集体,因此其密度低于颗粒的密度。 这降低了沉降的速度。 流体特别设想为浮水压裂液,其中悬浮颗粒是支撑剂。 我们已经发现,小的颗粒尺寸和/或实质的表面积增加了可以在附聚物中保留的气体的量,并且因此增强了附聚物的浮力。 最终的结果是水力裂缝的比例较大。