Hydraulic fracturing is a popular stimulation method in tight gas and shale gas reservoirs that uses a viscous fluid to fracture the reservoir rock and uniformly transport proppant to create a highly conductive path that is kept open by the proppant after fracturing. This method is used to improve the productivity of the otherwise low permeability reservoirs. Hydraulic fracturing, though in general beneficial, is a complex process that has a number of challenges in fracturing design and execution. This research focuses on studying the damage caused by the fracturing fluid (gel) to the fracture and the conditions to remove the damage. Guar gum and its derivatives have been the most commonly used polymers to increase the viscosity of fracturing fluids. The fracturing fluid gets dehydrated under pressure leaving behind a highly concentrated unbroken residue called filter cake which causes permeability impairment in the proppant pack, resulting in low fracture conductivity and decreased effective fracture length. This study seeks to characterize filter cakes. By measuring its thickness and with the leak off volume, the concentration and yield stress of the filter cake can be estimated. The thickness of the filter cake was measured with a precise laser profilometer. Correlations are proposed to estimate filter cake properties (thickness, concentration and yield stress) based on pumping conditions (pump rate, time and net pressure) and rock properties. With these properties known, a required flow back rate of the reservoir fluid can be estimated to clean up the filter cake modeled as a non-newtonian fluid exhibiting a yield stress. Typical field conditions were referenced and scaled down in the lab to closely represent the field conditions. Recommendations are provided on gel damage based on the observation of the study.

[pt] Frente às dificuldades de perfurar poços em reservatórios caracterizados por carbonatos fraturados e depletados, com frequente ocorrência de massivas perdas de fluido para formação e impossibilidade de manter o retorno de fluido para superfície, foi desenvolvida a técnica FMCD- Floating Mud Cap Drilling. A técnica consiste na perfuração com bombeio contínuo de fluido pela coluna de perfuração e também pelo anular do poço, injetando todo fluido e formação cortada pela broca para o reservatório. Na técnica convencional de perfuração, o fluido é bombeado pela coluna e retorna pelo anular, sendo possível monitorar continuamente a ocorrência de kicks - influxos acidentais de hidrocarbonetos no poço No entanto, na técnica FMCD, devido à ausência de retorno de fluido no anular, torna-se necessário adotar métodos não convencionais de monitoramento e prevenção de kicks, sendo o principal método, a injeção continua de fluido pelo anular, a uma vazão determinada, que evite influxos do reservatório e migração de hidrocarbonetos para superfície, denominada vazão de segurança. Inicialmente é apresentada uma contextualização da perfuração de poços offshore com técnica convencional e técnica FMCD, associada a uma ampla revisão bibliográfica sobre a técnica, e também de modelos e experimentos de fluxo óleo-água. Por fim, como objetivo principal da dissertação, é realizado a discussão de premissas, análise da vazão de segurança e métodos de monitoramento de influxos. Contudo, é esperado que a revisão bibliográfica e análises desenvolvidas, auxiliem em futuros projetos de perfuração com a técnica FMCD- Floating Mud Cap. Drilling. / [en] With the oil carbonate reservoirs exploration and exploitation around the world and the Brazilian coast, new challenges for well drilling are found which requires new techniques to be developed. The carbonate reservoirs can present fractures with high conductivity along its structure, often accompanied by geological faults. When associate with scenarios where the reservoirs are depleted, due to the ongoing production of these oil fields, may lead to fluid severe losses into the formation during the news well construction. For decades, in case of total loss at offshore wells drilling, the proposed solution has been to pump sealing material into the formation and, persisting the losses, to end it with a cement plug in open hole and make another attempt to drill the interval. When these procedures were not effective, the wells were often abandoned. On one side, it should be emphasized, that pumping sealant material and cement into the producing reservoir is undesirable, due to the possibility of damaging the intervals of greater permeability and production potential which may bring reduction in productivity (or injectivity) of the well. On the other side, continuing the drilling with fluid total loss may be intolerable from the operational safety point of view, as it is not possible to use conventional kick detection methods, that are mainly based on drilling fluid mass control. Facing these difficulties of drilling wells in reservoirs characterized by fractured and depleted carbonates, the FMCD (Floating Mud Cap Drilling) technique was developed. The technique consists of drilling with continuous pumping of fluid both through the drilling column and the well annulus, injecting all fluid and formation cuts into the reservoir.

Les écoulements de suspensions dans des milieux poreux sont particulièrement complexes, notamment à cause du couplage d’écoulements de cisaillement et d’écoulements élongationnels (Herzig, Leclerc et Goff, 1970). On les retrouve fréquemment dans les applications industrielles, l’une des applications principales se trouvant lors des opérations de production de pétrole et de gaz. Lors de la construction d'un puits, des additifs polymères anti perte de fluide empêchent à plusieurs étapes l'écoulement de fluide entre le puits et la formation de roche poreuse environnante. La perte de fluide est un problème grave si elle n’est pas maîtrisée ; elle s’ajoute alors au coût total des opérations et pourrait surtout avoir des conséquences néfastes pour l’environnement et les opérateurs. Parmi les technologies disponibles, des additifs polymères connus sous le nom d'additifs anti perte de fluide, tels que des microgels et des particules de latex, sont ajoutés aux fluides injectés pour limiter les pertes de fluide (généralement de l'eau) via un mécanisme de colmatage / blocage de pores du support poreux.Le comportement de blocage de beaucoup de ces additifs anti perte de fluide a été testé par des méthodes conventionnelles qui impliquent l'application d'une différence de pression élevée (typiquement 35-70 bars) sur le fluide formulé comprenant les additifs contre un filtre représentatif de la taille typique des pores de la formation (une grille métallique, de la céramique ou du papier filtre) et la mesure du volume de filtrat en fonction du temps. Cependant, ces méthodes standard ne permettent pas de comprendre le mécanisme sous-jacent de la dynamique de blocage des supports poreux. Par conséquent, une meilleure compréhension du mécanisme de blocage d’un support poreux par des additifs industriels anti perte de fluide est nécessaire.Dans ce travail, nous utilisons des suspensions de microgels réticulés chimiquement comme additifs anti perte de fluide et nous étudions leur comportement de blocage dans des milieux poreux modèles transparents. Nous utilisons des dispositifs à base de polydiméthylsiloxane (PDMS) comme modèle de support poreux permettant l'observation directe du processus de blocage couplée à des mesures quantitatives. Nous fabriquons des dispositifs microfluidiques de filtration frontale et de filtration latérale avec différentes tailles de pores afin de déterminer comment des paramètres tels que la mouillabilité de la surface, la concentration en particules, la taille des particules et le débit affectent la formation du gâteau de filtration.Nous présentons une méthode de contrôle de la taille des particules constituant les suspensions de microgels. Nous décrivons ensuite une approche pour préparer des suspensions à plus haute concentration et étudions la rhéologie des suspensions en fonction de la concentration en particules. De plus, nous présentons un procédé simple pour former un gâteau de filtration à partir de la suspension de microgels sur une membrane et estimons la perméabilité à l’eau du gâteau de filtration formé selon la loi de Darcy. / The flow of suspensions in porous media is a complex phenomenon due to the mechanisms involved such as both shear and extensional flows (Herzig, Leclerc, & Goff, 1970). Their use in industrial applications is quite extensive with one of the major applications being at various stages of oil and gas production operations. At several stages of a well construction, flow of fluid between the well and the surrounding porous rock formation is prevented thanks to the polymeric fluid loss control additives. Fluid loss is a severe problem if not controlled, which would add up to the total cost of operations and more importantly could have hazardous impacts on the environment or operators. Among several technologies industrially available, polymeric additives popularly known as fluid loss additives such as microgels and latex particles are added to the injected fluids to limit the loss of fluid (usually water) via the mechanism of pore clogging/jamming in porous media.Many of these fluid loss additives have been tested for their jamming behaviour by conventional methods which involve the application of a high pressure difference (typically 35-70 bars) on the formulated fluid comprising of the additives against a filter representative of the formation’s typical pore size (either a metallic grid, ceramic or filter paper) and the measurement of the filtrate volume versus time. However, these standard methods do not give any insight in understanding the underlying mechanism of jamming dynamics in porous media, hence, a better understanding of the mechanism of jamming in porous media by industrial fluid loss additives is needed.In this work, we use chemically cross-linked microgel suspensions as the fluid loss additive and study its jamming behaviour in transparent model porous media. We make use of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) devices as model porous media which allows direct observation of the jamming process coupled with quantitative measurements. We fabricate microfluidic devices for frontal flow filtration and lateral flow filtration with different pore sizes to see how parameters like surface wettability, particle concentration, particle size and flow rates affect the filter cake formation.We present a method of controlling the size of the microgel suspensions. We then describe an approach for preparing higher concentration suspensions and investigate the rheology of the suspensions as a function of concentration. Furthermore, we present a simple method of forming a filter cake of the microgel suspension on a supporting membrane and estimate the permeability of the filter cake formed for the flow of water using Darcy’s law.

Fluid migration behind the cased holes is an important problem for oil and gas industry both considering short terms and long terms after cementing operation. For many reasons like high formation pressures, high shrinkage rate of cement slurry while setting, lack of mechanical seal, channeling due to cement slurry setting profile, hydrocarbon migration may occur and lead expensive recompletion operations and sometimes abandonment. Solutions to this problem vary including high density-low fluid loss cement slurry or right angle cement setting profile. During this study, the effect of &ldquo / free water&rdquo / which is the basic quality property of API G class cement, on fluid migration potential has been tested for different samples and in combination with different physical conditions. For this study API G class cements have been used. In order to justify the quality of each cement sample standard API G class quality tests were conducted. Moreover, as a main instrument &ldquo / Static Gel Strength Analyzer&rdquo / is used to measure the static gel strength of cement slurry and how long it takes to complete transition time. Bolu cement, Nuh cement, and Mix G cement samples were tested according to their free fluid values which are %2.5, %5, %3.12 respectively, and it is found that the Bolu cement with lowest free fluid content has the lowest potential for fluid migration. As a conclusion, fluid migration through behind the cased hole is a major threat for the life of the well. Appropriate cement slurry system may easily defeat this threat and lead cost saving well plans. Key words: Fluid migration, fluid loss, transition time, channeling, right angle, API G class cement, free water, high formation pressure

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:08:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JulioCOF.pdf: 983441 bytes, checksum: df3a42267608b9d7ed2fd356c7ba1094 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-07-16 / Chemical admixtures, when properly selected and quantified, play an important role in obtaining adequate slurry systems for quality primary cementing operations. They assure the proper operation of a well and reduce costs attributed to corrective cementing jobs. Controlling the amount lost by filtering through the slurry to permeable areas is one of the most important requirements in an operation, commonly controlled by chemical admixtures, such as carboxymethylcellulose (CMC). However, problems related to temperature, salttolerance and the secundary retarding effect are commonly reported in the literature. According to the scenario described above, the use of an aqueous dispersion of non-ionic poliurethane was proposed to control the filter loss, given its low ionic interaction with the free ions present in the slurries in humid state. Therefore, this study aims at assessing the efficiency of poliurethane to reduce filter loss in different temperature and pressure conditions as well as the synergistic effect with other admixtures. The temperatures and pressures used in laboratory tests simulate the same conditions of oil wells with depths of 500 to 1200 m. The poliurethane showed resistance to thermal degradation and stability in the presence of salts. With the increase in the concentration of the polymer there was a considerable decrease in the volume lost by filtration, and this has been effective even with the increase in temperature / Os aditivos qu?micos, quando devidamente selecionados e quantificados, s?o importantes aliados na obten??o de sistemas adequados de pastas para cimenta??es prim?rias de qualidade, fundamentais para o ciclo de vida ?til de um po?o, visto que opera??es de cimenta??o corretiva geram custos adicionais. Controlar a quantidade perdida por filtra??o pela pasta de cimento para as zonas perme?veis ? um dos requisitos mais importantes em uma opera??o, comumente controlado por aditivos qu?micos, como a carboximetilcelulose (CMC). Entretanto, problemas associados ? temperatura, toler?ncia a sais e o efeito secund?rio como retardador de pega, s?o comumente reportados na literatura. De acordo com o cen?rio descrito acima foi proposta a utiliza??o de uma dispers?o aquosa n?o i?nica de poliuretana para controle de filtrado, dada sua baixa intera??o i?nica com os ?ons livres presentes na pasta no estado fresco. Assim, este trabalho tem como objetivo avaliar a efici?ncia da poliuretana como redutor de filtrado em diferentes condi??es de temperatura e press?o, bem como o efeito sin?rgico com outros aditivos. As temperaturas e press?es utilizadas nos ensaios em laborat?rio simulam as mesmas condi??es de po?os de petr?leo com profundidades de 500 a 1200 m. A poliuretana apresentou resist?ncia ? degrada??o t?rmica e estabilidade na presen?a de sais. Com o aumento da concentra??o do pol?mero observou-se uma consider?vel diminui??o do volume perdido por filtra??o, mantendo-se eficiente mesmo com o incremento da temperatura

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:08:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Julio Cezar de oliveira Freitas_nao permite publicacao_pdf.pdf: 2629498 bytes, checksum: 933e76a7de6f0be7c8d579af7a68bb18 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-06-18 / The primary cementing is an important step in the oilwell drilling process, ensuring the mechanical stability of the well and the hydraulic isolation between casing and formation. For slurries to meet the requirements for application in a certain well, some care in the project should be taken into account to obtain a cement paste with the proper composition. In most cases, it is necessary to add chemicals to the cement to modify its properties, according to the operation conditions and thus obtain slurries that can move inside the jacket providing a good displacement to the interest area. New technologies of preparation and use of chemicals and modernization of technological standards in the construction industry have resulted in the development of new chemical additives for optimizing the properties of building materials. Products such as polycarboxylate superplasticizers provide improved fluidity and cohesion of the cement grains, in addition to improving the dispersion with respect to slurries without additives. This study aimed at adapting chemical additives used in civil construction to be used use in oilwell cement slurries systems, using Portland cement CPP-Special Class as the hydraulic binder. The chemical additives classified as defoamer, dispersant, fluid loss controller and retarder were characterized by infrared absorption spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analyses and technological tests set by the API (American Petroleum Institute). These additives showed satisfactory results for its application in cement slurries systems for oil wells. The silicone-based defoamer promoted the reduction of air bubbles incorporated during the stirring of the slurries. The dispersant significantly reduced the rheological parameters of the systems studied. The tests performed with the fluid loss controller and the retarder also resulted in suitable properties for application as chemical additives in cement slurries / A cimenta??o prim?ria ? uma etapa importante durante o processo de perfura??o de po?os petrol?feros, garantindo a estabilidade mec?nica do po?o e o isolamento hidr?ulico entre o tubo de revestimento e a forma??o. Para que a pasta de cimento atenda aos requisitos estabelecidos para sua aplica??o em um determinado po?o, alguns cuidados no seu projeto de execu??o devem ser levados em considera??o para a obten??o de uma pasta de cimento com composi??o adequada. Na grande maioria dos casos, ? necess?ria a adi??o de produtos qu?micos ao cimento para modificar suas propriedades, conforme as condi??es do po?o ou opera??o e, assim, obter pastas que possam se deslocar no interior do revestimento promovendo um bom deslocamento at? a zona de interesse. Novas tecnologias de prepara??o e uso de produtos qu?micos e a moderniza??o dos padr?es tecnol?gicos no setor da constru??o civil t?m resultado no desenvolvimento de novos aditivos qu?micos para a otimiza??o das propriedades dos materiais construtivos. Produtos como superplastificantes a base de policarboxilato proporcionam maior fluidez e coes?o dos gr?os de cimento, al?m de melhorar a dispers?o em rela??o ?s pastas sem aditivos. Este trabalho tem como objetivo adequar aditivos qu?micos utilizados na constru??o civil para aplica??o em sistemas de pastas de cimento de po?os petrol?feros, utilizando como aglomerante hidr?ulico o cimento Portland CPP-Classe Especial. Os aditivos qu?micos classificados como antiespumantes, dispersantes, controladores de filtrado e retardadores de pega foram caracterizados por espectroscopia de absor??o na regi?o do infravermelho, an?lise termogravim?trica e ensaios tecnol?gicos estabelecidos pelo API (American Petroleum Institute). Estes aditivos apresentaram resultados satisfat?rios para sua aplica??o em sistemas de pasta de cimento para po?os de petr?leo. O antiespumante, a base de silicone, promoveu redu??o do aprisionamento de ar durante o processo de agita??o das pastas. O aditivo dispersante reduziu consideravelmente os par?metros reol?gicos dos sistemas estudados. Os testes realizados com o controlador de filtrado e o retardador de pega tamb?m apresentaram propriedades adequadas para aplica??o como aditivos qu?micos em pastas para cimenta??o

[pt] O presente estudo tem como objetivo investigar o processo de cimentação de poços de petróleo, na presença de zonas de perda de filtrado. Um aparato experimental foi projetado, construido e operado com o objetivo de simular a cimentação de um poço de petróleo. Com diâmetros característicos dos poços reais, esse simulador permite que o processo de cura da coluna de cimento seja monitorado com condições controladas. O aparato consiste em uma coluna anular concêntrica com 8m de comprimento. A zona de perda de filtrado é modelada por uma parede semi-permeável, e todo poço é equipado com sensores de pressão e temperatura. Isso possibilita a investigação dos mecanismos de cura da pasta de cimento, bem como o impacto da perda de filtrado na evolução do perfil de pressão. Para tentar prever esse comportamento, um modelo numérico 2D de Elementos Finitos foi proposto e implementado em Python, utilizando bibliotecas pré-compiladas de código aberto denominadas FEniCs. As equações de conservação de massa e momento são resolvidas para obter os campos de velocidade e pressão. A mistura da pasta de cimento é considerada um fluido incompressível e composta de duas espécies químicas: a fase aquósa(ou filtrado) e o cimento dissolvido. O transporte de massa é modelado usando a equação de advecção-difusão, e a pasta é modelada como um fluido viscoplástico que sofre redução volumétrica com a cura. Finalmente, os resultados das simulações foram confrontados com os dados experimentais obtidos, e uma boa concordância foi observada. Uma investigação adicional foi realizada no modelo numérico, através de uma análise de sensibilidade individual dos parâmetros de entrada e seu respectivo impacto na queda de pressão. Para o regime de taxas de cisalhamento avaliados, os resultados indicaram uma forte dependência entre a evolução do perfil de pressão e o tempo de cura, a magnitude da vazão de filtrado e o patamar newtoniano da viscosidade. / [en] This thesis aims to investigate the cementing process of an oil well in presence of a filtrate loss zone. An experimental setup was designed, built and operated to simulate an annular well field-like geometry where cement would cure under controlled conditions. This well simulator consisted of an 8m concentric annular column with a section of semi-permeable external wall, equipped with pressure and temperature sensors. It allows the investigation of the cementing cure mechanisms, as well as the impact of the fluid loss zone in the pressure drop behavior. In order to predict this behavior on real oil wells, a 2D transient numerical model is proposed. A finite element model was implemented in Python with the aid of an open source library named FEniCs. Mass and momentum conservation equations are solved to obtain the pressure and velocity fields, and the cement mixture is considered an incompressible single-phase mixture composed of two chemical species: the filtrate and the dissolved cement. Mass transport is modeled with an advection-diffusion equation and dissolved cement species is modeled as a viscoplastic fluid with shrinkage. Finally, the simulation results were confronted with the experimental data, and a good agreement was observed. Further investigation of numerical model parameters was performed, and a sensitivity analysis evaluated individual influence of those parameters in the pressure drop. The results indicate that pressure profile evolution has a strong dependency on thickening time, fluid loss flow rate magnitude and the Newtonian viscosity plateau for the evaluated shear rate regimen.

Submitted by Jorge Silva (jorgelmsilva@ufrrj.br) on 2017-05-03T18:45:04Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Renan Fraga Barbosa.pdf: 4950481 bytes, checksum: 7339d2f44b8f9102ca0d628cc4a99002 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-03T18:45:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Renan Fraga Barbosa.pdf: 4950481 bytes, checksum: 7339d2f44b8f9102ca0d628cc4a99002 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-08-25 / Funda??o de Apoio ? Pesquisa Cient?fica e Tecnol?gica da UFRRJ / The filtration loss is a phenomenon caused by the gradient pressure between the annular region and the rock formation during the drilling of an oil and gas well under overbalanced conditions. The invasion of fluids may provoke irreversible damages to the integrity of the well due to the solids present in their composition. Therefore, drilling fluids must be formulated in such a way that a low permeability mudcake with controlled thickness is formed in order to mitigate the filtration and invasion. Filtration cells are experimental apparatus used in the industry and at universities to study the mudcake growth in the rock formation and to measure the filtrate volume. Such devices operate off line and require a specialized operator. The objective of this work was to optimize, automate and validate a static filtration prototype cell that collected experimental data in real time. An experimental unit was built to prepare the fluids and to feed them into the filtration prototype. This unit is composed of a positive displacement pump, mixing tanks and sensors to monitor the properties of the fluid. The unit and the prototype compose the on line filtration unit. In the filtration prototype, valves and sensors were installed to operate remotely. A virtual interface was developed in order to manage the filtration unit. This interface is capable of monitoring the data provided by the sensors as well as operating the equipments (pump, agitators and automatic valves, including the ones in the filtration cell). Comparative experiments were performed in a HTHP off line filtration cell using similar operational conditions to validate the prototype. As results, the filtrate volume and the filtration properties (porosity and permeability of the mudcake) values obtained for both cells shown to be similar. The on line filtration unit was capable of reproducing the data provided by the off line filtration cell used as a model in this work. Thus, one can conclude that the on line filtration cell operates appropriately. / A filtra??o e a invas?o do fluido de perfura??o s?o fen?menos provocados pelo diferencial de press?o entre a regi?o anular e a forma??o rochosa durante a perfura??o de um po?o de petr?leo e g?s sob condi??es overbalance. A invas?o de fluidos e s?lidos presentes no fluido de perfura??o podem causar danos irrevers?veis ao po?o, portanto formulam-se os fluidos de modo que seja formado um reboco de baixa permeabilidade e espessura controlada, minimizando a filtra??o e a invas?o. Na ind?stria e na academia, para estudar o crescimento da torta na forma??o rochosa e avaliar o volume de filtrado, utilizam-se aparatos experimentais, denominados c?lulas de filtra??o, entretanto estes dispositivos s?o aparatos de bancada necessitam de um operador especializado. O objetivo desse trabalho foi otimizar, automatizar e validar um prot?tipo de filtra??o est?tica que coleta dados em linha e em tempo real. Para alimentar o fluido no prot?tipo de filtra??o, foi constru?da uma unidade de prepara??o de fluidos composta por uma bomba de deslocamento positivo, tanques de mistura e sensores para monitorar as propriedades do fluido. A unidade de preparo e o prot?tipo de filtra??o constituem a denominada unidade de filtra??o. No prot?tipo de filtra??o, foram instaladas v?lvulas e sensores para opera??o remota. Para gerenciar a unidade de filtra??o, foi desenvolvida uma interface virtual que monitora os dados fornecidos pelos sensores e opera os equipamentos (bomba, agitadores e as v?lvulas autom?ticas, inclusive as da c?lula de filtra??o). Para validar o prot?tipo, foram realizados experimentos comparativos com uma c?lula de filtra??o HTHP de bancada em condi??es de opera??o semelhantes. Como resultado das filtra??es na c?lula de bancada e com o prot?tipo, foi observado que o volume de filtrado e propriedades calculadas nos experimentos de filtra??o (porosidade e permeabilidade da torta) apresentaram valores similares indicando que a c?lula on line opera de forma adequada, reproduzindo os dados da c?lula de bancada que foi usada como modelo na proposta deste trabalho.

In this Master thesis are mentioned the most used constructions of non-return valves. Further consist of operation principles, fields of application, properties and diffi-culties connected to non-return valves. Motion plug of check valve in liquid is described based on CFD Software simulation.