Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide an inflatable suspension propping agent for an air bag shell and a corresponding preparation method.
The structure of the inflatable suspension proppant for the air bag shell comprises a proppant body serving as a core, wherein the surface of the proppant body is coated with an inner coating, and the surface of the inner coating is coated with an outer coating. The proppant body is spherical particles processed by one of quartz sand, ceramsite, ceramic, plastic, resin and metal aluminum. The inner coating comprises a gas generating agent, and the gas generating agent is at least two of ammonium chloride, sodium nitrite, potassium nitrite, urea, sodium carbonate, ammonium carbamate, sodium bicarbonate, ammonium nitrate, potassium nitrate, sodium nitrate, acetylsalicylic acid, citric acid, sulfamic acid and oxalic acid. The outer coating comprises a capsule shell agent, and the capsule shell agent is formed by polymerizing at least two monomers of polyethylene glycol diacrylate, polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate, tert-butyl acrylate, butyl methacrylate and styrene. The weight percentage of each component is as follows: 96.2-99.3% of a proppant body, 0.4-1.8% of an inner coating and 0.3-2.0% of an outer coating.
The gas generating agent responds to generate gas under the stimulation of certain external environment (temperature or acidity), the outer coating capsule shell wraps the sealing gas to form an air bag outside the propping agent, so that the gas is prevented from overflowing, and the propping agent is supported to realize self-suspension in the slick water under the buoyancy action of the air bag.
Preferably, the inner coating layer further includes an adhesive agent selected from at least two of tripalmitin, pentaerythritol tetra (stearate), cetylstearyl acetate, acrylic acid, polyurethane, silicone oil, epoxy resin, silane coupling agent, ethylenediamine, and m-phenylenediamine. The mass ratio of the gas generating agent to the adhesive is 3: 1-10: 1.
In another preferred mode, the outer coating further comprises a capsule shell reinforcing agent, and the capsule shell reinforcing agent is at least one of organic nano montmorillonite, nano silicon dioxide, nano titanium dioxide, nano calcium carbonate, nano graphite powder, a carbon nano tube and nano halloysite. The mass ratio of the capsule shell reinforcing agent to the capsule shell agent is 0: 100.0-1: 49.0.
The preparation method of the inflatable suspension proppant for the air bag shell comprises the following steps:
step 1, dissolving an adhesive in an organic solvent A, and then atomizing and spraying the adhesive on the surface of a proppant body. The organic solvent A is one of petroleum ether, formaldehyde, toluene, dimethylformamide, acetone and xylene.
And 2, uniformly stirring and mixing the proppant body with the adhesive obtained in the step 1 and the gas generating agent powder, and adhering the gas generating agent powder to the surface of the proppant by using the adhesive.
And 3, respectively using the outer coating material and the initiator in the organic solvent B, successively atomizing and spraying the outer coating material solution and the initiator solution onto the surface of the product obtained in the step 2, and standing at room temperature for 6-12 hours to obtain the inflatable suspension proppant for the air bag shell. The outer coating layer is made of a capsule shell agent or a mixture of the capsule shell agent and a capsule shell reinforcing agent. The organic solvent B is one of ethanol, white oil, diesel oil and kerosene. The initiator is a redox initiator, the oxidant is dibenzoyl peroxide, the reducing agent is N, N-dimethylaniline, the molar ratio of the oxidant to the reducing agent is 2: 1-1: 1, and the ratio of the total mass of the initiator to the total mass of the capsule shell agent is 0.1: 99.9-5.0: 95.0. The raw materials of the capsule shell agent are selected from at least two of polyethylene glycol diacrylate, polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate, tert-butyl acrylate, butyl methacrylate and styrene. In step 3, the raw materials of the capsule shell agent react and polymerize under the action of an initiator under the normal temperature environment to generate the capsule shell agent.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages that:
(1) the surface of the proppant comprises an inner coating and an outer coating, wherein the inner coating comprises an air generating agent and an adhesive, and the outer coating comprises a capsule shell agent; after the proppant is injected into the stratum, the gas-generating agent generates decomposition reaction to generate gas along with the rise of the temperature of the stratum, and the outer coating wraps and seals the generated gas to form an air bag to prevent the gas from overflowing. Because the air bags are formed on the surface of the propping agent, the propping agent realizes self-suspension in the slick water under the buoyancy action of the air bags. If the temperature of the stratum is low or the temperature is not enough to decompose the gas generating agent to generate gas, a certain amount of slow-release acid (such as sulfamic acid or chloroacetic acid) can be added during the preparation of the sand carrying fluid, and after the sand carrying fluid enters the stratum, the slow-release acid acts to gradually reduce the pH value, and the gas generating agent is decomposed to generate gas under the dual stimulation of the acidity and the temperature of the stratum. The suspension of the gas-filled suspension propping agent of the gas bag shell does not depend on the viscosity of fracturing fluid, and the self-suspension can be realized by inflating the gas bag shell. The suspending capacity is strong, the construction process can reach higher sand ratio, and the proppant in the crack is spread evenly.
(2) The gas-filled suspension proppant of the air bag shell has wide application range to temperature, mineralization and pH and strong oil reservoir environment adaptability.
(3) The gas is not required to be injected in the construction process of the gas-filled suspension proppant of the air bag shell, and the construction cost is low.
(4) The surface of the gas-filled suspension propping agent of the air bag shell is inert, and the gas-filled suspension propping agent has strong compatibility with fracturing fluid additives such as foam discharging agents, antiscaling agents, gel breakers and the like.
Additional advantages, objects, and features of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and in part will become apparent to those having ordinary skill in the art upon examination of the following or may be learned from practice of the invention.
Detailed Description
The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, and it will be understood that they are described herein for the purpose of illustration and explanation and not limitation.
As shown in figure 1, the structure of the inflatable suspension proppant of the air bag shell provided by the invention comprises a proppant body 1 as a core, wherein the surface of the proppant body is coated with an inner coating 2, and the surface of the inner coating is coated with an outer coating 3. After the suspended proppant is injected into the stratum, the gas generating agent generates decomposition reaction to generate gas along with the rise of the temperature of the stratum, and the outer coating layer wraps and seals the generated gas to form an air bag, wherein the structure of the proppant is shown in figure 2.
Example 1
A preparation process of the airbag shell inflating suspension proppant comprises the following steps:
step 1: dissolving 0.02g of tripalmitin, 0.03g of acrylic acid and 0.05g of polyurethane in 5mL of petroleum ether, and then atomizing and spraying the petroleum ether solution to the surface of 100g of quartz sand proppant, wherein the diameter range of the quartz sand particles is 40-70 meshes;
step 2: physically stirring and uniformly mixing the proppant obtained in the step 1 with 0.06g of sodium carbonate, 0.04g of citric acid, 0.1g of ammonium chloride and 0.1g of sodium nitrite powder, and bonding the gas generating agent powder to the surface of the proppant by using an adhesive;
and step 3: uniformly mixing 0.1g of polyethylene glycol diacrylate, 0.3g of tert-butyl acrylate, 0.002g of organic nano montmorillonite and 2mL of white oil, uniformly mixing 0.005g of initiator and 1.5mL of white oil, wherein the initiator is a mixture of dibenzoyl peroxide and N, N-dimethylaniline (the molar ratio is 2:1), successively atomizing and spraying the white oil containing the capsule shell agent and the capsule shell reinforcing agent and the white oil containing the initiator onto the surface of the proppant obtained in the step 2, and standing the proppant at room temperature for 8 hours after spraying is finished to obtain the airbag shell inflatable suspension proppant 1.
Example 2
A preparation process of the air bag shell inflatable suspension proppant comprises the following steps:
step 1: dissolving 0.01g of hexadecyl acetyl octaester, 0.1g of epoxy resin and 0.05g of ethylenediamine in 5mL of acetone, and then atomizing and spraying the acetone solution to the surface of 100g of quartz sand proppant, wherein the diameter of the quartz sand is 20-40 meshes;
step 2: physically stirring and uniformly mixing the proppant obtained in the step 1 with 0.12g of sodium carbonate, 0.08g of citric acid, 0.3g of ammonium chloride and 0.3g of sodium nitrite powder, and bonding the gas generating agent powder to the surface of the proppant by using an adhesive;
and step 3: uniformly mixing 0.1g of polyethylene glycol diacrylate, 0.8g of tert-butyl acrylate, 0.1g of styrene, 0.005g of carbon nano tube and 5mL of kerosene, uniformly mixing 0.01g of initiator and 3.0mL of kerosene, wherein the initiator is a mixture of dibenzoyl peroxide and N, N-dimethylaniline (the molar ratio is 2:1), successively atomizing and spraying the kerosene containing the capsule shell agent and the capsule shell reinforcing agent and the kerosene containing the initiator onto the surface of the propping agent obtained in the step 2, and standing the propping agent for 10 hours at room temperature after spraying is finished to obtain the air-filled suspension propping agent 2 for the air bag shell.
Example 3
A preparation process of the air bag shell inflatable suspension proppant comprises the following steps:
step 1: dissolving 0.03g of pentaerythritol tetra (stearate), 0.2g of epoxy resin and 0.1g of m-phenylenediamine in 5mL of toluene, and then atomizing and spraying the toluene solution to the surface of 100g of ceramsite proppant, wherein the particle size of the ceramsite is 20-40 meshes;
step 2: physically stirring and uniformly mixing the proppant obtained in the step 1 with 0.25g of urea, 0.2g of oxalic acid, 0.37g of sodium carbonate and 0.5g of sodium nitrite powder, and bonding the gas generating agent powder to the surface of the proppant by using an adhesive;
and step 3: uniformly mixing 0.25g of polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate, 1.0g of tert-butyl acrylate, 0.55 g of butyl methacrylate, 0.018g of nano silicon dioxide and 7mL of diesel oil, uniformly mixing 0.02g of initiator and 4.0mL of diesel oil, wherein the initiator is a mixture of dibenzoyl peroxide and N, N-dimethylaniline (the molar ratio is 2:1), successively atomizing and spraying the diesel oil containing the capsule shell agent and the capsule shell reinforcing agent and the diesel oil containing the initiator onto the surface of the propping agent obtained in the step 2, and standing the propping agent for 10 hours at room temperature after spraying is finished to obtain the airbag shell inflatable suspension propping agent 3.
Example 4
A preparation process of the air bag shell inflatable suspension proppant comprises the following steps:
step 1: dissolving 0.01g of hexadecyl acetyl octaester, 0.1g of epoxy resin and 0.5g of m-phenylenediamine in 5mL of toluene, and then atomizing and spraying an acetone solution to the surface of 100g of ceramsite proppant, wherein the particle size of the ceramsite is 40-70 meshes;
step 2: physically stirring and uniformly mixing the proppant obtained in the step 1, 0.5g of ammonium chloride and 0.5g of sodium nitrite powder, and bonding the gas generating agent powder to the surface of the proppant by using an adhesive;
and step 3: uniformly mixing 0.30g of polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate, 0.90 g of butyl methacrylate, 0.018g of organic nano montmorillonite and 8mL of kerosene, uniformly mixing 0.01g of initiator and 3.0mL of kerosene, wherein the initiator is a mixture of dibenzoyl peroxide and N, N-dimethylaniline (the molar ratio is 2:1), successively atomizing and spraying the kerosene containing the capsule shell agent and the capsule shell reinforcing agent and the kerosene containing the initiator onto the surface of the proppant obtained in the step 2, and standing the proppant at room temperature for 10 hours after spraying is finished to obtain the airbag shell inflatable suspension proppant 4.
Example 5
A preparation process of the air bag shell inflatable suspension proppant comprises the following steps:
step 1: dissolving 0.04g of pentaerythritol tetra (stearate), 0.22g of epoxy resin and 0.16g of m-phenylenediamine in 6mL of toluene, and then atomizing and spraying the toluene solution on the surface of 100g of ceramsite proppant, wherein the particle size of the ceramsite is 20-40 meshes;
step 2: physically stirring and uniformly mixing the proppant obtained in the step 1 with 0.3g of urea, 0.1g of citric acid, 0.25g of sodium carbonate and 0.6g of sodium nitrite powder, and bonding the gas generating agent powder to the surface of the proppant by using an adhesive;
and step 3: uniformly mixing 0.7g of polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate, 0.2g of styrene, 0.8g of tert-butyl acrylate, 0.03g of nano titanium dioxide and 10mL of white oil, uniformly mixing 0.024g of initiator and 4.0mL of white oil, wherein the initiator is a mixture of dibenzoyl peroxide and N, N-dimethylaniline (the molar ratio is 2:1), successively atomizing and spraying the white oil containing the capsule shell agent and the capsule shell reinforcing agent and the white oil containing the initiator onto the surface of the proppant obtained in the step 2, and standing the proppant for 8 hours at room temperature after spraying is finished to obtain the inflatable suspension proppant 5 for the air bag shell.
Example 6
A preparation process of the air bag shell inflatable suspension proppant comprises the following steps:
step 1: dissolving 0.1g of hexadecyl acetyl octaester, 0.1g of acrylic acid and 0.3g of polyurethane in 8mL of toluene, and then atomizing and spraying the toluene solution to the surface of 100g of quartz sand proppant, wherein the diameter of the quartz sand is in the range of 20-40 meshes;
step 2: physically stirring and uniformly mixing the proppant obtained in the step 1 with 0.4g of ammonium chloride, 0.4g of urea, 0.1g of oxalic acid and 1.0g of sodium nitrite powder, and bonding the gas generating agent powder to the surface of the proppant by using an adhesive;
and step 3: uniformly mixing 0.5g of polyethylene glycol diacrylate, 0.1g of styrene, 0.9g of butyl methacrylate, 0.02g of nano graphite powder and 8mL of kerosene, uniformly mixing 0.022g of initiator and 6.0mL of kerosene, wherein the initiator is a mixture of dibenzoyl peroxide and N, N-dimethylaniline (the molar ratio is 2:1), successively atomizing and spraying the kerosene containing the capsule shell agent and the capsule shell reinforcing agent and the kerosene containing the initiator onto the surface of the proppant obtained in the step 2, and standing the proppant for 8 hours at room temperature after spraying is finished to obtain the airbag shell inflatable suspension proppant 6.
Proppant suspension performance evaluation test:
the procedure for evaluating the air bag shell-inflated suspension proppant prepared in examples 1-3 was as follows:
step 1: adding 100mL of slickwater fracturing fluid (viscosity is 5mPa.s) and 20g of airbag shell inflating suspension propping agent into a reagent bottle, and then sealing the reagent bottle;
step 2: placing the reagent bottle into a water bath kettle at 60 ℃, starting timing, recording a time interval as suspension starting time when the propping agent begins to suspend to the surface of the fracturing fluid, and recording a time interval as suspension finishing time when the propping agent is completely suspended;
and step 3: and continuously observing for 6 hours after the proppants are completely suspended, respectively taking out the airbag shell inflating suspension proppants suspended at the upper part of the fracturing fluid and the airbag shell inflating suspension proppants settled at the bottom of the reagent bottle after 6 hours, drying and weighing, and recording the mass percentage of the proppants suspended at the upper part of the fracturing fluid and all the proppants as the suspension proportion of the airbag shell inflating suspension proppants.
The procedure for evaluating the air bag shell-inflated suspension proppant prepared in examples 4-6 was as follows:
step 1: adding 100mL of slickwater fracturing fluid (with the viscosity of 5mPa.s) and 20g of airbag shell inflating suspension proppant into a visual high-pressure reaction kettle, and then sealing and pressurizing the reaction kettle to 10 MPa;
step 2: heating the reaction kettle to 120 ℃, starting timing, recording a time interval as suspension starting time when the airbag shell inflating suspension proppant begins to suspend to the surface of the fracturing fluid, and recording a time interval as suspension finishing time when the airbag shell inflating suspension proppant completely suspends;
and step 3: and continuously observing for 6 hours after the airbag shell inflating suspension propping agent is completely suspended, respectively taking out the airbag shell inflating suspension propping agent suspended at the upper part of the fracturing fluid and the airbag shell inflating suspension propping agent settled at the bottom of the reagent bottle after 6 hours, drying and weighing, and recording the mass percentage of the propping agent suspended at the upper part of the fracturing fluid and all the propping agents as the suspension proportion of the airbag shell inflating suspension propping agent 6.
The evaluation test results of examples 1 to 6 are shown in Table 1.
TABLE 1 proppant suspension Performance test results for examples 1-6
Item/number
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Example 1
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Example 2
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Example 3
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Example 4
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Example 5
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Example 6
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Suspension startup time(s)
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48
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63
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78
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32
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67
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44
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Suspension completion time(s)
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168
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216
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252
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342
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336
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282
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Suspension ratio
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100%
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100%
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97%
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92%
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89%
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98% |
As can be seen from Table 1, the self-suspension of the airbag shell inflatable suspension proppant disclosed by the invention can be started within 78s under the normal pressure condition, the suspension completion time is within 252s, and the suspension proportion is more than 97% after 6h standing; the self-suspension of the air-inflated suspension proppant of the air bag shell can be started within 67s under the high-pressure condition, the suspension completion time is within 342s, and the suspension proportion is more than 89% after 6h of standing. The result shows that the air bag shell inflating suspension proppant has good inflating self-suspension capacity in low-viscosity slickwater, has strong adaptability to the change of environmental conditions such as temperature, pressure and the like, and can be used for fracturing construction of the low-viscosity slickwater.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.