EP0765429A1 - Additif chimique et procede permettant d'evacuer des solides d'un systeme de forage de puits - Google Patents

Additif chimique et procede permettant d'evacuer des solides d'un systeme de forage de puits

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EP0765429A1
EP0765429A1 EP95926132A EP95926132A EP0765429A1 EP 0765429 A1 EP0765429 A1 EP 0765429A1 EP 95926132 A EP95926132 A EP 95926132A EP 95926132 A EP95926132 A EP 95926132A EP 0765429 A1 EP0765429 A1 EP 0765429A1
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Darrell P. Salisbury
Robert L. Sloan
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Well-Flow Technologies Inc
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C09—DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • C09K—MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • C09K8/00—Compositions for drilling of boreholes or wells; Compositions for treating boreholes or wells, e.g. for completion or for remedial operations
    • C09K8/02—Well-drilling compositions
    • C09K8/04—Aqueous well-drilling compositions
    • C09K8/06—Clay-free compositions
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C09—DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • C09K—MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • C09K8/00—Compositions for drilling of boreholes or wells; Compositions for treating boreholes or wells, e.g. for completion or for remedial operations
    • C09K8/02—Well-drilling compositions
    • C09K8/03—Specific additives for general use in well-drilling compositions
    • C09K8/035—Organic additives
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C09—DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • C09K—MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • C09K8/00—Compositions for drilling of boreholes or wells; Compositions for treating boreholes or wells, e.g. for completion or for remedial operations
    • C09K8/52—Compositions for preventing, limiting or eliminating depositions, e.g. for cleaning
    • C09K8/524—Compositions for preventing, limiting or eliminating depositions, e.g. for cleaning organic depositions, e.g. paraffins or asphaltenes

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  • the present invention relates to the field of completion fluids, and particularly, to a chemical additive and process for removing sludge, paraffin and other solids from a wellbore and well drilling equipment.
  • U. S. Patent Numbers 4,456,537 (Oliver et al., June 26, 1984) and 4,515,699 (Oliver et al. , May 7, 1985) disclose a process for cleaning muds and drilling systems using a surface active agent/surfactant and an alcohol.
  • the combinations of alcohols and surfactants disclosed have a number of disadvantages when used with modern drilling systems, which use closed loop systems having reduced surface volume capacities of fluids available for displacement, cleanup and completion purposes. " Therefore, to be effective, higher concentrations of an additive or compound for removing sludge, solids and drilling materials must be compatible with the fluid circulated to clean the wellbore.
  • the alcohol and surfactant combinations disclosed cannot be used with fresh water or in high concentrations, as it will thicken the liquid phase, thereby reducing or eliminating its effectiveness in cleaning equipment and mud solids.
  • the preferred alcohol disclosed, 2-ethyl hexanol has a flash point below 200°F, thereby causing it to be listed as a combustible liquid.
  • the use of a combustible material in drilling operations is undesirable, particularly from a safety standpoint.
  • the combinations are also less effective in removing synthetic base muds from drilling equipment and wellbores.
  • a chemical additive for cleaning a well drilling system and equipment by removing sludge, muds, mud solids, paraffin, and other well drilling residue solids from a well bore, well drilling system and surface drilling equipment is provided.
  • the additive includes an alkene alcohol mixed with an ether a ine and a base fluid or a mixture of both.
  • the alkene alcohol and ether amine mixture can be 20% - 75% to 10% - 60% be weight, respectively.
  • the base fluid is selected from the group of esters, diethers, olefins, detergent alkylates and mixtures thereof.
  • the alkene alcohol can be about 20% - about 75% and base fluid mixture can be about 25% - about 80% by weight respectively.
  • the mixture can be used undiluted or diluted with water, salt water or brine preferably in a 1% to 25% dilution by volume.
  • the aqueous mixture is a dispersion of the chemical additive in water since the additive is not water soluble. " Hereinafter reference to an aqueous mixture of the chemical additive and water whether or not it is a saline solution is a dispersion.
  • the chemical additive is a mixture of an alkene alcohol, ether amine and the base fluid.
  • the alkene alcohol is present at from approximately 20 % to 75% by weight of the additive.
  • the alkene alcohol may be a terpene alcohol.
  • the preferred alkene alcohol is terpinol.
  • the ether amine is present at from approximately 10% to 60% by weight of the additive.
  • the preferred ether amine is selected from the group consisting of ethoxylated ether amines, propoxylated ether amines, and mixtures thereof.
  • the base fluid is present at from approximately 5% to 35% by weight of the additive.
  • the base fluid is selected from the group consisting of esters, diethers, olefins, detergent alkylate and mixtures thereof.
  • a process for cleaning a well drilling system including drilling pits, surface equipment and the wellbore by removing sludge, muds, mud solids, paraffin and other well drilling residue solids from a well bore and well drilling system is provided.
  • a chemical additive including an alkene alcohol and an ether amine or base fluid or combination of the two as described herein is prepared.
  • the chemical additive is mixed with a desired volume of water to prepare an aqueous mixture, which is introduced to a well drilling system.
  • the aqueous mixture is circulated throughout the well drilling system, thereby removing sludge, paraffin and other solids from the well bore, casing, and other well drilling system equipment.
  • the chemical additive used in the process of the present invention may be added to fresh water, sea water, or brine at from approximately 1% to 25% by volume of the aqueous mixture.
  • 26% by volume of the aqueous mixture up to 100% of chemical additive without water can be used to clean and remove solids from the drilling system.
  • Well drilling fluids and well systems and equipment become contaminated with mud weighing agents, sludge, paraffin, drill bit fines, pipe dope, solids deposited on casings, and other drilling residues. It is preferred, and often necessary, that the well system be cleaned of used drilling fluids and mud solids, oils, and other drilling residues as part of the completion process.
  • the well system, tubing, casing, wellbore, wellhead, and flow lines must be cleaned. Once the solids and residues have been removed, a solids-free completion and/or packer brine can be introduced into the wellbore. After completion, it may be desirable to clean the well system.
  • the present invention provides a chemical additive and process for cleaning a wellbore and surface drilling equipment.
  • the chemical additive is added to water to prepare an aqueous mixture which is a dispersion.
  • Fresh water, seawater, or brine may be used to prepare the mixture of water and additive.
  • the chemical additive removes contaminating solids as previously described, such as sludge, pipe dope, paraffin, mud solids, and solid drilling residues from wellbore, drilling equipment, and surface equipment.
  • the chemical additive of the present invention can also be used to clean mud tanks, shakers, manifolds, and the like.
  • An additive of the present invention includes a mixture of an alkene alcohol in 20% - 75% by weight and an ether amine in 10% - 60% by weight.
  • the additive mixture can be used in an aqueous mixture preferably 'from 1% to 25% by volume additive to water.
  • the additive may be used undiluted or diluted at a strength of greater than 25% by volume.
  • Another additive is a mixture of an alkene alcohol and a base fluid selected from the group of esters, diethers, olefins, detergent alkylates and mixtures thereof.
  • the alkene alcohol is present from about 20% to 75% by weight and the base fluid from 80% to 25% by weight with a preferred mixture of about 50/50 alkene alcohol to base fluid.
  • the additive may be used undiluted or diluted with water, preferably at a strength of 1% to 25% by volume of additive to water.
  • the preferred chemical additive includes a surfactant preferably ethoxylated ether amine (at from approximately 10% to 60% by weight of the additive) , an alkene alcohol (at from approximately 20% to 75% by weight of the additive) , and a base fluid (at from approximately 5% to 35% by weight of the additive) .
  • a surfactant preferably ethoxylated ether amine (at from approximately 10% to 60% by weight of the additive)
  • an alkene alcohol at from approximately 20% to 75% by weight of the additive
  • a base fluid at from approximately 5% to 35% by weight of the additive.
  • Naturally occurring oils such as low toxicity mineral oils
  • a propoxylated ether amine may be used, at from approximately 10% to 60% by weight, for the ethoxylated ether amine.
  • the chemical additive will be effective in cleaning and removing the remaining drilling muds, mud solids, sludge and other drilling residues from the wellbore and drilling equipment when comprising the recited compounds present in the ranges provided (percent by weight) of the total additive composition.
  • the chemical additive will be added to water at from 1% to 25% by volume to form an aqueous mixture.
  • the cleaning effects of the chemical additive will be seen where it is present in" a water mixture at a minimum of 1% by volume, however, the length of time and volume of aqueous solution required to clean a drilling system will be decreased with the increased percent by volume of the chemical additive in the aqueous mixture. In other cases, 26% to 100% by volume of the chemical additive may be used to remove and lift the drilling solids and remaining muds from the wellbore and drilling equipment.
  • Ethoxylated or propoxylated ether amine is prepared by reacting primary alcohols having a branched or straight carbon chain from C 6 to C 22 with acrylonitrile to form an ether nitrile.
  • the ether nitrile is then reacted with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst to form an ether amine.
  • the ether amine is then reacted with between 1 and 6 moles of ethylene or 1 to 10 moles of propylene oxide to form an ethoxylated or propoxylated ether amine.
  • a reaction scheme of the described compounds to prepare the ether amine is as follows:
  • the preparation of an amine from an alcohol provides lower viscosity due to the ether linkage. It can also have a lower specific gravity than conventional amine products.
  • the alcohol may be branched as opposed to linear as with acids from fats. This is unlike the prior art, which discloses using surfactants which are the amine reaction products of monobasic fatty acids and secondary amines.
  • the alkene alcohol provides additional lifting action when coupled with the ethoxylated ether amine.
  • the additive enables greater and longer lasting lift action of sludge or other solids in a brine or other water slurry.
  • the alkene alcohols are also environmentally acceptable and biodegradable, and do not require regulated disposal practices.
  • the alkene alcohol is selected from the group of compounds known as terpenes.
  • Terpene alcohols improve solvency of the additive and. are water insoluble.
  • the preferred terpene is terpinol.
  • Other terpene related derivatives composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, and having 10 carbon atoms with 0, 1 or 2 hydroxyl groups, and 0, 1 or 2 double bonds, may be used in alternate embodiments.
  • the hydroxyl group helps break the hydrogen bonding of sludge to metal surfaces.
  • the terpene alcohols are effective in dispersion or emulsion systems, such as that created by the chemical additive of the present invention.
  • the chemical additive breaks out of water and floats the solids after cleaning sludge, mud and other solids from the well drilling system. Thus, making it easy to recover, remove and dispose of the contaminants from the well system.
  • Blends of terpenes having the provided characteristics may also be used. Any terpene blend or terpene selected should have a flash point greater than 200°F.
  • a commercially available terpene product having the desired characteristics is Glidsol 90 (SCM Glidco
  • the combination of the ether amine and the alkene alcohol will remove some of the sludges and solids from the well drilling system. Difficult to remove solids and residues such as pipe dope, however, will not be removed by the combination.
  • the addition of a base fluid will facilitate removing and floating to the surface of the well bore all solids and contaminants remaining in the well bore as a result of the drilling process.
  • the base fluid is preferably a synthetic compound selected from the family of compounds introduced to the drilling industry in recent years. These synthetic compounds were developed in light of increasing environmental regulations toward traditional oil base" drilling fluids or muds.
  • the synthetic base fluid acts as a solvent in the chemical additive.
  • the synthetic base fluid is selected as a co-solvent with the alkene alcohol.
  • the base fluids are generally in the size range of C 18 to C 24 , and may be selected from the following compounds: esters, diethers, olefins, and detergent alkylate, as well as mixtures of the fluids.
  • an ester will be used as the base fluid.
  • the ester can be made by the reaction of a fatty acid with an alcohol, and may be considered a synthetic vegetable oil.
  • the ester can also be prepared by reacting light olefins through the hydroformylation (oxo) process to form alcohols. The alcohols are then reacted with acids to make esters.
  • Commercially available esters which may be used to prepare the chemical additive include Exxate 1000 (Exxon, Houston, Texas) and Exxate 1300 (Exxon, Houston, Texas) . Both products have a high flash point.
  • Exxate 1000 is an acetate ester using a C 9 _ 1;L branched alcohol (oxo-decyl- acetate)
  • Exxate 1300 uses a C 13 alcohol.
  • EXAMPLE 1 A test was conducted to compare the cleaning efficiency of various synthetic base fluids, 2-ethyl hexanol, low toxicity mineral oil (LTMO) , and sea water to the preferred base fluid ester when removing American Petroleum Institute (API) pipe dope from steel. Pipe dope is difficult to remove from the steel of well drilling equipment.
  • the preferred base fluid is Exxate 1000, an ester compound.
  • the other compounds provided in Table 1 have been used in the prior art as components of completion and other well drilling fluids.
  • the compounds tested are listed as base fluids on Table 1. Cleaning efficiency as a percent of pipe dope removed is shown for each fluid at 5, 10, and 15 minutes. The results reflect the solvent nature of the fluids. The results show LTMO as having the highest cleaning efficiency.
  • the disadvantage of using LTMO is the required handling and disposal of an additive containing the compound. LTMO and products containing it cannot be dumped offshore. Thus, extensive handling and storage of the fluid or product containing the fluid would be required. Storage and handling capability is generally limited during a completion process, particularly in off-shore situations.
  • Linear alkylate benzene (LAB) had a relatively high cleaning efficiency of 73% following 15 minutes of exposure to the coupon. Although this is higher than that observed with Exxate 1000 and Exxate 1300, the use of LAB in well drilling clean up operations is undesirable and potentially dangerous because of the presence of low molecular weight aromatics.
  • Exxate 1000 was found to be the preferred base fluid because of its cleaning efficiency and non hazardous and nonhealth threatening characteristics.
  • EXAMPLE 2 The ability of the chemical additive to agglomerate and float solids to the surface of the wellbore was simulated by laboratory bench test. Two samples containing a 0.5 gram sample of bentonite is dispersed in 100 ml of seawater were prepared. A 4 ml quantity of the chemical additive was added to one sample and a 4 ml quantity of a commercially available cleanup additive was added to the second sample. The additives were shaken into the bentonite solution and immediately placed in a 100 ml graduated beaker. The rise time, consistency and quality of the bentonite solids and overall appearance of the solids are reported in Table 2. The additive formulations are also shown in Table 2.
  • B** 2-ethyl hexanol/Witco 1017 (an amide) (50%/50% by weight)
  • A compared to a commercially available cleaning additive
  • B to agglomerate and float solids to the surface of the wellbore
  • the results reported in Table 2 show that following one minute of rise time (period of time following shaking of the solution) , 6 ml of solids were removed and floated to the surface of each sample.
  • Additive B is comprised of 50% by weight of an amide.
  • Such compounds are disadvantageous for use in cleanup processes because only a small volume of the compound can be used in water. If too great a concentration of the compound is present in water, it may form a gel, thereby reducing the effectiveness of the compound as a cleanup additive.
  • large quantities of water must be used in order to maintain the low dilution factor for the amide.
  • concentrations of Additive A the chemical additive of this invention, can be used therefore reducing the volume of water and fluids which must be generated and handled and/or stored in order to perform an adequate cleanup of a wellbore and drilling equipment.
  • C* Witco 2307/Glidsol 90/Preferred Amine (25%/50%/25%) by weight)
  • D** Exxate 1300/Glidsol 90/Preferred Amine (25%/50%/25%) by weight)
  • E*** LAB/Glidsol 90/preferred Amine (25%/50%/25%) by weight)
  • F**** PAO/Glidsol 90/preferred Amine (25%/50%/25%) by weight)
  • Formulation F which contained the synthetic base fluid PAO, had a slightly lower volume of solids rise.
  • the visible appearances of the agglomerated solids varied with formulation of the additive.
  • Embodiments of the " chemical additive containing Witco 2307 (Witco, Houston, Texas) and the formulation containing PAO as the synthetic base fluid resulted in the solids being slightly gummy.
  • EXAMPLE 4 The cleaning efficiency of the chemical additive of the invention compared to the that of the commercially available chemical additive described in Example 2 is reported in Table 4.
  • the formulation of the additive identified on Table 4 as (A) is 50% by weight of 2-ethyl hexanol and 50% by weight of an amide (Witco 1017) .
  • the composition of Additive (B) on Table 4 is the preferred embodiment of the invention of 25% by weight ester (Exxate 1000) , 50% by weight terpinol (Glidsol 90) , and 25% by weight ethoxylated ether amine.
  • the composition of additive (C) on Table 4 is 25% by weight amide (Witco 2307) , 50% by weight terpinol (Glidsol 90) , and 25% by weight ethoxylated ether amine.
  • Steel coupons were coated with a diesel oil based drilling mud obtained from a field drilling site. The mud coated coupon was immersed into a 250 CM 3 volume of sea water containing the various concentrations of the chemical additives described above. The samples were held in turbulent flow using a magnetic stirrer while the coupon was in the fluid. The cleaning efficiency of the additives at the various concentrations provided as % in sea water, is reported in Table 4.
  • EXAMPLE 5 The following example is illustrative of the product and process using a mixture of an alkene alcohol and base fluid.
  • the alkene alcohol and base fluids are those previously described.
  • the preferred alkene alcohol is a terpene, GLIDSOL 90.
  • the preferred base fluid is a fatty acid ester.
  • the range of mixture is 20% - 75% alkene alcohol to 80% - 25% base fluid by weight.
  • the preferred mixture is 50/50 by weight alkene alcohol and base fluid.
  • the additive may be diluted to 1% - 25% by volume in water, sea water or brine.
  • the alkene alcohol and base fluid was tested in a simulated wellbore situation generally described in the preceding Example 2.
  • a comparison was made of an additive of Glidsol 90 terpene and Petrofree fatty acid ester in a 50%/50% by weight mixture and the additive designated A* which is made of Exxate 1000/Glidsol 90/Preferred Amine in a 25%/50%/25% by weight mixture.
  • Two types of bentonite were used; an aged regular bentonite and an aged high grade bentonite.
  • the high grade bentonite is primarily sodium bentonite.
  • the additives were used as 4% by volume dilution in sea water.
  • the additive without the preferred amine did take longer for rise time and separation on the high grade bentonite, but performed satisfactorily in the tests.
  • the chemical additive of the present invention was used in a well with a build up of solids on the casing.
  • the chemical additive was used in an 8-10% by volume in water.
  • the chemical additive was the preferred formula A* described in Example 5 above.
  • a HEDGEHOG® casing brush was used with the chemical additive to scour the inside of the casing.
  • U.S. Patent No. 5,419,397 covers some embodiments of the HEDGEHOG® and is incorporated by reference herein.
  • the solids were flushed from the casing.
  • the fluid returning to the surface was a viscous liquid.
  • the solid material returned to the surface was 83% paraffin oil with a melt point of 194°F, 13% low gravity solids (dirt, rust) and 4% water.
  • the process for using the chemical additive in the well system can be adapted for water base muds or oil base muds. A different series of steps for cleaning water base muds and oil base muds is preferred.
  • the chemical additive is introduced into the wellbore after other fluids have been introduced or circulated through the well system.
  • the additive causes the remaining drilling muds, mud solids, sludge, drilling residues adhering to the casing, walls of the wellbore, drill bit fines and other materials to be suspended in the additive aqueous mixture and floated to the top of the wellbore for removal.
  • the solids can be removed decantation, floatation, filtration or other methods known to those skilled in the art.
  • the chemical additive mixture can also be run through the surface equipment of the drilling system to remove drilling residues from the system, thereby ensuring that any fluid introduced to the wellbore as part of the completion process will be solids-free.
  • the hole capacity is determined and 1% by volume of the chemical additive compared to the hole capacity is used to clean out the wellbore.
  • the additive is diluted with water or a salt solution to form an aqueous dispersion.
  • a multi-phase displacement with a series of steps is used to remove the solids from the well system.
  • a preferred series of steps for use with a water base mud includes first circulating water which can be seawater through the well system.
  • a viscous spacer such as a hyroxyethylcellulose solution was pumped throughout the system. Afterwards the desired completion fluids can be used.
  • a preferred process for removing oil base mud includes the following steps. A viscous spacer weighted with barite (or other weighting agents) that includes a water wetting surfactant agent is pumped into the well followed by a viscous unweighted spacer with a water wetting surfactant agent. Then 15 barrels of seawater or salt water is pumped through the well, followed by a solvent. After the solvent additional seawater is pumped. The chemical additive prepared as described herein is then introduced into the wellbore. Afterwards, it is preferred to use a viscous spacer with a water wetting surfactant followed by seawater or completion fluid.
  • the following is another preferred process of the use of the chemical additive in connection with an offshore rig cleanup operation after an SBM was used in the well.
  • the hole capacity was 108 barrels and the drillpipe was 3100 feet.
  • a mixture of hydroxyethylcellulose and a water wetting surfactant was pumped down the well. This mixture was followed by a salt solution prepared with calcium chloride. This salt solution may be followed by a solvent and another salt solution spacer.
  • the chemical additive was the prepared in an 8% by volume calcium chloride in an aqueous solution with the chemical addition as approximately 1% by volume of the hole capacity.
  • the circulation of the aqueous chemical additive solution is followed by a salt water spacer with calcium chloride.

Abstract

Additif chimique et procédé de nettoyage d'un système et équipement de puits à l'aide d'un additif chimique qui comprend un alcool d'alcène, de préférence un terpène, et une amine d'éther ou un fluide de base ou une combinaison des deux. L'additif peut être utilisé dans une solution aqueuse ou saline. Ledit procédé consiste à faire circuler l'additif chimique dans le système de puits à l'aide de fluides d'écartement.
EP95926132A 1994-07-01 1995-06-28 Additif chimique et procede permettant d'evacuer des solides d'un systeme de forage de puits Withdrawn EP0765429A1 (fr)

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