WO1998044071A1 - Procede et systeme de forage a la mousse - composition moussante - Google Patents
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- WO1998044071A1 WO1998044071A1 PCT/FR1998/000577 FR9800577W WO9844071A1 WO 1998044071 A1 WO1998044071 A1 WO 1998044071A1 FR 9800577 W FR9800577 W FR 9800577W WO 9844071 A1 WO9844071 A1 WO 9844071A1
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- 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
- C09K8/38—Gaseous or foamed well-drilling compositions
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- the invention relates to a method and a system for operating in underground operating wells for drilling, cleaning or producing operations of these wells, in the case of a deposit.
- a circulation is carried out between the ground surface, the bottom of the well and return to the surface, from a column of tubes lowered into the well.
- the injection of the foam is generally done through the interior of the tubes and the return through the annular space defined by the tubes and the walls of the well.
- the fluid in the form of foam carries the drilling debris towards the surface, thus cleaning the working face.
- foam drilling is known and has in particular the advantages of not providing too great a bottom pressure thanks to the low density of the foam.
- this technique has the main disadvantage of not allowing easy recycling of the foaming solution, taking into account the products initially dissolved to stabilize the foam after stirring and injection of gas.
- the "breaking" of the foam is the basic problem, if one wants to recover most of the foaming products for repeated use, or if the environmental conditions do not allow the spreading of the volume of foam returning from the well .
- WO-94/17154 proposes the use of amphoteric foaming agent combined with surfactants as the basis of a stable foaming composition.
- the foam is destroyed by an appropriate variation in the pH of the foam. If the foam is basic, the foam is broken by lowering the pH at least below 4, if the foam is acidic, the foam is broken by increasing the pH at least above 9.5.
- the present invention relates to a foam drilling method obtained from an aqueous foaming solution comprising non-ionic surfactants.
- the foaming solution has a critical temperature called "cloud point temperature" or "cloud point".
- the cloud point is a characteristic temperature for a solution comprising at least one nonionic surfactant.
- the cloud point temperature is known by noting the temperature at which a cloud appears in the solution or by knowing the cloud point of the surfactant contained in the solution, the cloud point of the solution being the cloud point of the surfactant.
- the cloud point is the average of the cloud points of each of the two components.
- the present invention relates to a method of circulating a foam in a well, in which the following steps are carried out:
- a foam is formed from an aqueous composition comprising at least one additive whose cloud point temperature and concentration are such that the cloud point temperature of said composition is higher than the temperature of the foam during drilling ,
- Said foam is injected into the well, said foam circulating from the surface to the bottom of the well, then from the bottom to the surface,
- the temperature of the foam which has risen to the surface is raised to a temperature at least higher than said cloud point temperature of the composition, so as to destabilize the foam.
- the additive can be a nonionic surfactant.
- the cloud point temperature of the composition can be increased by adding a specified amount of an ionic surfactant.
- the cloud point temperature of the composition can be adjusted by adding a predetermined amount of electrolytes.
- the invention also relates to a foaming composition for use in a well drilled in the ground.
- the composition comprises in combination at least one nonionic surfactant and an additive consisting of an ionic surfactant, an electrolyte or a mixture thereof, the nonionic surfactant and said additive having a structure and a concentration determined so as to adjust the cloud point temperature of said composition relative to the temperature of said well.
- a viscosifying agent can be added to the composition.
- the invention further relates to a system for circulating a foam in a well drilled in the ground, comprising:
- Means for forming a foam from an aqueous composition comprising at least one additive, the cloud point temperature and the concentration of which are such that the cloud point temperature of said composition is higher than the temperature of the foam in the well, • means for injecting said foam into the well, said foam circulating from the surface to the bottom of the well, then from the bottom to the surface.
- the system includes means for heating the foam which has risen to the surface, to a temperature at least above said cloud point temperature of the composition, so as to destabilize the foam.
- the cloud point of a nonionic surfactant solution depends on the concentration of surfactant and other possible additives (other surfactants, electrolytes, organic polar components, or alcohols).
- the cloud point also depends on the molecular modifications: chain length, connection. In this way, in the present invention, the temperature of the cloud point of a solution is adjusted according to the field of use.
- ionic surfactant eg sodium dodecyl sulfate, SDS
- the electrostatic repulsion between the surfactant micelles increases, which causes the temperature of the cloud point to increase.
- electrolytes the temperature of the cloud point of the solution can increase or decrease depending on the type of electrolytes used (“salting in” or “salting out” effect of cations or anions). For example, by adding NaCl or CaCl2, the temperature of the cloud point decreases, while with LiNO3, the temperature increases.
- the cloud point can also be modified by an increase in the molecular weight of surfactant, by branches of the hydrophobic parts, or by the distribution of the lengths of the hydrophobic chains in the molecule.
- surfactant it is possible in the present invention to use all the conventional and known nonionic surfactants.
- Non-ionic surfactants can be classified according to the mode of connection between the hydrophobic part and the hydrophilic part of the molecule.
- This link mode can be an ether bridge, an ester bridge, an amide bridge, or others:
- Nonionic derivatives with an ether bridge for example: Oxyethylated fatty alcohols,
- Oxyethylated alkylphenols Oxyethylated-oxypropylated products,
- Non-ionic surfactants with an ester bridge for example: Glycerol esters,
- non-ionic for example ethoxylated fatty amines. Mention may also be made of: ethoxylated alkanolamides, ethoxylated amines, or block copolymers of ethylene or propylene oxide.
- Triton-X-100 an ethoxylated octylphenol with an ethylene oxide chain length of 9 to 10
- Triton-X- 114 brand name of surfactants manufactured by Union Carbide- USA
- Triton-X-102 with chain length 12 to 13 can be used (cloud point 88 ° C), Triton-X-165 with chain length 16 (cloud point greater than 100 ° C), or a mixture of Triton-X-100 and 7.5 10 " 5 mol / 1 of SDS (cloud point 73 ° C).
- the cloud point temperature is varied.
- An additive for increasing the cloud point may preferably be a surfactant of the sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) type.
- An additive for adjusting the cloud point may be sodium chloride (NaCl).
- the foaming solution may contain a polymer to increase the viscosity and thus the stability of the foam.
- the foaming solution can also, like all well fluids, contain solids or other additives (anticorrosion, etc.).
- the tests are based mainly on the comparison, for nonionic surfactants and optionally at least one additive for controlling the cloud point temperature, of the following two measurements carried out on the foaming solution or on the foam formed from said foaming solution:
- the foaming solution consists of a mixture of at least one nonionic surfactant of 1% concentration and in some cases of an ionic surfactant of variable concentration.
- the viscosity of the foaming solution is measured as a function of the temperature, using conventional means for such a measurement.
- the viscosity values are given in the tables of tests 1 to 4.
- the foam is obtained from 200 ml of foaming solution by stirring using a whisk.
- the rotation speed is approximately 2000 revolutions / minute.
- the stirring time is 2 minutes.
- the foam formed is poured into a graduated glass funnel, and the funnel is placed in the oven, preheated to the test temperature.
- the temperature of the foam is difficult to adjust because it has good thermal insulation.
- the temperature of the foam is here measured by a thermocouple directly in contact with the foam. Note the volume of solution drained as a function of time.
- the stability of the foam is characterized by its drainage speed VD.
- the drainage speed is defined from the empirical equation which describes the drained volume V as a function of time (Bikerman, JJ, 1973):
- V V 0 (l-exp (-kt))
- V the volume drained (cm * - *)
- Vo the volume of foaming solution (cm 3 )
- t time (min.)
- VD kV 0/2 (cm 3 / min.)
- a low DV value indicates that the foam is stable.
- CPE9-10 nonionic surfactant with the following formula:
- Carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) the average degree of substitution of carboxylic groups by cellulosic cycle of the studied sample is close to 1. Its molecular mass is approximately 2x10 "g / mol.
- PT represents the temperature value of the cloud point, here around 67 ° C.
- Test 2 Mixing of nonionic surfactants at different temperatures:
- Triton-X-100 0.5% of Triton-X-100 and 0.5% of Triton-X-114. Cloud point of the mixture: 48 ° C.
- Test 3 Mixing of a nonionic surfactant and an ionic surfactant at different temperatures:
- the mixture of a nonionic surfactant (Triton-X-114) with a low concentration of SDS type anionic surfactant (10 " 4 mol / 1) increases the cloud point temperature from 25 to 35 ° C.
- the stability of the foam decreases In Figure 3, the slope of the curve is clearly increasing above about 50 ° C.
- Test 4 Mixing a nonionic surfactant and a polymer at different temperatures:
- FIG. 5 schematically shows an embodiment of a system for implementing the method and the foaming composition according to the present invention.
- Reference 1 designates a well drilled in the basement.
- the reference 2 represents a lining of tubes lowered into the well 1.
- This lining can be a drilling lining, a casing tube or a production tube (tubing).
- the invention applies to all the tubes that can be brought down into a well, including coiled-tubing.
- the arrows show an example of circulation of a fluid (in this case, it is foam) in a well.
- a pipe 3 flowline collects the foam which rises in the annular towards the surface, to bring it towards an installation 5 for “breaking” the foam comprising heating means 6 for the foam and for reception of the liquid obtained after destabilization of the foam.
- the liquid is then directed through line 7 to an installation 12 for separation, preparation or / and regeneration of the foaming composition.
- the additional fluids and additives are shown schematically by the arrows 8. It is in this installation 12 that the foaming composition is separated from the solids coming from well 1 and entrained on the surface by the foam. It also controls the quality of the foaming composition in order to use it for another cycle of circulation in the well.
- the foaming composition then passes through pumping and injection means 9, conventionally used for injecting foam into the well 1 through line 4 and the injection head 10 fixed to the lining 2.
- the symbols 11 represent valves for closing the pipes.
- the direction of circulation of the foam in the well can be “reverse”, as is known in the profession, that is to say that the foam is injected into the ring finger through line 3 and rises to the surface by the tube lining 2 and the pipe 4.
- a manifold directs the return of the foam to the installation 5, the pipe 3 being connected to the installation 9.
- the operation of the foam drilling system is as follows:
- the foaming composition is injected by the device 9 with gas into the injection head 10.
- the foam under pressure descends into the interior of the lining 2 then exits at the level from the bottom of the well.
- the foam expands and expands depending in particular on the bottom pressure of the well.
- the temperature of the foam tends to reach the temperature of the well.
- the foam rises in the annular tubes / wells, causing drilling debris, if one is in the drilling phase.
- the temperature of the foam reached at the bottom of the well must be lower than the temperature of the cloud point of the foaming solution.
- the foam is led to the means 5 for "breaking" the foam according to the method of the present invention.
- the gas is evacuated and an aqueous solution is directed to the device 12 comprising in particular means for separating the solids and / or the gases contained in a liquid phase: hydrocyclone, degasser, decanter, sieve, etc. using measuring means, we control the quality of the aqueous phase collected in order to use it in a new cycle.
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AU70500/98A AU7050098A (en) | 1997-04-03 | 1998-03-23 | Drilling method and system using foam - foaming composition |
BR9804805A BR9804805A (pt) | 1997-04-03 | 1998-03-23 | Processo e sistema de perfura-Æo na espuma composi-Æo espumante |
EP98917207A EP0914400B1 (fr) | 1997-04-03 | 1998-03-23 | Procede et systeme de forage a la mousse - composition moussante |
US09/194,732 US6148932A (en) | 1997-04-03 | 1998-03-23 | Drilling method and system using foam--foaming composition |
CA002257345A CA2257345C (fr) | 1997-04-03 | 1998-03-23 | Procede et systeme de forage a la mousse - composition moussante |
NO985621A NO985621L (no) | 1997-04-03 | 1998-12-02 | FremgangsmÕte for boring og boresystem under bruk av skum - skumdannende blanding |
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