WO2008116899A2 - Wellbore system and method of completing a wellbore - Google Patents
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- gravel packing includes the steps of installing a production liner provided with small inlet openings, e.g.
- wellbore is sealed-off above the reservoir section, inside the casing, and connected to the surface via one or more production tubings.
- wellbore and “borehole” will be used interchangably, and without intended difference of the meaning of such terms .
- Many wellbores are drilled such that a lower wellbore section extends inclined or horizontally into the reservoir formation to increase the contact length of the wellbore with the reservoir formation.
- wells that are drilled from an offshore platform all deviate in different directions so that hydrocarbon fluid can be produced from a large surface area of the reservoir formation.
- gravel packs are installed using a liner provided with a cross-over sub assembly to allow a slurry of particulate material and viscous fluid to be pumped through the liner and the cross-over sub assembly into the annulus of a lower wellbore section where the particulate material settles out of the slurry. The viscous fluid is then circulated back via the cross-over sub assembly and the annulus between the liner and the wellbore wall (or casing), to surface.
- an undesired flow passage remains above the gravel pack, which allows fluid to flow in longitudinal direction through the wellbore section thereby bypassing the gravel pack.
- This can lead to several problems such as, for example, the ability of locally produced sand from the formation to spread along the length of the gravel pack thereby potentially negatively affecting the permeability of the entire gravel pack.
- Another problem becomes apparent if a treatment fluid needs to be injected via the liner into the open-hole section. The treatment fluid will tend to flow through the flow passage above the gravel pack, thereby rendering it impossible to accurately position the treatment fluid at a desired location in the open- hole section.
- a treatment fluid is preferably used that reduces or eliminates the permeability of the gravel pack at the location where the water flows into the wellbore.
- the injected treatment fluid tends to flow through the flow passage above the gravel pack thereby spreading in the open-hole section and potentially affecting the permeability of the entire gravel instead of at the desired location only.
- US patent 4,995,456 discloses a wellbore completion assembly whereby a horizontal wellbore section is provided with a fluid-permeable liner provided with a cross-over sub and vanes for imparting a spiralling flow to a gravel pack slurry which is pumped into the horizontal wellbore section.
- the spiralling flow is intended to enhance the distribution of gravel pack particulate material in the horizontal wellbore section.
- a wellbore system comprising a borehole formed in an earth formation, the borehole having a borehole section containing a volume of gravel pack particles and at least one body of a swellable material, each body of swellable material being adapted to expand from an unexpanded state to an expanded state upon contact of the swellable material with a selected fluid, wherein a flow passage is present in said borehole section allowing fluid to bypass the volume of gravel pack particles when the body of swellable material is in the unexpanded state, and wherein the body of swellable material is arranged to substantially close the flow passage upon expansion of the body of swellable material to the expanded state.
- the flow passage becomes closed or vanishes, so that fluid no longer can flow unhindered in longitudinal direction through the borehole section.
- locally produced sand is thereby prevented from spreading along the entire gravel pack, but instead remains in the wellbore location where it was produced.
- treatment fluid that is injected into the wellbore is confined to the injection location rather than spreading along the gravel pack.
- the body of swellable material is arranged to push the volume of gravel pack particles into the flow passage upon swelling of the swellable material, so that the flow passage gets blocked.
- the body of swellable material, after expansion, can be arranged to completely fill the cross- section of the borehole section and thereby block the flow passage.
- the body of swellable material includes a sleeve arranged around a tubular element extending into said borehole section.
- the tubular element is, for example, a production liner provided with slots, openings or screens for the inflow of hydrocarbon fluid from the formation .
- the tubular element is provided with a plurality of said sleeves mutually spaced along the tubular element. In this manner it is ensured that the annular space between the tubular element and the wellbore wall is formed into compartments which prevent fluid or formation sand from bypassing the gravel pack.
- the tubular element is suitably provided with fluid inlet means arranged at a portion of the tubular element located between a pair of adjacent sleeves .
- said at least one body of swellable material includes a plurality of particles of swellable material.
- Such application has the advantage that the particles of swellable material can be pumped into the wellbore section, and are allowed to flow into irregular wellbore portions.
- the particles of swellable material are intermixed with the gravel pack particles.
- the particles of swellable material and the gravel pack particles suitably have about equal density. This can be achieved, for example, by providing the particles of swellable material with a weighting material so as to increase their density.
- a suitable weighting material is Iron powder or a similar material.
- a weighting material may be applied that lowers the density of the swellable particles in case the density of the swellable particles, absent the weighting material, exceeds the density of the gravel pack particles .
- the wellbore system of the invention is most advantageous for application in wellbore sections that extend inclined or substantially horizontally. This is because it is generally difficult, if not impossible, to fill the entire cross-section of such inclined or substantially horizontal wellbore section with gravel particles. In most such applications an undesired flow passage remains above the volume of gravel pack particles .
- the selected fluid can be fluid from the earth formation flowing into the wellbore section, such as water or oil, or fluid that is pumped from surface into the wellbore section.
- a method of completing a borehole formed in an earth formation comprising: inserting a volume of gravel pack particles into a borehole section of the borehole; inserting at least one body of swellable material into the borehole section, each body of swellable material being adapted to expand from an unexpanded state to an expanded state upon contact of the swellable material with a selected fluid, wherein a flow passage is present in said borehole section allowing fluid to bypass the volume of gravel pack particles when the body of swellable material is in the unexpanded state, and wherein the body of swellable material is arranged to substantially close the flow passage upon expansion of the body of swellable material to the expanded state; and allowing the body of swellable material to expand due to contact of the swellable material with the selected fluid, thereby substantially closing the flow passage.
- the body of swellable material pushes the volume of gravel pack particles into the flow passage upon swelling of the swellable material.
- the method suitably further comprises injecting a treatment fluid into the volume of gravel pack material after the volume of gravel pack material is pushed into the flow passage.
- the treatment fluid suitably is adapted to locally reduce or eliminate the permeability of the gravel pack material in such portion.
- the swellable material is an elastomer adapted to swell when in contact with water and/or oil.
- Examples of materials that swell upon contact with hydrocarbon fluid are natural rubber, nitrile rubber, hydrogenated nitrile rubber, acrylate butadiene rubber, poly acrylate rubber, butyl rubber, brominated butyl rubber, chlorinated butyl rubber, chlorinated polyethylene, neoprene rubber, styrene butadiene copolymer rubber, sulphonated polyethylene, ethylene acrylate rubber, epichlorohydrin ethylene oxide copolymer, ethylene-propylene-copolymer (peroxide crosslinked) , ethylene-propylene-copolymer (sulphur crosslinked) , ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer rubber, ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, fluoro rubbers, fluoro silicone rubber, and silicone rubbers.
- EP(D)M rubber ethylene-propylene- copolymer, either peroxide or sulphur crosslinked
- EPT rubber ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer rubber
- butyl rubber brominated butyl rubber
- chlorinated butyl rubber chlorinated polyethylene
- the swellable material is adapted to swell upon contact with hydrocarbon fluid
- the swellable material suitably is adapted to swell upon contact with water.
- water-swellable material is selected from rubber based on NBR, HNBR, XNBR, FKM, FFKM, TFE/P or EPDM.
- said material suitably is a matrix material wherein a compound soluble in water is incorporated in the matrix material in a manner that the matrix material substantially prevents or restricts migration of the compound out of the swellable seal and allows migration of water into the swellable seal by osmosis so as to induce swelling of the swellable seal upon migration of said water into the swellable seal.
- Said compound suitably comprises a salt, for example at least 20 weight % salt based on the combined weight of the matrix material and the salt, preferably at least 35 weight % salt based on the combined weight of the matrix material and the salt.
- the matrix material is substantially impermeable to said compound or to ions of said compound.
- the compound can be present in the matrix material, for example, in the form of a plurality of compound particles dispersed in the matrix material. If the matrix material is an elastomer, the compound can be mixed into the matrix material prior to vulcanisation thereof .
- FIG. 1 schematically shows a borehole extending into an earth formation, provided with an embodiment of the wellbore system of the invention
- FIG. 2 schematically shows detail A of Fig. 1;
- Fig. 3 schematically shows cross-section 3-3 of Fig. 2;
- Fig. 4 schematically shows detail A of Fig. 1 after swelling of a body of swellable material
- FIG. 5 schematically shows cross-section 5-5 of Fig. 4.
- a borehole extending into an earth formation 2, in the form of wellbore 1 having a vertical upper wellbore section 4 provided with a scheme of casings and an open-hole lower section 8 that extends substantially horizontally into a reservoir zone 10 containing hydrocarbon fluid.
- the scheme of casings is referred to hereinafter as casing 6.
- a tubular production liner 12 extends from a wellhead 14 at surface 16 through the upper wellbore section 4 and into the open-hole lower section 8, whereby a production packer 18 seals the production liner 12 to the lower end of the casing 6.
- the production liner 12 has a lower part 20 provided with a plurality of sleeves 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d of elastomer material susceptible of swelling with a selected fluid, such as water and/or oil.
- a selected fluid such as water and/or oil.
- the elastomer material is selected to swell upon contact with oil from reservoir zone 10.
- the sleeves 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d are spaced from each other in longitudinal direction of the liner 12, whereby liner portions 24 inbetween the sleeves 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d are provided with small openings or slots 23 (Fig. 2) which provide fluid communication between the interior and the exterior of the liner 12.
- the liner portions 24 can be provided in the form of sandscreens, slotted pipes or other devices suitable for inflow of produced hydrocarbon fluid into the liner 12, or outflow of treatment fluid from the liner 12 into the wellbore 1.
- the open-hole section 8 of wellbore 1 is furthermore provided with a gravel pack 26 containing particulate material such as gravel, sand and the like, as is well known in wellbore completions.
- a gravel pack 26 containing particulate material such as gravel, sand and the like, as is well known in wellbore completions.
- the volume of gravel pack particles 26 is referred to hereinafter as "gravel pack 26".
- Figs. 2 and 3 there is shown detail A of Fig. 1, including open-hole section 8 provided with the gravel pack 26 and liner 12.
- the gravel pack 26 does not occupy the entire cross-sectional area of the open-hole section 8, but instead leaves a flow passage 30 in the open-hole section 8 through which fluid can flow in axial direction of the open-hole section 8 and thereby bypass the gravel pack 26.
- Figs. 4 and 5 is shown detail A of Fig. 1 after swelling of the elastomer of sleeve 22b due to contact with water or oil from the earth formation, whereby the sleeve 22b has increased in diameter and thereby has pushed the gravel pack 26 into the flow passage 30.
- the flow passage 30 is blocked, or perhaps better to say the flow passage vanishes at the location opposite the sleeve 22b so that fluid no longer can bypass the gravel pack 26.
- the wellbore 1 is drilled from surface 16 using a drilling rig (not shown), and the casings 6 are installed in the vertical wellbore section 4.
- the production liner 12 is then installed in the wellbore so that the sleeves 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d of swellable elastomer are located in the reservoir zone 10 of the earth formation 2.
- a slurry of gravel pack particles and a viscous fluid such as crude oil or a polymer-type water-based fluid, is pumped into the open-hole section 8 of the wellbore 1.
- the end part 20 of the production liner 12 is provided with a cross-over sub assembly (not shown) which packs off the open-hole section 8 and allows the gravel pack slurry to be pumped via the liner 12 into a portion of open-hole section 8 below the cross-over assembly.
- a cross-over sub assembly (not shown) which packs off the open-hole section 8 and allows the gravel pack slurry to be pumped via the liner 12 into a portion of open-hole section 8 below the cross-over assembly.
- There the gravel pack particles settle out from the slurry in the open-hole section 8 to form the gravel pack 26, while the viscous fluid is circulated back to surface via the cross-over sub assembly and the annulus formed between liner 12 and the wellbore wall or casing 6.
- the crossover sub assembly will not be described in more detail since it does not form part of the invention, and since it is a well known tool for completing wellbores .
- the production packer 18 is installed between the liner 12 and the lower end of casing 6 after the gravel pack 26 has been placed in the wellbore 1. Although it is aimed that the gravel pack 26 occupies the entire annular space between the liner part 20 and the wall of the open-hole section 8, it has proved difficult, or even impossible, to fill the entire annular space with gravel pack particles. The problem is more pronounced in horizontal, or inclined, wellbore sections where the particles have a tendency due to gravity to fall to the lower side of the wellbore section. Thus, in the present instance of substantially horizontal open- hole section 8, it is almost inevitable that the flow passage 30 remains between the volume of gravel pack particles 26 and the wellbore wall.
- the gravel pack 26 divides the open-hole section 8 in compartments which prevent free flow of fluid and rock particles through the open-hole section 8 in longitudinal direction thereof .
- sand particles from the rock formation can only locally flow into the gravel pack 26 rather than flowing along the whole length thereof as in the prior art. It is thereby achieved that any negative effect on the permeability of the gravel pack 26 as a result of such inflow of sand particles, is confined to local spots of the gravel pack. Oil from the reservoir zone 10 flows through the gravel pack 26 into the openings or slots 23 and from there through the liner 12 to surface.
- the method of the invention also enables better placement of treatment fluid in the open-hole section 8 of the wellbore. For example, if such fluid is pumped via the liner 12 and the openings 23 into the open-hole section 8, the fluid can no longer freely flow in longitudinal direction through the open-hole section 8 by virtue of the compartments formed in the gravel pack 26. This allows the treatment fluid to be placed more accurately in the open-hole section 8. In an exemplary application, it may be desired to shut-off a selected portion of the open-hole section 8 if after some time of continued oil production, formation water starts flowing into such portion of the open-hole section 8.
- a treatment fluid that substantially reduces, or eliminates, the permeability of the gravel pack 26 is then pumped via production liner 12 and openings 23 into the gravel pack 26 at the selected location. Due to the compartments formed in the gravel pack 26, the treatment cannot freely flow in longitudinal direction through the open-hole section 8, so that the treatment fluid can be accurately placed at the desired location of the gravel pack 26. As a result, only the desired portion of the open-hole section 8 is shut-off while other portions of the open- hole section 8 remain unaffected by the treatment fluid.
- particles of swellable material susceptible of swelling upon contact with water and/or oil are intermixed with the particulate material of the gravel pack.
- Such particles of swellable material are made of one or more of the swellable elastomers described hereinbefore.
- the elastomer particles can be mixed into the gravel pack slurry at surface and pumped with the slurry into the wellbore section.
- the gravel pack slurry can be pumped first into the wellbore, whereafter the elastomer particles are pumped into the gravel pack.
- the elastomer particles start swelling.
- the volume of the combined gravel pack particles and elastomer particles increases so that the volume is pushed into the flow passage which thereby gradually becomes blocked and eventually completely vanishes.
- injected fluid such as treatment fluid
- sand particles from the formation can no longer bypass the gravel pack.
- the body of swellable material or the swellable particles swell by contact with oil or water from the earth formation.
- swelling of the swellable body or the swellable particles also can be triggered by inducing the selected fluid to flow from surface into the borehole, for example by pumping oil or water into the borehole to contact the body of swellable material or the swellable particles.
- the procedure described hereinbefore, whereby a slurry of gravel pack particles and a viscous fluid is pumped into the wellbore includes applications whereby the gravel particles not only are pumped into the open-hole section of the wellbore, but also into fractures of the earth formation which are in communication with the wellbore. Such applications are sometimes referred to as "Frac & Pack" .
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