WO2019042755A1 - Appareil pour la spallation thermique d'un trou de forage - Google Patents

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WO2019042755A1
WO2019042755A1 PCT/EP2018/071931 EP2018071931W WO2019042755A1 WO 2019042755 A1 WO2019042755 A1 WO 2019042755A1 EP 2018071931 W EP2018071931 W EP 2018071931W WO 2019042755 A1 WO2019042755 A1 WO 2019042755A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
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    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
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    • E21B33/10—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells in the borehole
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B33/00—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells
    • E21B33/10—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells in the borehole
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    • E21B33/127—Packers; Plugs with inflatable sleeve
    • E21B33/1277—Packers; Plugs with inflatable sleeve characterised by the construction or fixation of the sleeve
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B33/00—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells
    • E21B33/10—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells in the borehole
    • E21B33/12—Packers; Plugs
    • E21B33/128—Packers; Plugs with a member expanded radially by axial pressure
    • E21B33/1285—Packers; Plugs with a member expanded radially by axial pressure by fluid pressure
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/18—Drilling by liquid or gas jets, with or without entrained pellets
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/28—Enlarging drilled holes, e.g. by counterboring

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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for thermal spallation of a borehole and a method of using the same.
  • Deep wells for geothermal or oil and gas purposes require intensive financial efforts. Nevertheless, the failure rate of e.g. a geothermal well lays at around 25%.
  • One major issue is the insufficient access to fractures, which can be directly used for heat production or oil/gas extraction or further enhanced via hydraulic stimulation. Due to near well bore impedances (e.g. clogging of the fractures by drilling mud), insufficient access to naturally existing fractures or an unfavorably located well end, insufficient fluid can be transported through the open fractures making the well unproductive.
  • Formation damage can be recovered by hydraulic stimulation.
  • high pressure water is injected in the borehole and fractures are re-opened or newly created (Reinicke et al., Hydraulic fracturing stimulation techniques and formation damage mechanism, 2010, Chemie der Erde 70, S3, 107-1 17).
  • the direction and extension of the created fracture network in the formation are not precisely controllable. Therefore, it is challenging to correctly establish a new fracture network beyond the damage zone, connecting the injection and production boreholes. Further, the occurring induced seismicity hampers the use of hydraulic stimulation methods to recover near wellbore impedance.
  • Hydraulic radial jetting is another method to recover unproductive wells which uses a high- pressure water jet to enlarge the borehole diameter or to drill multilaterals into the formation.
  • This technology works well in rather soft formations as sandstones, bentonite, clay or silt. Therefore, it is used in the oil and gas industry where the target formation often consists of the mentioned rock types.
  • the technology outperforms in hard rock formations such as granite or basalt, which are encountered in geothermal systems and also in new oil and gas resources.
  • Hydraulic radial jetting destroys the rock, due to high pressure impact of the water jet (potentially enhanced by adding abrasive or acidic materials into the jet).
  • radial jetting uses the thermal spallation effect, which has shown its efficiency for hard rock formations (Kant et al., Thermal Spallation Drilling - an Alternative Drilling Technology for Hard Rock Drilling, Oil Gas European Magazine, 2017).
  • Perforation guns make use of radially placed-explosive charges to blast holes in the casing and the cement, up to several centimeters in the formation.
  • the penetration is due to the high impact energy exerted on the targeted material by the jet (Lawerence et al., Effect of Perforation Job on Formation Damage; Journal of Engineering Research & Technology 2013, 2-10).
  • the export mechanism is high pressure-impact based, the resulting rock material shows permeability reductions, implying reduced wellbore productivity.
  • Thermal borehole enlargement is a technique, which increases the well diameter by utilizing the thermal spallation process to excavate rock on the sidewalls of an existing borehole.
  • One or multiple nozzles are placed at the circumference of a burner assembly, creating a hot fluid jet. If this hot fluid jet impinges on the rock, high thermal stresses are induced, which lead to the disintegration of the rock surface.
  • these flame nozzles can be placed freely around the surface of the burner and a rotation of the system around its axis is possible, a nearly arbitrary geometry of the enlarged borehole, as e.g. slots, notches or complete hole openings, can be created with this technology.
  • Thermal spallation can be used to locally increase the well diameter by a factor of 3-4. Additionally providing an arbitrary borehole geometry as e.g. slots, notches or complete hole opening, which would further enhance the following hydraulic stimulation process. With the resulting borehole geometry, formation damage is reduced, more natural fractures can be accessed and lower pressure rates of the injection fluid would be required during the stimulation phase, making the process more safe and less cost demanding.
  • Thermal spallation allows to precisely define the enlargement shape, orientation and radial depth in the sidewalls of the borehole, therewith ensuring the complete recovery of the damaged section and reducing the stimulation efforts.
  • one of the problems associated with the use of thermal spallation for enlarging a borehole is maintaining a hot environment in the distal cutting region of the borehole, while keeping the relatively cold liquids or fluids in the proximal region of the borehole.
  • One approach for separating the hot distal end of the borehole from the colder proximal end of the borehole is the use of a suitable barrier system that prevents the flow from the cold fluid from the proximal end of the borehole into the hot distal borehole end.
  • a suitable barrier system can comprise one or more rigid elements as part of a packer system.
  • the disadvantage of such a rigid packer system is however, that it cannot adapt to changing borehole geometries, causing for example drastic pressure increases in the borehole.
  • an apparatus for thermal spallation of a borehole comprises a proximal region with a borehole fluid with a pressure pH2o, and a distal region filled with a fluid, in particular filled with an exhaust gas with a pressure p gas ,out.
  • the apparatus according to the invention comprises
  • - at least one section with a thermal spallation system having a predetermined weight adapted for insertion down into the distal region of the borehole
  • - at least one barrier section comprising at least one element that is designed to form a barrier (when inserted into the borehole) between the distal region of the borehole filled with the fluid, in particular gas, and the proximal region of the borehole filled with the borehole fluid and that is arranged adjacent to the at least one section with the thermal spallation system
  • the apparatus is characterized in that the at least one element, forming a barrier between the distal and proximal regions, is designed to adapt in a dynamic manner to changing pressure PH2O of the borehole fluid in the proximal region and/or to changing pressure p gas favourout of the fluid, in particular gas, in the distal region of the borehole such that a flow of the borehole fluid from the proximal region of the borehole towards the distal end of the borehole is prevented, and/or a pressure accumulation of the fluid, in particular gas, in the distal region beyond a certain pressure threshold, which corresponds to the weight of the section with the thermal spallation system, is prevented.
  • the barrier forming element of the present apparatus allows a dynamic adaptation of the pressure in the borehole, depending on the pressure built up within the borehole.
  • the barrier forming element prevents a flow of the borehole fluid from the colder proximal region of the borehole into the hotter distal region of the borehole.
  • the barrier forming element forms a bypass path adapted to allow material from the distal end of the borehole to penetrate into the proximal region of the borehole.
  • the material that may bypass the barrier forming element may comprise at least one of an output of the thermal spallation jet nozzle and material excavated from the borehole, such as rock materials or a gas or fluid containing drilling mud, water, chemical additive, foaming agent, buffer, etc..
  • the thermal spallation section may comprise, in a conventional manner, a combustion chamber for providing hot gases (obtained from igniting one or more reactant gases in the presence of an oxidizer, such as air) for thermal spallation, and the corresponding nozzles for emitting the jet of hot gases.
  • a combustion chamber for providing hot gases (obtained from igniting one or more reactant gases in the presence of an oxidizer, such as air) for thermal spallation, and the corresponding nozzles for emitting the jet of hot gases.
  • the at least one element, forming a barrier between the distal region and the proximal region comprises a system that adapts the width d of a gap formed between said element and the wall of the borehole, depending on the pressure.
  • a system may also be described as an adaptable packer.
  • the width d of the gap is adjusted such that it is small enough to prevent any flow of the borehole fluid from the proximal region of the borehole towards the distal end of the borehole, and/or the width d of the gap is adjusted such that it is large enough to prevent a pressure accumulation of the gas in the distal region beyond a certain pressure threshold, which corresponds to the weight of the section with the thermal spallation system.
  • the gap width d between the at least one element forming a barrier between the distal and proximal borehole region and the borehole wall is reduced in case the pressure pH2o of the borehole fluid in the proximal borehole region increases.
  • the gap width d between the at least one element, forming a barrier between the distal and proximal borehole region and the borehole wall is enlarged in case the pressure p ga s,out of the gas in the distal borehole region increases.
  • such an adaptable (packer) system avoids water penetration from the proximal borehole region into the enlargement zone in the distal end of the borehole, by creating a small, adjustable gap between its circumference and the borehole wall. Due to the small gap, the combustion products are accelerated until they push out the water by fulfilling a counter-current flow limitation (CCFL) condition. Thereby, the packer can adapt the size of the gap to avoid high pressure accumulations and to provide a sufficiently small gap.
  • CCFL counter-current flow limitation
  • the at least one element forming a barrier between the distal and proximal borehole region comprises at least one ring element that is designed to move in response to any pressure changes and which is operatively connected to at least one barrier supporting structure.
  • the shape of the ring element can be adapted for different configurations and can assume different shapes.
  • the at least one ring element is designed to move axially downwards when the pressure pH2o of the borehole fluid increases and simultaneously pushes the at least one barrier supporting structure towards the borehole wall, thereby reducing the gap width d.
  • the gap widths for different water pressures are exemplarily calculated in the example section.
  • the at least one ring element is designed to move axially upwards when the pressure p gas ,out in the distal borehole region increases and simultaneously retracts the at least one barrier supporting structure away from the borehole wall, thereby enlarging the gap width d.
  • the barrier supporting structure interacts with the moveable ring element such that depending on the position of the movable ring element, the barrier supporting structure widens or reduces the gap between the barrier section and the borehole wall.
  • the at least one barrier supporting structure is made of a flexible, high temperature resistant material, for example a corrugated metal hose.
  • the material of the barrier supporting structure should be flexible enough to adapt to different pressures but robust enough to withstand the hot corrosive environment.
  • the geometry of the barrier supporting structure can vary.
  • the barrier supporting structure is a U shaped element with a flange-like edge.
  • the bulge of the element points towards the borehole wall.
  • One edge of the U-shaped element that points towards the proximal end is operatively connected to the movable ring element.
  • This ring element consists of at least two opposing surfaces.
  • a volume below one surface of the ring element is in contact with the fluid inside the barrier system, by e.g. several holes in the structure of the system.
  • the volume opposite to the first mentioned surface of the ring element is in contact with the borehole fluids.
  • the gap between the ring element and the structure of the barrier system, separating the air and borehole fluid volume is sealed by e.g. an O-ring.
  • the ring element can move axially by a specified distance, whereas its movement is restricted in any other direction.
  • the volume inside the barrier supporting structure is sealed from the fluid inside the barrier system and from the borehole fluids.
  • the working principle of the adaptable (packer) system is based on the high momentum of the combustion gases (or any other fluid or gas), when they flow through the gap between the barrier element and the borehole wall, which prevents water from flowing in the counter direction.
  • This phenomenon has been extensively investigated as the counter-current flow limitation (CCFL).
  • CCFL counter-current flow limitation
  • the at least one element forming a barrier between the distal region and the proximal region comprises a system that is designed to create an air shield between the barrier section of the apparatus and the borehole wall.
  • a system may also be described as an air shield packer.
  • An air-shield packer keeps the borehole fluids out of the distal borehole zone by providing fluid- jets using, for example, part of the oxidizer, such as air, supplied inside the apparatus for combustion with further reactants (see also below).
  • These fluid-jets have a sufficiently high momentum to penetrate into the water zone until they reach the borehole wall. Therewith, they create a barrier between packer and borehole wall, which the water cannot penetrate. Due to the flexibility of the length of these fluid-jets, the packer system can adapt to irregular borehole geometries such as breakouts. Additionally, non-return valves are integrated into each fluid nozzle with the aim of preventing an inflow of formation fluids into the packer.
  • the air shield is generated by a fluid jet emitted by a plurality of nozzles spaced circumferentially around the central axis of the apparatus.
  • the barrier between the distal and the proximal region of the borehole is adjusted by the penetration length x p of the fluid-jets.
  • the thermal spallation system used in combination with each of the barrier element variants, comprises at least one combustion chamber with at least one igniter.
  • the oxidizer is mixed with one or two reactants and is ignited thereby generating the hot gases used for the thermal spallation process.
  • the one or more reactants such as hydrocarbons e.g.
  • methane, hydrogen, air, oxygen, hydrogen peroxide, hybergolic fuels e.g. unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) with N 2 C are supplied to the combustion chamber by means of at least one tubing assembly.
  • Said tubing assembly may comprise at least one line for transporting at least one reactant through the proximal section to the at least one combustion chamber in the distal section. There may be one line or two lines depending on the number of reactants supplied.
  • the oxidizer such as air
  • the oxidizer is supplied from the proximal end of the apparatus through the barrier section into the combustion chamber.
  • the oxidizer such as air
  • the oxidizer is guided through the hollow space within the apparatus from the proximal end into the combustion chamber.
  • the oxidizer may also be guided through a tubing system. Both variants are additionally connected to the described control volume below the ring element.
  • the hollow space may comprise also tubing systems for at least one reactant, such as methane, cooling water and cables for igniter and sensors. It is furthermore preferred, if the at least one thermal spallation system comprises at least one cooling system, surrounding the at least one combustion chamber.
  • the cooling fluid preferably cooling water, is supplied through one line from the proximal end of the apparatus.
  • the thermal spallation system that is used in combination with each of the barrier element variants comprises furthermore at least one or multiple nozzles forming a jetting area for thermal spallation.
  • a plurality of nozzles may be spaced circumferentially around the central axis of the apparatus to emit a jet of hot gases having a directional component that is radial or perpendicular with respect to said central axis, in order to create the desired bore hole enlargement geometry
  • the jet system may also comprise one or more rotating nozzles.
  • the nozzle rotates around the main axis of the apparatus.
  • the rotation of the nozzle assembly around the main axis of the apparatus can be established by the momentum of the combustion gases, exiting through a radially angled nozzle.
  • the rotating nozzle is connected to the remaining structure of the burner by a bearing system (plain or roller bearing), enhancing the rotation. Due to the constant rotation of the nozzle, a rotationally symmetrical and homogenous geometry along the sidewalls of the bore hole is excavated.
  • the hot reacted gas may exit the thermal spallation jet nozzle at a temperature of up to 2000 °C with sub- or supersonic velocities.
  • Different sensors integrated into the thermal spallation system measure the nozzle temperature and indicate if the borehole fluids could be removed from the treatment zone.
  • the hot reacted gas may exit the thermal spallation jet nozzle at a temperature higher than 1000 , preferably higher than 1300 ⁇ € at a flow rate lower than 50 g / second, preferably lower than 20 g/second.
  • the output of the thermal spallation jet nozzle and the material excavated from the borehole creates a dynamic pressure.
  • the apparatus as described above may be used in a thermal spallation process (or enlargement process).
  • the apparatus may be used in a process for enlarging a borehole by thermal spallation comprising the steps of:
  • Figure 1 a schematic illustration of the thermal spallation (jetting) process
  • FIG. 2A a schematic illustration of a first embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention
  • Figure 2B an enlargement of a section of the first embodiment shown in Fig. 2A;
  • Figure 3A a schematic illustration of a second embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention
  • Figure 3B an enlargement of a section of the first embodiment shown in Fig. 3A.
  • the thermal spallation process (or thermal enlargement process) is conducted as illustrated in Fig. 1 .
  • step 1 The bottom part of the apparatus (or bottom hole assembly BHA), comprising the at least one section with a thermal spallation system and the at least one barrier section is tripped down into the well until the interval to be enlarged is reached.
  • step 2 The targeted region in the production zone is sealed off from the rest of the borehole with the barrier or packer system.
  • the borehole fluids are then removed from the spallation zone by pumping air through the thermal spallation apparatus, as entrainment of the high density aqueous fluids into the hot flame jet will lead to quenching and therefore to a short, cold exhaust jet with insufficient treatment power.
  • step 3 As a next step, the thermal spallation system is driven up by starting the flow of reactants and initiating their combustion, commencing the radial jetting process. The combustion of the reactants is started, creating one or more hot-fluid jets, which impinge on the sidewall of the borehole, initiating the thermal spallation process.
  • step 4 During excavation at the borehole wall, the device is moved axially or rotated around the borehole axis to create the desired enlargement geometry.
  • the turning can be initiated from the surface with a drill rig, with a downhole motor or with a self-propelling nozzle.
  • step 5 After the process is finished, the whole apparatus is removed. The outcome is an enlarged borehole section of arbitrary shape in the production zone of the well. The enlargement process can be repeated in other sections of the well or the BHA is retrieved to the surface.
  • a suitable bottom hole assembly consisting of a section with a thermal spallation system (burner) and a barrier section (packer system), is required as depicted in Figure 2A.
  • the complete system is firstly lowered into the borehole 1 .
  • the oxidizer 2 for example air
  • the pressure p gas in is mixed with one or more reactants 3 (for example methane) and ignited by an igniter 4 in a combustion chamber 5.
  • reactants 3 for example methane
  • the combustion chamber 5 is cooled by circulating water or drilling mud in the surrounding mantle 6. After cooling, the water is ejected into the annulus between packer and borehole to flush up the produced cuttings. After combustion, the product gases are accelerated and radially deviated through one or multiple nozzles 7, with a fixed position or rotating, due to the momentum of the combustion gases, exiting through a radially angled nozzle.
  • the hot jet which impinges on the sidewalls of the borehole, induces the thermal spallation effect and creates the required borehole enlargement shape 8.
  • the exhaust gases are then forced out of the treatment zone 9 and through a barrier system or packer system 10. This ensures that the borehole fluids 1 1 are removed from the enlargement zone 9 and kept above the barrier system 10, as entrainment of the high density aqueous fluids into the low dense setting of the flame jet will lead to a short, cold exhaust jet with insufficient treatment power.
  • the embodiment of the apparatus shown in Figure 2A comprises an adaptable barrier system (or adaptable packer system), which is illustrated in more detail in Figure 2B.
  • the adaptable packer system of Figure 2B avoids borehole fluid 1 1 penetration in the enlargement zone 9, by creating a small, adjustable gap 10a between its circumference and the borehole wall 1 . Due to the small gap 10a, the combustion gases are accelerated until they push out the water by fulfilling a CCFL condition. Thereby, the packer can adapt the size of the gap to avoid high pressure accumulations and to provide a sufficiently small gap to enable the CCFL condition.
  • the adaptable packer system of Figure 2B comprises a barrier forming element in form of a ring element 12.
  • This ring element 12 consists of at least two opposing surfaces 12a, 12b.
  • a volume below one surface 12a of the ring element 12 is in contact with the fluid 2 inside the barrier system, by e.g. several holes in the structure of the system.
  • the volume 12b opposite to the first mentioned surface of the ring element 12 is in contact with the borehole fluids 1 1 .
  • the gap between ring element 12 and the structure of the barrier system, separating the air and borehole fluid volume is sealed by e.g. an O-ring.
  • the ring element can move axially a specified distance, whereas its movement is restricted in any other direction.
  • the volume inside the barrier supporting structure is sealed from the fluid inside the barrier system and from the borehole fluids.
  • Ring element 12 is operatively connected to an U-shaped metallic element.
  • the ring element 12 is designed to move in response to any pressure changes. In one example, the ring element 12 moves axially downwards when the pressure PH 20 of the borehole fluid increases and simultaneously pushes the metallic element towards the borehole wall thereby reducing the gap width d.
  • the ring element 12 moves axially upwards when the pressure p in the distal borehole region increases and simultaneously retracts the metallic element away from the borehole wall thereby enlarging the gap width d.
  • the metallic element interacts with the moveable ring element 12 such that depending on the position of the movable ring element 1 2, the metallic element widens or reduces the gap between the packer system and the borehole wall.
  • the regulation relies on a self-adaptable mechanism, which will be described in the following.
  • Pressure p and pressure p interact with each other such that if the pressure p in the distal borehole region increases, a back pressure on the pressure p inside the apparatus is created. Thus, the higher p the higher p or vice versa.
  • the pressure acts on the ring element of the adaptable system, causing an according radial contraction or widening of the barrier support structure. The gap is reduced or enlarged depending on the pressure (see also below).
  • ⁇ is a positive empirical parameter
  • p the density of the combustion gases
  • m the mass flow of combustion gases
  • r bore the borehole radius
  • the Ap value is controlled by changing the radius of the barrier support structure or packer r pack , increasing or decreasing the area between the packer and the borehole wall. Thereby, the radius regulates itself by the occurring pressure differences at the ring element.
  • any overpressure or underpressure at one of the two sides is accounted for by an according axial movement of the ring element, re-establishing the equilibrium between the two phases.
  • two opposite operating conditions may be distinguished.
  • the air pressure increases, the higher force acting below the ring element leads to its upwards movement and therefore a decrease of the packer radius, which reduces the pressure drop Ap, releasing the overpressure.
  • the ring element is pushed down, leading to a smaller annular gap, which can still enable the required CCFL condition.
  • the embodiment of the apparatus shown in Figure 3A and Figure 3B has a similar design of the thermal spallation section but differs in the design of the barrier section.
  • the barrier section (or packer system) is designed in form of an air-shield.
  • the packer includes several nozzles 15 placed at the circumference of the packer. A part of the oxidizer inside the packer 3, flows through the nozzles 15 and creates several fluid-jets.
  • the packer system can adapt to irregular borehole geometries, such as breakouts. Additionally, non-return valves are integrated into each nozzle with the aim of preventing an inflow of formation fluids into the packer.
  • the nozzle velocity is a function of the pressure difference between the fluid in the packer and the borehole fluids and the occurring pressure drop along the nozzle.
  • an appropriate nozzle diameter has to be selected or the pressure drop in the burner system has to be adjusted.
  • the penetration length has to be larger than the gap between borehole wall and packer circumference to ensure a functioning fluid-barrier. If a larger penetration length is provided, the fluid-barrier can compensate for sudden changes in the distance between borehole wall and packer circumference, caused by e.g. breakouts.
  • the gap area can be calculated for the two water pressure values:

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La présente invention concerne un appareil pour la spallation thermique d'un trou de forage, le trou de forage comprenant une région proximale avec un fluide de trou de forage ayant une pression pH2O, et une région distale remplie d'un fluide, en particulier remplie d'un gaz d'échappement, ayant une pression pgas,out. L'appareil comprend au moins une section avec un système de spallation thermique ayant un poids prédéterminé conçu pour être inséré dans la région distale du trou de forage, et au moins une section de barrière, comprenant au moins un élément qui est conçu pour former une barrière entre la région distale du trou de forage remplie d'un gaz et la région proximale du trou de forage remplie du fluide de trou de forage, et qui est disposé de manière adjacente à l'au moins une section avec le système de spallation thermique. L'au moins un élément, formant une barrière entre la région distale et la région proximale, est conçu pour s'adapter de manière dynamique aux variations de pression pH2O du fluide de forage dans la région proximale et/ou aux variations de pression pgas,out du fluide, en particulier du gaz dans la région distale du trou de forage de telle sorte qu'un écoulement du fluide de trou de forage à partir de la région proximale du trou de forage vers l'extrémité distale du trou de forage est empêché, et/ou une accumulation de pression du fluide, en particulier du gaz dans la région distale au-delà d'un certain seuil de pression, qui correspond au poids de la section avec le système de spallation thermique, est empêchée.
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