Plugging agent for improving formation bearing capacity and preparation method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10017679-B1
Application number	US-201715858711-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Dec 29, 2017
Priority date	Nov 7, 2017
Publication date	Jul 10, 2018
Grant date	Jul 10, 2018

Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of reagents for oil and gas wells, and discloses a plugging agent for improving bearing capacity and a preparation method of the plugging agent, wherein, the plugging agent contains water, bridging granules, packing granules, and a cementing material, and, based on 100 parts by weight of water, the content of the bridging granules is 3-15 parts by weight, the content of the packing granules is 5-23 parts by weight, and the content of the cementing material is 4-11 parts by weight. The plugging agent in the present invention can improve the bearing capacity of the formation during well plugging, is applicable to shielded temporary plugging against serious leakage loss during extra-deep well drilling, has efficient and quick plugging performance, and is especially applicable to plugging against serious leakage loss in a formation where the well depth is greater than 3,000 m and conventional plugging agents can't attain a satisfactory plugging effect.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A plugging agent comprising water, bridging granules, packing granules, a cementing material, and barite mixture of barite A and barite B, wherein, based on 100 parts by weight of the water, the amount of the bridging granules is 3-15 parts by weight, the amount of the packing granules is 5-23 parts by weight, and the amount of the cementing material is 4-11 parts by weight,
wherein the bridging granules are selected from quartz sand A, quartz sand B, and combinations thereof,
wherein the packing granules are selected from walnut shells, oyster shells, nuts, and combinations thereof,
wherein based on 100 parts by weight of barite, the amount of barite A is 50-70 parts by weight, and the amount of barite B is 30-50 parts by weight with the granule size of the barite A is 25-38 μm, and the granule size of the barite B is 0.5-1 μm.

2. The plugging agent according to claim 1 , wherein the amount of the bridging granules is 5-12 parts by weight, the amount of the packing granules is 10-20 parts by weight, and the amount of the cementing material is 5-10 parts by weight.

3. The plugging agent according to claim 2 , wherein the amount of the bridging granules is 8-10 parts by weight, the amount of the packing granules is 14-16 parts by weight, and the amount of the cementing material is 8-9 parts by weight.

4. The plugging agent according to claim 1 wherein the bridging granules are a mixture of quartz sand A and quartz sand B, and, based on 100 parts by weight of bridging granules, the amount of the quartz sand A is 30-50 parts by weight, and the amount of the quartz sand B is 50-70 parts by weight.

5. The plugging agent according to claim 4 , wherein the granule size of the quartz sand A is 58-75 μm, and the granule size of the quartz sand B is 18-25 μm.

6. The plugging agent according to claim 1 , wherein the granule size of the walnut shells is 3-12 m; the granule size of the oyster shells is 8-17 m; the granule size of the nuts is 10-19 m.

7. The plugging agent according to claim 1 , wherein the cementing material is a material having three-dimensional mesh structures, which is formed by mixing and processing a fiber material and a bio-gum.

8. The plugging agent according to claim 7 , wherein the bio-gum is xanthan gum; the fiber material is one or more of natural fiber material, inorganic fiber material, and synthetic fiber material.

9. A method for preparing a plugging agent according to claim 1 , comprising: mixing water with bridging granules, packing granules, and cementing material sequentially while stirring.

10. The method according to claim 9 further comprising mixing the barite sequentially while stirring.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein stirring is performed at 7,000-10,000 rpm.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein stirring is performed at 8,000-9,000 rpm.

Assignees

• Univ Southwest Petroleum

Inventors

• Luo Pingya
• Liang Dachuan
• Wang Pingquan
• Deng Mingyi
• Huang Jinjun
• Bai Yang

Classifications

• C04B22/10

  containing carbon in the anion, e.g. carbonates · CPC title

• C09K8/426 Primary

  for plugging · CPC title

• C04B24/34

  Natural resins, e.g. rosin {(C04B24/243 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• C09K2208/08

  Fiber-containing well treatment fluids · CPC title

• C04B20/0048

  Fibrous materials · CPC title