Environment-friendly high-temperature resistant water-based drilling fluid plugging anti-sloughing agent, preparation method thereof and the water-based drilling fluid

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11072738-B2
Application number	US-202017015903-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 9, 2020
Priority date	Dec 20, 2019
Publication date	Jul 27, 2021
Grant date	Jul 27, 2021

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a preparation method of an environment-friendly high-temperature resistant water-based drilling fluid plugging anti-sloughing agent, the preparation method comprises the following steps: mixing and emulsifying a styrene monomer, an acrylic monomer and an emulsifier MS-1 aqueous solution to prepare a pre-polymerization emulsion; dispersing hydrophilic monomer, cationic monomer and an emulsifier MS-1 in water, adjusting the pH to be within a range of 6.5-8.5, then adding mixed monomers of the styrene monomer and acrylic monomer to blend and emulsify to prepare a post-polymerization emulsion; adding a first cross-linking agent and a first initiator into the pre-polymerization emulsion, uniformly dispersing the mixture and carrying out reaction; subsequently dropwise adding the post-polymerization emulsion, adding a second cross-linking agent and a second initiator, uniformly dispersing the mixture and then continuously carrying out reaction, drying and crushing the reaction product to prepare the plugging anti-sloughing agent.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A preparation method of an environment-friendly high-temperature resistant water-based drilling fluid plugging anti-sloughing agent, comprising:
(1) mixing a styrene monomer and an acrylic monomer to obtain a mixed monomer; then blending and emulsifying the mixed monomer and an emulsifier in an aqueous solution to prepare a pre-polymerization emulsion; the mass content of the acrylic monomer in the mixed monomer is 20-30%; the mass concentration of the emulsifier aqueous solution is 1-3%; the mass concentration of the mixed monomer in the pre-polymerization emulsion is 10-30%;
(2) dispersing hydrophilic monomer, cationic monomer and the emulsifier in water to obtain an emulsion, and adjusting pH to be within a range of 6.5-8.5 to obtain a dispersion liquid; then adding the mixed monomers, blending and emulsifying the mixture to prepare a post-polymerization emulsion; the mass concentration of the hydrophilic monomer in the emulsion is 10-30%, the mass concentration of the cationic monomer is 0.5-3%, and the mass concentration of the emulsifier is 1-2%; the mass concentration of the mixed monomer in the post-polymerization emulsion is 20-35%; the volume ratio of the dispersion liquid to the mixed monomer is 3:1 to 6:1;
(3) adding a first cross-linking agent and a first initiator sequentially into the pre-polymerization emulsion obtained in the step (1), uniformly dispersing, and carrying out reaction at the temperature of 60-90° C. for 0.5-2 h; then dropwise adding the post-polymerization emulsion obtained in the step (2), adding a second cross-linking agent and a second initiator sequentially, uniformly dispersing and then continuously carrying out reaction at the temperature of 60-90° C. for 2-5 hours, drying and crushing the reaction product to prepare an environment-friendly high-temperature resistant water-based drilling fluid plugging anti-sloughing agent; the mass ratio of the chemical crosslinking agent to the silane coupling agent in the first crosslinking agent and the second crosslinking agent is 1:1 to 2:1; the mass of the first crosslinking agent is 0.2-0.5% of the mass of the mixed monomers in the pre-polymerization emulsion; the mass of the second cross-linking agent is 0.2-0.5% of the total mass of the monomers in the post-polymerization emulsion;
wherein the first cross-linking agent is a mixture of a chemical cross-linking agent and a silane coupling agent; the chemical cross-linking agent is N, N-methylene bisacrylamide or water-soluble phenolic resin; the silane coupling agent is one or more selected from the group consisting of γ-aminopropyltriethoxysilane, γ-(2,3-glycidoxy) propyltrimethoxysilane and γ-(2,3-glycidoxy) propyltrimethoxysilane; the second crosslinking agent is the same as the first crosslinking agent;
wherein the first initiator is one or more selected from the group consisting of ammonium persulfate, potassium persulfate and benzoyl peroxide; the second initiator is the same as the first initiator;
wherein the plugging anti-sloughing agent has a core-shell structure, a polymer with a high softening point synthesized with a specific monomer is used as a core, and a polymer synthesized with a specific monomer having strong hydrophilicity and strong adsorption is used as a shell.

2. The preparation method of claim 1 , wherein the step (1) comprises the following condition:
the styrene monomer is styrene and/or methyl styrene; the acrylic monomer is one or more selected from the group consisting of methyl methacrylate, methyl acrylate, butyl methacrylate, ethyl acrylate and stearyl acrylate.

3. The preparation method of claim 2 , wherein the styrenic monomer is styrene, and the acrylic monomer is methyl methacrylate.

4. The preparation method of claim 1 , wherein in the step (2), the hydrophilic monomer is two or more selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic Acid (AMPS) and acrylamide or a combination thereof; the cationic monomer is one or more selected from the group consisting of dimethyldiallylammonium chloride (DMDAAC), methacryloyloxyethyltrimethylammonium chloride (DMC) and acryloyloxyethyltrimethylammonium chloride (DAC) or a combination thereof.

5. The preparation method of claim 4 , wherein the hydrophilic monomer is a combination of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic Acid (AMPS) and acrylamide; the cationic monomer is dimethyldiallylammonium chloride (DMDAAC).

6. The preparation method of claim 1 , wherein the mass concentration of the hydrophilic monomer in the emulsion is 15-25%, and the mass concentration of the cationic monomer is 0.5-1%.

7. The preparation method of claim 1 , wherein the pH in step (2) is adjusted by using 25-35 wt % aqueous sodium hydroxide solution.

8. The preparation method of claim 1 , wherein in the step (3):
(a) the first cross-linking agent is a mixture of a chemical cross-linking agent and a silane coupling agent; the chemical cross-linking agent is N, N-methylene bisacrylamide or water-soluble phenolic resin; the silane coupling agent is one or more selected from the group consisting of γ-aminopropyltriethoxysilane, γ-(2,3-glycidoxy) propyltrimethoxysilane and γ-(2,3-glycidoxy) propyltrimethoxysilane; the second crosslinking agent is the same as the first crosslinking agent;
wherein the first initiator is one or more selected from the group consisting of ammonium persulfate, potassium persulfate and benzoyl peroxide; the second initiator is the same as the first initiator;
(b) the mass of the first initiator is 0.1-0.3% of the mass of the mixed monomers in the pre-polymerization emulsion; the mass of the second initiator is 0.1-0.3% of the total mass of the monomers in the post-polymerization emulsion;
(c) the mass ratio of the total mass of the monomers in the post-polymerization emulsion to the mixed monomers in the pre-polymerization emulsion is 1:1 to 2:1;
(d) the dropping speed is 4-6 mL/min;
(e) the drying temperature is 100-120° C., the mixture after being crushed is screened by a 100-mesh sieve.

9. The environment-friendly high-temperature resistant water-based drilling fluid plugging anti-sloughing agent obtained by the preparation method of claim 1 .

10. The plugging anti-sloughing agent of claim 9 , wherein the plugging anti-sloughing agent has a core-shell structure, a polymer with a high softening point synthesized with a specific monomer is used as a core, and a polymer synthesized with a specific monomer having strong hydrophilicity and strong adsorption is used as a shell.

11. The plugging anti-sloughing agent of claim 9 , wherein the core is a polystyrene/acrylic polymer.

12. The plugging anti-sloughing agent of claim 9 , wherein the surface of the plugging anti-sloughing agent contains hydrophilic groups.

13. The plugging anti-sloughing agent of claim 9 , wherein the surface of the plugging anti-sloughing agent contains amine groups, sulfonic acid groups or cationic groups.

14. A water-based drilling fluid, wherein the water-based drilling fluid comprises the aforementioned environment-friendly high-temperature resistant water-based drilling fluid plugging anti-sloughing agent of claim 9 .

15. The water-based drilling fluid of claim 14 , wherein the water-based drilling fluid comprises bentonite, a viscosity reducer, a filtrate loss reducer, an inhibitor, a lubricant and barite; the dosage of the bentonite is 15-20 g, the dosage of the plugging anti-sloughing agent is 7-10 g, the dosage of the viscosity reducer is 0.4-1.2 g, the dosage of the filtrate loss reducer is 4-6 g, the dosage of the inhibitor is 3-5 g; the dosage of the lub

Assignees

• Univ China Petroleum East China
• China Univ Of Petroleum East China Shandong China

Inventors

• Huang Xianbin
• Sun Jinsheng
• Lv Kaihe
• Liu Jingping
• Bai Yingrui
• Wang Jintang
• Jin Jiafeng

Classifications

• C09K8/035

  Organic additives · CPC title

• C09K8/426 Primary

  for plugging · CPC title

• C09K8/516

  characterised by their form or by the form of their components, e.g. encapsulated material · CPC title

• C09K8/512

  containing cross-linking agents · CPC title

• C09K8/44

  containing organic binders only · CPC title