Method for lowering oil pipe in gas well without well-killing, soluble bridge plug and material preparation method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11313192-B2
Application number	US-201816607068-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 4, 2018
Priority date	Nov 8, 2017
Publication date	Apr 26, 2022
Grant date	Apr 26, 2022

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method for lowering an oil pipe in a gas well without well-killing, a soluble bridge plug and a material preparation method thereof, wherein, the method comprises the steps of: lowering a bridge plug in a wellbore such that the bridge plug blocks the wellbore at a predetermined location in the wellbore; injecting water in the wellbore after the pressure in the wellbore has been relieved so as to replace gases in the wellbore; and lowering an oil pipe in the wellbore to the location of the bridge plug. The method for lowering an oil pipe in a gas well without well-killing, the soluble bridge plug and the material preparation method thereof provided in the present invention successfully solve the problem of high cost for lowering an oil pipe under pressure after a fracturing fluid has been injected into the casing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of lowering an oil pipe in a gas well without well-killing, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
lowering a bridge plug in a wellbore such that the bridge plug blocks the wellbore at a predetermined location in the wellbore, wherein the bridge plug is a soluble bridge plug and the soluble bridge plug is made of an Mg—Al—Zn—Sn alloy material;
injecting water in the wellbore after pressure in the wellbore has been relieved so as to replace gases in the wellbore; and

lowering an oil pipe in the wellbore to the location of the bridge plug.

2. The method of lowering an oil pipe in a gas well without well-killing according to claim 1 , wherein the bridge plug is lowered to the predetermined location in the wellbore in an under-pressure condition by means of a cable, a setting mechanism connected to the cable is connected above the bridge plug, and the setting mechanism is controlled by the cable to push the bridge plug to block the wellbore.

3. The method of lowering an oil pipe in a gas well without well-killing according to claim 2 , wherein, when lowering the bridge plug, pressure is applied from outside the well into the wellbore to push the bridge plug to move until the bridge plug reaches the predetermined location, and the setting mechanism is controlled by the cable to push the bridge plug to block the wellbore after the pressure application from outside the well to the wellbore has been stopped.

4. The method of lowering an oil pipe in a gas well without well-killing according to claim 1 , wherein, water is injected into the wellbore to replace gases therein after pressure in the wellbore has been relieved to be balanced with atmospheric pressure.

5. The method of lowering an oil pipe in a gas well without well-killing according to claim 1 , wherein a depth position of the predetermined location is higher than a top end of a fracturing perforation section.

6. The method of lowering an oil pipe in a gas well without well-killing according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises: injecting a bridge plug dissolving solution through the oil pipe to dissolve the soluble bridge plug after the oil pipe has been lowered to the location of the bridge plug.

7. The method of lowering an oil pipe in a gas well without well-killing according to claim 6 , wherein the bridge plug dissolving solution is formed by one or a mixture of several of an acidic salt buffer solution, a glutamic acid-hydrochloric acid buffer solution, an acetic acid-sodium acetate buffer solution and a citric acid-sodium citrate buffer solution.

8. The method of lowering an oil pipe in a gas well without well-killing according to claim 7 , wherein the acidic salt buffer solution is a sodium bicarbonate solution, a potassium bicarbonate solution or a sodium bisulfate solution.

9. The method of lowering an oil pipe in a gas well without well-killing according to claim 8 , wherein the addition amount of acidic salt is 0.05-0.4 mol/L.

10. The method of lowering an oil pipe in a gas well without well-killing according to claim 7 , wherein the respective addition amount of glutamic acid-hydrochloric acid, acetic acid-sodium acetate and citric acid-sodium citrate is 0.1-0.3 mol/L.

Assignees

• Petrochina Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Xianwen
• Han Qiaorong
• Zhang Yanming
• Ma Xu
• Ma Zhanguo
• Hu Yangming
• Zhou Changjing
• Xiao Yuanxiang
• Shi Huaqiang
• Chen Baochun
• Gu Yonghong
• Wen Xiaoyong
• Lai Xuan'Ang
• Ding Yong
• Ye Liang
• Zhao Qianyun
• Ma Xinxing
• Wang Yajuan
• Bi man
• Shi Hua
• He Mingfang
• Liu Xiaorui
• Gao Wei
• Li Hongying
• Ling Yun
• Hao Ruifen
• Shen Lei
• Su Guohui
• Zhou Shaowei
• Li Shusheng
• Li Zhe

Classifications

• C22C1/03 Primary

  using master alloys · CPC title

• E21B33/1293

  with means for anchoring against downward and upward movement (E21B33/1291, E21B33/1295 take precedence) · CPC title

• C22C1/026

  Alloys based on aluminium · CPC title

• C22C21/06

  with magnesium as the next major constituent · CPC title

• E21B33/134

  Bridging plugs · CPC title