Fiber silica composite microsphere for shale stratum, drilling fluid and preparation method and use thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11345841-B1
Application number	US-202117505362-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Oct 19, 2021
Priority date	Feb 22, 2021
Publication date	May 31, 2022
Grant date	May 31, 2022

Abstract

A fiber silica composite microsphere for a shale stratum comprises a hollow silica sphere and fibers, and the fibers are partially coated on an outer surface of the hollow silica sphere and partially embedded into an interior of the hollow silica sphere. The hollow silica sphere has an outer diameter of 1-5 μm and an inner diameter of 0.8-4.7 μm; the fibers have a length of 5-10 μm and a width of 1-3 μm.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fiber silica composite microsphere for a shale stratum comprising a hollow silica sphere and fibers, wherein the fibers are partially coated on an outer surface of the hollow silica sphere and partially embedded into an interior of the hollow silica sphere, wherein the hollow silica sphere has an inner diameter of 0.8-4.7 μm and an outer diameter of 1-5 μm; the fibers have a length of 5-10 μm and a width of 1-3 μm.

2. The fiber silica composite microsphere of claim 1 , wherein the hollow silica sphere has an inner diameter of 2.8-3.7 μm and an outer diameter of 3-4 μm; the fibers have a length of 5-8 μm and a width of 1-2 μm.

3. The fiber silica composite microspheres of claim 1 , wherein the fibers are one or more selected from the group consisting of polyester fibers, polyesteramine fibers, polypropylene fibers, and polytetrafluoroethylene fibers.

4. The fiber silica composite microsphere of claim 1 , wherein the hollow silica sphere is contained in an amount of 62-83 wt %, and the fibers are contained in an amount of 17-38 wt %, based on the total weight of the fiber silica composite microsphere.

5. The fiber silica composite microsphere of claim 1 , wherein the content of the fibers embedded into an interior of the hollow silica sphere is 4-16 wt %, based on the total weight of the fibers.

6. A drilling fluid for a shale stratum comprising the fiber silica composite microsphere for a shale stratum of claim 1 .

7. The drilling fluid of claim 6 , wherein the fiber silica composite microsphere is contained in an amount of 3-15 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the drilling fluid.

8. The drilling fluid of claim 6 , wherein the drilling fluid further comprises water, bentonite, sulfonated phenolic resin, sulfonated lignite and a weighting agent, and the content of the bentonite is 3-6 parts by weight, the content of the sulfonated phenolic resin is 8-12 parts by weight, the content of the sulfonated lignite is 8-12 parts by weight, and the content of the weighting agent is 30-40 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of water.

9. The drilling fluid of claim 6 , wherein a method for preparing the drilling fluid comprises the following steps:
(S1) contacting water with bentonite, sulfonated phenolic resin, sulfonated lignite and a weighting agent sequentially under the stirring condition to obtain a sulfonated drilling fluid system;
(S2) contacting the sulfonated drilling fluid system with the fiber silica composite microsphere of claim 1 , to obtain the drilling fluid for a shale stratum.

Assignees

• Univ Southwest Petroleum

Inventors

• Bai Yang
• Wu Lingfeng
• Luo Pingya
• Li Wenzhe
• Dai Feng
• Xie Gang
• Liang Haibo
• Rong Kesheng
• Deng Jiading

Classifications

• C09K2208/12

  Swell inhibition, i.e. using additives to drilling or well treatment fluids for inhibiting clay or shale swelling or disintegrating · CPC title

• C09K2208/08

  Fiber-containing well treatment fluids · CPC title

• C09K8/14

  Clay-containing compositions (containing inorganic compounds C09K8/05) · CPC title

• C09K8/03 Primary

  Specific additives for general use in well-drilling compositions · CPC title

• C09K8/16

  characterised by the inorganic compounds other than clay · CPC title