Borehole wall resistance increasing apparatus for improving energy utilization rate of injection gas

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11428065-B2
Application number	US-202016824966-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 20, 2020
Priority date	Aug 5, 2019
Publication date	Aug 30, 2022
Grant date	Aug 30, 2022

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for oil production by increasing resistance of borehole wall for improving an energy utilization rate of injection gas includes injecting gas into an oil reservoir so that a gas pressure in the oil reservoir reaches an initial oil reservoir pressure. The initial oil seepage pressure is present at a position where the inside of the production well is in communication with the oil reservoir. The initial oil seepage pressure is less than the initial oil reservoir pressure. The method also includes monitoring gas production and oil production of the production well and increasing the initial oil seepage pressure to an increased oil seepage pressure when a ratio of the gas production to the oil production is higher than a predetermined ratio. The increased oil seepage pressure is smaller than the initial oil reservoir pressure.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A borehole wall resistance increasing apparatus for improving an energy utilization rate of injection gas, wherein the borehole wall resistance increasing apparatus is provided at a position where an inside of a production well is in communication with an oil reservoir, and comprises an upper packer, a resistance increasing mechanism, and a lower packer connected sequentially from top to bottom, wherein the resistance increasing mechanism includes:
a connecting pipe having an upper end connected to the upper packer and a lower end connected to the lower packer, and provided radially thereon with a plurality of through holes; and
a resistance increasing sleeve within which the connecting pipe is disposed, wherein the resistance increasing sleeve covers the through holes, oil passes through the resistance increasing sleeve in a radial direction of the resistance increasing sleeve, the resistance increasing sleeve can improve the resistance experienced by the oil during the flow, and the resistance increasing sleeve has an upper end and a lower end both being closed,
wherein the resistance increasing sleeve includes a reinforcing cylinder, a resistance increasing cylinder, and a filter cylinder from inside to outside in the radial direction of the resistance increasing sleeve, and a plurality of penetrating eyelets are provided in a wall of the reinforcing cylinder in the radial direction of the reinforcing cylinder, and
wherein the resistance increasing cylinder is a sandstone cylinder, and the filter cylinder is a metal cylinder.

2. The borehole wall resistance increasing apparatus for improving an energy utilization rate of injection gas according to claim 1 , wherein the resistance increasing cylinder has a thickness of 5 mm to 15 mm.

3. The borehole wall resistance increasing apparatus for improving an energy utilization rate of injection gas according to claim 1 , wherein the filter cylinder has a thickness of 3 mm to 5 mm.

4. The borehole wall resistance increasing apparatus for improving an energy utilization rate of injection gas according to claim 1 , wherein the upper end of the resistance increasing sleeve is closed by an upper gland, the lower end of the resistance increasing sleeve is closed by a lower gland, both the upper gland and the lower gland are sealed against and provided on the connecting pipe, a lower surface of the upper gland is in sealing contact with an upper end surface of the resistance increasing sleeve, and an upper surface of the lower gland is in sealing contact with a lower end surface of the resistance increasing sleeve.

5. The borehole wall resistance increasing apparatus for improving an energy utilization rate of injection gas according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting pipe is provided with a glue storage box above the resistance increasing sleeve and/or a glue storage box below the resistance increasing sleeve, and when the resistance increasing mechanism is sealed against and positioned within an oil well casing of the production well by the upper packer and the lower packer, the glue storage box can inject and fill foam filler into an annular space between the resistance increasing sleeve and the oil well casing.

6. The borehole wall resistance increasing apparatus for improving an energy utilization rate of injection gas according to claim 5 , wherein the glue storage box includes an annular disk-shaped box body,
the box body is formed in the center thereof with a penetration hole through which the connecting pipe penetrates,
the box body is filled with a first reactant,
a storage bag and a timing syringe are provided within the box body,
the storage bag contains and is filled with a second reactant,
the timing syringe can puncture the storage bag at the end of a set time countdown, such that the first reactant and the second reactant are mixed within the box body to generate the foam filler, which bursts through the box body and is injected and filled into the annular space between the resistance increasing sleeve and the oil well casing.

7. The borehole wall resistance increasing apparatus for improving an energy utilization rate of injection gas according to claim 6 , wherein the timing syringe includes a cylinder body, a spring, a pressing piece, a needle, and a timer,
the cylinder body is provided with a needle exit hole in a surface of a side facing the storage bag,
the timer is provided outside the cylinder body,
the pressing piece is provided within the cylinder body,
a portion of the timer extends into the interior of the cylinder body and connects with the pressing piece,
the spring is positioned within the cylinder body in a compressed state by the pressing piece, one end of the spring being connected with an inner wall of the cylinder body, the other end of the spring being connected with one end of the needle, and the other end of the needle corresponding to the needle exit hole,
the timer can drive the pressing piece to be separated from the spring after the set time countdown ends, and
the spring, under the action of its elastic restoring force, pushes the needle out of the needle exit hole to the outside of the cylinder body to pierce the storage bag.

8. The borehole wall resistance increasing apparatus for improving an energy utilization rate of injection gas according to claim 7 , wherein a plurality of first fragile areas are formed on side walls of the box body, and a second fragile area is formed in the storage bag at a location opposite the needle exit hole.

9. The borehole wall resistance increasing apparatus for improving an energy utilization rate of injection gas according to claim 1 , wherein the upper end of the connecting pipe is connected with an upper joint, and the lower end of the connecting pipe is connected with a lower joint.

Assignees

• Petrochina Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Xinglong
• Song Qingxin
• Yang Zhidong
• Zhang Shanyan
• Ji Zemin
• Pu Yulong

Classifications

• E21B43/08

  Screens or liners {(expandable screens or liners E21B43/108)} · CPC title

• E21B43/168 Primary

  Injecting a gaseous medium · CPC title

• E21B43/12

  Methods or apparatus for controlling the flow of the obtained fluid to or in wells (E21B43/25 takes precedence; valve arrangements E21B34/00) · CPC title

• E21B17/00

  Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; {Cables;} Casings; Tubings · CPC title

• E21B34/063

  Valve or closure with destructible element, e.g. frangible disc (E21B34/103 takes precedence) · CPC title