Inorganic fine particle reinforced foam system for oil-gas field and preparation method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9777210-B2
Application number	US-201615519540-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 4, 2016
Priority date	Sep 21, 2015
Publication date	Oct 3, 2017
Grant date	Oct 3, 2017

Abstract

A novel inorganic fine particle reinforced foam system for an oil-gas field and preparation method thereof. The reinforced foam system comprises a gas phase and a liquid phase; the gas phase is nitrogen, carbon dioxide or the air; the liquid phase is prepared from, by mass: 0.2-0.8 wt % of a foaming agent, 0.5-2.0 wt % of novel inorganic fine particles and balance of water; the novel inorganic fine particles are fine particulate matter with diameters being smaller than or equal to 2.5 microns captured and screened from the atmosphere.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A novel inorganic fine particle reinforced foam system for an oil-gas field, comprising a gas phase and a liquid phase, characterized in that,
the gas phase is nitrogen, carbon dioxide or the air;
the liquid phase is prepared from, by mass:
0.2-0.8 wt % of a foaming agent, 0.5-2.0 wt % of novel inorganic fine particles and balance of water; the novel inorganic fine particles are fine particulate matter with diameters being smaller than or equal to 2.5 microns wherein the foaming agent is a compound system composed of sasanqua saponin and sodium N-lauroylglutamate by a mass ratio of (5-6):1.

2. The novel inorganic fine particle reinforced foam system for the oil-gas field according to claim 1 , characterized in that in the novel inorganic fine particles, a percentage that the two substances mullite and quartz account for the novel inorganic fine particles is greater than or equal to 75 wt %.

3. The novel inorganic fine particle reinforced foam system for the oil-gas field according to claim 1 , characterized in that the surfaces of the novel inorganic fine particles are hydrophilic, and the wetting angle of the surfaces to water is 20-50 degrees.

4. The novel inorganic fine particle reinforced foam system for the oil-gas field according to claim 1 , characterized in that the surfaces of the novel inorganic fine particles are positively charged.

5. The novel inorganic fine particle reinforced foam system for the oil-gas field according to claim 1 , characterized in that the concentration ratio of the novel inorganic fine particles to the foaming agent is (2-4):1.

6. The novel inorganic fine particle reinforced foam system for the oil-gas field according to claim 1 , characterized in that when the gas phase is nitrogen, the mass range of the foam of the reinforced foam system is 50-90%, preferably 60-80%;
when the gas phase is the air, the mass range of the foam of the reinforced foam system is 57-90%, preferably 64-80%;
when the gas phase is carbon dioxide, the mass range of the foam of the reinforced foam system is 61-87%, preferably 67-79%.

7. The novel inorganic fine particle reinforced foam system for the oil-gas field according to claim 1 , characterized in that the gas phase is nitrogen.

8. A preparation method of the reinforced foam systems in claim 1 comprises:
adding a foaming agent to water according to a certain ratio, stirring to prepare a foaming agent solution, then adding novel inorganic fine particles, and stirring for 10-20 min to obtain a foam base solution;
stirring the foam base solution with the Waring Blender method until there are foams for 3-10 min at a speed of 6000-8000 r/min, so that the reinforced foam system is obtained.

9. A preparation method of the reinforced foam systems in claim 1 comprises:
adding a foaming agent to water according to a certain ratio, stirring for 1-3 min, then adding novel inorganic fine particles, and stirring for 5-10 min to obtain a foam base solution;
mixing the foam base solution with a gas phase and then directly injecting the mixture in a pit when the reinforced foam system is applied to displacement of reservoir oil, fracturing, profile control and water shutoff, so that preparation and application of the foam system are achieved;
pumping the foam base solution into a foam generator to be mixed with the gas phase for foaming when the reinforced foam system is applied to sand wash, well flushing, acidification, drainage and induced flow, so that the reinforced foam system is obtained.

Assignees

• Univ China Petroleum

Inventors

• Li Zhaomin
• Lv Qichao
• Li Binfei
• Li Binglin
• Li Songyan
• Lu Teng
• Sun Qian
• Xu Yajie

Classifications

• C09K8/74

  combined with additives added for specific purposes · CPC title

• C09K8/594 Primary

  Compositions used in combination with injected gas {, e.g. CO2 orcarbonated gas}(C09K8/592 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C09K8/58

  Compositions for enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons, i.e. for improving the mobility of the oil, e.g. displacing fluids · CPC title

• C09K8/536

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

• C09K8/703

  Foams · CPC title