Affiliation:
1. State Key Lab of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, China
2. Petroleum Engineering School, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, China
3. Research Institute of Petroleum Engineering, SINOPEC, Beijing, China
Abstract
Gravity displacement often occurs when drilling a vertical fractured formation, causing a downhole complexity with risk of blowout and reservoir damage, well control difficulty, drilling cycle prolongation, and increased costs. Based on an experimental device created for simulating the gravity displacement, various factors affecting the displacement quantity were quantitatively evaluated by simulating the fracture width, asphalt viscosity, drilling fluid density, and viscosity under different working conditions, and a liquid–liquid displacement law was obtained. Using the theories of rock mechanics, fluid mechanics, and seepage mechanics, based on conformal mapping, as well as a fracture-pore double substrate fluid flow model, we established a steady-state mathematical model of fractured formation liquid–liquid gravity displacement by optimizing the shape factors and using a combination of gravity displacement experiments to verify the feasibility of the mathematical model. We analyzed the influence of drilling fluid density, fracture height and length, and asphalt viscosity on displacement rate, and obtained the corresponding laws. The results show that when the oil–fluid interface is stable, the fracture width is the most important factor affecting the gravity displacement, and plugging is the most effective means of managing gravity displacement.
Funder
Natural Scientific Foundation of China
Sichuan Youth Science and Technology Innovation Research Team
Subject
Energy Engineering and Power Technology,Fuel Technology,Nuclear Energy and Engineering,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
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