Patent Grant
12084951
The present invention relates to the oil-and-gas industry, specifically, to the development and exploitation of oil reservoirs with various permeability zones, including by means of lateral and horizontal bores from production strings.
The prior art discloses a method of the bottomhole formation zone treatment (RF Patent No. 2042807, E21B 43/27, publ. date 27 Aug. 1995) by sequential injection of an oil-based spacer fluid into formation, and an inhibited aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid or mud acid characterized in that after the injection of the inhibited aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid or mud acid in a mixture with an alcohol-containing product at the ratio from 1:1 to 1:2 into the formation, the second spacer fluid is injected being stable natural gasoline constituting a mixture of saturated hydrocarbons C3+higher, wherein the stable natural gasoline and isopropyl alcohol at a ratio of (1-3):1, respectively, are used as the oil-based spacer fluid. In order to implement the method, a tubing string is used that is lowered in the well down to the perforation interval and the measured depth.
The disadvantage of this method is the impossibility of performing the targeted acid treatment for certain borehole intervals, as well as high costs due to the large amount of tripping operations related to the well treatment and development.
The closest prior art to the claimed invention is the method of separation and control of the recovery of reserves drained by horizontal well and the device for its implementation (RF Patent No. 2488686, E21B 43/12, 43/14, publ. date 27 Jul. 2013, Bulletin No. 21).
The device for the method implementation comprises a pipe string with a cable, controlling devices in the form of electric valves, pressure and temperature sensing devices and one or several packers overspanning the downhole, wherein the sensing devices are connected to the measurement unit arranged at the well mouth and the controlling devices are connected to the control unit through a cable, wherein a pump for the production fluid recovery through the tube side is arranged above the controlling devices. Besides, the well is fitted with horizontal segment extending through the formation with various permeability zones, and the packers are arranged in the horizontal segment of the well separating the various permeability zones of the formation, the tube side is separated by a blank plug over which the upper and the lower controlling devices are installed one above another, the said controlling devices being arranged within the vertical well bore and equipped with sensing devices, wherein the inlet of the lower controlling device is in communication with the tube side below the blank plug and its outlet is in communication with the tube side above the blank plug, the inlet of the upper controlling device is in communication with the downhole and its outlet is in communication with the tube side above the blank plug, that communicates with the inlet of the pump, wherein the well spaces with identical or similar permeability split off by the packers are bundled into two groups each of which communicates with a tube side or a downhole through one or several elbows, wherein the sensing devices and the controlling devices are connected through one cable with the measurement unit and the control unit, respectively, wherein each of the controlling devices is made in the form of an electric motor with a gear box arranged in a case, wherein the electric motor' and gear box rotatory shaft is connected with a pusher and a valve through a bolt-nut connection, the said valve being configured to tightly interact with a seat, below which a sleeve with an inlet in the form of channels is arranged, the sleeve housing a compensating chamber with elastic walls filled with a lubricating fluid and communicating with the pusher interior space and with a sealed space arranged above the pusher.
This device is characterized by the following disadvantages: impossibility of an active agent (e.g., acid or mud) injection into the well through the valve since the valve ball cannot be fixed in the open state; high probability of the production string damaging when high pressure is created during the active agent injection into the well; the number of the independent production intervals is limited with two zones combining intervals with the same permeability.
The technical problem to be solved by the claimed group of inventions is the expansion of the technological capabilities during the device operation inside the well with a horizontal segment, with the possibility of independent inclusion or exclusion of each of the production intervals and of the active agent injection into the well through the valve thanks to the separation of various permeability intervals and the use of pilot-operated electric valves, as well as the improvement of the electric valves reliability by excluding the sliding actuators (sensitive to pressure jumps) from the valve driving mechanism and providing for the possibility of the assembly operations that exclude the cable twisting and damaging, thanks to a special adapter use.
The technical result of the claimed group of inventions is the enabling of the independent inclusion or exclusion of each of the production intervals and of the active agent injection into the well through the valve thanks to the separation of various permeability intervals and the use of pilot-operated electric valves, as well as the improvement of the electric valves reliability by excluding the sliding actuators (sensitive to pressure jumps) from the valve driving mechanism and providing for the possibility of the assembly operations that exclude the cable twisting and damaging, thanks to a special adapter use.
The claimed technical result is achieved thanks to the fact that the method of interval action on horizontal wells includes the following steps: a horizontal segment (8) of the well (9) is bored preliminarily, being constructed through the formation (12) with various permeability zones; geophysical survey is conducted and the number of the oil recovery intervals of various categories and their lengths are determined;
a tail pipe or a tail filter (13) of the casing string (14) with the packers (15), (7) and the drive shoe (39) arranged on the string in accordance with the sizes of the said oil recovery intervals is lowered down into the horizontal segment (8) and installed there;
an assembly on the pipe string (1) is lowered down into the horizontal segment (8) and installed inside the tail pipe (13), the same assembly consisting of the electric valves (3), (4), (18) with the pressure and temperature sensing devices (5), (6), (41), the cable (2) and the packers (16), wherein the packers (16) are arranged so that they are located opposite the corresponding packers (7) and (15), hermetically separating the annular space (17); a centrifugal pump (10) in the casing (19) rigidly connected with the pipe string (1) is arranged inside the production string (14); while lowering the assembly down into the well (9), the electric valves (3), (4) are opened for filling the tube side (11) of the pipe string (1) with the production fluid of the well (9), but the circulation electric valve (18) is closed; the data obtained from the sensing devices are monitored; the formation (12) segments are periodically treated by injecting a chemical composition into the corresponding interval of the well (9) horizontal segment (8).
In a particular embodiment of the claimed technical solution, while lowering down the equipment, the tube side (11) of the pipe string (1) is filled with the production fluid of the well (9), and the electric valves (3), (4), (18) and (38) are opened when the well (9) is operated with the sucker-rod pump (32)
In a particular embodiment of the claimed technical solution, the electric valve (38) is closed before the production fluid of the well (9) is extracted with the help of the sucker-rod pump (32).
In a particular embodiment of the claimed technical solution, to monitor the data obtained from the sensing devices, the electric valves (3) and (4) are closed or opened.
In a particular embodiment of the claimed technical solution, to inject a chemical composition for the formation (12) treatment into the corresponding interval of the well (9) horizontal segment (8), the following steps are performed: the electric valves (3) and (4) are closed and the circulation electric valve (18) is opened, then the production fluid is pushed out to the surface from the tube side (11) through the annular space (43) of the string (14) by injecting the calculated volume of the chemical composition into the tube side (11) of the string (1) up to the circulation valve (18); using circulation electric valve (18), the communication with the annular space (43) is shut off and the corresponding electric valve (3) or (4) is opened for performing the treatment of the necessary formation (12) interval; the required volume of the chemical composition is forced into the formation (12), the electric valve (3) or (4) is closed for the technological exposure period; after the technological exposure the corresponding electric valve (3) or (4) is opened, the pump is started and the calculated volume of the production fluid located in the tube side (11) is pumped out from the electric valve to the casing (19); the corresponding electric valve (3) or (4) is closed, the valve (18) is opened and the reaction products are washed out from the tube side (11) to the surface; this operation is repeated until the production fluid of the formation (12) appears at the surface; then the extraction of the production fluid of the well (9) is continued in normal mode.
In a particular embodiment of the claimed technical solution, to provide for the interval treatment of the formation (12), for the wells operated with the help of the sucker-rod pump (32), the production fluid is pushed out to the surface through the annular space (43) by injecting the calculated volume of the chemical composition into the tube side (11) of the pipe string (1) through the lateral channels (37) of the adapter (33) and the opened electric valve (38), wherein the circulation electric valve (18) is opened beforehand, and the electric valves (3) and (4) are closed.
In a particular embodiment of the claimed technical solution, after the production fluid is pushed out of the tube side (11), the communication with the annular space (43) is shut off by the circulation electric valve (18), and the necessary electric valve (3) or (4) is opened for performing the treatment of the corresponding formation (12) interval: the necessary volume of the chemical composition is forced into the formation (12), the electric valve (3) or (4) is closed for the technological exposure period; after the technological exposure the electric valve (38) is closed, the electric valve (3) or (4) and the circulation valve (18) are opened, the sucker-rod pump (32) is started and the production fluid located in the annular space (43) is pumped out up to the casing (19) of the pump (32); then the pump is stopped, the electric valve (3) or (4) is closed and the electric valve (38) is opened; the reaction products are evacuated to the surface by injecting the production fluid into the tube side (11) of the pipe string (1) through the circulation valve (18) and through the annular space (43); the operation is repeated until the production fluid of the formation (12) appears at the surface; then the extraction of the production fluid of the formation (12) is continued from the well (9) in normal mode.
The technical result is also achieved thanks to the fact that the device for the interval action on horizontal wells operated by the downhole pumping equipment includes the following: a pipe string (1) with the cable (2), two or more electric valves (3) and (4) equipped with sensing devices, at least one packer separating the inner space of the horizontal segment (8) of the well (9) into two or more intervals and a centrifugal pump (10) arranged at a calculated distance from the well mouth; wherein the said electric valves (3), (4) and the sensing devices (5), (6) are connected through the cable (2) with the interface unit at the well mouth characterized in that the pipe string (1) above the electric valves (3) and (4) is equipped with the circulation electric valve (18) intended for connecting the tube side (11) of the pipe string (1) with the annular space (43) of the well (9) during the pipe string (1) flushing.
In a particular embodiment of the claimed technical solution, one or more of the said sensing devices is a pressure sensor.
In a particular embodiment of the claimed technical solution, one or more of the said sensing devices is a temperature sensor.
In a particular embodiment of the claimed technical solution, it additionally comprises a tail pipe or a tail filter (13) hermetically connected with the casing string (14), and the device is additionally equipped with packers (16) separating the annular space (17) into the corresponding permeable sections.
In a particular embodiment of the claimed technical solution, the pump is additionally enclosed in a protective casing (19).
In a particular embodiment of the claimed technical solution, each electric valve (3), (4) and (18) is made in the form of an electric motor (21) with a gear box (22) arranged in a case (20), wherein the electric motor rotates the shaft (23) connected through the spindle (24) with the valve (25) configured to tightly interact with the seats (27), wherein the inlet (28) and outlet (29) openings are arranged above the seats (27).
In a particular embodiment of the claimed technical solution, the valve (25) is made in the form of a ball (30) with a cylindrical through-hole (31) made across the case (20), wherein in the «open» position the opening (31) of the ball (30) connects the inlet opening (28) with the outlet opening (29) allowing the production fluid to get into the tube side (11) of the pipe string (1), and in the «closed» position it shuts off its entry into the tube side (11) of the pipe string (1).
In a particular embodiment of the claimed technical solution, the external casing (19) comprises the adapter (33) having radial channels (34) connecting the well (9) annulus with the central axial channel (35) and the sucker-rod pump (32), wherein the central channel (35) is closed with the blank plug (36) from below.
In a particular embodiment of the claimed technical solution, lateral channels (37) are made in the adapter (33) coaxially with the central channel (35).
In a particular embodiment of the claimed technical solution, the pipe string (1) is additionally equipped with the electric valve (38) for closing the tube side (11) of the pipe string (1) below the casing (19) when extracting the production fluid, and for its opening when injecting the active agent into the horizontal segment (8) of the well (9) during the bottomhole formation zone treatment.
In a particular embodiment of the claimed technical solution, the pump, the electric cables, the valves and the packers are made corrosion resistant.
In a particular embodiment of the claimed technical solution, the packers (15) and (7) are arranged so that they would isolate the recovery intervals with various permeability between themselves along the length of the horizontal segment (8), and the tail pipe (13) has perforation openings (40) or is equipped with a well strainer in each of the intervals.
In a particular embodiment of the claimed technical solution, the cable (2) in the horizontal well bore is arranged inside the tubing joint.
Thus, the use of the invention allows expanding technological capabilities when extracting production fluids from the wells with horizontal segments cased with the tail pipes through placing the pipe string with the electric valves in the tail pipe, wherein the electric valves, thanks to the packers, are hermetically arranged opposite to the various permeability intervals, with the possibility of shutting off the watered out intervals without stopping the oil extraction; wherein additional independent channels are used for the interval treatment of the formations with working agents, the same channels excluding the action of the chemicals and of the high pressure on the production string walls and allowing changing the downhole pumping equipment without withdrawing the device to the surface; and, additionally, thanks to using the electric valves with the swinging type shutting-off device, their reliability is improved.
Numbers in the drawings indicate the following items:
1—pipe string; 2—cable; 3—electric valve; 4—electric valve; 5—sensing device; 6—sensing device; 7—packer; 8—inner space of the horizontal segment of the well; 9—well; 10—electric submersible pump; 11—tube side; 12—formation; 13—tail pipe or tail filter; 14—casing string; 15—packer; 16—additional packer; 17—annular space; 18—circulation electric valve; 19—external casing; 20—case; 21—electric motor; 22—gear box; 23—rotation shaft; 24—spindle; 25—valve; 26—sealing ring; 27—seat; 28—inlet opening; 29—output opening; 30—ball; 31—cylindrical through-hole; 32—sucker-rod pump; 33—adapter; 34—radial channels; 35—central axial channel; 36—blank plug; 37—lateral channels; 38—electric valve; 39—drive shoe; 40—perforation openings; 41—sensing device; 42—longitudinal channel; 43—annular space.
Device for the interval action on horizontal wells operated by the downhole pumping equipment (
The electric valves (3, 4) and sensing devices (5, 6) are connected through the cable (2) with the interface unit at the well mouth. An electric submersible pump (10) is arranged at a calculated distance from the well mouth, for the production fluid recovery through the tube side (11).
The horizontal segment (8) of the well (9) is constructed through the formation (12) with various impermeability zones, separating the formation (12) with the help of packers (7) into the intervals (low permeability and medium- or high permeability) based on the geophysical survey results.
If a tail pipe or a tail filter (13) of the casing string (14) is used, that is lowered down to the measured depth and is hermetically (e.g., with the help of the packer (15)) connected with the casing string (14), packers (16) are additionally installed that separate the annular space (17) into the corresponding permeable sections.
The novelty consists in the fact that the pipe string (1) is equipped with the circulation electric valve (18) located above the electric valves (3) and (4), which is intended for connecting the tube side (11) of the pipe string (1) with the space of the well (9) during the pipe string (1) flushing, e.g., of the remnants of the chemical composition that has been injected into the horizontal segment (8) during the bottomhole formation zone treatment.
The centrifugal pump (10) is enclosed in the casing (19) to exclude the action of the chemicals and of the high pressure on the production string walls (14) during the chemical composition injection into the horizontal segment (8) of the well (9).
That said, each electric valve (3), (4) and (18) is made in the form of an electric motor (21) with a gear box (22) arranged in the case (20) (
The novelty consists in the fact that the valve (25) is made in the form of a ball (30) with a cylindrical through-hole (31) made across the case (20). Wherein in the «open» position the opening (31) of the ball (30) connects the inlet opening (28) with the outlet opening (29) allowing the production fluid to get into the tube side (11) (
If the sucker-rod pump is used (
The novelty consists in the fact that the external casing (19) comprises the adapter (33) having radial channels (34) (
Besides, the pipe string (1) is additionally provided with an electric valve (38) for closing the tube side (11) of the pipe string (1) below the casing (19) when extracting the production fluid, and for its opening when injecting the chemical composition into the horizontal segment (8) of the well (9) during the bottomhole formation zone treatment.
The method is effected as follows.
In the formation (12) (
In the process, the packers (15) and (7) are arranged so that they would isolate the recovery intervals with various permeability along the length of the horizontal segment (8) (
Then an assembly on the pipe string (1) is lowered down into the horizontal segment (8) and installed inside the tail pipe (13), the same assembly consisting of the electric valves (3), (4) with the pressure and temperature sensing devices (5), (6) (
In so doing, the electric valves (3), (4) are opened for better filling of the tube side (11) of the pipe string (1) with the well (9) production fluid, and the circulation electric valve (18) is closed.
The production fluid is recovered from the horizontal segment (8) using the centrifugal pump (10) through the tube side (11) of the pipe string (1).
Based on the information transferred from the sensing devices (5), (6) through the cable (2) to the well (9) mouth, the pressure and corresponding temperature values are determined in each of the segments.
When the well (9) is operated with the sucker-rod pump (32) (
The data obtained from the sensing devices (5), (6), (41) are monitored continuously. When necessary, the electric valves (3) and (4) are closed (or opened). For this end, a signal is sent through the cable (2) from the well (9) mouth to the corresponding electric valve (3) or (4). In doing so, the electric motor (21) (
In the process, the production fluid from the corresponding interval of the horizontal segment (8) (
When it is necessary to inject the chemical composition for the formation (12) treatment into the corresponding horizontal segment (8) interval of the well (9), the electric valves (3) and (4) are closed and the circulation electric valve (18) is opened, after which the production fluid is pushed out from the tube side (11) to the surface through the annular space (43) of the casing string (14) by injecting the calculated volume of the chemical composition into the tube side (11) of the string (1) up to the circulation valve (18).
That said, the centrifugal pump, the electric cables, the electric valves and the packers should be made corrosion resistant.
Then the communication with the annular space (43) is shut off in the circulation valve (18), and the corresponding electric valve (3) or (4) is opened for performing the treatment of the necessary formation (12) interval. For this end, the necessary volume of the chemical composition is forced into the formation (12), and the electric valve (3) or (4) is closed for the technological exposure period.
After the technological exposure, the corresponding electric valve (3) or (4) is opened, the centrifugal pump (10) is started, and the production fluid located in the tube side (11) is pumped out. During the pumping out of the production fluid, the reaction products fill the tube side (11) up to the casing (19). The pump is stopped, the electric valve (3) or (4) is closed, the electric valve (18) is opened, and the reaction products are evacuated to the surface through the annular space (43). This operation is repeated until the production fluid appears at the surface.
Then the extraction of the production fluid is continued in normal mode.
The formation (12) interval treatment technology for the wells operated with the help of the sucker-rod pump (32) (
Then, after the pushing out of the production fluid from the tube side (11), the communication with the annular space (43) in the circulation electric valve (18) is shut off and the corresponding electric valve (3) or (4) is opened for performing the treatment of the corresponding formation (12) interval. For this end, the necessary volume of the chemical composition is forced into the formation (12), and the electric valve (3) or (4) is closed for the technological exposure period.
After the technological exposure, the electric valve (38) is closed, the electric valve (3) or (4) and the circulation valve (18) are opened, the sucker-rod pump (32) is started, and the production fluid located in the annular space (43) is pumped out. During the pumping out of the production fluid, the reaction products fill the annular space (43) up to the lower part of the sucker-rod pump (32). The pump is stopped, the electric valve (3) or (4) is closed and the electric valve (38) is opened. By injecting the production fluid into the tube side of the pipe string (1) (e.g., using the TsA-320 unit) through the circulation valve (18) and the annular space (43), the reaction products are evacuated to the surface. This operation is repeated until the production fluid appears at the surface.
Then the extraction of the production fluid is continued in normal mode.
Thus, the use of the invention allows expanding technological capabilities when extracting products from the wells with horizontal segments cased with the tail pipes through placing the pipe string with the electric valves in the tail pipe, wherein the electric valves, thanks to the packers, are hermetically arranged opposite to the various permeability intervals, with the possibility of shutting off the watered out intervals without stopping the oil extraction; wherein additional independent channels are used for the interval treatment of the formations with the chemical composition (without raising the downhole pumping equipment or the involvement of the well production maintenance' and well workover crews), the same channels excluding the action of the chemical reagents and of the high pressure on the production string walls and allowing changing the downhole pumping equipment without withdrawing the device to the surface; and, additionally, thanks to using the electric valves with the swinging type shutting-off device, their reliability is improved.
The formation (12) interval treatment technology for the wells operated with the help of the sucker-rod pump mode (32) (
Then, after the pushing out of the production fluid from the tube side (11), the communication with the annular space (43) in the circulation electric valve (18) is shut off and the corresponding electric valve (3) or (4) is opened for performing the treatment of the corresponding formation (12) interval. For this end, the necessary volume of the chemical composition is forced into the formation (12), and the electric valve (3) or (4) is closed. The chemical composition exposure time is 2 h. After the technological exposure, the electric valve (38) is closed, the electric valve (3) or (4) and the circulation valve (18) are opened, the sucker-rod pump (32) is started and the production fluid located in the annular space (43) is pumped out. During the pumping out of the production fluid, the reaction products fill the annular space (43) up to the lower part of the sucker-rod pump (32). The pump is stopped, the electric valve (3) or (4) is closed and the electric valve (38) is opened. By injecting the production fluid into the tube side of the pipe string (1) (e.g., using the TsA-320 unit) through the circulation valve (18) and the annular space (43), the reaction products are evacuated to the surface. This operation is repeated until the production fluid appears at the surface.
This application is the U.S. national phase of International Application No. PCT/RU2020/050160 filed Jul. 17, 2020 which designated the U.S. and claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/886,367 filed Aug. 14, 2019, the entire contents of each of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
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