The present invention relates to methods and storable hardenable resin compositions for forming one or more fractures in high temperature subterranean zones and consolidating proppant particles therein.
Hydrocarbon producing wells are often stimulated by hydraulic fracturing treatments. In hydraulic fracturing, a viscous fracturing fluid, which also functions as a carrier fluid may be pumped into a subterranean zone to be fractured at a rate and pressure such that one or more fractures are formed in the zone. Proppant particles, e.g., graded sand, for propping the fractures open may be suspended in the fracturing fluid so that the proppant particles are deposited in the fractures when the fracturing fluid is broken. That is, a viscosity breaker may be included in the fracturing fluid so that the fracturing fluid reverts to a thin fluid, which may then be returned to the surface. The proppant particles deposited in the fractures may function to prevent the fractures from closing so that conductive channels are formed through which produced hydrocarbons can readily flow.
To prevent the subsequent flow-back of the proppant particles as well as loose or incompetent fines with fluids produced from the subterranean zone, the proppant particles have heretofore been coated with a hardenable resin composition which is caused to harden and consolidate the proppant particles in the zone into permeable packs. However, when the subterranean zone has a temperature above about 200° F., and it produces hydrocarbons at exceptionally high rates or undergoes reoccurring stresses due to frequent well shutoffs and openings, the hardened resin composition and the permeable proppant particle packs consolidated therewith rapidly deteriorate thus allowing proppant particles and formation fines to flow back with produced formation fluids. The flow-back of the proppant particles and formation fines is detrimental in that it erodes metal goods, plugs piping, and vessels and causes damage to valves, instruments, and other production equipment.
Another problem encountered in the use of prior hardenable resin compositions for coating proppant particles is that the hardenable resin composition or components thereof have had short shelf lives. In addition, the hardenable resin composition components have heretofore had low flash points making them dangerous to use. Also, when the prior hardenable resin compositions or components thereof have been stored at high ambient temperatures, the compositions or components have quickly hardened making them unsuitable for use.
Thus, there are needs for improved methods and storable hardenable resin compositions for consolidating proppant particles in subterranean fractures whereby the permeable packs of consolidated proppant particles formed may be resistant to degradation by high production rates, stress cycling, and/or thermal degradation. Further, there are needs for improved hardenable resin compositions that are premixed and have long shelf lives and high flash points.
The present invention relates to methods and storable hardenable resin compositions for forming one or more fractures in high temperature subterranean zones and consolidating proppant particles therein.
An example of a method of the present invention for forming one or more fractures in a subterranean zone penetrated by a well bore and consolidating proppant particles therein, the subterranean zone having a temperature above about 200° F. comprises the steps of: providing a hardenable resin composition comprised of a liquid bisphenol A-epichlorohydrin resin, a 4,4′-diaminodiphenyl sulfone hardening agent dissolved in a diethylene glycol monomethyl ether solvent, a silane coupling agent, and a surfactant for facilitating the coating of the resin on the proppant particles; providing proppant particles; coating the proppant particles with the hardenable resin composition; providing a gelled liquid fracturing fluid; mixing the proppant particles with the fracturing fluid so that the proppant particles are suspended therein; introducing the gelled liquid fracturing fluid into the subterranean zone to form the one or more fractures and to deposit the proppant particles therein; and allowing the hardenable resin composition to harden by heat and to consolidate the proppant particles into one or more degradation resistant permeable packs.
Another example of a method of the present invention for forming one or more fractures in a subterranean zone penetrated by a well bore and consolidating proppant particles therein, the subterranean zone having a temperature above about 200° F. comprises the steps of: providing a hardenable resin composition comprised of a liquid bisphenol A-epichlorohydrin resin, a 4,4′-diaminodiphenyl sulfone hardening agent dissolved in a dimethyl sulfoxide solvent, a silane coupling agent, and a surfactant for facilitating the coating of the resin on the proppant particles; providing proppant particles; coating the proppant particles with the hardenable resin composition; providing a gelled liquid fracturing fluid; mixing the proppant particles with the fracturing fluid so that the proppant particles are suspended therein; introducing the gelled liquid fracturing fluid into the subterranean zone to form the one or more fractures and to deposit the proppant particles therein; and allowing the hardenable resin composition to harden by heat and to consolidate the proppant particles into one or more degradation resistant permeable packs.
An example of a hardenable resin composition of the present invention for coating proppant particles comprises a liquid bisphenol A-epichlorohydrin resin; a 4,4-diaminodiphenyl sulfone hardening agent dissolved in a diethylene glycol monomethyl ether solvent; a silane coupling agent; and a surfactant for facilitating the coating of the resin on the proppant particles.
The features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art. While numerous changes may be made by those skilled in the art, such changes are within the spirit of the invention.
The present invention relates to methods and storable hardenable resin compositions for forming one or more fractures in high temperature subterranean zones and consolidating proppant particles therein.
The present invention provides improved methods of forming one or more fractures in a subterranean zone penetrated by a well bore and consolidating proppant particles therein. In certain embodiments, the methods of the present invention may be especially suited for subterranean zones having a temperature above about 200° F. Improved methods of the present invention may include providing a hardenable resin composition comprised of a liquid bisphenol A-epichlorohydrin resin, a 4,4′-diaminodiphenyl sulfone hardening agent dissolved in a diethylene glycol monomethyl ether solvent, a silane coupling agent, and a surfactant for facilitating the coating of the resin on the proppant particles; providing proppant particles; coating the proppant particles with the hardenable resin composition; providing a gelled liquid fracturing fluid; mixing the proppant particles with the gelled liquid fracturing fluid so that the proppant particles are suspended therein; introducing the gelled liquid fracturing fluid into the subterranean zone to form the one or more fractures and to deposit the proppant particles therein; and allowing the hardenable resin composition to harden by heat and to consolidate the proppant particles into one or more degradation resistant permeable packs. In certain embodiments, a dimethyl sulfoxide solvent may be used instead of or in conjunction with the diethylene glycol monomethyl ether solvent.
Optionally, a hydrolyzable ester for breaking gelled fracturing fluid films on the proppant particles can be included in the hardenable resin composition. A high flash point diluent such as dipropylene glycol methyl ether may also optionally be included in the hardenable resin composition to reduce its viscosity to a desirable level for ease of pumping during operation. A gelled liquid fracturing fluid may also be provided that may be pumped into the subterranean zone to form the one or more fractures and to deposit the proppant particles therein. Proppant particles coated with the hardenable resin composition may be mixed with the fracturing fluid being pumped into the subterranean zone so that the proppant particles coated with the hardenable resin composition are suspended therein. When the proppant particles coated with the hardenable resin composition have been deposited in the one or more fractures, the pumping of the gelled liquid fracturing fluid and the mixing of the proppant particles coated with the hardenable resin composition with the fracturing fluid may be terminated. Thereafter, the hardenable resin composition on the resin composition coated proppant particles may be allowed to harden by heat and to consolidate the proppant particles into one or more high production rate, high stress, and/or high temperature degradation resistant permeable packs.
The diethylene glycol monomethyl ether solvent, which may be used in certain embodiments of the present invention, may offer health and safety advantages over other solvents heretofore used in related applications. Whereas other solvents, such as dimethyl formamide, may pose health and safety risks, such as being readily absorbed into the body through the skin, the diethylene glycol monomethyl ether solvent may pose less of a health and safety hazard, at least from a personnel exposure standpoint.
The proppant particles used in accordance with the present invention are generally of a size such that formation particulate solids that migrate with produced fluids are prevented from being produced from the subterranean zone. Various kinds of proppant particles may be used including graded sand, bauxite, ceramic materials, glass materials, polymer materials, polytetrafluoroethylene materials, nut shell pieces, seed shell pieces, fruit pit pieces, wood, composite particulates, proppant particulates, and combinations thereof. In certain embodiment, the proppant particles may have a size in the range of from about 2 to about 400 mesh, U.S. Sieve Series. The preferred proppant is graded sand, having a particle size in the range of from about 10 to about 70 mesh, U.S. Sieve Series. Preferred sand particle size distribution ranges are one or more of 10-20 mesh, 20-40 mesh, 40-60 mesh, or 50-70 mesh, depending on the particular size and distribution of formation solids to be screened out by the consolidated proppant particles.
Liquid bisphenol A-epichlorohydrin resin is readily available from a number of commercial sources. For example, a suitable such resin is commercially available from Resin Resolution Corporation of Houston, Tex. Upon curing by heat in a subterranean zone, the bisphenol A-epichlorohydrin resin may form an insoluble mass that is highly resistant to high production rate, high stress, and/or high temperature degradation. For example, the cured resin may resist thermal degradation at temperatures up to 400° F. In certain embodiments, bisphenol A-epichlorohydrin resin is present in the hardenable resin composition in an amount in the range of from about 40% to about 65% by weight of the hardenable resin composition, and more preferably in an amount of about 50%.
The liquid hardening agent for hardening the bisphenol A-epichlorohydrin resin at temperatures above about 200° F. may comprise of 4,4′-diaminodiphenyl sulfone dissolved in a dimethyl sulfoxide or a diethylene glycol monomethyl ether solvent and may be present in the hardenable resin composition in an amount in the range of from about 15% to about 50% by weight of the composition, and more preferably, in an amount of about 25%. In certain embodiments, the solvent may contain the 4,4′-diaminodiphenyl sulfone in an amount of about 40% by weight of the solvent.
Examples of silane coupling agents, which may be used in the hardenable resin composition include, but are not limited to, N-2-(aminoethyl)-3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane, 3-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane, and n-beta-(aminoethyl)-gamma-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane. Of these, n-beta-(aminoethyl)-gamma-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane is preferred. The silane coupling agent is included in the hardenable resin composition in an amount in the range of from about 0.1% to about 3% by weight of the composition and more preferably, in an amount of about 1%.
Various surfactants for facilitating the coating of the resin on the proppant particles and for causing the resin to flow to the contact points between adjacent resin coated proppant particles may be used in the hardenable resin composition. Examples of the surfactants include, but are not limited to, ethoxylated nonyl phenol phosphate ester surfactants, mixtures of one or more cationic surfactants and one or more non-ionic surfactants and a C12-C22 alkyl phosphonate surfactant. Of these, a C12-C22 alkyl phosphonate surfactant is preferred. The surfactant may be present in the hardenable resin composition in an amount in the range of from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of the composition and more preferably, in an amount of about 5%.
Examples of hydrolyzable esters, which may optionally be included in the hardenable resin composition include, but are not limited to, dimethylglutarate, dimethyladipate, dimethylsuccinate, sorbitol, catechol, dimethylthiolate, methyl salicylate, dimethylsuccinate, and terbutylhydroperoxide. Of these, a mixture of dimethylglutarate, dimethyladipate, and dimethylsuccinate is preferred. When used, the hydrolyzable ester may be included in the liquid hardenable resin composition in an amount in the range of from about 0.1% to about 5% by weight of the composition and more preferably in an amount of about 2%.
Dipropylene glycol methyl ether, a high flash point diluent may optionally be included in the hardenable resin composition. When used, the diluent is present in an amount of about 1% to about 40% by weight of the composition.
The liquid hardenable resin composition of the present invention may be premixed and stored at atmospheric conditions, e.g., temperatures up to 120° F. without significant viscosity increase or deterioration. As mentioned above, the liquid hardenable resin composition hardens at temperatures above about 200° F. and may be used in wells having temperatures in the range of from about 200° F. to about 350° F. and higher. The liquid hardenable resin composition has a safe high flash point above 170° F.
Another improved method of forming one or more fractures in a subterranean zone penetrated by a well bore and consolidating proppant particles therein, the subterranean zone having a temperature above about 200° F. is comprised of the following steps. A liquid hardenable resin composition is provided comprised of a liquid bisphenol A-epichlorohydrin resin, a 4,4′-diaminodiphenyl sulfone dissolved in a dimethyl sulfoxide solvent, an n-beta-(aminoethyl)-gamma-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane coupling agent, a C12-C22 alkyl phosphate surfactant, a mixture of dimethylglutarate, dimethyladipate, and dimethylsuccinate hydrolyzable esters and a dipropylene glycol methyl ether diluent. A source of dry proppant particles and a gelled liquid fracturing fluid may also be provided. The gelled liquid fracturing fluid may comprise water and a gelling agent, the gelling agent being comprised of at least one of the following: guar gum, guar gum derivatives, or cellulose derivatives. In certain embodiments, a diethylene glycol monomethyl ether solvent may be substituted for the dimethyl sulfoxide solvent. The gelled liquid fracturing fluid may be pumped into the subterranean formation to form the one or more fractures therein and to place the proppant particles therein. The hardenable resin composition may be coated onto the dry proppant particles conveyed from the source thereof to form hardenable resin composition coated proppant particles. The hardenable resin composition coated proppant particles may be mixed with the fracturing fluid being pumped so that the hardenable resin composition coated proppant particles may be suspended therein. When the hardenable resin composition coated proppant particles have been placed in the one or more fractures by the fracturing fluid, the pumping of the fracturing fluid, the coating of the hardenable resin composition onto the dry proppant particles, and the mixing of the hardenable resin composition coated proppant particles formed with the fracturing fluid may be terminated. Thereafter, the hardenable resin composition on the hardenable resin composition coated proppant particles may be allowed to harden by heat and consolidate the proppant particles into one or more high production rate, high stress, and/or high temperature degradation resistant permeable packs.
The bisphenol A-epichlorohydrin resin, the 4,4′-diaminodiphenyl sulfone hardening agent dissolved in a dimethyl sulfoxide solvent, the silane coupling agent, the surfactant, the hydrolyzable esters, and the dipropylene glycol methyl ether diluent may be present in the hardenable resin composition in the same amounts as described above.
The water in the gelled liquid fracturing fluid may include fresh water or salt water. The term “salt water” as used herein means unsaturated salt solutions and saturated salt solutions including brines and seawater.
In certain embodiments, the gelling agent in the fracturing fluid is generally present in an amount in the range of from about 0.01% to about 3% by weight of water therein and more preferably, in an amount of about 0.1% to about 1%.
The gelled liquid fracturing fluid may include a cross-linking agent for increasing the viscosity of the fracturing fluid. Examples of suitable cross-linking agents include, but are not limited to, alkali metal borates, borax, boric acid, and compounds capable of releasing multivalent metal ions in aqueous solutions. When used, the cross-linking agent may be included in the fracturing fluid in an amount in the range of from about 0.001% to about 5% by weight of water therein and more preferably, in an amount of about 0.01% to about 1%.
The fracturing fluid may also include a delayed viscosity breaker, which may function to reduce the viscosity of the fracturing fluid and may cause the resin composition coated proppant particles suspended in the fracturing fluid to be deposited in the fractures. Examples of delayed viscosity breakers that may be used include, but are not limited to, alkali metal and ammonium persulfates, which may be delayed by being encapsulated in a material that slowly releases the breaker, alkali metal chlorites, alkali metal hypochlorites, and calcium hypochlorite. When used, the delayed viscosity breaker may be included in the fracturing fluid in an amount in the range of from about 0.1% to about 5% by weight of water therein.
A preferred method of the present invention for forming one or more fractures in a subterranean zone penetrated by a well bore and consolidating proppant particles therein, the subterranean zone having a temperature above about 200° F. comprises the steps of: (a) providing proppant particles coated with a hardenable resin composition comprised of a liquid bisphenol A-epichlorohydrin resin, a 4,4′-diaminodiphenyl sulfone hardening agent dissolved in a diethylene glycol monomethyl ether solvent, a silane coupling agent and a surfactant for facilitating the coating of the resin on the proppant particles and for causing the resin to flow to the contact points between adjacent resin coated proppant particles; (b) providing a gelled liquid fracturing fluid; (c) pumping the gelled liquid fracturing fluid into the subterranean zone to form the one or more fractures and to deposit the proppant particles therein; (d) mixing the proppant particles coated with the hardenable resin composition with the fracturing fluid pumped in accordance with step (c) so that the proppant particles coated with the hardenable resin composition are suspended therein; (e) terminating steps (c) and (d) when the proppant particles coated with the hardenable resin composition have been deposited in the one or more fractures; and (f) allowing the hardenable resin composition on the resin composition coated proppant particles to harden by heat and consolidate the proppant particles into one or more degradation resistant permeable packs. As a person of ordinary skill in the art would recognize, the coating of the proppant particles may only coat a portion of the proppant particles with the hardenable resin composition, and some of the proppant particles so coated may, in certain embodiments, be only partially coated.
Another improved method of the present invention for forming one or more fractures in a subterranean zone penetrated by a well bore and consolidating proppant particles therein, the subterranean zone having a temperature above about 200° F. comprises the steps of: (a) providing a liquid hardenable resin composition comprised of a liquid bisphenol A-epichlorohydrin resin, a 4,4′-diaminodiphenyl sulfone hardening agent dissolved in a diethylene glycol monomethyl ether solvent, an n-beta-(aminoethyl)-gamma-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane coupling agent, a C12-C22 alkyl phosphate surfactant, a mixture of dimethyladipate and dimethylsuccinate hydrolyzable esters and a dipropylene glycol methyl ether diluent; (b) providing a source of dry proppant particles; (c) providing a gelled liquid fracturing fluid comprised of water and a gelling agent; (d) pumping the gelled liquid fracturing fluid into the subterranean zone to form the one or more fractures therein and to place the proppant particles therein; (e) coating the hardenable resin composition onto the dry proppant particles conveyed from the source thereof to form hardenable resin composition coated proppant particles; (f) mixing the hardenable resin composition coated proppant particles formed in step (e) with the fracturing fluid pumped in accordance with step (d) whereby the hardenable resin composition coated proppant particles are suspended therein; (g) terminating steps (d), (e) and (f) when the hardenable resin composition coated proppant particles have been placed in the one or more fractures; and (h) allowing the hardenable resin composition on the hardenable resin composition coated proppant particles to harden by heat and consolidate the proppant particles into one or more degradation resistant permeable packs.
A hardenable resin composition of this invention for coating proppant particles may comprise: a hardenable resin comprised of a liquid bisphenol A-epichlorohydrin resin; a 4,4′-diaminodiphenyl sulfone hardening agent dissolved in a diethylene glycol monomethyl ether solvent; a silane coupling agent; and a surfactant for facilitating the coating of the resin on the proppant particles. Optionally, in certain embodiments, a dimethyl sulfoxide solvent may be used instead of the diethylene glycol monomethyl ether solvent.
To facilitate a better understanding of the present invention, the following examples of certain aspects of some embodiments are given. In no way should the following examples be read to limit, or define, the scope of the invention.
The effect of time and temperature on the viscosity of a hardenable resin composition of this invention was determined. A hardenable resin composition was prepared comprised of a liquid bisphenol A-epichlorohydrin resin present in an amount of 49% by weight of the composition, a 4,4′-diaminodiphenyl sulfone hardening agent dissolved in a dimethyl sulfoxide solvent present in an amount of about 35% by weight of the composition, an n-beta-(aminoethyl)-gamma-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane coupling agent present in an amount of about 1% by weight of the composition, a C12-C22 alkyl phosphate surfactant present in an amount of about 4% by weight of the composition, and a mixture of dimethylglutarate, dimethyladipate, and dimethylsuccinate esters present in an amount of about 1% by weight of the composition, and a diluent of dipropylene glycol methyl ether in an amount of about 10% by weight of the composition.
Samples of the hardenable resin composition were exposed to room temperature for eleven days and were maintained in a water bath at a temperature of 120° F. for eleven days. The samples had viscosities between 1, 100 and 1300 centipoises, which is a desirable viscosity level for coating the resin onto proppant particles.
One of the hardenable resin composition samples described in Example 1 above was coated onto dry 20/40 mesh bauxite proppant particles in an amount of 3% by weight of the proppant. The resin coated proppant was mixed with water gelled with carboxymethylhydroxypropyl guar and cross-linked with a zirconium cross-linker. Two portions of the resulting viscous fluid containing hardenable resin composition coated proppant particles were stirred for 1 hour at 175° F. to simulate the effect of pumping and fluid suspension during a fracturing treatment. The fluids were then transferred and packed into brass flow cells without stress simulating fracture closure pressure. One of the resulting proppant particle packs was cured at a temperature of 325° F. for 3 hours and the other was cured at the same temperature for 72 hours. Consolidated cores were obtained from the proppant packs formed and the cores were tested for unconfined compressive strengths.
The consolidated core that was cured for 3 hours had an unconfined compressive strength of 1304±108 psi and the consolidated core that was cured for 72 hours had an unconfined compressive strength of 1230±47 psi.
A hardenable resin composition was prepared comprised of a liquid bisphenol A-epichlorohydrin resin present in an amount of 49% by weight of the composition, a 4,4′-diaminodiphenyl sulfone hardening agent in an amount of 20% by weight of the composition dissolved in a diethylene glycol monomethyl ether solvent present in an amount of about 25% by weight of the composition, an n-beta-(aminoethyl)-gamma-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane coupling agent present in an amount of about 1% by weight of the composition, a C12-C22 alkyl phosphate surfactant present in an amount of about 4% by weight of the composition, and a mixture of dimethylglutarate, dimethyladipate, and dimethylsuccinate esters present in an amount of about 1% by weight of the composition.
The hardenable resin composition was coated onto dry 20/40 mesh bauxite proppant particles in an amount of 1, 2, or 3% by weight of the proppant. The resin coated proppant was then mixed with water gelled with carboxymethylhydroxypropyl guar and cross-linked with a zirconium cross-linker. The resulting viscous slurry containing hardenable resin composition coated proppant particles were stirred for 1 hour at 175° F. to simulate the effect of pumping and fluid suspension during a fracturing treatment. The slurry was then transferred and packed into brass flow cells without stress applied onto the proppant pack during curing. The proppant packs chamber were placed in oven and cured at temperature for 20 hours.
After curing, consolidated proppant packs were extruded from the brass chamber. Cores of desired length were obtained before being subjecting to unconfined compressive strength (UCS) requirements. Table 1 shows the UCS values of proppant packs that were treated with the hardenable resin system at different resin concentrations and cure temperatures.
Thus the results of the tests described in Examples 1-3 above show the efficacy of certain hardenable resin compositions of the present invention.
Therefore, the present invention is well adapted to attain the ends and advantages mentioned as well as those that are inherent therein. While numerous changes may be made by those skilled in the art, such changes are encompassed within the spirit of this invention as defined by the appended claims. The terms in the claims have their plain, ordinary meaning unless otherwise explicitly and clearly defined by the patentee.
This application is a Continuation-in-part Application of commonly owned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/383,184, filed Mar. 6, 2003 now abandoned , entitled “Methods and Compositions for Consolidating Proppant in Fractures,” by Philip D. Nguyen et al., which is hereby incorporated by reference herein for all purposes
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