Emerging High Temperature Well Stimulation Diversion Technology Leads to Significant Increases in Conductivity

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naima Bestaoui-Spurr ◽  
Dorianne Castillo ◽  
Frances Debenedictis ◽  
Harold Brannon
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Well Stimulation

scholarly journals Seismic Response to Injection Well Stimulation in a High-Temperature, High-Permeability Reservoir

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Hopp ◽  
Steven Sewell ◽  
S Mroczek ◽  
Martha Savage ◽  
John Townend
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Compressive Stress ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Matched Filter ◽  
Taupo Volcanic Zone ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
High Permeability ◽  
Injection Flow Rate ◽  
Well Stimulation ◽  
Injection Flow

©2019. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. Fluid injection into the Earth's crust can induce seismic events that cause damage to local infrastructure but also offer valuable insight into seismogenesis. The factors that influence the magnitude, location, and number of induced events remain poorly understood but include injection flow rate and pressure as well as reservoir temperature and permeability. The relationship between injection parameters and injection-induced seismicity in high-temperature, high-permeability reservoirs has not been extensively studied. Here we focus on the Ngatamariki geothermal field in the central Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand, where three stimulation/injection tests have occurred since 2012. We present a catalog of seismicity from 2012 to 2015 created using a matched-filter detection technique. We analyze the stress state in the reservoir during the injection tests from first motion-derived focal mechanisms, yielding an average direction of maximum horizontal compressive stress (SHmax) consistent with the regional NE-SW trend. However, there is significant variation in the direction of maximum compressive stress (σ1), which may reflect geological differences between wells. We use the ratio of injection flow rate to overpressure, referred to as injectivity index, as a proxy for near-well permeability and compare changes in injectivity index to spatiotemporal characteristics of seismicity accompanying each test. Observed increases in injectivity index are generally poorly correlated with seismicity, suggesting that the locations of microearthquakes are not coincident with the zone of stimulation (i.e., increased permeability). Our findings augment a growing body of work suggesting that aseismic opening or slip, rather than seismic shear, is the active process driving well stimulation in many environments.

scholarly journals Seismic Response to Injection Well Stimulation in a High‐Temperature, High‐Permeability Reservoir

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 2848-2871 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chet Hopp ◽  
Steven Sewell ◽  
Stefan Mroczek ◽  
Martha Savage ◽  
John Townend
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Seismic Response ◽  
Injection Well ◽  
High Permeability ◽  
Well Stimulation

A Weighted Fracturing Fluid System for Deep Well Stimulation Treatment

2012 ◽  
Vol 488-489 ◽  
pp. 1713-1716
Author(s):  
Qi Zhu ◽  
Shuang Fei Zhong ◽  
Fu Jian Liu
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Treatment Guidelines ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Temperature Stability ◽  
Fracturing Fluid ◽  
Fluid System ◽  
Deep Well ◽  
Well Stimulation ◽  
Bottomhole Pressure

Petroleum industry is focusing on high-pressure and high-temperature (HPHT) reservoir. The major problem facing to HPHT reservoir is to generate enough bottomhole pressure without exceeding the limitations of equipment on the ground. In order to overcome these problems, weighted fracturing fluid system has been developed whose density can reach up to 1.50 g/cm3. This paper summarizes a study on formulating sodium bromide and sodium chloride as a combined weighted agent and a delayed crosslinked fracturing fluid system which is to cater the fluid and treatment guidelines for the fracturing application. Extensive studies were also conducted to determine temperature stability and anti-shear properties and gel broken.

scholarly journals Seismic Response to Injection Well Stimulation in a High-Temperature, High-Permeability Reservoir

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Hopp ◽  
Steven Sewell ◽  
S Mroczek ◽  
Martha Savage ◽  
John Townend
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Compressive Stress ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Matched Filter ◽  
Taupo Volcanic Zone ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
High Permeability ◽  
Injection Flow Rate ◽  
Well Stimulation ◽  
Injection Flow

©2019. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. Fluid injection into the Earth's crust can induce seismic events that cause damage to local infrastructure but also offer valuable insight into seismogenesis. The factors that influence the magnitude, location, and number of induced events remain poorly understood but include injection flow rate and pressure as well as reservoir temperature and permeability. The relationship between injection parameters and injection-induced seismicity in high-temperature, high-permeability reservoirs has not been extensively studied. Here we focus on the Ngatamariki geothermal field in the central Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand, where three stimulation/injection tests have occurred since 2012. We present a catalog of seismicity from 2012 to 2015 created using a matched-filter detection technique. We analyze the stress state in the reservoir during the injection tests from first motion-derived focal mechanisms, yielding an average direction of maximum horizontal compressive stress (SHmax) consistent with the regional NE-SW trend. However, there is significant variation in the direction of maximum compressive stress (σ1), which may reflect geological differences between wells. We use the ratio of injection flow rate to overpressure, referred to as injectivity index, as a proxy for near-well permeability and compare changes in injectivity index to spatiotemporal characteristics of seismicity accompanying each test. Observed increases in injectivity index are generally poorly correlated with seismicity, suggesting that the locations of microearthquakes are not coincident with the zone of stimulation (i.e., increased permeability). Our findings augment a growing body of work suggesting that aseismic opening or slip, rather than seismic shear, is the active process driving well stimulation in many environments.

Influence of Thermo-Mechanical Processing on the Microstructure of Beryllia Dispersed Nickel Alloys

1973 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 184-185
Author(s):  
M.S. Grewal ◽  
S.A. Sastri ◽  
N.J. Grant
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Nickel Alloys ◽  
Thermomechanical Processing ◽  
Cold Work ◽  
High Temperature Strength ◽  
Strengthening Effect ◽  
Mechanical Processing ◽  
Uniform Dispersion ◽  
Oxide Particles ◽  
Nickel Base

Currently there is a great interest in developing nickel base alloys with fine and uniform dispersion of stable oxide particles, for high temperature applications. It is well known that the high temperature strength and stability of an oxide dispersed alloy can be greatly improved by appropriate thermomechanical processing, but the mechanism of this strengthening effect is not well understood. This investigation was undertaken to study the dislocation substructures formed in beryllia dispersed nickel alloys as a function of cold work both with and without intermediate anneals. Two alloys, one Ni-lv/oBeo and other Ni-4.5Mo-30Co-2v/oBeo were investigated. The influence of the substructures produced by Thermo-Mechanical Processing (TMP) on the high temperature creep properties of these alloys was also evaluated.

Application of TEM to Deformation, Wear, and Fracture of Ceramics

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 472-473
Author(s):  
B. J. Hockey
Keyword(s):  
Wear Resistance ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Mechanical Behavior ◽  
Brittle Materials ◽  
High Temperature Strength ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Corrosive Environments ◽  
Further Development

Ceramics, such as Al2O3 and SiC have numerous current and potential uses in applications where high temperature strength, hardness, and wear resistance are required often in corrosive environments. These materials are, however, highly anisotropic and brittle, so that their mechanical behavior is often unpredictable. The further development of these materials will require a better understanding of the basic mechanisms controlling deformation, wear, and fracture.The purpose of this talk is to describe applications of TEM to the study of the deformation, wear, and fracture of Al2O3. Similar studies are currently being conducted on SiC and the techniques involved should be applicable to a wide range of hard, brittle materials.

Lattice Imaging of Grain Boundaries in Ceramics

1977 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 114-115
Author(s):  
D. R. Clarke ◽  
G. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Silicon Nitride ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
High Temperature Strength ◽  
Current Interest ◽  
Lattice Imaging ◽  
Special Significance ◽  
Structural Applications ◽  
Refractory Ceramics

Grain boundaries have long held a special significance to ceramicists. In part, this has been because it has been impossible until now to actually observe the boundaries themselves. Just as important, however, is the fact that the grain boundaries and their environs have a determing influence on both the mechanisms by which powder compaction occurs during fabrication, and on the overall mechanical properties of the material. One area where the grain boundary plays a particularly important role is in the high temperature strength of hot-pressed ceramics. This is a subject of current interest as extensive efforts are being made to develop ceramics, such as silicon nitride alloys, for high temperature structural applications. In this presentation we describe how the techniques of lattice fringe imaging have made it possible to study the grain boundaries in a number of refractory ceramics, and illustrate some of the findings.

Effect of Improved ThO2 Particle Dispersion in Nickel on High-Temperature Strength

1970 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 444-445
Author(s):  
E. R. Kimmel ◽  
H. L. Anthony ◽  
W. Scheithauer
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Metal Matrix ◽  
Oxide Particle ◽  
Oxide Phase ◽  
Dislocation Motion ◽  
Particle Dispersion ◽  
High Temperature Strength ◽  
Strengthening Effect ◽  
Oxide Particles ◽  
The Stability

The strengthening effect at high temperature produced by a dispersed oxide phase in a metal matrix is seemingly dependent on at least two major contributors: oxide particle size and spatial distribution, and stability of the worked microstructure. These two are strongly interrelated. The stability of the microstructure is produced by polygonization of the worked structure forming low angle cell boundaries which become anchored by the dispersed oxide particles. The effect of the particles on strength is therefore twofold, in that they stabilize the worked microstructure and also hinder dislocation motion during loading.

The Ordered Phase Formation in Ti-Al-Ga Alloys

1970 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 440-441
Author(s):  
Shiro Fujishiro ◽  
Harold L. Gegel
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Stability ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Titanium Alloys ◽  
Growth Kinetics ◽  
Stoichiometric Composition ◽  
Good Potential ◽  
Alpha Titanium ◽  
Cold Rolled ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Thermal Stability Of

Ordered-alpha titanium alloys having a DO19 type structure have good potential for high temperature (600°C) applications, due to the thermal stability of the ordered phase and the inherent resistance to recrystallization of these alloys. Five different Ti-Al-Ga alloys consisting of equal atomic percents of aluminum and gallium solute additions up to the stoichiometric composition, Ti3(Al, Ga), were used to study the growth kinetics of the ordered phase and the nature of its interface.The alloys were homogenized in the beta region in a vacuum of about 5×10-7 torr, furnace cooled; reheated in air to 50°C below the alpha transus for hot working. The alloys were subsequently acid cleaned, annealed in vacuo, and cold rolled to about. 050 inch prior to additional homogenization

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