Using a Unique Acid-Fracturing Fluid To Control Fluid Loss Improves Stimulation Results in Carbonate Formations

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.J. White ◽  
B.A. Holms ◽  
R.S. Hoover
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Loss ◽  
Fracturing Fluid ◽  
Acid Fracturing ◽  
Control Fluid ◽  
Carbonate Formations

Acid Filtration in Dynamic Conditions to Mimic Fluid Loss in Acid Fracturing

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Bazin ◽  
C. Roque ◽  
G. Chauveteau ◽  
M. Bouteca
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Loss ◽  
Dynamic Conditions ◽  
Acid Fracturing

An Improved Method for Measuring Fluid Loss at Simulated Fracture Conditions

1985 ◽  
Vol 25 (04) ◽  
pp. 482-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Ray McDaniel ◽  
Asoke Kumar Deysarkar ◽  
Michael Joseph Callanan ◽  
Charles A. Kohlhaas
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Shear Rate ◽  
Filter Paper ◽  
Filter Cake ◽  
Fluid Loss ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Test Apparatus ◽  
Fracturing Fluid ◽  
The Core ◽  
Static Core

Abstract A test apparatus is designed to carry out dynamic and static fluid-loss tests of fracturing fluids. This test apparatus simulates the pressure difference, temperature, rate of shear, duration of shear, and fluid-flow pattern expected under fracture conditions. For a typical crosslinked fracturing fluid, experimental results indicate that fluid loss values can be a function of temperature, pressure differential, rate of shear, and degree of non-Newtonian behavior of the fracturing fluid. A mathematical development demonstrates that the fracturing-fluid coefficient and filter-cake coefficient can be obtained only if the individual pressure drops can be measured during a typical fluid-loss test. Introduction In a hydraulic fracturing treatment, the development of fracture length and width is strongly dependent on a number of key fluid and formation parameters. One of the most important of these parameters is the rate at which the fracturing fluid leaks, off into the created fracture faces. This parameter, identified as fluid loss, also influences the time required for the fracture to heal after the stimulation treatment has been terminated. This in turn will influence the final distribution of proppant in the fracture and will dictate when the well can be reopened and the cleanup process started. Historically, tests to measure fluid loss have been carried out primarily under what is characterized as static conditions. In such tests, the fracturing fluid is forced through filter paper or through a thin core wafer under a pressure gradient, and the flow rate at the effluent side is determined. Of course, the use of filter paper cannot account for reservoir formation permeability and porosity; therefore, the fluid-loss characteristics derived from such tests should be viewed as only gross approximations. The static core-wafer test on the other hand, reflects to some extent the interaction of the formation and fracturing-fluid properties. However, one important fluid property is altogether ignored in such static core-wafer tests. This is the effect of shear rate in the fracture on the rheology (viscosity) of fracturing fluid and subsequent effects of viscosity on the fluid loss through the formation rock. In the past, several attempts were made to overcome the drawbacks of static core-wafer tests by adopting dynamic fluid-loss tests. Although these dynamic tests were a definite improvement over the static versions, each had drawbacks or limitations that could influence test results. In some of the studies, the shearing area was annular rather than planar as encountered in the fracture. In other cases, the fluid being tested did not experience a representative shear rate for a sufficiently long period of time. An additional problem arose because most studies were performed at moderate differential pressures and temperatures. The final drawback in several of the studies was that the fluid flow and leakoff patterns did not realistically simulate those occurring in the field. In the first part of this paper, we emphasize the design of a dynamic fluid-loss test apparatus that possesses none of these drawbacks. In the second part of the paper, test results with this apparatus are presented for three different fluid systems. These systems areglycerol, a non-wall-building Newtonian fluid,a polymer gel solution that is slightly wall-building and non-Newtonian, anda crosslinked fracturing system that is highly non-Newtonian in nature and possesses the ability to build a wall (filter cake) on the fracture face (see Table 1). The fluids were subjected to both static and dynamic test procedures. In the third part of the paper, results of experiments carried out with crosslinked fracturing fluid for different core lengths, pressure differences, temperatures, and shear rates are compared and the significance of the difference of fluid loss is emphasized. Experimental Equipment and Procedure The major components of the experimental apparatus shown in Fig. 1 are a fluid-loss cell, circulation pump, heat exchanger, system pressurization accumulators, and a fluid-loss recording device. The construction material throughout most of the system is 316 stainless steel. The fluid loss is measured through a cylindrical core sample, 1.5 in. [3.81 cm] in diameter, mounted in the fluid-loss cell. Heat-shrink tubing is fitted around the circumference of the core and a confining pressure is maintained to prevent channeling. Fracturing fluid is circulated through a rectangular channel across one end of the core. SPEJ P. 482^

scholarly journals A new type of experimentally proposed in situ heat/gas clean foam fracturing fluid system

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 3419-3436
Author(s):  
Kuangsheng Zhang ◽  
Zhenfeng Zhao ◽  
Meirong Tang ◽  
Wenbin Chen ◽  
Chengwang Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Pressure Coefficient ◽  
System Optimization ◽  
Inert Gas ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Fluid Loss ◽  
Fracturing Fluid ◽  
Fluid System ◽  
New Type

Abstract When cold fluid is injected into low-temperature, low-pressure, low-permeability reservoirs containing wax-bearing heavy oil, cryogenic paraffin deposition and heavy oil condensation will occur, thus damaging the formation. Moreover, the formation pressure coefficient is low and the working fluid flowback efficiency is low, which affects the fracturing stimulation effect. Therefore, an in situ heat/gas clean foam fracturing fluid system is proposed. This system can ensure that conventional fracturing fluid can create fractures and carry proppant in the reservoir, generate heat in situ to avoid cold damage, reduce the viscosity, and improve the fluidity of crude oil. The in situ heat fracturing fluid generates a large amount of inert gas while generating heat, thus forming foam-like fracturing fluid, reducing fluid loss, improving proppant-carrying performance, improving gel-breaking performance, effectively improving crack conductivity, and is clean and environmentally friendly. Based on the improved existing fracturing fluid system, in this paper, a new type of in situ heat fracturing fluid system is proposed, and a system optimization evaluation is conducted through laboratory experiments according to the performance evaluation standard of water-based fracturing fluid. Compared with the traditional in situ heat fracturing fluid system, the fracturing fluid system proposed in this study generates a large amount of inert gas and form foam-like fracturing fluid, reduces fluid loss, enhances the proppant-carrying capacity and gel-breaking performance, improves crack conductivity, the gel without residue and that the gel-breaking liquid is clean and harmless.

Improving the fracturing fluid loss control for multistage fracturing by the precise gel breaking time design

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 367-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Lin ◽  
Shicheng Zhang ◽  
Qiang Wang ◽  
Yin Feng ◽  
Yuanyuan Shuai
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Loss ◽  
Fracturing Fluid ◽  
Breaking Time ◽  
Loss Control

Performance of Fracturing Fluid Loss Agents Under Dynamic Conditions

1968 ◽  
Vol 20 (07) ◽  
pp. 763-769 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.D. Hall ◽  
F.E. Dollarhide
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Loss ◽  
Fracturing Fluid ◽  
Dynamic Conditions

Characteristics of Acid Reaction in Limestone Formations

1971 ◽  
Vol 11 (04) ◽  
pp. 406-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.E. Nierode ◽  
B.B. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Transfer Rate ◽  
Reaction Rate ◽  
Mass Transfer Rate ◽  
Field Conditions ◽  
Rock Surface ◽  
Fluid Loss ◽  
Matrix Acidizing ◽  
Acid Fracturing ◽  
Acid Reaction ◽  
Flow Through

Abstract A kinetic model for the reaction of Hydrochloric acid with limestone bas been determined. Reaction order and rate constant for this model were calculated from experiments where acid reacted with a single calcium carbonate plate. Experiments were performed so that acid flow past the plate and mass transfer rate to the rock surface could be calculated theoretically. The resulting model, therefore, accurately represents the acid reaction process at the rock surface and is independent of mass transfer rate. Combination of this model with existing theory allows prediction of acid reaction during acid fracturing operations. A model for acid reaction in wormholes created during matrix acidization treatments is presented along with data for reaction of hydrochloric, formic and acetic acids in a wormhole. Factors limiting stimulation in acid fracturing or matrix acidizing treatments are then discussed. Introduction To predict the stimulation ratio resulting from acid fracturing or matrix acidizing treatments it is necessary to know the rate of acid reaction under field conditions. In acid fracturing treatments, for example, reaction occurs as acid flows through a narrow fracture. Reaction in a matrix treatment occurs during flow through wormholes (channels of roughly circular cross-section) created by acid reaction. In both treatments, a large amount of mixing occurs during flow through the fracture or channel as a result of tortuosity and wall roughness. Reaction rate can be obtained from experiments, or predicted by theoretical calculations that accurately model field conditions. In general a theoretical procedure is preferred since it can be used without recourse to laboratory testing. Acid-reaction-rate data have been reported from a number of experiments intended to simulate acid reaction in field treatments. Tests most often used are:the static reaction rate test, in which a cube of limestone is contacted with unstirred acid at a known ratio of rock surface area to acid volume;flow experiments, where acid is forced to flow between parallel plates of limestone; anddynamic tests, whine limestone specimens are rotated through an agitated acid solution. In general, these tests model some aspects of the reaction process, such as area to volume ratio, or acid flow velocity, but do not accurately model all field conditions. To obtain an accurate mathematical model for field treatments, assuming fracture or wormhole geometry is known, it is necessary to characterize acid reaction kinetics at the limestone surface, rate of acid transfer to the surface, and rate of fluid loss from the fracture or wormhole. (Each of these processes is shown schematically in Fig. 1.) processes is shown schematically in Fig. 1.) Reaction kinetics are independent of the geometry in which reaction occurs; therefore, once kinetics have been determined for a given acid-rock system field treatments can be simulated by prediction of the rate of acid transfer to the surface and fluid loss to the formation. Unfortunately, experiments reported to dare do not allow determination of a kinetic model. SPEJ P. 406

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