This study investigated the efficacy of bio-based flow improvers, soybean oil (SBO) and castor oil (CAO), in mitigating the flow challenges posed by waxy crude oil, using Bonny Light crude oil as a case study. The study evaluated the impact of these additives on viscosity, gel strength, and pour point reduction. The performance of these additives was compared with a conventional flow improver, xylene. Results indicated that both SBO and CAO effectively reduced viscosity, gel strength, and pour point of the crude oil. Castor oil demonstrated superior performance in reducing gel strength, achieving a 98% reduction at 0.1 v/v concentration. Soybean oil, on the other hand, exhibited better performance in reducing pour point, with a 56.3% reduction at 1.9 v/v concentration. Xylene showed the highest viscosity reduction but had a less pronounced effect on gel strength and pour point. Optimum viscosity reduction of 85%, 83%, and 87% was achieved for SBO, CAO, and xylene, respectively, at specific process conditions. Similarly, gel strength reduction reached 94.36%, 94.89%, and 95.79% for SBO, CAO, and xylene, respectively. Pour point reduction was 56.3%, 52.7%, and 45.5% for SBO, CAO, and xylene, respectively, at the highest concentration tested. The study demonstrated the potential of bio-based additives as viable alternatives to conventional flow improvers for waxy crude oil. Further research is necessary to optimize their performance and explore their application in different crude oil systems.
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Pub Date : 2024-11-15DOI: 10.1016/j.geoen.2024.213504
Xiaohua Zhu , Wuji Tang , Weiji Liu , Siqi Liu
In the working process of the Electric Pulse rock Breaking (EPB) drill bit, the insulator will have electrical breakdown failure under the action of long-term strong voltage, resulting in the loss of rock breaking ability of the EPB drill bit. Based on the simplified circuit analysis and the electric breakdown PDM (Probability Development Model), numerical simulation and laboratory experiment were conducted to study the electric field strength distribution in the insulation and the evolution law of the breakdown path. In this paper, nylon (PA), epoxy resin (EP), crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) as the base material, boron nitride (BN), glass fiber (GFR) as the filler to construct 8 kinds of electrical insulation composite materials, considering the material properties of different components and particle size. The effects of different insulators, filling particles, load voltage and insulator thickness on the breakdown path, growth rate and deterioration area in the insulation were analyzed. The results show that the breakdown path of the electric branches develops along the direction of electric field distortion. Using GFR as filler can effectively inhibit the diffusion capacity and development speed of the breakdown channel, reduce the deterioration area, but the breakdown voltage will be reduced. The research results have certain guiding significance for the engineering application of EPB and the optimization design of EPB drill bit.
在电脉冲破岩(EPB)钻头的工作过程中,绝缘体在长期强电压的作用下会发生电击穿故障,导致电脉冲破岩钻头失去破岩能力。基于简化电路分析和电击穿 PDM(概率发展模型),通过数值模拟和实验室实验研究了绝缘体中的电场强度分布和击穿路径的演化规律。本文以尼龙(PA)、环氧树脂(EP)、交联聚乙烯(XLPE)、聚四氟乙烯(PTFE)为基材,以氮化硼(BN)、玻璃纤维(GFR)为填料,构建了 8 种电气绝缘复合材料,考虑了不同组分的材料特性和粒度。分析了不同绝缘体、填充颗粒、负载电压和绝缘体厚度对绝缘体击穿路径、增长率和劣化面积的影响。结果表明,电分支的击穿路径沿着电场畸变的方向发展。使用 GFR 作为填料能有效抑制击穿通道的扩散能力和发展速度,减少劣化面积,但击穿电压会降低。该研究成果对 EPB 的工程应用和 EPB 钻头的优化设计具有一定的指导意义。
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Pub Date : 2024-11-15DOI: 10.1016/j.geoen.2024.213469
R. Skartlien , J. Nossen , G.W. Johnson , T.K. Kjeldby
A three-phase dispersion profile model for stratified gas/oil/water pipe flow was developed. The main goal was to incorporate the effects of gas bubbles on the cross-sectional distribution of oil and water droplets in the continuous liquids. Gas bubbles entrain from the gas layer above the oil/water layers and modify the oil and water dispersion profiles in several different ways. Increased hindered settling due to gas bubbles, reduction of the effective background mixing density that affects buoyancy, turbulence suppression due to droplets and bubbles and finally reduction of oil and water droplet entrainment rate due to area blocking by gas bubbles at the oil/water interface. All three dispersion profiles were modelled consistently with respect to their mutual coupling. The tuned model qualitatively reproduced the shapes and magnitude of the volume fraction profile data obtained from X-ray measurements. Several areas where identified where more fundamental experimental research would be needed.
开发了分层气/油/水管流三相分散剖面模型。主要目标是将气泡对连续液体中油和水滴横截面分布的影响纳入其中。气泡从油层/水层上方的气层进入,并以几种不同的方式改变油和水的分散曲线。气泡增加了阻碍沉降的程度,降低了影响浮力的有效背景混合密度,液滴和气泡抑制了湍流,最后,由于气泡在油/水界面上的面积阻挡,降低了油和水滴的夹带率。所有这三种分散剖面的建模方法在相互耦合方面都是一致的。调整后的模型定性地再现了通过 X 射线测量获得的体积分数剖面数据的形状和大小。确定了需要进行更多基础实验研究的几个领域。
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Pub Date : 2024-11-14DOI: 10.1016/j.geoen.2024.213502
Marina Lunardi, Daniel Marcos Bonotto
Central Brazil is home to the world's greatest geothermal water complex that is unrelated to magmatism. Hot springs arise along a metamorphic terrain in two main locations 35 km apart, i.e. Caldas Novas and Rio Quente cities. A large-scale dome of 20 × 12 km oval feature with a long axis going NNW-SSE, primarily made of quartzite from the Paranoá Group and surrounded by schists of the younger Araxá Group, works as the aquifer's main recharge area for rainwater. This geological structure separates both cities by a few kilometers and grants its waters a few chemical differences. Three groups of samples from the area, consisting of rainwater, surface water, and groundwater have been analyzed for major and minor constituents. Two major types of groundwater composition have been identified. The first occurs at Rio Quente city, featuring a moderate temperature (37.5 °C), slightly acidic pH (mean = 6.3 ± 0.3), lower total dissolved solids (TDS, mean = 59.6 ± 9.8 mg/L), and lower dissolved concentrations of Ca2+ (mean = 5.7 ± 3.1 mg/L), Mg2+ (mean = 2.0 ± 1.1 mg/L), and HCO3− (mean = 20.0 ± 2.2 mg/L). The second arises at Caldas Novas city, exhibiting relatively higher temperature (mean = 41.9 °C), pH (mean = 7.3 ± 0.6), TDS (mean = 147.1 ± 28.6 mg/L), and dissolved concentrations of Ca2+ (mean = 16.4 ± 8.4 mg/L), Mg2+ (mean = 7.4 ± 2.6 mg/L), and HCO3− (mean = 99.8 ± 23.5 mg/L). The crystalline rocks terrain, while extensively weathered, also provide a wide range of minor elements to those waters, which are chiefly found on the suspended solids fraction rather than in its dissolved form. Dissolved Pb and Fe exceeded the maximum contaminant levels for drinking water in some surface and groundwater samples, whilst some calculations indicated that P, K, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Rb, Pb, Br and Ba tend to remain adsorbed in the particulate matter. However, the use of the USSL salinity diagram pointed out that all analyzed water samples offer no hazard to irrigation in most soil types. Subsurface reservoir temperatures were also estimated by means of different solute geothermometers and, among them, the quartz geothermometer yielded the most reasonable values.
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Pub Date : 2024-11-14DOI: 10.1016/j.geoen.2024.213472
S. Fedorov , V. Hagspiel , S. Haseldonckx , T. Hyldmo , M.H. Skudal
The decreasing average size of oil and gas (O&G) discoveries on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) has increased interest in mitigating the uncertainties involved in O&G investment decisions. Marginal fields, in particular, will not be able to support the same data gathering as larger fields, as the cost of appraisal wells may outweigh the potential revenues of the field. This lack of information increases subsurface uncertainty, making the investment decision more complex. Therefore, modeling this uncertainty and accounting for managerial flexibility is essential when evaluating O&G investments. Using existing infrastructure through tiebacks is one of the most cost-efficient solutions for developing smaller O&G discoveries. With spare capacities opening up on maturing production facilities, tiebacks from marginal fields to these facilities can be an appropriate investment option.
This paper presents a compound real options analysis (CROA) that allows us to evaluate a portfolio of two marginal fields under reservoir- and oil price uncertainty. The proposed methodology allows identification of additional value from managerial flexibility when investing in tiebacks to an existing host. The methodology is applied to a case where a decision-maker has to choose which field should be tied back first while knowing there is an option to develop the other field afterwards. Based on updates of crude spot prices and sizes of the reservoirs, the decision maker can evaluate whether to exercise the option to invest in either field or wait and reevaluate in consecutive years. We analyze what drives this choice and propose decision rules considering a portfolio view of O&G projects. The CROA approach is applied to a realistic case study resulting in improved decisions and, thereby, a return on investment of 25.4 % higher than the value resulting from the industry standard myopic valuation approach.
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Pub Date : 2024-11-14DOI: 10.1016/j.geoen.2024.213503
Jiafeng Wu , Anni Wang , Dongli Qin , Xiaocan Du , Shujun Wang , Zaisheng Hao , Guangze Li
Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is a new type of intelligent drilling and completion technology that can be used for remote control of downhole tools. In RF modulation, frequency shift keying (FSK) has stronger anti-interference ability compared to amplitude shift keying (ASK), but its transmission characteristics for downhole RF signal are not yet clear, which cannot provide theoretical support for designing downhole RFID systems. In this paper, a transmission model for downhole wireless RF signals based on FSK modulation is established by combining Maxwell's equations, Biot-Savart's law, and the proposed model was verified through the simulation results and the experimental results, and the influence of the excitation intensity, the transmission distance, and the conductivity of drilling fluid on transmission attenuation was deeply studied. This study highlights the influence of conductivity on drilling or completion fluids by integrating 2FSK modulation, excitation, propagation, and induction reception of downhole electromagnetic waves into the proposed model. The mathematical model proposed in this study has been proven to predict transmission characteristic values close to experimental results with an average accuracy of over 90%. The results show that the excitation voltage, the transmission distance and conductivity of drilling and completion fluids have a significant impact on the propagation and reception of downhole RF signals. These analysis results can provide effective guidance and inspiration for the design and application of digital drilling and completion instruments.
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Pub Date : 2024-11-12DOI: 10.1016/j.geoen.2024.213496
Fatemeh Aghababaei, Behnam Sedaee
In the last decade, the sources of clean energy supply to meet human needs have been given much attention by researchers worldwide. Compressed air storage in underground formations is an excellent way to balance energy production and consumption. During off-peak hours, with the consumption of excess electrical energy, the air is temporarily stored at high pressure in the desired environment. The stored compressed air produces recovered electrical power during the needed hours and peak energy consumption. Compressed air energy storage in underground structures, including depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs, due to having a suitable storage capacity for air and because their geological characteristics have already been well identified, is one of the storage methods. In order to underground storage of compressed air in aquifers and salt caverns, research have been carried out, but so far, studies have yet to be carried out regarding the storage of compressed air in depleted natural fractured oil reservoirs. This study simulated the storage of compressed air in a naturally fractured depleted oil reservoir, the effect of fracture on the rate of oxidation reactions, air dissolution and air diffusion in the oil and water phases. Also, for the first time, an examination of the fracture properties, including porosity, permeability, and fracture spacing on the amount of air recovery during CAES, was numerically simulated. Significantly Increasing the fracture porosity and permeability improves the air recovery and leads to a 19% and 16% respectively increase in the air recovery factor. In the fractured reservoir, increasing the fracture porosity has the most significant effect on reducing the air recovery factor and reducing the fracture spacing has the most negligible effect on the air recovery. Finally, the results of this study showed that due to the consumption and loss of air in the fractured reservoir compared to the conventional reservoir, the air recovery factor in the fractured reservoirs is less than the conventional reservoirs.
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Pub Date : 2024-11-09DOI: 10.1016/j.geoen.2024.213429
Jianbo Jia, Qilong Xue, Yafeng Li, Xinze Li, Bing Li
With the development of oil and gas fields to the deep-sea, the rotary steerable system is widely used. Downhole vibration is an important factor affecting the performance of rotary steerable system. Currently, the lack of research on vibration during operation of rotary steerable system has affected the development of deep-sea oil and gas field development technology. In this paper, the dynamic model of the push-pull rotary steerable system is established based on the similarity principle. The model includes Bit-rock interaction model, Drillstring-borehole contact model and guiding force model of rotary steerable system, the trajectory and vibration of drill bit under different guiding forces are simulated. Then, the actual drilling experiment of the full-scale Push-The-Bit Rotary Steerable System (PTB-RSS) in the horizontal section is carried out. The acceleration and speed signals of the push-pull rotary steerable system in the process of applying guiding force are collected and verified with the calculation results of the dynamic model. It is found that the vibration frequency and amplitude of the Bottom Hole Assembly (BHA) gradually increase with the increase of the guiding force of the PTB-RSS during the drilling stage, which induce high-frequency torsional vibration to a certain extent. In addition, the dynamic simulation shows that when the guiding force of the rotary steerable system is increased to a certain extent, the vibration of the BHA gradually stabilizes, but the vibration amplitude does not decrease.
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Pub Date : 2024-11-08DOI: 10.1016/j.geoen.2024.213497
Peng Li , Yinping Li , Xilin Shi , Kun Yang , Xinghui Fu , Hongling Ma , Chunhe Yang
Harnessing gas storage in sediment voids presents a promising trajectory for the future construction of large-scale underground gas reservoirs in low-grade salt mines. This approach not only augments the effective gas volume but also enhances the stability of the cavern. In contrast to traditional gas injection and brine discharge process, where brine is expelled from the upper pure brine space without involving brine seepage in sediment voids, gas storage in sediment voids entails expelling brine from these spaces, thus necessitating an understanding of the brine seepage characteristics in the sediment, which remains unclear. This study presents a comprehensive approach for estimating sediment frictional loss and permeability in interconnected wells, integrating mathematical modeling, experimental validation, and numerical simulation. The mathematical principles governing sediment behavior during in-situ gas/brine injection and brine discharge tests are theoretically elucidated, accompanied by derived formulas. Experimental verification is conducted in the horizontal interconnected wells (Ha4-5) of the Huaian salt mine in Jiangsu, yielding the sediment frictional loss (0.53 MPa) and permeability (6.9 × 10−11 m2). Subsequently, a 2D cross-sectional numerical model is established using the COMSOL software, considering the measured and predicted well morphologies. The model provides insights into the relationship between sediment frictional losses and permeability, yielding an inverse calculation of the average permeability (1.016 × 10−10 m2). Simulation results depict laminar brine flow characteristics in the cavern during gas/brine injection and brine discharge processes, with frictional loss occurring as brine passes through sediment. Examination of the brine seepage and pressure fields in the sediment reveals consistent brine flow velocity after passing through the sediment. This combined approach focuses on investigating the seepage characteristics of sediment at the bottom of salt caverns, offering valuable insights for estimating frictional losses and permeability in similar salt mines.
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Pub Date : 2024-11-08DOI: 10.1016/j.geoen.2024.213492
Pingli Liu , Jinlong Li , Juan Du , Jinming Liu , Gang Xiong , Pengfei Chen , Yaochen Li , Xiang Chen
Acid fracturing is the most effective production enhancement measure for carbonate reservoir stimulation. The retardation performance of acid systems is one of the key parameters influencing the effectiveness of acid fracturing. However, current methods for evaluating acid retardation, based on static dissolution experiments and acid-rock reaction kinetics, have certain limitations. This study introduces a new method for evaluating acid retardation by simulating acid flow in formation fractures. The morphology of acid-etched fractures was obtained, and the depth and width distribution of the etched fractures were quantitatively analyzed to assess the acid retardation performance. In addition, high-temperature dissolution experiments were used to evaluate the acid's dissolution capacity, and acid-rock reaction kinetics experiments were conducted to determine the acid-rock reaction rate and activation energy of the acid systems. The results show that at 130 °C, the reaction rate between hydrochloric (HCl) acid and rock (2.12 × 10−5 mol/(s·cm2)) was the fastest, followed by Diverting acid, while G acid had the slowest reaction rate (1.51 × 10−6 mol/(s·cm2)). The activation energy of weak acid systems was much higher than that of strong acid systems. The new evaluation method revealed that the average fracture width and depth etched by HCl acid were the largest (7.57 mm and 6.39 mm, respectively), while the fracture depth etched by G acid was the smallest (0.87 mm), and the average fracture width etched by Acetic acid was the smallest (2.30 mm). This indicates that acetic acid has a stronger etching ability along the fracture length compared to G acid. Additionally, the fracture width and depth curves of strong acids (e.g., HCl acid and Diverting acid) showed a downward trend, whereas those of weak acids (Acetic acid and G acid) showed an upward trend. This suggests that Diverting acid has poor retardation performance, while G acid has the best retardation performance. Furthermore, the roughness of fractures etched by strong acids was much greater than that of fractures etched by weak acids, indicating that strong acids have a stronger non-uniform etching ability. To balance the non-uniform fracture etching morphology and the effective reach of the acid, a combination of strong and weak acids can be used.
酸性压裂是碳酸盐岩储层增产的最有效措施。酸性体系的缓效性能是影响酸性压裂效果的关键参数之一。然而,目前基于静态溶解实验和酸-岩反应动力学的酸迟滞评价方法存在一定的局限性。本研究通过模拟酸液在地层裂缝中的流动,引入了一种新的酸液迟滞评估方法。研究获得了酸蚀裂缝的形态,并定量分析了酸蚀裂缝的深度和宽度分布,以评估酸缓性能。此外,还通过高温溶解实验评估了酸的溶解能力,并通过酸岩反应动力学实验确定了酸体系的酸岩反应速率和活化能。结果表明,在 130 °C 下,盐酸与岩石的反应速率(2.12 × 10-5 mol/(s-cm2))最快,其次是憩息酸,而 G 酸的反应速率(1.51 × 10-6 mol/(s-cm2))最慢。弱酸体系的活化能远高于强酸体系。新的评价方法显示,盐酸蚀刻的平均断口宽度和深度最大(分别为 7.57 毫米和 6.39 毫米),而 G 酸蚀刻的断口深度最小(0.87 毫米),醋酸蚀刻的平均断口宽度最小(2.30 毫米)。这表明,与 G 酸相比,醋酸在断裂长度上的蚀刻能力更强。此外,强酸(如 HCl 酸和 Diverting 酸)的断口宽度和深度曲线呈下降趋势,而弱酸(醋酸和 G 酸)的断口宽度和深度曲线呈上升趋势。这表明 Diverting 酸的缓凝性能较差,而 G 酸的缓凝性能最好。此外,强酸蚀刻的断口粗糙度远大于弱酸蚀刻的断口粗糙度,这表明强酸具有更强的非均匀蚀刻能力。为了平衡断口蚀刻形态的不均匀性和酸的有效范围,可以将强酸和弱酸结合使用。
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