Nanoparticle induced chemical system for consolidating loosely bound sand formations in oil fields

Mishra, S.R.; Ojha, Keka

doi:10.1016/j.petrol.2016.05.005

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“…Another interesting kind of stabilizers are nanoparticle that has received much attention in petroleum industry. Furthered information related to this stabilizer can be found elsewhere (Alakbari et al 2020;Mishra and Ojha 2016b;Espin et al 2003).…”

Section: Other Consolidators/stabilizersmentioning

confidence: 95%

A comprehensive research in chemical consolidator/stabilizer agents on sand production control

Tabar¹,

Bagherzadeh²,

Shahrabadi³

et al. 2021

J Petrol Explor Prod Technol

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Sand or fine is a typical product in many processing of oil production from unconsolidated and weakly consolidated formations. High variation of in situ stress, fluid production rate above maximum sand-free rate, and water production are main primary sources of the sand production. Sand production can cause hazardous operational problems to the facilities, pipes, and wellbore. Hence, it is a significant problem that requires to be managed and studied. To minimize the operational impacts of particle migration, chemical consolidators/stabilizers can be utilized to alter surface properties of sand and formation particles. The decreasing zeta potential besides increasing the cohesion between sand and formation particles could result in controlled sand production. However, understanding the mechanism and application of chemical methods to alleviate sand production is not well-discussed. This study presents and discusses chemical consolidator/stabilizer agents, which may be applied for managing sand production in the petroleum industry. This was achieved through a comprehension review of the literature and the application of chemical consolidators/stabilizers in other fields such as bauxite residue (red mud and red sand) control, desert sand, mine reclamation, wind erosion control, unpaved road modification, and enhancement of water retention and soil infiltration properties that are similar to formation sand. Standard experimental methods in various fields, for performance analysis of chemical consolidator/stabilizer agents, are compared and summarized. The consolidation/stabilization mechanisms of various types of chemical consolidator/stabilizer agents are discussed and compared. This review potentially can be used to inhibit blind usage of chemicals and functions as a reference to additional research in sand production control in petroleum engineering. The results are appropriate for extending quantitative approaches for performance evaluation of sand consolidator/stabilizer agents.

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Section: Other Consolidators/stabilizersmentioning

confidence: 95%

A comprehensive research in chemical consolidator/stabilizer agents on sand production control

Tabar¹,

Bagherzadeh²,

Shahrabadi³

et al. 2021

J Petrol Explor Prod Technol

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“…The polymeric method laboratory measurements offered that the compressive strength was 497 psi to 1422 psi at the compositions of (1.0, 0.4, 25) PV and at the temperatures of 60, 80, and 110 ℃ , respectively, [66]. The results of organic resins and inorganic resins showed that there was a drop in the values of porosity and permeability as the amount of the binding agent and the amount of reactive component were raised [67]. Some benefits and drawbacks of amino-aldehyde polymers, as reported in literature are summarized in Table 8.…”

Section: Amino-aldehyde Polymermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…They used aqueous suspension of nanoparticles and the water-based fluid was used as a displacing fluid to dislodge formation fluids into unconsolidated formation and away from the well. Mishra and Ojha [67] studied silicon dioxide nanoparticles (10-20 nm particle size) with urea formaldehyde resin [UF] to improve the capacity of urea formaldehyde polymer chain to bind the grains of sand together at their contact point, Table 25. The UF-nanoSiO 2 solution provided a compressive strength of more than 2000 psi, but with a reduction in permeability (losses between 4.53% and 11.56%).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The UF-nanoSiO 2 solution provided a compressive strength of more than 2000 psi, but with a reduction in permeability (losses between 4.53% and 11.56%). In addition, they reveal that adding of nanoSiO2 in the urea-formaldehyde causes further growth in the viscosity [67]. Kalgaonkar et al [121] have studied positively charged modified nanoparticle (5 nm-50 nm) of silica to consolidate a sand formation, Table 25.…”

Section: Advantages Disadvantagesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Chemical Sand Consolidation: From Polymers to Nanoparticles

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The chemical sand consolidation methods involve pumping of chemical materials, like furan resin and silicate non-polymer materials into unconsolidated sandstone formations, in order to minimize sand production with the fluids produced from the hydrocarbon reservoirs. The injected chemical material, predominantly polymer, bonds sand grains together, lead to higher compressive strength of the rock. Hence, less amounts of sand particles are entrained in the produced fluids. However, the effect of this bonding may impose a negative impact on the formation productivity due to the reduction in rock permeability. Therefore, it is always essential to select a chemical material that can provide the highest possible compressive strength with minimum permeability reduction. This review article discusses the chemical materials used for sand consolidation and presents an in-depth evaluation between these materials to serve as a screening tool that can assist in the selection of chemical sand consolidation material, which in turn, helps optimize the sand control performance. The review paper also highlights the progressive improvement in chemical sand consolidation methods, from using different types of polymers to nanoparticles utilization, as well as track the impact of the improvement in sand consolidation efficiency and production performance. Based on this review, the nanoparticle-related martials are highly recommended to be applied as sand consolidation agents, due to their ability to generate acceptable rock strength with insignificant reduction in rock permeability.

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“…When one exceeds the highest stress, the sand formation loses its mechanical strength and sand grains start moving by fluid flow. In the previous studies, the magnitude of the compressive strength was used to evaluate sand consolidation in which the higher the compressive strength, the more stable the sands (Mishra and Ojha 2016b). We also measured the compressive strengths of sand samples after hydrogel injection.…”

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confidence: 99%

Polyacrylamide hydrogel application in sand control with compressive strength testing

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Sand production is one of the major problems in sandstone reservoirs. Different mechanical and chemical methods have been proposed to control sand production. In this paper, we propose a chemical method based on using polyacrylamide/ chromium triacetate hydrogel to investigate sand production in a synthetic sandpack system. To this end, a series of bulk experiments including the bottle test and rheological analysis along with compression tests were conducted. Experimental results indicated that the compressive strength of the sandpack was increased as much as 30 times by injecting 0.5 pore volume of hydrogel. Also, it was found that the increases in cross-linker and polymer concentrations exhibited a positive impact on the compressive strength of the sandpack, mostly by cross-linker concentration (48 psi). Hydrogel with a higher value of cross-linker could retain its viscoelastic properties against the strain which was a maximum of 122% for 0.5 weight ratio of cross-linker/polymer. The presence of salts, in particular divalent cations, has a detrimental effect on the hydrogel stability. The maximum strain value applied on hydrogel in the presence of CaCl 2 was only about 201% as compared to 1010% in the presence of distilled water. Finally, thermogravimetric analysis and its derivative showed that the hydrogel could retain its structure up to 300°C. The results of this study revealed the potential application of the hydrogel to control sand production.

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Nanoparticle induced chemical system for consolidating loosely bound sand formations in oil fields

Cited by 27 publications

References 21 publications

A comprehensive research in chemical consolidator/stabilizer agents on sand production control

A comprehensive research in chemical consolidator/stabilizer agents on sand production control

Chemical Sand Consolidation: From Polymers to Nanoparticles

Polyacrylamide hydrogel application in sand control with compressive strength testing

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