Reducing economic
losses and protecting producing strata are important
links in the process of oil and gas exploration and exploitation.
The key to avoid these problems lies in reducing well leakage accidents
in the process of exploitation, in which the correct selection of
plugging materials plays a decisive role. In view of the low sealing
strength, complex construction, difficulty in unblocking, and high
cost of the bridge lost-circulation material (LCM) currently used
in plugging, this paper demonstrates the development of a highly elastic
honeycomb porous LCM in a targeted manner. Indoor evaluation of the
material shows it has good compression resilience and tensile strength:
its 50% compression permanent deformation is less than 10% and tensile
strength is more than 100 kPa; its retention rate under acidic conditions
is more than 97%; it is basically not acid soluble; and at 100 °C
aging conditions, the abovementioned performance and properties are
maintained in a good manner. Due to the rebound characteristics of
the highly elastic honeycomb porous LCM, the material can smoothly
enter into different fractures to achieve a good plugging effect under
the condition of choosing a suitable size.