CA2651156A1 - Thermal insulation compositions containing organic solvent and gelling agent and methods of using the same - Google Patents

Thermal insulation compositions containing organic solvent and gelling agent and methods of using the same Download PDF

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CA2651156A1
CA2651156A1 CA002651156A CA2651156A CA2651156A1 CA 2651156 A1 CA2651156 A1 CA 2651156A1 CA 002651156 A CA002651156 A CA 002651156A CA 2651156 A CA2651156 A CA 2651156A CA 2651156 A1 CA2651156 A1 CA 2651156A1
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Xiaolan Wang
Qi Qu
Jeffrey C. Dawson
Satyanarayana D.V. Gupta
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B36/00—Heating, cooling, insulating arrangements for boreholes or wells, e.g. for use in permafrost zones
    • E21B36/003—Insulating arrangements
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C09—DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • C09K—MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • C09K8/00—Compositions for drilling of boreholes or wells; Compositions for treating boreholes or wells, e.g. for completion or for remedial operations
    • C09K8/58—Compositions for enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons, i.e. for improving the mobility of the oil, e.g. displacing fluids
    • C09K8/592—Compositions used in combination with generated heat, e.g. by steam injection

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A thermal insulating packer fluid contains an organic solvent of low thermal conductivity and a gelling agent which is hydratable in the solvent. The composition is capable of inhibiting unwanted heat loss from production tubing or uncontrolled heat transfer to outer annuli. The viscosity of the composition is sufficient to reduce the convection flow velocity within the annulus.

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1. A thermal insulating composition useful for controlling heat transfer from a production tubing or transfer pipe in a wellbore to one or more surrounding annuli and/or the environment, the composition comprising an organic solvent of low thermal conductivity and a gelling agent hydratable in the solvent, wherein the fluid viscosity of the composition is capable of reducing the convection flow velocity within the surrounding annulus of the well or the production tube and/or transfer pipe and further wherein the gelling agent is selected from the group consisting of hydrophobically-modified polyacrylic and acrylic/acrylate copolymers and guar derivatives having a molecular weight of 1.0 to 3 million and having a molar substitution between from 0.80 to 1.20.
2. The thermal insulating composition of Claim 1, wherein the organic solvent is isopropanol or a polyol, such as ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, glycerol, butylene glycol, diethylene glycol and trimethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, poly(1,3-propanediol), poly(1,2-propanediol), poly(1,2-butanediol), poly(1,3-butanediol), poly(1,4-butanediol), poly(2,3-butanediol), polyvinyl alcohol, copolymers, block polymers and mixtures thereof.
3. The thermal insulating composition of Claim 1 or 2, wherein the:
(a) gelling agent is capable of rendering a viscosity of from about 100 to about 2000 cps @ 100 sec-1 at 25°C to the composition; and/or (b) amount of gelling agent present in the composition is between from about 0.05 to about 20 percent by weight based on 100 percent by volume of organic solvent;
and/or (c) composition is buffered to a pH above 10.
4. The thermal insulating composition of any of Claims 1 to 3, wherein the guar derivative is a hydroxyalkylated guar or modified hydroxyalkylated guar, such as hydroxypropyl guar, hydroxyethyl guar, hydroxybutyl guar and carboxymethylhydroxypropyl guar.
5. The thermally insulating composition of any of Claims 1 to 4, wherein the composition is substantially free of water.
6. The thermal insulating composition of any of Claims 1 to 5, wherein the gelling agent is a hydrophobically modified polyacrylic acid or acrylic acid/acrylate copolymer, optionally crosslinked with a crosslinking agent having at least two terminal polymerizable ethylenic groups.
7. The thermal insulating composition of any of Claims 1 to 6, further comprising a crosslinking metal-releasing agent, such as borate ion releasing compounds, organometallic titanium containing crosslinking agents or organometallic zirconium crosslinking agents or N,N'-methylene-bis-acrylamide, N,N'-methylene-bis-(meth)acrylamide, diallyl amine, diallyl acrylamide, diallyl (meth)acrylamide, diallyl ether, diallyl methyl ether, divinyl benzene, diethylene glycol divinyl ether, ethylene glycol diacrylate, ethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, propylene glycol diacrylate, propylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, diethylene glycol diacrylate, diethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, tetraethylene glycol diacrylate, tetraethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, allyl acrylate, allyl (meth)acrylate, trimethylolpropane diallyl ether, polyethylene glycol diallyl ether, trimethylolpropane triacrylate, trimethylolpropane tri(meth)acrylate, 1,6 hexanediol diacrylate, pentaerythritol triacrylate or glyceryl/propoxy triacrylate.
8. A method for enhancing the thermal insulation of a production tubing or transfer pipe surrounded by at least one annuli, comprising:
adding the fluid composition of any of Claims 1 to 7 to the at least one annuli; and maintaining the fluid in contact with the at least one annuli to at least partially immobilize the fluid composition.
9. A method for reducing convection flow velocity in at least one annuli surrounding a production tubing or transfer pipe, comprising:
introducing into the at least one annuli an insulating packer or riser fluid comprising the fluid composition of any of Claims 1 to 7; and maintaining the fluid in the at least one annuli until the convection flow velocity is reduced.
10. The method of Claim 9, wherein the fluid composition is a packer or riser fluid and further wherein the packer fluid is introduced above the packer in an annulus and the riser fluid is introduced into a riser annulus.
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