WO2009123491A1 - Additive to hydraulic fracturing fluid and method of using the same - Google Patents

Additive to hydraulic fracturing fluid and method of using the same Download PDF

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WO2009123491A1
WO2009123491A1 PCT/RU2008/000188 RU2008000188W WO2009123491A1 WO 2009123491 A1 WO2009123491 A1 WO 2009123491A1 RU 2008000188 W RU2008000188 W RU 2008000188W WO 2009123491 A1 WO2009123491 A1 WO 2009123491A1
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Anatoly Vladimirovich Medvedev
Alexander Igorevich Titkov
Oleg Olegovich Medvedev
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  • This invention is used in hydraulic fracturing of subterranean formations and is more particularly a method to minimize the proppant settling rate.
  • Hydraulic fracturing is a primary tool for enhancing well productivity by placing or extending highly conductive fractures from the wellbore into the reservoir.
  • Conventional hydraulic fracturing treatment is generally considered to have several distinct stages.
  • hydraulic fracturing fluid is injected through wellbore into a subterranean formation at high rates and pressures.
  • the fracturing fluid injection rate exceeds the filtration rate into the formation producing increasing hydraulic pressure at the sandface.
  • the pressure exceeds a threshold value, the formation strata or rock cracks and fractures. Hydraulic fracture initiates and starts to propagate into the formation as injection of fracturing fluid continues.
  • proppant is admixed to fracturing fluid and transported throughout hydraulic fracture.
  • Proppant deposited in created fracture over the designed length mechanically prevents fracture from closure after injection stops.
  • the production rate of oil/gas essentially depends upon the number of the parameters, including formation permeability, hydraulic pressure in the formation, properties of the production fluid, shape of the fracture, etc.
  • the most essential parameter and the one, which can be controlled and tweaked in hydraulic fracturing is the proppant pack permeability.
  • Proppant pack permeability essentially depends upon the proppant distribution in the fracture, which in turn depends on a proppant placement. One of the most significant mechanisms, occurring during proppant placement is the proppant settling.
  • Fibers to aid in transporting, suspending and placing proppant or gravel in viscous carrier fluids otherwise having insufficient viscosity to prevent particulate settling.
  • Fibers are given that have properties optimized for proppant transport but degrade after the treatment into degradation products that do not precipitate in the presence of ions in the water such as calcium and magnesium.
  • Crosslinked polymer carrier fluids are identified that are not damaged by contaminants present in the fibers or by degradation products released by premature degradation of the fibers.
  • U.S. patent application No. 20050011648Al teaches about a method and apparatus for controlling the flowback of proppants that have been placed inside fractures of a subterranean formation.
  • the apparatus is defined by a plurality of solid balls, which comprise compressed springs that are encapsulated in a mass of fibrous material and an aqueous soluble mixture of a filler material and an adhesive.
  • the solid balls are mixed in a viscous slurry and injected into the fractures with the proppants. Over time the aqueous soluble mixture dissolves releasing the compressed springs to fill the openings of the fractures.
  • the fibrous network and expanded springs which remain, act as a filter or screen to restrict the proppants flow-back to the surface during production of the well.
  • U.S. patent No. 5908073 improved methods of propping a fracture in a subterranean zone whereby the subsequent flow-back of the proppant is prevented are provided.
  • the methods basically include the steps of placing a mixture of fibrous bundles and the proppant in the fracture while maintaining the fracture open and then allowing the fracture to close on the mixture of fibrous bundles and proppant.
  • the aim of the present invention is creation of an additive that effectively prevents proppant settling and proppant slug settling and assists proppant transport. Size at least in one of dimensions of the new additive should be comparable with the fracture width.
  • proppant or proppant slugs are suspended in a fracturing fluid for several hours, so proppant settling is an important issue.
  • the present technical solution describes a particle of additive introduced into the hydraulic fracture and the method of using the additive.
  • the particle has a two- or three-dimensional structure wherein the size of the particle at least in one direction is comparable with the fracture width.
  • the minimal additive's particle size L min is (0.5 ⁇ 5.O)-W fJ - where W & is the average hydraulic fracture width at the end of fracturing treatment and most preferably the minimal particle size L min is 1.2-W f r.
  • the coefficient is empirical.
  • the particle can change shape, hardness or adhesion to the fracture surface in time or as a result of chemical or physical processes. This provides for the better interaction of the particle surface with the walls of the hydraulic fracture being formed.
  • the particle surface should be sticky. This can be achieved using any known method, for example, by applying a sticky composition onto the surface of the additive or manufacturing the additive from a polymer having good adhesion.
  • the particle is made from an elastico-plastic material.
  • the particle can be made from, but not limited by, polyethylene, polyether or cross-linked rubber.
  • the particle is made from a polymer material. This can be a water-soluble polymer, e.g. polylactic acid, polyvinyl alcohol etc. or an oil-soluble polymer e.g.
  • the particle can also be made from a composite material e.g. ceramic-polymer composite or polyurethane foam.
  • the particle may have fractal or dendrite structure.
  • Said particles suspended in the hydraulic fracturing fluid are introduced into the hydraulic fracture.
  • the particles are added together with the proppant.
  • the preferred concentration of the particles is 0.5-50 g/1.
  • the present invention describes an additive particle that has a size at least in one of dimensions not less or large than the fracture width at the end of or during fracturing treatment.
  • the additive particle may be formed of a material which is relatively soft compared to the material of the fracture walls.
  • the additive particle may be formed from a material which is relatively elastic compared to a proppant or rock properties and can change its shape under stresses and recover the shape after the stress is released.
  • the additive particle is formed from a material which is soluble in the formation fluids or non- soluble or partially soluble.
  • the new additive particle means a structure with a size at least in one of dimensions comparable or larger than the fracture width during fracturing treatment.
  • Fig.l shows schematic representation of fiber's orientation for regular fiber-loaded proppant treatment (Fig.l a) and for new additive particles orientation (Fig.l b) at the end of a fracturing treatment.
  • the following notations are used: well 1, propped fracture 2.
  • Proppant particles are not shown.
  • a limited number of fibers are in contact with both fracture walls.
  • almost all new additive particles are in contact with both fracture walls; this physically prevents proppant from settling via wall- proppant-additive particle mechanical interactions.
  • Additive particle has a specific shape and size providing good contact with both fracture walls.
  • the additive particle has a specific shape and size providing good contact with both fracture walls at any orientation.
  • this type of additive particles forms a net through the fracture which, as a physical barrier, slows down the process of proppant settling.
  • the direct contact with both fracture walls makes this additive particle different firom conventional fibers which usually are oriented in parallel direction to fracture walls and often have no contact with both walls at the same time.
  • the new additive particle has a size at least in one of dimensions comparable with fracture width at end of fracturing treatment.
  • the end of job fracture width is a fracture width after a fracturing treatment but before fracture closure. It means that during pumping stage additive particles can have smaller size than the fracture width and change their shape and/or size with time.
  • Fig. 2 An example of the material is shown in Fig. 2
  • the material has two-dimensional structure (size X ⁇ size Y»size Z) and its smallest dimension 6 is 15 mm which is comparable with EOJ fracture width.
  • the minimal additive particle size in three- dimensional space should be comparable with the end of job fracture width.
  • Example of such material is shown in Fig.3.
  • the material has three-dimensional structure (size X ⁇ size Y ⁇ size Z) and its smallest dimension 4 is 10 mm which is comparable with End of Job fracture width. Dashed line shows the XY plane. Size 4 is in ZX plane.
  • FIG.4 Another example of the new material is shown in Fig.4.
  • the material has three-dimensional structure (sizeX—sizeY—sizeZ) and its smallest dimension 6 is 15 mm which is comparable with end of job fracture width. Dashed line shows the XY plane. Size 5 is in XY plane.
  • the settling rate of 6 ppa proppant slurry in YF 125 gel with 10 g/L of J501 fibers (average length is 12 mm) was about 0.3 m/h.

Abstract

This invention is used in hydraulic fracturing of subterranean formations and is more particularly a method to minimize the proppant settling rate. Prevention of proppant settling and proppant slug settling and assistance in proppant transport are achieved if the size at least in one of dimensions of the new additive should be comparable with the fracture width. During fracturing treatment proppant are suspended in a fracturing fluid for several hours, so proppant settling is an important issue.

Description

Additive to Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid and Method of Using the Same
Introduction
This invention is used in hydraulic fracturing of subterranean formations and is more particularly a method to minimize the proppant settling rate.
Hydraulic fracturing is a primary tool for enhancing well productivity by placing or extending highly conductive fractures from the wellbore into the reservoir. Conventional hydraulic fracturing treatment is generally considered to have several distinct stages.
During the first stage, hydraulic fracturing fluid is injected through wellbore into a subterranean formation at high rates and pressures. The fracturing fluid injection rate exceeds the filtration rate into the formation producing increasing hydraulic pressure at the sandface. When the pressure exceeds a threshold value, the formation strata or rock cracks and fractures. Hydraulic fracture initiates and starts to propagate into the formation as injection of fracturing fluid continues.
During the next stage, proppant is admixed to fracturing fluid and transported throughout hydraulic fracture. Proppant deposited in created fracture over the designed length mechanically prevents fracture from closure after injection stops. The oil/gas inflows to the fracture and flows through the proppant pack down to the wellbore once the fracturing treatment is over and the well is shifted to the production mode.
The production rate of oil/gas essentially depends upon the number of the parameters, including formation permeability, hydraulic pressure in the formation, properties of the production fluid, shape of the fracture, etc. The most essential parameter and the one, which can be controlled and tweaked in hydraulic fracturing is the proppant pack permeability. Proppant pack permeability essentially depends upon the proppant distribution in the fracture, which in turn depends on a proppant placement. One of the most significant mechanisms, occurring during proppant placement is the proppant settling.
Settling rate of proppant in the fluid is a very important characteristic and successful fracturing work depends strongly on it.
Prior Art
At present a significant thrust in the development of fracturing technology is focused on proppant settling prevention. The most successful approach was to apply fibers for settling rate decrease.
Published U.S. patent application No. 20060283591A1 describes application of fibers to aid in transporting, suspending and placing proppant or gravel in viscous carrier fluids otherwise having insufficient viscosity to prevent particulate settling. Fibers are given that have properties optimized for proppant transport but degrade after the treatment into degradation products that do not precipitate in the presence of ions in the water such as calcium and magnesium. Crosslinked polymer carrier fluids are identified that are not damaged by contaminants present in the fibers or by degradation products released by premature degradation of the fibers.
Other inventions which should be mentioned are:
U.S. patent application No. 20050011648Al teaches about a method and apparatus for controlling the flowback of proppants that have been placed inside fractures of a subterranean formation. The apparatus is defined by a plurality of solid balls, which comprise compressed springs that are encapsulated in a mass of fibrous material and an aqueous soluble mixture of a filler material and an adhesive. In the method according to the present invention, the solid balls are mixed in a viscous slurry and injected into the fractures with the proppants. Over time the aqueous soluble mixture dissolves releasing the compressed springs to fill the openings of the fractures. The fibrous network and expanded springs, which remain, act as a filter or screen to restrict the proppants flow-back to the surface during production of the well.
In U.S. patent No. 5908073 improved methods of propping a fracture in a subterranean zone whereby the subsequent flow-back of the proppant is prevented are provided. The methods basically include the steps of placing a mixture of fibrous bundles and the proppant in the fracture while maintaining the fracture open and then allowing the fracture to close on the mixture of fibrous bundles and proppant.
In U.S. patent No. 6752208 methods of reducing proppant flowback during production of fluids form subterranean formations are provided. Compressed sieves made from a shape memory material are introduced into hydraulic fracturing opera into hydraulic fractures in subterranean formations during hydraulic fracturing operations or subsequent thereto. The heat of the formation, or introduced heat, triggers the return of the sieves to their previous uncompressed shape and size. The sieves thereby wedge themselves into position within the fractures and serve to filter proppant and formation fines from produced fluids.
However, the use of the majority of these proposed techniques leads to substantial cost increase, and substantial decline in the settling rate can be achieved only at high fiber concentrations. Summary of the Invention
The aim of the present invention is creation of an additive that effectively prevents proppant settling and proppant slug settling and assists proppant transport. Size at least in one of dimensions of the new additive should be comparable with the fracture width.
During fracturing treatment proppant or proppant slugs are suspended in a fracturing fluid for several hours, so proppant settling is an important issue.
Detailed Description of the Invention Including Examples and Drawings
The present technical solution describes a particle of additive introduced into the hydraulic fracture and the method of using the additive. The particle has a two- or three-dimensional structure wherein the size of the particle at least in one direction is comparable with the fracture width. Preferably, the minimal additive's particle size Lmin is (0.5 ÷ 5.O)-WfJ- where W& is the average hydraulic fracture width at the end of fracturing treatment and most preferably the minimal particle size Lmin is 1.2-Wfr. The coefficient is empirical. Preferably, the particle can change shape, hardness or adhesion to the fracture surface in time or as a result of chemical or physical processes. This provides for the better interaction of the particle surface with the walls of the hydraulic fracture being formed. For better adhesion of the particle surface to the walls of the hydraulic fracture, the particle surface should be sticky. This can be achieved using any known method, for example, by applying a sticky composition onto the surface of the additive or manufacturing the additive from a polymer having good adhesion. For better interaction of the particle with the walls of the hydraulic fracture it is desirable that the particle is made from an elastico-plastic material. For example, the particle can be made from, but not limited by, polyethylene, polyether or cross-linked rubber. In most embodiments, the particle is made from a polymer material. This can be a water-soluble polymer, e.g. polylactic acid, polyvinyl alcohol etc. or an oil-soluble polymer e.g. natural caoutchouc, but the use of insoluble polymers such as phenolformaldehyde resin and cellulose is also possible. The particle can also be made from a composite material e.g. ceramic-polymer composite or polyurethane foam. The particle may have fractal or dendrite structure.
Said particles suspended in the hydraulic fracturing fluid are introduced into the hydraulic fracture. In most embodiments, the particles are added together with the proppant. The preferred concentration of the particles is 0.5-50 g/1.
The present invention describes an additive particle that has a size at least in one of dimensions not less or large than the fracture width at the end of or during fracturing treatment. In one embodiment the additive particle may be formed of a material which is relatively soft compared to the material of the fracture walls. The additive particle may be formed from a material which is relatively elastic compared to a proppant or rock properties and can change its shape under stresses and recover the shape after the stress is released. In the other embodiment the additive particle is formed from a material which is soluble in the formation fluids or non- soluble or partially soluble.
For the purpose of this invention, the new additive particle means a structure with a size at least in one of dimensions comparable or larger than the fracture width during fracturing treatment.
Fig.l shows schematic representation of fiber's orientation for regular fiber-loaded proppant treatment (Fig.l a) and for new additive particles orientation (Fig.l b) at the end of a fracturing treatment. The following notations are used: well 1, propped fracture 2. Proppant particles are not shown. As it is seen, in the case of conventional fibers, a limited number of fibers are in contact with both fracture walls. At the same time, almost all new additive particles are in contact with both fracture walls; this physically prevents proppant from settling via wall- proppant-additive particle mechanical interactions.
Once the invented material is pumped into a fracture it physically contacts with fracture walls. Additive particle has a specific shape and size providing good contact with both fracture walls. In one embodiment the additive particle has a specific shape and size providing good contact with both fracture walls at any orientation. As a result, this type of additive particles forms a net through the fracture which, as a physical barrier, slows down the process of proppant settling. The direct contact with both fracture walls makes this additive particle different firom conventional fibers which usually are oriented in parallel direction to fracture walls and often have no contact with both walls at the same time.
Preferably the new additive particle has a size at least in one of dimensions comparable with fracture width at end of fracturing treatment. The end of job fracture width is a fracture width after a fracturing treatment but before fracture closure. It means that during pumping stage additive particles can have smaller size than the fracture width and change their shape and/or size with time.
An example of the material is shown in Fig. 2 The material has two-dimensional structure (size X~size Y»size Z) and its smallest dimension 6 is 15 mm which is comparable with EOJ fracture width.
In another embodiment, the minimal additive particle size in three- dimensional space should be comparable with the end of job fracture width. Example of such material is shown in Fig.3. The material has three-dimensional structure (size X~size Y~size Z) and its smallest dimension 4 is 10 mm which is comparable with End of Job fracture width. Dashed line shows the XY plane. Size 4 is in ZX plane.
Another example of the new material is shown in Fig.4. The material has three-dimensional structure (sizeX—sizeY—sizeZ) and its smallest dimension 6 is 15 mm which is comparable with end of job fracture width. Dashed line shows the XY plane. Size 5 is in XY plane.
Example 1.
The conventional fracturing technique (proppant with fibers) and new settling-control additive (proppant with the new additive) were tested in a Hele-Shaw cell (plexiglass slot with 8 mm width).
The settling rate of 6 ppa proppant slurry in YF 125 gel with 10 g/L of J501 fibers (average length is 12 mm) was about 0.3 m/h.
YF 125 gel with 6 ppa of proppant and with 10 g/L of new additive particles with the minimal dimension of 10 mm was injected into the testing cell. The settling rate of this proppant slurry was much lower, at the level of 0.01 m/h.

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What is claimed is a
1. Additive particle introduced into the hydraulic fracture wherein said particle has a two- or three-dimensional structure further wherein the additive particle size at least in one dimension is comparable with fracture width.
2. Particle of Claim 1 wherein the minimal additive particle size Lmin is (0.5 ÷ 5.O)-Wf1- where Wβ. is the average hydraulic fracture width at the end of hydraulic fracturing treatment.
3. Particle of Claim 2 wherein the minimal additive particle size
Lmin is l.2-Wfr.
4. Particle of Claim 1 wherein the minimal additive particle size is comparable with fracture width at the end of hydraulic fracturing treatment.
5. Particle of Claim 1 wherein said particle can change shape, hardness or adhesion to the fracture surface in time or as a result of chemical or physical processes.
6. Particle of Claim 1 wherein said particle surface is sticky.
7. Particle of Claim 1 wherein said particle is made from elasto- plastic material.
8. Particle of Claim 1 wherein said particle is made from a polymer.
9. Particle of Claim 8 wherein said particle is made from a water- soluble polymer.
10. Particle of Claim 8 wherein said particle is made from a oil- soluble polymer.
11. Particle of Claim 8 wherein said particle is made from an insoluble polymer.
12. Particle of Claim 1 wherein said particle is made from a composite material.
13. Particle of Claim 1 wherein said particle has a fractal or dendrite structure.
14. Method of additive particle transport into the hydraulic fracture wherein said additive particles are introduced together with the proppant into a fluid used for hydraulic fracturing.
15. Method of Claim 14 wherein said particles are introduced periodically.
16. Method of Claim 14 wherein said particles are introduced in concentrations of 0.5-50 g/1.
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