A High Molecular Polymer LCM to Cure Severe Losses While Drilling Shallow Aquifers in UAE

T. Hamdan, Raymond Saraji, Tao Yang, R. Al-Rahma, D. Abdullah, Mouza Al Nuaimi, Changjiang Zhou, Xue-Fei Hu, Yi Cheng, Yongjun Guo, Xin-ming Zhang
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Today, well durations are relatively longer due to several factors. Some of these include but not limited to intermediate section down hole losses. Therefore, there is an opportunity to explore possible ways to reduce well duration and cost while meeting all business objectives with 100% HSE. Dammam, U.E.R, and Simsima are karsts-prone carbonate aquifers widely developed across UAE. As formation pressures are depleted, severe to total losses is increasingly occurred during drilling through these shallow aquifers. Conventional loss curing agents are often failed, especially in Simsima, because of their inability to set in such complex and large fractures and caverns. ZND gel is a water-soluble high molecular polymer, which will automatically set and seal the space after being pumped into loss channels. As hardly be diluted by any formation fluid, a gel slug is formed to isolate drilling fluids and consolidate agent from being washed away into loss zones. In this study, we present a composite solution of ZND gel and Cement applied in onshore Abu Dhabi, which effectively mitigated the total losses encountered in Simsima.
一种高分子聚合物LCM可在阿联酋浅层含水层钻井时避免严重损失
如今,由于几个因素,井的持续时间相对较长。其中一些包括但不限于中间段的井下损失。因此,有机会探索减少井工期和成本的可能方法,同时满足100% HSE的所有业务目标。Dammam、U.E.R和Simsima是阿联酋广泛开发的易岩溶碳酸盐含水层。随着地层压力的降低,在这些浅层含水层的钻井过程中,越来越多地发生严重到完全的漏失。传统的失稳固化剂经常失败,特别是在Simsima,因为它们无法在如此复杂和大的裂缝和洞穴中固定。ZND凝胶是一种水溶性高分子聚合物,被泵入损失通道后会自动设置和密封空间。由于凝胶段塞几乎不会被任何地层流体稀释,因此形成的凝胶段塞可以隔离钻井液和固结剂,防止它们被冲入漏失层。在这项研究中,我们提出了一种ZND凝胶和水泥的复合溶液,应用于阿布扎比陆上,有效地减少了Simsima遇到的总损失。
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