Oil-soluble coated particle flow modifier for fractured-vuggy carbonate reservoir and preparation method and use thereof

• US 10,442,976 B1
• Filed: 02/14/2019
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: China University of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum
• Original Assignee: China University of Geosciences
• Inventors: You, Qing, Dai, Caili, He, Long, Fang, Jichao, Jiao, Baolei, Li, Liang, Zhao, Guang, Liu, Yifei, Zhang, Yan, Wang, Pan
• Primary Examiner(s): Dunn, Colleen P
• Assistant Examiner(s): Christie, Ross J
• Application Number:
  US16/276,027
• Time in Patent Office: 243 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2208/08 Fiber-containing well treatment fluids
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 8/502 Oil-based compositions
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 8/516 characterised by their form or by the form of their components, e.g. encapsulated material
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 33/138 Plastering the borehole wall; Injecting into the formation
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 43/16 Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons

Abstract

An oil-soluble coated particle flow modifier, a preparation method thereof, and a use thereof in fractured-vuggy carbonate reservoirs mining. The oil-soluble coated particle flow modifier is of a core-shell structure, which has a core layer of a coated core and a shell layer of a coating agent, wherein the coated core is made of a plugging material, and the coating agent consists of petroleum resin and hollow beads. Based on the total weight of the coated particle flow modifier, the content of the petroleum resin, the hollow beads, the cotton linters, and the coated cores is 10-40 wt %, 9-40 wt %, 1-10 wt %, and 35-80 wt %, respectively. A preparation method of the coated particle flow modifier and a use of the coated particle flow modifier in fractured-vuggy carbonate reservoirs mining to improve oil recovery is also provided.

Claims

1. An oil-soluble coated particle flow modifier, wherein the coated particle flow modifier is of a core-shell structure having a core layer of coated core and a shell layer of a coating agent, wherein, the coated core is made of a plugging material, and the coating agent comprises petroleum resin, hollow beads, and cotton linters;

based on the total weight of the coated particle flow modifier, the content of the petroleum resin is 10-40 wt %, the content of the hollow beads is 9-40 wt %, the content of the cotton linters is 1-10 wt %, and the content of the coated cores is 35-80 wt %.

2. The oil-soluble coated particle flow modifier according to claim 1, wherein based on the total weight of the coated particle flow modifier, the content of the petroleum resin is 18-40 wt %, the content of the hollow beads is 15-25 wt %, the content of the cotton linters is 2-7 wt %, and the content of the coated cores is 35-60 wt %.

3. The oil-soluble coated particle flow modifier according to claim 1, wherein the shell layer has a thickness of 0.1-3 mm.

4. The oil-soluble coated particle flow modifier according to claim 3, wherein the shell layer has a thickness of 0.1-1 mm.

5. The oil-soluble coated particle flow modifier according to claim 1, wherein the coated particle flow modifier has a density of 0.80-1.20 g/cm3, and a particle diameter of 0.5-10.0 mm.

6. The oil-soluble coated particle flow modifier according to claim 1, wherein an absolute value of a density difference between the coated particle flow modifier and water injected into a formation is no more than 0.01 g/cm³.

7. The oil-soluble coated particle flow modifier according to claim 1, wherein the petroleum resin is a C5 petroleum resin and/or a C9 petroleum resin.

8. The oil-soluble coated particle flow modifier according to claim 1, the petroleum resin has a density of 1.05-1.2 g/cm³.

9. The oil-soluble coated particle flow modifier according to claim 1, wherein the hollow beads are hollow glass beads.

10. The oil-soluble coated particle flow modifier according to claim 9, the hollow glass beads has a density of 0.20-0.60 g/cm³, and a particle diameter of 2-120 μ

m.

11. The oil-soluble coated particle flow modifier according to claim 1, wherein the cotton linters are first-cut linters.

12. The oil-soluble coated particle flow modifier according to claim 11, the first-cut linters have a length less than 0.3 mm.

13. The oil-soluble coated particle flow modifier according to claim 1, wherein the plugging material is selected from at least one of rubber particles, nut shell particles, and quartz sand particles.

14. The oil-soluble coated particle flow modifier according to claim 1, the plugging material particles have a diameter of 0.1-10 mm.

15. A method for preparing the oil-soluble coated particle flow modifier according to claim 1, comprising the following steps:

(1) mixing petroleum resin in a molten state with hollow beads to form a mixture;

(2) adding cotton linters into the mixture obtained in the step (1) to obtain a coating agent;

(3) coating coated cores with the coating agent obtained in the step (2) to obtain the oil-soluble coated particle flow modifier.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein in the step (2), the coating agent has an apparent density of 0.6-0.9 g/cm³.

17. The method according to claim 15, wherein in the step (1), the mixing is performed at a temperature of 140-190°

C.

18. A method of causing deep flow modification in a fractured-vuggy carbonate reservoir comprising injecting the oil-soluble coated particle flow modifier according to claim 1 into a formation of the reservoir.