Wellbore Servicing Compositions and Methods of Making and Using Same

• US 20140374097A1
• Filed: 06/21/2013
• Published: 12/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services Incorporated (Halliburton Company)
• Original Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services Incorporated (Halliburton Company)
• Inventors: MORGAN, Ronnie Glen, BROWNING, Robert Lee, DUFFY, Marcus Allen, GAMWELL, Chase Russell, DARBE, Robert Phillip
• Granted Patent: US 10,066,146 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 166/293
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 14/047 Zeolites
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 14/06 Quartz; Sand
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 14/10 Clay sepiolite C04B14/042; grog C04B18/025
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 14/108 Shale, slate colliery shale C04B18/125
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 14/365 Gypsum synthetic gypsum C04B18/0445, C04B18/064
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 14/368 Baryte
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 14/386 Carbon carbon nanotubes C04B14/026
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 14/42 Glass
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 14/46 Rock wool ; Ceramic or silicate fibres C04B14/40, C04B14/42 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 14/48 Metal
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 18/08 Flue dust , i.e. fly ash
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 20/0048 Fibrous materials
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2103/0051 Water-absorbing polymers, hydrophilic polymers
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2103/0062 Cross-linked polymers
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2103/10 Accelerators; Activators
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2103/20 Retarders
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2103/40 Surface-active agents, dispersants
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2103/408 Dispersants
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2103/44 Thickening, gelling or viscosity increasing agents
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2103/46 Water-loss or fluid-loss reducers, hygroscopic or hydrophilic agents, water retention agents
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2103/50 : Defoamers, air detrainers
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 22/06 : Oxides, Hydroxides C04B22/0013 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 22/064 : of the alkaline-earth metals
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 24/18 : Lignin sulfonic acid or derivatives thereof, e.g. sulfite lye
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 24/26 : obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds C04B24/243 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 24/2676 : Polystyrenes
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 28/02 : containing hydraulic cements other than calcium sulfates
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2208/08 : Fiber-containing well treatment fluids
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 8/426 : for plugging
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 8/44 : containing organic binders only
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 8/467 : containing additives for specific purposes
• CPC Class Codes: Y02W 30/91 : Use of waste materials as fillers for mortars or concrete

Abstract

A method of servicing a wellbore in a subterranean formation comprising preparing a wellbore servicing fluid comprising a sealant material, helical fibers and a base fluid, placing the wellbore servicing fluid in the wellbore and/or subterranean formation, and allowing the wellbore servicing fluid to set therein.

Claims

1. A method of servicing a wellbore in a subterranean formation comprising:

preparing a wellbore servicing fluid comprising a sealant material, helical fibers and a base fluid;

placing the wellbore servicing fluid in the wellbore and/or subterranean formation; and

allowing the wellbore servicing fluid to set therein.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the sealant material comprises a cementitious material, a cementless material, or combinations thereof.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the cementitious material comprises a hydraulic cement.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the cementitious material comprises Portland cements, class A Portland cement, class B Portland cement, class C Portland cement, class G Portland cement, class H Portland cement;

construction cements, type I construction cement, type II construction cement;

pozzolanic cements;

gypsum cements;

shale cements;

acid/base cements;

phosphate cements, calcium phosphate cements;

high alumina content cements;

high alkalinity cements;

magnesia cements;

fly ash cements;

zeolite cement systems;

cement kiln dust cement systems;

slag cements;

micro-fine cements;

metakaolin;

silica cements, pumice, perlite, wollastonite, calcium silicate, tricalcium silicate, tricalcium metasilicate, amorphous silica, nano silica, rice husk ash;

fluidized bed ash;

magnesium oxychloride cements, Sorel cements;

or combinations thereof.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein the cementless material comprises a latex sealant, a liquid rubber sealant, a latex, a resin sealant, an epoxy sealant, a silicone oil sealant, a polysiloxane, or combinations thereof.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the helical fibers have an aspect ratio of from about 10 to about 100.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the helical fibers comprise a right handed helix, a left handed helix, or combinations thereof.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the helical fibers have a length of from about 0.01 inches to about 1 inch.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the helical fibers have a diameter of from about 0.001 inches to about 0.3 inches.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the helical fibers have a pitch of from about 0.01 inches to about 0.25 inches.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the helical fibers have from about 1 to about 50 pitches per inch of helix length, wherein the helix length is measured along the central axis of the helix.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the helical fibers comprise metal fibers, aluminum fibers, metal alloy fibers, steel fibers, galvanized steel fibers, mineral fibers, ceramic fibers, stone wool fibers, glass fibers, glass fiber composites, thermoplastic fibers, plastic fibers, polypropylene fibers, polyethylene fibers, high-density polyethylene fibers, polyethylene terephthalate fibers, aramids (e.g., KEVLAR) fibers, Nylon 6,6 fibers, Rayon fibers, polyvinyl alcohol fibers, carbon fibers, carbon fiber composites, carbon nanofibers (e.g., carbon nanofiber bundles), resin fibers, epoxy-based fibers, resin/epoxy fibers, resin/epoxy composites, and the like, or combinations thereof.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the helical fibers are present in the wellbore servicing fluid in an amount of from about 0.1 vol. % to about 15 vol. %, based on the total volume of the wellbore servicing fluid.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the base fluid comprises an aqueous-based fluid, an oil-based fluid, an emulsion, or an invert emulsion.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the aqueous-based fluid comprises a brine.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein the base fluid is present in the wellbore servicing fluid in an amount of from about 40 wt. % to about 90 wt. %, based on the total weight of the wellbore servicing fluid.

17. The method of claim 1 wherein the wellbore servicing fluid optionally comprises suspending agents, density reducing additives, settling prevention agents, expansion additives, clays, salts, accelerants, set retarders, lignosulfonates, defoamers, surfactants, dispersing agents, fluid loss control agents, weighting materials, dispersants, fillers, zeolites, barite, calcium sulfate, silica flour, sand, slag, vitrified shale, fly ash, pozzolanic ash, lime, formation conditioning agents, fluid absorbing materials, resins, aqueous superabsorbers, viscosifying agents, gelling agents, crosslinkers, mechanical property modifying additives, elastomers, styrene-butadiene copolymers, conventional reinforcing materials, rebar, carbon fibers, glass fibers, metal fibers, minerals fibers, or combinations thereof.

18. A method of servicing a wellbore in a subterranean formation comprising:

preparing a wellbore servicing fluid comprising a hydraulic cement, helical fibers and a base fluid;

wherein the helical fibers have an aspect ratio of from about 10 to about 100;

placing the wellbore servicing fluid in the wellbore and/or subterranean formation; and

allowing the wellbore servicing fluid to set therein.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein the helical fibers comprise galvanized steel.

20. The method of claim 18 wherein the helical fibers have (i) a length of from about 0.01 inches to about 1 inch;

(ii) a diameter of from about 0.001 inches to about 0.3 inches; and

(iii) a pitch of from about 0.01 inches to about 0.25 inches.