In-situ evaluation of reservoir sanding and fines migration and related completion, lift and surface facilities design
First Claim
1. A system for making measurements relating to particulates downhole at in-situ conditions comprising:
- a tool body adapted to be deployed in a borehole formed within a fluid containing subterranean formation; and
a particulate measurement system housed within the tool body during measurement and adapted and positioned to monitor solid particles being carried in the fluid as the fluid is produced from the formation, wherein said monitoring of the solid particles includes measuring quantity of the solid particles within the produced fluid,wherein said measuring quantity of solid particles includes measuring volume percent of the solid particles within the produced fluid or weight percent of the solid particles within the produced fluid.
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Abstract
Methods and related systems are described relating to monitoring particulates downhole at in-situ conditions. Solid particles being carried in the fluid as the fluid is produced from the reservoir formation are monitored. The downhole solid particle monitoring can include measuring the quantity (e.g., volume fraction, weight fraction, or the like) of solid particles, measuring the distribution of sizes of the solid particles, and/or measuring the shape of the particles. The solid particles can be monitored using one or more of sensors such as optical spectrometers, acoustic sensors, video cameras, and erosion probes. A sanding prediction is generated based at least in part on the monitoring of the solid particles, and the sanding prediction is then used to design a completion, lift system, and surface facilities for the wellbore and/or select operating conditions so as to control sanding during production.
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40 Claims
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1. A system for making measurements relating to particulates downhole at in-situ conditions comprising:
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a tool body adapted to be deployed in a borehole formed within a fluid containing subterranean formation; and a particulate measurement system housed within the tool body during measurement and adapted and positioned to monitor solid particles being carried in the fluid as the fluid is produced from the formation, wherein said monitoring of the solid particles includes measuring quantity of the solid particles within the produced fluid, wherein said measuring quantity of solid particles includes measuring volume percent of the solid particles within the produced fluid or weight percent of the solid particles within the produced fluid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for making measurements relating to particulates downhole at in-situ conditions comprising:
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a tool body adapted to be deployed in a borehole formed within a fluid containing subterranean formation; and a particulate measurement system housed within the tool body during measurement and adapted and positioned to monitor solid particles being carried in the fluid as the fluid is produced from the formation, wherein said monitoring of the solid particles includes measuring quantity of the solid particles within the produced fluid, wherein said monitoring of the solid particles includes measuring the shape of the solid particles within the produced fluid.
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15. A method for making downhole in-situ evaluations relating to particulates comprising:
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deploying a tool body in the wellbore formed within a fluid containing subterranean formation; drawing the fluid from the formation into the tool body; and monitoring solid particles being carried in the fluid as the fluid is produced from the formation, wherein said monitoring of the solid particles includes measuring quantity of the solid particles within the produced fluid and wherein the monitoring is done by a particulate measurement system housed in the tool body, wherein said measuring quantity of solid particles includes measuring volume percent of the solid particles within the produced fluid or weight percent of the solid particles within the produced fluid. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method for making downhole in-situ evaluations relating to particulates comprising:
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deploying a tool body in the wellbore formed within a fluid containing subterranean formation; drawing the fluid from the formation into the tool body; and monitoring solid particles being carried in the fluid as the fluid is produced from the formation, wherein said monitoring of the solid particles includes measuring quantity of the solid particles within the produced fluid and wherein the monitoring is done by a particulate measurement system housed in the tool body, wherein said monitoring of the solid particles includes measuring the shape of the solid particles within the produced fluid.
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- 34. A method of designing a completion for a wellbore comprising selecting components for the completion system based at least in part on a sanding prediction generated using data of monitored solid particles being carried in a fluid produced from the wellbore gathered under in-situ conditions, wherein the data of monitored solid particles being carried in a fluid produced from the wellbore gathered under in-situ conditions comprises quantity of the solid particles within the produced fluid measured by a particulate measurement system housed in a tool body, wherein said quantity is volume percent or weight percent.
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38. A method of controlling sanding potential for a wellbore comprising selecting operating conditions for producing fluid from the wellbore so as to control sanding, the selection being based at least in part on a sanding prediction generated using data of monitored solid particles being carried in a fluid produced from the wellbore gathered under in-situ conditions, wherein the solid particles are monitored using one or more downhole measurements selected from the group consisting of:
- particle shape measurements; and
measurements of the quantity of solid particles within the produced fluid, wherein said quantity is volume percent or weight percent.
- particle shape measurements; and
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39. A method for making downhole in-situ evaluations relating to particulates comprising:
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deploying a tool body in the wellbore formed within a fluid containing subterranean formation; drawing the fluid from the formation into the tool body; and monitoring solid particles being carried in the fluid as the fluid is produced from the formation, wherein said monitoring of the solid particles includes measuring quantity of the solid particles within the produced fluid and wherein the monitoring is done by a particulate measurement system housed in the tool body, wherein said monitoring of the solid particles includes measuring the distribution of sizes of the solid particles within the produced fluid; wherein said monitoring of the solid particles includes measuring the shape of the solid particles within the produced fluid; the method further comprising; executing a stress test to measure in-situ stress conditions; capturing a core sample; capturing a fluid sample; and estimating sanding potential based on in-situ particle analysis.
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40. A method for making downhole in-situ evaluations relating to particulates comprising:
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deploying a tool body in the wellbore formed within a fluid containing subterranean formation; drawing the fluid from the formation into the tool body; and monitoring solid particles being carried in the fluid as the fluid is produced from the formation, wherein said monitoring of the solid particles includes measuring quantity of the solid particles within the produced fluid and wherein the monitoring is done by a particulate measurement system housed in the tool body, the method further comprising generating a sanding prediction based at least in part on the monitoring of the solid particles in the produced fluid, wherein the sanding prediction includes sand weight percentage or volume percentage of the produced fluid, distribution of size of sand and shapes of sand, the method further comprising designing a completion for the wellbore based at least in part on the sanding prediction, wherein the designed well completion is an open hole completion as no sand production is predicted; wherein the designed well completion includes natural completions as sanding is predicted and the reservoir is predicted not to produce sand; wherein the designed well completion includes a surface sand handling facility as sanding is predicted and the reservoir is predicted to produce sand; wherein the designed well completion includes a stand-alone-screen as the predicted sand production exceeds the capacity of the surface sand handling facility; and wherein the designed well completion includes a sand control device selected from a group consisting of open hole gravel pack, expandable sand screen, inside casing gravel pack, and fracture and pack with sand as the predicted sand production exceeds the capacity of stand-alone-screen.
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