Placing a fluid comprising kiln dust in a wellbore through a bottom hole assembly

• US 9,051,505 B2
• Filed: 11/26/2013
• Issued: 06/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services Incorporated (Halliburton Company)
• Original Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services Incorporated (Halliburton Company)
• Inventors: Roddy, Craig Wayne, Menezes, Clive Denis, Benkley, James Robert, Brenneis, Darrell Chad, Chatterji, Jiten, Morgan, Ronnie Glen
• Primary Examiner(s): Figueroa, John J
• Application Number:
  US14/091,332
• Publication Number:
  US 20140083699A1
• Time in Patent Office: 560 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 12/04 Alkali metal or ammonium silicate cements ; Alkyl silicate cements; Silica sol cements; Soluble silicate cements alkali metal silicates per se, their preparation C01B33/32; ammonium silicates per se, their preparation C01C1/00
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 14/06 Quartz; Sand
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 14/104 Bentonite, e.g. montmorillonite
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 14/106 Kaolin
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 14/108 Shale, slate colliery shale C04B18/125
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 14/14 Minerals of vulcanic origin granite C04B14/048
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 14/18 Perlite
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 14/368 Baryte
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 18/08 Flue dust , i.e. fly ash
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 18/101 Burned rice husks or other burned vegetable material
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 18/146 Silica fume
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 18/162 Cement kiln dust; Lime kiln dust
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 18/22 Rubber , e.g. ground waste tires
• 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 2103/61 Corrosion inhibitors
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2111/00017 Aspects relating to the protection of the environment
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 22/064 : of the alkaline-earth metals
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 24/26 : obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds C04B24/243 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 24/38 : Polysaccharides or derivatives thereof C04B24/243 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 24/383 : Cellulose or derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 28/021 : Ash cements, e.g. fly ash cements fly ash as filler C04B18/08; Cements based on incineration residues, e.g. alkali-activated slags from waste incineration alkali-activated combustion residues as such C04B7/243; mixtures of the lime-pozzuolane type C04B28/18; Kiln dust cements
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 28/04 : Portland cements
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 38/10 : by using foaming agents C04B38/02 takes precedenceor by using mechanical means, e.g. adding preformed foam
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 7/02 : Portland cement
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2208/10 : Nanoparticle-containing well treatment fluids
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 8/40 : Spacer compositions, e.g. compositions used to separate well-drilling from cementing masses
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 8/424 : using "spacer" compositions
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 8/46 : containing inorganic binders, e.g. Portland cement
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 8/473 : Density reducing additives, e.g. for obtaining foamed cement compositions
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 8/48 : Density increasing or weighting additives
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 8/487 : Fluid loss control additives; Additives for reducing or preventing circulation loss
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 33/13 : Methods or devices for cementing, for plugging holes, crevices or the like
• CPC Class Codes: Y02W 30/91 : Use of waste materials as fillers for mortars or concrete

Abstract

Embodiments relate to systems and methods for introduction of fluids comprising kiln dust into a wellbore through a bottom hole assembly. An embodiment discloses a method comprising: drilling a wellbore in a subterranean formation using a bottom hole assembly; and pumping a treatment fluid into the wellbore through the bottom hole assembly, wherein the treatment fluid comprises a kiln dust and water.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

drilling a wellbore in a subterranean formation using a bottom hole assembly attached to a tubular, wherein an annulus is defined between the tubular and walls of the wellbore; and

pumping a consolidating spacer fluid into the annulus through the bottom hole assembly, wherein the consolidating spacer fluid comprises a kiln dust and water;

wherein the bottom hole assembly comprises a drill bit, wherein the consolidating spacer fluid is pumped through the drill bit, and wherein the consolidating spacer fluid is pumped into the wellbore between a drilling fluid and a cement composition.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the bottom hole assembly is retrievable.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the bottom hole assembly is non-retrievable.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the tubular is a drill pipe, a casing, or a combination thereof.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the wellbore extends at a direction that is slanted from vertical.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising circulating a drilling fluid in the wellbore while drilling the wellbore, wherein at least a portion of the drilling fluid is displaced from the wellbore by the consolidating spacer fluid.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising allowing at least a portion of the consolidating spacer fluid to consolidate in the wellbore to have a transition time of about 45 minutes or less.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising allowing at least a portion of the consolidating spacer fluid to consolidate in the wellbore to have at least one property selected from the group consisting of:

(i) a yield point of from about 25 Pascals to about 250 pascals;

(ii) a static gel strength of from about 70 lbf/100 ft² to about 500 lbf/100 ft², (iii) a yield limit in compression from about 1 psi to about 2,000 psi, and (iv) an unconfined uniaxial compressive strength of from about 5 psi to about 10,000 psi.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising allowing at least a portion of the consolidating spacer fluid to consolidate in the wellbore to have at least one property selected from the group consisting of:

(i) a zero gel time of about 8 hours or less, (ii) a transition time of about 45 minutes or less, and (iii) a static gel strength of about 500 lbf/100 ft² in a time of from about 10 minutes to about 8 hours.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising allowing at least a portion of the consolidating spacer fluid to consolidate in the wellbore and running a bond log to determine bonding of the consolidating treatment fluid to the casing.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the consolidating spacer fluid has a density of about 4 pounds per gallon to about 13 pounds per gallon.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the kiln dust is from the manufacture of cement.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the kiln dust comprises SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, CaO, MgO, SO3, Na2O, and K2O.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the kiln dust is present in an amount from about 1% to about 65% by weight of the consolidating spacer fluid.