Composition and use therof, oil-based drilling fluid and a method for raising shearing force of oil-based drilling fluid

• US 10,150,903 B2
• Filed: 07/06/2016
• Issued: 12/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Central People's Government of The People's Republic of China), Research Institute of Petroleum Processing Sinopec
• Original Assignee: China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Central People's Government of The People's Republic of China), Research Institute of Petroleum Processing Sinopec
• Inventors: Lin, Yongxue, Wang, Xianguang, Li, Zhoujun, Han, Xiuzhen, Li, Sheng, Yang, Xiaohua, Li, Xiong, Zhen, Jianwu, Zhao, Suli
• Primary Examiner(s): Washville, Jeffrey D
• Application Number:
  US15/203,007
• Publication Number:
  US 20170009121A1
• Time in Patent Office: 888 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 8/035 Organic additives
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 8/32 Non-aqueous well-drilling compositions, e.g. oil-based

Abstract

A composition and use thereof are disclosed herein. The composition comprises at least two selected from the group of amphiphilic block copolymer, polyurethane and acidic ionic compound. Also an oil-based drilling fluid comprising the composition and a method improving shearing force of oil-based drilling fluid are disclosed. The composition disclosed herewith can raise the shearing force of oil-based drilling fluid.

Claims

1. An oil-based drilling fluid comprising a composition comprising at least two selected from the group of amphiphilic block copolymer, polyurethane and acidic ionic compound,

wherein the amphiphilic block copolymer having at least one of the structures shown in the following structural formulae (1), (2) and (3):

A_m-B_n 

 

(1)

B′

_n′

-A′

_m′

-B″

_n″

 

 

(2)

A″

_m″

-B′

″

<sub>n′

″</sub>

-A″

′

<sub>′

″</sub>

 

 

(3)

wherein each of A, A′

, A″ and

A″

′

denotes a hydrophilic repeat unit, each of B, B′

, B″ and

B″

′

denotes a hydrophobic repeat unit, and m, n, m′

, n′

, m″

, n″

, m′

″ and

n′

″

are numbers of repeat units and in a range of 10-200;

wherein the acidic ionic compound comprising two or more than two acid radical anions, and at least two acid radical anions are at the two ends of the acidic ionic compound respectively; and

wherein on the basis of the total amount of the composition, the content of the amphiphilic block copolymer is 10-50 wt %, and the content of polyurethane is 50-90 wt %;

or

the content of the amphiphilic block copolymer is 10-50 wt %, and the content of acidic ionic compound is 50-90 wt %;

or

the content of the polyurethane is 55-95 wt %, and the content of acidic ionic compound is 5-45 wt %;

or

the content of the amphiphilic block copolymer is 5-25 wt %, the content of the polyurethane is 55-75 wt %, the content of acidic ionic compound is 10-25 wt %.

2. The oil-based drilling fluid according to claim 1, wherein on the basis of the total amount of the composition, the content of the amphiphilic block copolymer is 20-40 wt %, and the content of polyurethane is 60-80 wt %;

or

the content of the amphiphilic block copolymer is 20-40 wt %, and the content of acidic ionic compound is 60-80 wt %;

or

the content of the polyurethane is 60-90 wt %, and the content of acidic ionic compound is 10-40 wt %;

or

the content of the amphiphilic block copolymer is 10-20 wt %, the content of the polyurethane is 60-70 wt %, the content of acidic ionic compound is 10-20 wt %.

3. The oil-based drilling fluid according to claim 1, wherein each of A, A′

, A″ and

A′

″

in the amphiphilic block, copolymer is one or more of the following Formula (A-1), Formula (A-2) and Formula (A-3);

4. The oil-based drilling fluid according to claim 3, wherein each of R¹, R², R³, R⁴, R⁵, R⁶, R⁷, R⁹, R¹⁰, R¹¹ and R¹² is H, methyl, ethyl, propyl, vinyl, allyl, propenyl, phenyl or tolyl, and at least one of R⁹, R¹⁰, R¹¹ and R¹² is not H, and R⁸ is methyl, ethyl, propyl, vinyl, allyl, propenyl, phenyl or tolyl.

5. The oil-based drilling fluid according to claim 3, wherein any of R¹, R², R³, R⁴, R⁹, R¹⁰, R¹¹ and R¹² is methyl, ethyl, propyl, vinyl, allyl, propenyl, phenyl or tolyl and each of the rest is H or methyl, each of R⁵, R⁶ and R⁷ is independently H, methyl or ethyl, and R⁸ is methyl or ethyl.

6. The oil-based drilling fluid according to claim 1, wherein in the amphiphilic block copolymer, each of A, A′

, A″ and

A′

″

is at least one of acrylic acid structural unit, methacrylic acid structural unit, acrylamide structural unit, methacrylamide structural unit and ethylene oxide structural unit;

each of B, B′

, B″ and

B′

″

is at least one of ethylenestructural units, propylenestructural units, butylenestructural units, butadienestmctural units, styrene structural units, acrylic ester structural units and methacrylic ester structural units;

each of m, n, m′

, n′

, m″

, n″

, m′

″ and

n′

″

is in a range of 20-160.

7. The oil-based drilling fluid according to claim 1, wherein the amphiphilic block copolymer is one or more of polyacrylamide-polystyrene 2-block copolymer, polyethylene glycol-polystyrene 2-block copolymer, polymethacrylamide-polystyrene 2-block copolymer, polyethylene glycol-poly ethyl acrylate 2-block copolymer, polyethylene glycol-polymethyl methacrylate 2-block copolymer, polyethylene glycol-polyethyl acrylate 2-block copolymer, polyethylene glycol-polyethyl methacrylate 2-block copolymer, polyacrylamide-polystyrene-polyacrylamide 3-block copolymer, polymethacrylamide-polystyrene-polymethacrylamide 3-block copolymer, polyethylene glycol-polystyrene-polyethylene glycol 3-block copolymer, polyethylene glycol-polymethyl acrylate-polyethylene glycol 3-block copolymer, polyethylene glycol-polymethyl methacrylate-polyethylene glycol 3-block copolymer, polyethylene glycol-polyethyl acrylate-polyethylene glycol 3-block copolymer, polyethylene glycol-polyethyl methacrylate-polyethylene glycol 3-block copolymer, polystyrene-polyacrylic acid-polystyrene 3-block copolymer, polystyrene-polyacrylamide-polystyrene 3-block copolymer, polystyrene-polymethacryiamide-poiystyrene 3-block copolymer, polymethyl acrylate-polyethylene glycol-polymethyl acrylate 3-block copolymer, polymethyl methacrylate-polyethylene glycol-polymethyl methacrylate 3-block copolymer, polyethyl acrylate-polyethylene glycol-polyethyl acrylate 3-block copolymer and polyethyl, methacrylate-polyethylene glycol-polyethyl methacrylate 3-block copolymer.

8. The oil-based drilling fluid according to claim 1, wherein the polyurethane is obtained from reaction between diol and diisocyanate, and the number average molecular weight is in a range of 5000-100000.

9. The oil-based drilling fluid according to claim 8, wherein the polyurethane has a structure shown in Formula (I):

(—

R—

NH—

CO—

O—

R′

—

O—

CO—

NH—

)x 

 

Formula (I)

wherein R and R′

are linear, branched or cyclic aliphatic alkylidene, with 1-6 carbon atoms.

10. The oil-based drilling fluid according to claim 1, wherein the number of carbon atoms in the acidic ionic compound is 2-20, and the acid radical anions are one or more of carboxylate radical anion, sulfonate radical anion and aminosulfonate radical anion.

11. The oil-based drilling fluid according to claim 10, wherein the acidic ionic compound is polybasic carboxylic acid with a structure shown in Formula (II) or its alkali metal or alkaline-earth metal salts:

COOH—

[R¹³—

CH(COOH)]_k—

R¹⁴—

COOH 

 

Formula (II)

R¹³ and R¹⁴ are both linear aliphatic alkylidene, the number of carbon atoms is in a range of 3-18, and k is in a range of 0-2.

12. The oil-based drilling fluid according to claim 1, wherein the acidic ionic compound is one or more of glutaric acid, adipic acid, disodium adipate, sebacic acid, disodium sebate, dipotassiumsebate, dodecanedioic acid, sodium dodecanedioate, hexadecanedioic acid, sodium hexadecanedioate, octanedioic acid, sodium octanedioate and potassium octanedioate.

13. The oil-based drilling fluid according to claim 7, wherein the acidic ionic compound is one or more of glutaric acid, adipic acid, disodium adipate, sebacic acid, disodium senate, dipotassiumsebate, dodecanedioic acid, sodium dodecanedioate, hexadecanedioic acid, sodium hexadecanedinate, octanedioic acid, sodium octanedioate and potassium octanedioate.

14. The oil-based drilling fluid according to claim 1, wherein the composition is used as a flow pattern regulator.

15. The oil-based drilling, fluid according to claim 14, wherein when the density of oil-based drilling fluid is 0.95-1.50 g/cm³, the dosage of the flow pattern regulator is 0.5-1.5 g/100 mL;

or when the density of oil-based drilling fluid is above 1.50 g/cm ³, the dosage of the flow pattern regulator is below 0.5 g/100 mL.

16. A method for raising shearing force of oil-based drilling fluid, including using the composition according to claim 1 as a flow pattern regulator of oil-based drilling fluid.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein when the density of oil-based drilling fluid is 0.95-1.50 g/cm³, the dosage of the flow pattern regulator is 0.5-1.5 g/100 mL;

or

when the density of oil-based drilling fluid is above 1.5 g/cm³, the dosage of the flow pattern regulator is below 0.5 g/100 mL.