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Mehmet Parlar
Advisor, Schlumberger SMS
Fluid Types
Crosslinked Polymer Fluids
Most commonly Borate Crosslinked Guar Polymer
Other crosslinkers: Zirconate, Titanate
CMHPG
CMG
Crosslinker
Borate
Titanate
Zirconate
Zirconate
Guar
Naturally occurring
Producers: India and Pakistan (semiarid)
Molecular weight: 1 to 3 million
Typical Additives
Bactericide
Clay Stabilizer (L64 or KCl)
Surfactant
Crosslinker (depends on fluid type)
Buffer (pH control)
Delay agent (only in delayed fluids)
Breakers
-
Oxidizers
Enzymes
1. Vortex Closure
Vortex
3. Final Crosslink
2. Initial Crosslink
Stout Tongue
Desired Features
Compatible with formation mineralogy and fluids
Controllable early viscosity to create required fracture geometry
Fluid loss within reasonable range (efficiency: 10 20%)
Fast fluid breaking and cleanup
Low friction pressure
Proppant transport
Simple to prepare, QC, and pump
Low cost
1000
1500
200
1000
150
500
250
Temperature [degF]
2000
100
100.000 cP
0
-20
-10
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Conductivity
10
0.01
Rheology
100
Compatibility
Proppant Settling
12
24
36
48
60
72
Cumulative Fluid Injected, pore volumes
84
96
108
120
Fracture Gel
Core Regain
Shear History
Fluid temperature
pH
Shear condition
Concentration of reactants
Crosslinker type
The presence of competing ligands
Non-delayed or Delayed
-
Rules of thumb
Non-delay: < 25 bpm and cooldown < 200oF
Delayed: > 25 bpm or > 200oF cooldown or > 14,500 psi treating
pressure
YF100EC
Multi lobes
High pump rates > 35 bpm
TP = BHP + Pfriction Phydrostatic
YF100EC Features
Chemistry
Conventional delay mechanisms
core
thickness
coating
YF100EC
350
300
250
200
47%
150
45%
100
50
0
3.82" I.D., 30 bpm
YF100HD
Multi lobes
YF130EC
YF130HD
12000
11000
10000
9000
8000
Delay effect
7000
Density effect
6000
5000
4000
10
20
30
40
50
Treatment Time - min
60
YF100HD Features
Fluid Qualifications
2 Runs:
Shear @ 40 DegF
250
200
600
150
400
100
200
50
0:10
0:20
0:30
0:40
0:50
300
800
Viscosity - cP
Sample Temperature
1000
0
0:00
Room temperature
Static Test
Test Time
Criteria
5 min
> 100 cP
881
10 min
> 160 cP
758
15 min
> 70% of Static
817
30 min
> 80% of Static
667
0
1:00
BG
M udline Test
201
555
770
733
CoolFRAC
(SPE 71658)
What is it?
Engineered service to design fit for purpose fluid for given
well conditions utilizing cool-down temperatures as the basis
Value
* Patented Technology
1 2
BG
1000
Shut-In
10
1
PAD
100
0
20
40
60
80
0.1
100
1000
-1
20 ppt @
150OF
10000
45
300O F
100
40
10
1000
35
1
PAD
TSO
S.I.
0.1
100
0
10
20
Time (min)
BG
30
40
Viscosity (cp)
Viscocity (cp)
100
TSO
300
280
260
1st Calib
240
220 Acid
200 190oF
180
160
140
120
1900
2000
12000
10000
2nd Calib
8000
6000
4000
2000
0
2100
Time (min)
2200
2300
BHP (psi)
BHT ( OF )
Water_Temp Simulation
300
Waiting Time
1
BHT (oF)
250
Field
200
Simulation
150
100
50
0
1975
Injection Events
2025
2075
1 Acid
2 Shut-in
3 Gel
4 Shut-in
5 DataFRAC
6 Shut-in
7 Frac job
2125
Time (min)
BG
Stimpac
2175
2225
2275
T Ti
0.8 TD =
Tri Tir
90%
70%
0.6
TD
10%
50%
0.4
30%
20%
0.2
5%
0
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
X/L
0.8
160
550
140
500
120
100
Cool down
F)
400
300
80
250
60
200
Temperature (
BorateXL25ppt@110 F
600
120
150
550
40
500
100
20
100
450
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
110
120
0
130
400
80
-1
(cp)
50
OF)
350
350
Viscosity @170 sec
Time (min)
File number: 1895
300
60
250
200
40
150
100
20
50
0
0
10
20
30
40
50
Time(min)
Filenumber: 1900
BG
60
70
80
90
0
100
Temperature (
-1
(cp)
450
100
80
60
60
44
37
40
20
15
0
No Breaker
Persulfate
1 lb/Mgal
Encapsulated
3 lb/Mgal
Encapsulated
4 lb/Mgal
(Borate Crosslinked Fluid 160F, 3000 psi closure, 2 lb/ft2 20/40 sand)
60%
21%
Retain Conductivity
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
25 ppt
30 ppt
BG
Schlumberger
Polymer loading: 20 ppt
50000
40000
30000
20000
Reservoir h - 136 feet
Res Press Initial - 9600 psi
Permeability - 2600 mD
Fracture Length - 50 feet
10000
500
1000
1500
2000
Time (days)
2500
3000
3500
60
50
40
30
20
10
Well
*Tubing Limited
B3*
B2
B1
A4
A3
A2
0
A1
Rate (MMCFD)
70
BHP
(psi)
Pwf
(psi)
p
(psi)
Kh/
Net H
(psi)
Perm
(md)
MMCFD
#1 Green
29
6502
6204
300
3533
30
117
-1.5
#1 Red
10
6557
6236
321
2574
50
51
11
#2 Orange
34
6512
6297
215
6109
22
277
-0.5
#2 Green
29
6515
6302
213
3250
56
58
-3
#3 Green
32
6571
6302
269
6273
44
142
1.6
#3 Red
32
6549
6350
156
#4 Orange*
34
6588
6313
275
2565
39
80
#4 Green*
34
6569
6313
256
4834
25
193
#4 Red
34
6568
6344
224
8471
43
197
Well/Zone
Rate
BG
40