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Advances and application of horizontal-well water-based mud in US shale gas reserviors

  • WANG Zhifa ,
  • JIANG Guancheng ,
  • LIN Yongxue ,
  • YANG Fan
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  • 1. College of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum(Beijing), Beijing 102249, China;
    2. SINOPEC Research Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Beijing 100101, China

Received date: 2015-05-19

  Revised date: 2016-10-18

  Online published: 2016-12-28

Abstract

Horizontal drilling is one of the core technologies in US shale gas large scale exploration. Oil based mud (OBM) was applied successfully at the beginning, however, due to its environmental reason and high cost, water based mud (WBM) was developed and applied. Three typical WBM cases for shale gas are introduced in this article. In the Haynesville area, a condition close to downhole environment is used to evaluate drilling fluid anti-contamination properties, including 1.38 MPa CO2, 12% solid and hot rolling at 204℃ for 48 h. Rheological properties are tested by stimulating well temperature and pressure variations during the processes of fluid flowing in, staying static in bottom hole, and flowing out. In Fayetteville and Barnett areas, the interaction mechanism between WBM and shale is investigated to form drilling fluid formulation using SEM so as to analyze the morphology of soaked rocks. In Haynesville, with CO2 contamination and 204℃ temperature, the ROP increases by 8.5%, compared with adjacent OBM well. In Fayetteville and Barnett, the sliding drilling speeds are 9.2-15.4 m/h and 7.4-24.6 m/h, respectively and the rotating speed is 30.8-77.0 m/h when using nano-silica-alcohol WBM. The development and application of US shale gas horizontal well WBM are worth learning by China.

Cite this article

WANG Zhifa , JIANG Guancheng , LIN Yongxue , YANG Fan . Advances and application of horizontal-well water-based mud in US shale gas reserviors[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2016 , 34(23) : 43 -50 . DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2016.23.004

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