Pre-acid system for improving the hydraulic fracturing effect in low-permeability tight gas reservoir

• Published in: Journal of petroleum exploration and production technology Vol. 11; no. 4; pp. 1761 - 1780
• Main Authors: Li, Nianyin, Chen, Fei, Yu, Jiajie, Han, Peihong, Kang, Jia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.04.2021; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Acidification; Acids; Clay; Corrosion; Corrosion rate; Damage; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Energy Systems; Filter cake; Fluid filters; Gels; Geology; Hydraulic fracturing; Industrial and Production Engineering; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering; Laboratories; Low pressure; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis; Offshore Engineering; Oil reservoirs; Original Paper-Production Engineering; Permeability; Polymers; Pre-acid; Reservoir damage; Reservoirs; Sandstone; Sedimentary rocks; Technology; Tight gas reservoir; Acidification; Reservoir damage; Pre-acid; Tight gas reservoir; Hydraulic fracturing
• ISSN: 2190-0558; 2190-0566
• DOI: 10.1007/s13202-021-01129-x

Hydraulic fracturing is an important technical means to improve the development effect of low-permeability oil and gas reservoirs. However, for low pressure, low-permeability, tight, and high-clay sandstone gas reservoirs, conventional propped fracturing can cause serious damage to the reservoir and restrict the fracturing effect. The pre-acid fracturing technology combines acid treatment technology with sand-fracturing technology. A pre-acid system that meets special performance requirements is injected before fracturing. The pre-acid reduces the formation fracture pressure and removes clay damage. During acid flowback, the fracturing fluid is promoted to break the gel, dissolve the fracturing fluid residue and polymer filter cake, clean the supporting cracks, and effectively improve the fracturing effect. This study analyzes the process principle and technical advantages of the pre-acid fracturing technology based on the laboratory evaluation of the fracturing damage mechanism of low-permeability tight gas reservoirs. To meet the performance requirements of low-permeability tight gas reservoirs and pre-acid fracturing technology, a set of polyhydrogen acid system with long-lasting slow reactivity, low damage, and low corrosion was developed and used as the pre-fracturing acid. The acid system is mainly composed of the main agent SA601 and the auxiliary agent SA701. Then, on the basis of laboratory experiments, this acid system is used as the fracturing pre-acid to evaluate the fracturing improvement effect. The results show that the fracturing fluid system can better dissolve the fracturing fluid filter cake and remove the fracturing fluid damage.