US20100089578A1 - Prevention of Water Intrusion Into Particulates - Google Patents

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US20100089578A1
US20100089578A1 US12/573,999 US57399909A US2010089578A1 US 20100089578 A1 US20100089578 A1 US 20100089578A1 US 57399909 A US57399909 A US 57399909A US 2010089578 A1 US2010089578 A1 US 2010089578A1
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Richard D. Rickman
Jimmie D. Weaver
Enrique A. Reyes
Hongyu Luo
Matt E. Blauch
Corine L. McMechan
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  • the present disclosure relates to treatments and compounds useful in subterranean formations, and, at least in some embodiments, to treatments and compounds wherein particulates may be subject to water intrusion.
  • hydraulic fracturing may be a useful treatment for increasing the conductivity of a subterranean formation.
  • Hydraulic fracturing operations generally may involve pumping a treatment fluid (e.g., a fracturing fluid or a “pad fluid”) into a well bore that penetrates a subterranean formation at a sufficient hydraulic pressure to create or enhance one or more pathways, or “fractures,” in the subterranean formation.
  • a treatment fluid e.g., a fracturing fluid or a “pad fluid”
  • Enhancing a fracture generally involves extending or enlarging a natural or pre-existing fracture in the formation. These fractures generally increase the permeability of that portion of the formation.
  • the treatment fluid may comprise particulates, including proppant particulates that are deposited in the resultant fractures. The particulates are thought to help prevent the fractures from fully closing upon release of the hydraulic pressure, forming conductive channels through which fluid may flow between the formation and the well bore.
  • the surfaces of particulates generally comprise minerals, which may react with other substances (e.g., water, minerals, treatment fluids, and the like) that reside in the subterranean formation in chemical reactions caused, at least in part, by conditions created by mechanical stresses on those minerals (e.g., fracturing of the mineral surfaces or the compaction of particulates).
  • These reactions are herein referred to as “stress-activated reactions” or “stress-activated reactivity.”
  • Stress-activated reactions may be diageneous reactions.
  • diageneous reactions include chemical and/or physical processes that, in the presence of water, move a portion of the mineral in a particulate and/or convert a portion of the mineral in a particulate into some other form.
  • a mineral that has been so moved or converted is herein referred to as a “diageneous product” or “diagenic product.”
  • Any particulate comprising a mineral may be susceptible to these diageneous reactions, including natural silicate minerals (e.g., quartz), man-made silicates and glass materials, metal oxide minerals (both natural and man-made), and the like.
  • the dissolution and precipitation of minerals in the course of these reactions may reduce the conductivity of a particulate pack, inter alia, by clogging the pore spaces in the particulate pack with mineral precipitate and/or collapsing the pore spaces by dissolving solid mineral in the “walls” of those pore spaces.
  • minerals on the surface of a particulate may exhibit a tendency to react with substances in the reservoir, formation, and/or treatment fluids that are in contact with the particulates, such as water, gelling agents (e.g., polysaccharides, biopolymers, etc.), and other substances commonly found in these fluids. Molecules from such substances may become anchored to the mineral surface of the particulate.
  • reactivity may further decrease the conductivity of a subterranean formation, inter alia, through the obstruction of conductive fractures in the formation by any molecules that have become anchored to the particulates resident within those fractures. Both types of reactions may generally require the presence of a fluid, such as water, to occur to any significant extent.
  • the present disclosure relates to treatments and compounds useful in subterranean formations, and, at least in some embodiments, to treatments and compounds wherein particulates may be subject to water intrusion.
  • One embodiment of the present invention provides a method.
  • the method comprises providing a plurality of particulates, wherein at least a first portion of the particulates comprise a diffusion barrier.
  • the method further comprises introducing the plurality of particulates into a subterranean formation.
  • the method further comprises allowing an aqueous fluid to flow through the plurality of particulates.
  • the method further comprises allowing the diffusion barrier to impede aqueous fluid interactions between the aqueous fluid and the plurality of particulates.
  • the method comprises providing a plurality of particulates.
  • the method further comprises providing a diffusion barrier initiator.
  • the method further comprises introducing the plurality of particulates into a subterranean formation.
  • the method further comprises introducing the diffusion barrier initiator into the subterranean formation.
  • the method further comprises allowing an aqueous fluid to flow through the plurality of particulates.
  • the method further comprises allowing the diffusion barrier initiator to form a diffusion barrier for at least a portion of the plurality of particulates.
  • the method further comprises allowing the diffusion barrier to impede aqueous fluid interactions between the aqueous fluid and the plurality of particulates.
  • Yet another embodiment of the invention provides yet another method.
  • the method comprises providing a plurality of particulates.
  • the method further comprises providing a coating material.
  • the method further comprises allowing the coating material to form a diffusion barrier for at least a first portion of the plurality of particulates.
  • the present disclosure relates to treatments and compounds useful in subterranean formations, and, at least in some embodiments, to treatments and compounds wherein particulates may be subject to water intrusion.
  • coating refers to at least a partial coating of some or all of the particulates. Neither complete nor substantial coverage of the particulates or mix of particulates is implied by the term “coating.” Rather, a particulate may be coated if it has, for example, at least a partial coating.
  • derivative is defined herein to include any compound that is made from one of the listed compounds, for example, by replacing one atom in the listed compound with another atom or group of atoms, rearranging two or more atoms in the listed compound, ionizing one of the listed compounds, or creating a salt of one of the listed compounds.
  • a derivative of a material may include, but is not limited to, a compound composition based on a plurality of base materials, a composite material, or an aggregated material of various compositions.
  • the terms “diageneous reactions,” “diageneous reactivity,” and “diagenesis” include chemical and physical processes that, in the presence of water, move a mineral and/or convert a mineral into some other form.
  • Examples of such minerals include, but are not limited to, oxides or hydroxides of zirconium, magnesium, aluminum, titanium, calcium, strontium, barium, radium, zinc, cadmium, boron, gallium, iron, or any other element suitable for forming a diagenic product.
  • Such minerals may be found in a particulate, in a formation, and/or introduced into a formation as “diagenesis source material.”
  • a mineral that has been so moved or converted is herein referred to as a “diageneous product” or “diagenic product.”
  • aqueous fluid interaction includes a variety of possible interactions between an aqueous fluid and a particulate. Such interactions may include infiltration of the aqueous fluid into the particulate, for example, by infiltrating pores, voids, crevices, cracks, and/or channels at or near the surface of the particulate. Such interactions may also include diagenesis.
  • diffusion barrier includes any sort of material, including a coating, on or proximate to a particle that impedes and/or prevents aqueous fluid interaction with the particle.
  • some diffusion barriers fill or coat pores, voids, crevices, cracks, or channels at or near the particle's surface to impede and/or prevent infiltration by the aqueous fluid.
  • some diffusion barriers impede and/or prevent diagensis.
  • diagenic protective materials refers to one or more diagenic products that may be selectively promoted in order to form a diffusion barrier.
  • filler or “filler material” means a particulate material that is capable of fitting within a pore, void, crevice, crack, or channel at or near the surface of a particulate or on surfaces within the porous matrix of the individual particulates.
  • relatively low molecular weight refers to a molecular weight that would encompass monomers and short-chain polymers having physical dimensions from a few angstroms to several hundred nanometers.
  • a “monolayer” refers to a coating of a material approximately one unit thick. For chemicals, this may mean a coating as thin as one molecule, and for particulate compositions, it may mean a coating one particulate grain deep.
  • pores As used herein, the terms “pores,” “voids,” “crevices,” “cracks,” and “channels” refer to features at or near the surface of a particulate. Any given particulate may have one or more pores, voids, crevices, cracks, or channels, or may be free of such features. One or more such features may be generally referred to as “surface features.” The use of the terms in conjunction is in no way intended to indicate that all three must be present simultaneously, or at all, in order for the teachings of the present disclosure to apply.
  • particle As used herein, the terms “particle,” “particulate,” “proppant particulate,” and “gravel” are all used to refer to either a single particle or a plurality of particles which may be used for supporting a fracture in an underground formation, for forming a proppant pack, or for use in forming a gravel pack. Such particles may be disposed in a subterranean formation, including in spaces in the rock itself, fractures within the rock, and/or a well bore penetrating the subterranean formation.
  • the term “pack” or “particulate pack” refers to a collection of particulates within an enclosed volume, wherein the particulates may be juxtaposed and/or in contact with one another, and wherein pore spaces may be disposed between the particulates.
  • packages may include “proppant packs,” which may refer to a collection of proppant particulates within a fracture, and/or “gravel packs,” which may refer to a grouping of particulates that are packed sufficiently close together so as to prevent the passage of certain materials through the pack.
  • on-the-fly is used herein to indicate that one flowing stream comprising particulates is introduced into another flowing stream comprising a hydrophobic coating agent so that the streams are combined and mixed to flow as a single stream.
  • the streams may be combined to flow as a single stream as part of an on-going treatment at the job site. Such mixing can also be described as “real-time” mixing.
  • One advantage of the present invention may be the reduction or prevention of mechanical strength degradation of particulates due to aqueous fluid interaction with a particulate, e.g. through infiltration of aqueous fluid into the particulate and/or diagenesis.
  • the methods disclosed herein pertain to providing a diffusion barrier on a particulate such that the surface features (i.e., pores, voids, crevices, cracks, or channels at or near the particulate's surface) may be filled or coated with a material that impedes and/or prevents aqueous fluid interaction with the particulate.
  • each particulate may contain a number of such surface features that may act as conduits for aqueous fluid intrusion into the particle itself. Such surface features may contribute to diagenesis reactions by providing a route for aqueous fluid intrusion into the interior of the particle resulting in particulate degradation.
  • the particulates may retain a greater percentage of strength relative to initial placement downhole.
  • Treatments of subterranean formations, including of the rock itself, fractures within the rock, and/or a well bore penetrating the subterranean formation, with such particulates then may result in greater particulate pack permeability over time than with untreated particulate.
  • Another advantage of the present invention may be the ability to quickly and easily coat particulates using a pre-treated filler material that acts as a carrier for or initiates a diffusion barrier.
  • a pre-treated filler material may be pre-coated with a material such as a hydrophobic coating or a reactant that may allow a diffusion barrier to grow on the particulate once the particulates are placed downhole.
  • the filler material may include a coating material which is encased in a dissolvable or degradable outer shell. Once placed downhole, the outer shell may dissolve or degrade, allowing a diffusion barrier to grow on the particulate.
  • These methods may prevent aqueous fluid infiltration and/or diagenesis of the particulate. These methods may also allow the particulates to be easily coated with a pretreated filler material at or near the point of placement in the formation.
  • a further advantage of the present invention may be the ability to at least partially coat the particulate with a very thin diffusion barrier that may impede aqueous fluid interactions.
  • a diffusion barrier is pre-coated onto a filler material
  • a monolayer of the filler material may be created when the particulate is exposed to the filler material.
  • a very thin layer of the filler material may be coated on the particulate through the use of relatively low molecular weight materials with one or more of the coating techniques disclosed herein.
  • Protecting particulates from damaging interactions with aqueous fluids may be achieved in several ways.
  • these generally may include treating a particulate with a diffusion barrier which acts to impede the particulate interaction with aqueous fluids during and/or after placement in the formation.
  • the diffusion barrier may comprise one of several types of materials, including hydrophobic materials, diagenic protective materials, and various polymeric compositions.
  • Some embodiments of the present invention may utilize filler material to fill the pores, voids, crevices, cracks, or channels that may be present in a particulate surface. Alternatively, a filler material may be used to generate and/or place the diffusion barrier.
  • a hydrophobic material may be used to coat a filler material, and the filler material may then generate a diffusion barrier (e.g., comprising a diageneous product) on the particulates.
  • the filler material may fill the pores, voids, crevices, cracks, or channels on the particulate surface, resulting in a surface that may be more hydrophobic than the original particulate surface.
  • the particulates that may be used in embodiments of the present invention include any proppant or gravel particulates that may be used in a subterranean application.
  • Suitable particulates may include sand, sintered bauxite, silica alumina, glass beads, etc.
  • Other suitable particulates include, but are not limited to, sand, bauxite, garnets, fumed silica, ceramic materials, glass materials, polymer materials, polytetrafluoroethylene materials, nut shell pieces, seed shell pieces, fruit pit pieces, wood, composite particulates, proppant particulates, degradable particulates, coated particulates, gravel, and combinations thereof.
  • Suitable composite materials may comprise a binder and a particulate material wherein suitable particulate materials may include silica, alumina, garnets, fumed carbon, carbon black, graphite, mica, titanium dioxide, meta-silicate, calcium silicate, kaolin, talc, zirconia, boron, fly ash, hollow glass microspheres, solid glass, and combinations thereof.
  • the particles may comprise common sand.
  • a derivative of one or more of the particulate materials may also be used. Derivatives may include materials such as compounds, composite materials, and aggregated materials of various compositions.
  • some or all of the particulates may be comprised of a diagenesis source material.
  • the particulates may comprise oxides or hydroxides of zirconium, magnesium, aluminum, titanium, calcium, strontium, barium, radium, zinc, cadmium, boron, gallium, iron, or any other element suitable for forming a diagenic product.
  • Suitable particulates may take any shape including, but not limited to, the physical shape of platelets, shavings, flakes, ribbons, rods, strips, spheres, spheroids, ellipsoids, toroids, pellets, or tablets. Although a variety of particulate sizes may be useful in the present invention, in certain embodiments, particulate sizes may range from about 200 mesh to about 8 mesh.
  • Embodiments of particulates of the present invention may contain pores, voids, crevices, cracks, or channels at or near the surface.
  • SEM micrographs at high magnification may show that the surfaces of particles, such as particulates made from bauxite, may be laden with pores, voids, crevices, cracks, and channels.
  • these pores, voids, crevices, cracks, or channels at or near the particulate surface may provide a direct path to allow a detrimental interaction between aqueous fluids and the particles that may lead to degradation of the particles under formation pressure and temperature.
  • the particulates may be treated or coated with one or more suitable substances.
  • the particulates may be treated or coated with any substance which is suitable for traditional particulate treatments.
  • the particulates may be coated so as to impede the intrusion of water into the particulates.
  • the particulates may be coated and/or used as discussed in “Geochemical Control of Fracturing Fluids” by Reyes et al., U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______, “Additives to Suppress Silica Scale Build-up” by Reyes et al., U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______, and/or “Ceramic Coated Particulates” by Reyes et al., U.S.
  • a portion of the particulates may be coated so as to limit their diagenic reactivity while others may remain uncoated so as to provide a reaction site for the diagenesis source material.
  • the particle compositions used in some of the embodiments of the present invention may comprise at least one particulate and a diffusion barrier, which may comprise a hydrophobic, or water repellant, material.
  • Diffusion barriers may be initiated by and/or formed from a variety of materials.
  • certain materials may initiate diffusion barriers in some embodiments of the present invention.
  • Suitable materials may be any chemical agent capable of forming a hydrophobic coating on the surface of particulates.
  • particles comprising a diffusion barrier may have a retained strength greater than or equal to about 30%, as discussed in more detail below.
  • such diffusion barriers may enhance the recovery of a reservoir, formation, and/or treatment fluid.
  • a surfactant may be included in the coating material so as to improve the coating process.
  • Suitable coating materials may include oligomeric materials, monomeric materials, oil-wetting compounds, and combinations thereof to provide at least a monomolecular film, which may make the mineral surfaces water-repellent or hydrophobic.
  • a diffusion barrier may comprise the reaction products of a compound having a reactive silyl group.
  • the diffusion barrier may be formed by forming a silicon oxide layer or hybrid organo-silicon oxide anchor layer from a humidified reaction product of silicon tetrachloride or trichloromethysilane, followed by the vapor-deposition of a chloroalkylsilane.
  • the diffusion barrier may comprise a trimethylsilyl functional group. For example, if a fumed silica filler particle is used, the surface hydroxyl groups may be replaced with trimethylsilyl functional groups to form a hydrophobic filler particle.
  • the diffusion barrier may also comprise silicones or siloxanes.
  • the diffusion barrier may comprise an organosilicon compound, which may include, for example, an organosiloxane, an organosilane, a fluoro-organosiloxane, and a fluoro-organosilane.
  • the diffusion barrier may also comprise a polysiloxane or an organo-modified polysiloxane, which may include a di-betaine polysiloxane or a di-quaternary polysiloxane.
  • a diffusion barrier may comprise polymers of a fluoroalkyl-group containing silane compound, and the polymers may include at least dimers and trimers of the silane compound.
  • This diffusion barrier may be made by preparing a solution, the solution being produced by subjecting a fluoroalkyl-group contained silane compound to a hydrolysis and a condensation polymerization to produce at least dimers and trimers of the silane compound, coating the solution onto the surface of the particulate or filler material, and heating the material to cause the fluoroalkyl group in the solution to be bonded to the surface of the particulate solids so as to form a hydrophobic film on the material.
  • the diffusion barrier may comprise a fluoro-organosiloxane or a fluoro-organosilane compound, which may include, for example, 2-(n-perfluoro-octyl)-ethyltriethoxysilane and perfluoro-octyldimethyl chlorosilane.
  • a diffusion barrier may comprise a polyamide.
  • the diffusion barrier may comprise a silyl-modified polyamide.
  • a diffusion barrier may comprise polytetrafluoroethylene, plant oils, hydrocarbons, copolymerized polyvinylidene chloride, or any other substance capable of hindering or preventing aqueous fluid penetration, permeation, or wetting of a particulate.
  • the filler material may comprise materials with particles of micrometer-size, sub-micrometer-size, nano-size, or a combination thereof.
  • the filler material may be reinforcing or non-reinforcing.
  • Filler materials may include, for example, fumed silica, fused silica, garnet powder, clay, mica, alumina, finely divided quartz powder, amorphous silicas, meta-silicates, calcium silicates, calcine, kaoline, talc, zirconia, fly ash, boron, carbon black, fumed carbon, graphite, diamond, silicone carbide, aluminum hydrates, metal nitrides (such as boron nitride, and aluminum nitrides), metal oxides (such as aluminum oxide, zinc oxide, titanium dioxide or iron oxide), and any combination thereof.
  • the filler material may comprise metal particles, such as aluminum, zirconium, titanium, or derivatives thereof.
  • the average diameter of the filler material particles may be less than about 20 micrometers.
  • the average filler material particle diameter may range from about 0.05 micrometers to about 10 micrometers, or from about 0.1 micrometers to about 10 micrometers.
  • the particles of filler material may have a size range of from about 0.1 micrometer to about 0.5 micrometers, or from about 0.2 micrometers to about 0.5 micrometers.
  • the filler material particle size may be chosen, among other purposes, to achieve a coating of a particulate including the pore spaces on the particulate surface.
  • the choice of a filler material particle size may be based upon a consideration of the surface characteristics of the particulate, which may be based on the choice of particulate material, crystal structure, and/or other characteristics.
  • the filler material particle size may be such that the maximum filler material particle size may be at least equal to, and, in some embodiments, less than, the expected diameter of a pore, void, crevice, crack, or channel at or near the surface of the particulate. Consideration of any additional coating thickness that the coating material may add to the filler material also may be a consideration in choosing a filler material having certain particle sizes and shapes.
  • the filler material may be comprised of a material useful for promoting a diagenesis reaction, such as a diagenesis source material.
  • the filler material may comprise oxides or hydroxides of zirconium, magnesium, aluminum, titanium, calcium, strontium, barium, radium, zinc, cadmium, boron, gallium, iron, or any other element suitable for forming a diagenic product.
  • the filler material may comprise certain metallic compositions that may have the ability to fill the pores, voids, crevices, cracks, or channels of the particulates, which, among other things, may limit the interaction between the particulates and aqueous fluids.
  • the metallic compositions may have physiochemical properties that may render the dissolution in aqueous fluids negligible under certain conditions.
  • the metallic compositions may be chemically resistant.
  • certain metallic compositions may be capable of forming diagenic protective materials when placed in contact with reservoir, formation, and/or treatment fluids downhole.
  • the metallic compositions may include, but are not limited to, metal alkoxides, organometallic compounds (such as metal esters) of aluminum, zirconium, titanium, antimony, silicon, tin, boron, chromium, iron, and rare earth element compounds.
  • the metallic compounds may include metal cationic cross linking agents selected from boron (such as boric acid, borax, metal borates including tetraborates, tetrafluoroborates, boron ore), aluminum, zirconium, titanium, and antimony.
  • some or all of the metallic compositions may be comprised of a material useful for promoting a diagenesis reaction.
  • the proppant particulates may comprise oxides or hydroxides of zirconium, magnesium, aluminum, titanium, calcium, strontium, barium, radium, zinc, cadmium, boron, gallium, iron, or any other element suitable for forming a diagenic product.
  • polymeric materials that include the metallic elements also may be used to coat the particulates.
  • silicon polymers such as polymethylsilsesquioxane, polydimethylsiloxanes, and polysiloxazane
  • suitable monomeric compositions may be used to coat the particulates and then polymerized using an appropriate activator.
  • the introduction of the metallic or polymeric compositions may be used to promote a protective layer of diagenic product around the particulate once the coated particulate is placed within the formation.
  • the coating may be a diagenesis source material and may be used to create a diagenic product in a subterranean formation.
  • a silicon-based compound may be used to promote the growth of silicates when placed in contact with an aqueous fluid at formation conditions.
  • the silicate growth may fill the pores, voids, crevices, cracks, or channels, thereby limiting the interaction between the aqueous fluid and the interior of the particulate.
  • the diagenic product may also grow between individual proppant particulates to act as a binder.
  • the diffusion barrier may be applied to the particulates using any coating technique known in the art.
  • one or more of a variety of techniques may be used, including chemically coating the particulate by means of spraying, dipping or soaking the particulate in a liquid solution of the hydrophobic material; application of a sheet of film such as copolymerized polyvinylidene chloride to essentially “shrink-wrap” the particulate and encapsulate it in a chemically desirable coating; fusing material to the particulate by placing heated particulates into a fusible powder, such as a glass frit or enamel, which may bond to the particulate; electroplating using electrostatic techniques known to those of ordinary skill in the art to transfer a diffusion barrier, including a less chemically reactive metallic layer, to the particulate; plasma spraying; sputtering; fluidizing the particulate in a fluidized bed; and powder coating.
  • the particulates also may be coated with a solid coating, such as glass frit, high alumina clays, or bauxites, metals, or other hydrophobic powders.
  • a solid coating such as glass frit, high alumina clays, or bauxites, metals, or other hydrophobic powders.
  • diffusion barriers could be applied by spraying, tumbling, or other means known in the art for applying powder coatings.
  • a method of initiating a fluid barrier may comprise coating a filler particle with a protective coating, such as a hydrophobic material, and then mixing the coated filler particle with a particulate to form a diffusion barrier.
  • a fumed silica nano-particle may be treated such that surface hydroxyl groups are replaced with trimethylsilyl functional groups to form a protective coating on the filler material.
  • the particulates may exhibit hydrophobic properties when mixed with the coated filler material.
  • the filler material may be a metallic compound capable of promoting the formation of diagenic products when placed in the formation.
  • the particulates may be coated with filler material, and a diffusion barrier may be formed upon placement in the formation.
  • the filler material may be a dry, free-flowing material suitable for mixing with a particulate.
  • the treated filler material may be mixed with the particulates in an amount sufficient to impart a diffusion barrier to the particulates. This may be an amount sufficient to partially coat the particulates but not provide 100% coverage of each particle.
  • the treated filler material may be mixed with the particulates in an amount ranging from about 0.025% to 50% by weight of particulates, or from about 0.25% to 50% by weight of particulates.
  • the treated filler material may be mixed with the particulates in an amount ranging from about 0.25% to 5% by weight of particulates.
  • the treated filler material may be mixed with the particulates during the manufacturing and processing of the particulates, or it may be mixed on-the-fly at or near the time of being placed in a formation, as discussed in more detail below.
  • One skilled in the art, with the benefit of this disclosure, may be able to determine when the particulates should be coated with a treated filler material.
  • a diffusion barrier may also be placed on a particulate using a solvent to carry coating material into the pores, voids, crevices, cracks, or channels of the particles.
  • an appropriate solvent for a protective compound may be utilized to dissolve an amount of the coating material.
  • the particulates may then be sprayed, dipped, or soaked in the resulting liquid solution of the solvent and coating material.
  • a drying step then may be utilized to remove the solvent and leave a diffusion barrier behind. Such drying step may occur at a pressure sufficient to ensure that the drying temperature is below the decomposition temperature of the coating material. In some embodiments, the drying step may take place under vacuum pressure.
  • a carrier fluid e.g., a solvent, a sol (e.g., a colloidal suspension of solid particles in a liquid), a gel (e.g., a soft, resilient, solid or semisolid material which consists of at least two components, one of which is a liquid), a microemulsion, a slurry, or any combination thereof, may be used to deliver a filler material and a coating material to the particulates, thereby forming a diffusion barrier.
  • a filler material or a treated filler material may be mixed with a fluid capable of supporting the filler material.
  • the fluid may comprise a coating material that coats the particulates and filler material during mixing.
  • the resulting mixture then may be mixed with particulates for a sufficient time to allow the filler materials and/or treated filler materials to coat the particulates, and/or enter the pores, voids, crevices, cracks, or channels of the particulates.
  • the particulates then may be allowed to dry, undergo a rinse step to remove the carrier fluid, solvent, sol, gel, microemulsion, and/or slurry, or be placed directly into the formation, depending on the application.
  • any of the above methods may be utilized to coat a polymeric or monomeric composition on the particulates, either alone or in combination with a filler material, thereby forming a diffusion barrier.
  • an activator may be required in order to bond the composition to the particulate surface, in the pores, voids, crevices, cracks, or channels, or both. Any method of initiating polymerization known to one skilled in the art may be used to perform this function, and the selection of a suitable method may depend on, among other things, the type of polymeric or monomeric composition used. For example, exposure to an ultraviolet light source or chemical initiators prior to placement into the formation may be used to initiate a polymerization reaction capable of forming polymers within the particulates.
  • the process of coating the plurality of particulates may be performed at any stage of the particulate preparation and/or use. This coating may be accomplished in treatments performed prior to transporting the particulates to a job site, or in a treatment performed “on-the-fly.”
  • One such on-the-fly mixing method may involve continuously conveying the particulates and the hydrophobic coating agent (e.g., a treated filler material) to a mixing vessel, for example, using a sand screw. Once inside the mixing vessel, the particulates may be contacted with the coating material and continuously removed from the mixing vessel.
  • the hydrophobic coating agent e.g., a treated filler material
  • the sand screw may be used both to aid in mixing the particulates with the hydrophobic coating agent and to remove the hydrophobic coating agent from the mixing tank.
  • Batch or partial batch mixing may also be used to accomplish such coating at a well site prior to introducing the particulates into a subterranean formation, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
  • Certain methods of the present invention may result in a very thin diffusion barrier, comprising a protective material, a diagenic product, a treated filler material, or any combination thereof on a particulate.
  • the use of relatively low molecular weight compounds in the coating methods may result in diffusion barriers as thin as a monolayer.
  • filler materials may act to produce a diffusion barrier on a particulate less than about 10 micrometers thick.
  • the diffusion barrier may be less than about 1 micrometer thick, or alternatively less than about 0.5 micrometers thick.
  • Such thin coatings may effectively allow the coating of the pores, voids, crevices, cracks, or channels of the particulates. This may help to limit the particulate degradation due to interactions with aqueous fluids while preventing any detrimental interactions between the particulates due to agglomeration of the particulate pack.
  • One embodiment of the present invention provides a method.
  • the method comprises providing a plurality of particulates, wherein at least a first portion of the particulates comprise a diffusion barrier.
  • the method further comprises introducing the plurality of particulates into a subterranean formation.
  • the method further comprises allowing an aqueous fluid to flow through the plurality of particulates.
  • the method further comprises allowing the diffusion barrier to impede aqueous fluid interactions between the aqueous fluid and the plurality of particulates.
  • this method may be useful in the recovery of fluids from the subterranean formation.
  • the fluids being recovered may be a fluid previously introduced into the subterranean formation, an aqueous reservoir and/or formation fluid, a hydrocarbon fluid, or a combination thereof.
  • Another embodiment of the invention provides another method.
  • the method comprises providing a plurality of particulates.
  • the method further comprises providing a diffusion barrier initiator.
  • the method further comprises introducing the plurality of particulates into a subterranean formation.
  • the method further comprises introducing the diffusion barrier initiator into the subterranean formation.
  • the method further comprises allowing an aqueous fluid to flow through the plurality of particulates.
  • the method further comprises allowing the diffusion barrier initiator to form a diffusion barrier for at least a portion of the plurality of particulates.
  • the method further comprises allowing the diffusion barrier to impede aqueous fluid interactions between the aqueous fluid and the plurality of particulates.
  • this method may be useful in the recovery of fluids from the subterranean formation.
  • the fluids being recovered may be a fluid previously introduced into the subterranean formation, an aqueous reservoir and/or formation fluid, a hydrocarbon fluid, or a combination thereof.
  • Yet another embodiment of the invention provides yet another method.
  • the method comprises providing a plurality of particulates.
  • the method further comprises providing a coating material.
  • the method further comprises allowing the coating material to form a diffusion barrier for at least a first portion of the plurality of particulates.
  • this method may be useful in preparation of particulates for subterranean treatments and/or usage of particulates in subterranean treatments.
  • test procedures may be utilized to determine various particulate properties.
  • the first test method studies temperature-promoted diagenesis of a particulate pack by exposing a particulate pack to a flowing solution of simulated formation fluid at an approximate formation temperature.
  • the second procedure studies stress/temperature-promoted diagenic growth through exposure of a particulate pack to a static flow environment under simulated formation pressures and temperatures.
  • the mechanical strength of individual particulates may be measured before and after the test procedures to determine the percentage of particulate strength lost due to exposure to formation temperature or pressure.
  • the permeability of the particulate pack may be measured before and after the temperature-promoted diagenesis test in order to determine a retained permeability value for the particulate pack.
  • expected subterranean formation conditions e.g., temperature, pressure, formation fluid composition
  • deionized water may first be heated to a test temperature of between about 200 degrees Fahrenheit (° F.) and about 600° F. by passing it through a heat exchanger coil.
  • Simulated formation fluid may be formed by passing the deionized water through multiple packs of crushed formation material arranged in series.
  • the number of formation packs required for the test may vary such that the simulated formation fluid leaving the last pack may be in equilibrium with the crushed formation material.
  • the typical number of formation packs may generally be between about 1 and about 10.
  • Crushed formation material may be screened to remove fines and an approximately 8/35 mesh fraction may be used in the formation packs.
  • the simulated formation fluid may be directed to a column containing a particulate pack.
  • the temperature in the particulate pack may be maintained at an approximate formation temperature between about 200° F. and about 600° F., which approximately corresponds to the temperature of the deionized water first entering the system.
  • a flow rate of simulated formation fluid may be maintained at approximately 1 milliliter per minute during the test.
  • the flow test may be maintained for between about 10 to about 200 days, and in an embodiment, for at least about 20 days.
  • the particulate pack may be disassembled in order to test the mechanical properties of individual particles, as discussed in more detail below. For example, surface and compositional analysis may be made after disassembly to determine what types of materials are being formed under the simulated formation conditions.
  • a permeability test may also be performed at this time. In this test, the permeability of the particulate packs may be measured at room temperature prior disassembly of the particulate pack. The measured permeability of the pack may then be compared with an initial permeability measurement made of the pack at room temperature before the pack is placed in the testing apparatus. Comparing the initial permeability measurement with the permeability measurement obtained after the pack is subjected to the test conditions may allow for a retained permeability to be calculated.
  • the stress/temperature-promoted diagenesis test method may involve the testing of the particulate pack under static flow conditions at approximate formation pressures and temperatures.
  • a pack of particulates may be loaded in a test cell and filled with a salt solution.
  • the test cell may be loaded from between about 0.5 pounds per square foot (lb/ft 2 ) of particulates to about 3.0 lb/ft 2 of particulates.
  • an approximately 2% KCl solution may be used as the fluid medium.
  • Formation wafers either manufactured from formation core material or from rock outcrop material, may be placed above and below the particulate pack in the test column. The system may then be shut in and placed under simulated formation pressure and heated to approximate formation temperatures.
  • the temperature may be maintained at between about 100° F. and about 550° F. In another embodiment, the temperature may be maintained at between about 100° F. and about 350° F.
  • the pressure may be maintained at between about 2,000 psi and about 10,000 psi. In another embodiment, the pressure may be maintained at between about 5,000 psi and about 8,000 psi. In an embodiment, the test may be conducted for between about 1 to about 50 weeks, and in another embodiment, the test may be conducted for at least about 4 weeks (about 28 days).
  • the test cell may be disassembled and the particulate pack removed for testing.
  • additional tests may also be performed at this time. For example, surface and compositional analysis may be made after disassembly to determine what types of materials are being formed under the simulated formation conditions. Alternatively, the resulting interstitial fluid may be analyzed to determine the relative solubility of the particulates under formation conditions.
  • Changes in the mechanical properties of the particulates obtained from either the stress/temperature-promoted diagenesis test or the temperature-promoted diagenesis test may be determined using a single-grain crush-strength analysis.
  • the analysis may utilize a Weibull statistical analysis procedure based on a plurality of particulate crush samples.
  • the crush test may be based on a uni-axial compressive point loading of a particle. Under a compressive loading in the uni-axial direction, a spherical particle may be under tension in directions perpendicular to the loading with a tensile stress, ⁇ , calculated by
  • a Weibull analysis may include a statistically significant number of crush samples, which may range from about 10 to about 50 individual crush samples, or from about 20 to about 40 individual crush samples. In an embodiment, a sample size of between about 25 and about 30 individual crush samples of particulates may be used in the analysis. All of the strength data points may then be sorted from low to high as ⁇ 1 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 3 ⁇ . . . ⁇ N , where N represents the total number of samples.
  • a probability of failure may be calculated from the equation:
  • N is the total number of samples, for example about 30 samples
  • # is the index number for the sorted strength values (e.g., 1 through N).
  • a Weibull distribution may be found by linear fitting and generating an equation:
  • ⁇ 0 is the characteristic strength.
  • the strength will tend to increase along with the reliability of the strength calculation when the ⁇ 0 and m values increase.
  • the characteristic strength changes in the particulates may then be determined. By comparing the characteristic strength of the particulates prior to exposure to the simulated formation fluid with the characteristic strength of the particulates after exposure to the simulated formation fluid, a retained strength value may be calculated from the equation:
  • Exposed ⁇ 0 is the characteristic strength of the particles after exposure to the simulated formation fluid
  • Unexposed ⁇ 0 is the characteristic strength of the particles prior to exposure.
  • a retained permeability may be calculated by dividing the permeability measured at the end of the temperature-promoted diagenesis test with the permeability measured at the beginning.
  • a single set of test conditions may be utilized for comparison of different sets of particles comprising diffusion barriers and/or filler materials.
  • the retained strength value is defined to be measured by the stress/temperature-promoted diagenesis test.
  • a pack of particulates is loaded in a test column and filled with a salt solution comprising an approximately 2% KCl solution.
  • the test cell is loaded with about 2 lb/ft 2 of particulates. Formation wafers are placed above and below the particulates in the test cell. The system is then shut in and placed under a pressure that is approximately equal to the pressure expected in the formation in which the particulates are expected to be placed.
  • the temperature may be maintained at a temperature that is approximately equal to the formation temperature where the particulates are expected to be placed.
  • the system may be placed under simulated formation pressure of about 9000 psi and temperature of about 250° F. These conditions are then maintained for about 28 days.
  • the test cell Upon completion of the stress/temperature-promoted diagenesis test, the test cell is disassembled and the particulate matrix removed for testing. Changes in the mechanical properties of the particulates are obtained using particulates tested using the stress/temperature-promoted diagenesis test.
  • the analysis utilizes a Weibull statistical analysis procedure based on a plurality of particulate crush samples, as discussed above. A single analysis includes a statistically significant number of samples, which may be between about 20 and about 40 samples, e.g., approximately 30 crushed samples of individual particles. However, in some instances, the sample size may vary such that the actual number of samples is smaller or larger in order to obtain a statistically significant number of samples.
  • the characteristic strength changes in the particulates may then be determined. By comparing the characteristic strength of the particulates prior to exposure to the simulated formation fluid with the characteristic strength of the particulates after exposure to the simulated formation fluid, a retained strength value is calculated from the equation:
  • Exposed ⁇ 0 is the characteristic strength of the particles after exposure to the simulated formation fluid
  • Unexposed ⁇ 0 is the characteristic strength of the particles prior to exposure.
  • the retained permeability value of the particulate pack is defined to be measured by the temperature-promoted diagenesis test.
  • the temperature-promoted diagenesis test procedure an initial permeability measurement is made of a particulate pack while the particulate pack is at room temperature. Deionized water is then heated to a test temperature of approximately 500° F. by passing it through a heat exchanger coil. Lower test temperatures may also be used depending on the specific particulate material and coating used. For example, one of ordinary skill in the art may determine that a lower test temperature is required in order to avoid thermal decomposition of the particulates, the diffusion barrier, or the filler material.
  • Simulated formation fluid is formed by passing the deionized water through multiple packs of crushed formation material arranged in series.
  • the number of formation packs required for the test may vary such that the simulated formation fluid leaving the last pack is in equilibrium with the crushed formation material at the flow rate used during the test of approximately 1 milliliter per minute.
  • the typical number of formation packs is generally between about 2 and about 5.
  • Crushed formation material is screened and an approximately 8/35 mesh fraction is used in the formation packs.
  • the formation material is obtained by crushing a core withdrawn from a specific well during drilling or from dill cuttings obtained while a well is being drilled through a zone of interest.
  • the simulated formation fluid is then directed to a column containing a particulate pack.
  • the temperature in the particulate pack is maintained at a temperature of about 500° F.
  • a lower test temperature may be used depending on the specific particulate material and coating material used. For example, one of ordinary skill in the art may determine that a lower test temperature is required in order to avoid thermal decomposition of the particulates, the diffusion barrier, or the filler.
  • a flow rate of simulated formation fluid is maintained at approximately 1 milliliter per minute during the test. The flow test is maintained for about 30 days. After this time, permeability of the particulate pack is measured prior to disassembly and after the particulate pack has been allowed to cool to room temperature, allowing for a retained permeability to be calculated from the equation:
  • Exposed Permeability is the permeability of the particles after exposure to the simulated formation fluid
  • Unexposed Permeability is the permeability of the particles prior to exposure
  • Particulates prepared and tested according to the methods of the current invention using the characteristic conditions of the embodiment may exhibit a retained strength value of greater than about 20%.
  • the particulates may exhibit a retained strength value of greater than about 60%.
  • the particulates may exhibit a retained strength value of greater than about 80%.
  • the particulates may exhibit a retained strength value of greater than about 90%.
  • the particulates used to form a pack may be characterized by a retained permeability value of at least about 40%.
  • the particulates may be characterized by a retained permeability of at least about 60%.
  • the particulates may be characterized by a retained permeability of at least about 80%.
  • the retained permeability may be at least about 99%.
  • compositions and methods are described in terms of “comprising,” “containing,” or “including” various components or steps, the compositions and methods can also “consist essentially of” or “consist of” the various components and steps.

Abstract

Treatments and compounds useful in subterranean formations are discussed, with particular attention to those where particulates may be subject to water intrusion. Certain methods pertain to providing diffusion barriers for particulates. Of these, certain diffusion barriers may provide hydrophobic coatings to the particulates, certain diffusion barriers may provide fillers that may act to prevent water intrusion into surface features of particulates, and certain diffusion barriers may be initiated with diagenesis source material.

Description

    CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
  • This application claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. Nos. 61/104,610, 61/104,620, 61/104,624, and 61/104,629, each filed Oct. 10, 2008, each of which is herein incorporated by reference.
  • This application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______, entitled “Additives to Suppress Silica Scale Build-up,” by Reyes et al., U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______, entitled “Ceramic Coated Particulates,” by Reyes et al., and U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______, entitled “Geochemical Control of Fracturing Fluids,” by Reyes et al., filed on the same day herewith, which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
  • BACKGROUND
  • The present disclosure relates to treatments and compounds useful in subterranean formations, and, at least in some embodiments, to treatments and compounds wherein particulates may be subject to water intrusion.
  • In the production of fluids, such as hydrocarbons or water, from a subterranean formation, the subterranean formation should be sufficiently conductive to permit the flow of desirable fluids to a well bore penetrating the formation. Among others, hydraulic fracturing may be a useful treatment for increasing the conductivity of a subterranean formation. Hydraulic fracturing operations generally may involve pumping a treatment fluid (e.g., a fracturing fluid or a “pad fluid”) into a well bore that penetrates a subterranean formation at a sufficient hydraulic pressure to create or enhance one or more pathways, or “fractures,” in the subterranean formation. Enhancing a fracture generally involves extending or enlarging a natural or pre-existing fracture in the formation. These fractures generally increase the permeability of that portion of the formation. The treatment fluid may comprise particulates, including proppant particulates that are deposited in the resultant fractures. The particulates are thought to help prevent the fractures from fully closing upon release of the hydraulic pressure, forming conductive channels through which fluid may flow between the formation and the well bore.
  • It is generally believed that the surfaces of particulates generally comprise minerals, which may react with other substances (e.g., water, minerals, treatment fluids, and the like) that reside in the subterranean formation in chemical reactions caused, at least in part, by conditions created by mechanical stresses on those minerals (e.g., fracturing of the mineral surfaces or the compaction of particulates). These reactions are herein referred to as “stress-activated reactions” or “stress-activated reactivity.” One type of these stress-activated reactions may be diageneous reactions. As used herein, the terms “diageneous reactions,” “diageneous reactivity,” and “diagenesis” include chemical and/or physical processes that, in the presence of water, move a portion of the mineral in a particulate and/or convert a portion of the mineral in a particulate into some other form. A mineral that has been so moved or converted is herein referred to as a “diageneous product” or “diagenic product.” Any particulate comprising a mineral may be susceptible to these diageneous reactions, including natural silicate minerals (e.g., quartz), man-made silicates and glass materials, metal oxide minerals (both natural and man-made), and the like.
  • Two of the principal mechanisms that diagenesis reactions are thought to involve are “pressure dissolution” and “precipitation processes.” Where two water-wetted mineral surfaces are in contact with each other at a point under strain, the localized mineral solubility near that point may increase, causing the minerals to dissolve. Minerals in solution may diffuse through the water film outside of the region where the mineral surfaces are in contact (e.g., the pore spaces of a particulate pack), where they may precipitate out of solution. The dissolution and precipitation of minerals in the course of these reactions may reduce the conductivity of a particulate pack, inter alia, by clogging the pore spaces in the particulate pack with mineral precipitate and/or collapsing the pore spaces by dissolving solid mineral in the “walls” of those pore spaces. In other instances, minerals on the surface of a particulate may exhibit a tendency to react with substances in the reservoir, formation, and/or treatment fluids that are in contact with the particulates, such as water, gelling agents (e.g., polysaccharides, biopolymers, etc.), and other substances commonly found in these fluids. Molecules from such substances may become anchored to the mineral surface of the particulate. These types of reactivity may further decrease the conductivity of a subterranean formation, inter alia, through the obstruction of conductive fractures in the formation by any molecules that have become anchored to the particulates resident within those fractures. Both types of reactions may generally require the presence of a fluid, such as water, to occur to any significant extent.
  • SUMMARY
  • The present disclosure relates to treatments and compounds useful in subterranean formations, and, at least in some embodiments, to treatments and compounds wherein particulates may be subject to water intrusion.
  • One embodiment of the present invention provides a method. The method comprises providing a plurality of particulates, wherein at least a first portion of the particulates comprise a diffusion barrier. The method further comprises introducing the plurality of particulates into a subterranean formation. The method further comprises allowing an aqueous fluid to flow through the plurality of particulates. The method further comprises allowing the diffusion barrier to impede aqueous fluid interactions between the aqueous fluid and the plurality of particulates.
  • Another embodiment of the invention provides another method. The method comprises providing a plurality of particulates. The method further comprises providing a diffusion barrier initiator. The method further comprises introducing the plurality of particulates into a subterranean formation. The method further comprises introducing the diffusion barrier initiator into the subterranean formation. The method further comprises allowing an aqueous fluid to flow through the plurality of particulates. The method further comprises allowing the diffusion barrier initiator to form a diffusion barrier for at least a portion of the plurality of particulates. The method further comprises allowing the diffusion barrier to impede aqueous fluid interactions between the aqueous fluid and the plurality of particulates.
  • Yet another embodiment of the invention provides yet another method. The method comprises providing a plurality of particulates. The method further comprises providing a coating material. The method further comprises allowing the coating material to form a diffusion barrier for at least a first portion of the plurality of particulates.
  • The features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art. While numerous changes may be made by those skilled in the art, such changes are within the spirit of the invention.
  • DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
  • The present disclosure relates to treatments and compounds useful in subterranean formations, and, at least in some embodiments, to treatments and compounds wherein particulates may be subject to water intrusion.
  • The term “coating” as used herein refers to at least a partial coating of some or all of the particulates. Neither complete nor substantial coverage of the particulates or mix of particulates is implied by the term “coating.” Rather, a particulate may be coated if it has, for example, at least a partial coating.
  • The term “derivative” is defined herein to include any compound that is made from one of the listed compounds, for example, by replacing one atom in the listed compound with another atom or group of atoms, rearranging two or more atoms in the listed compound, ionizing one of the listed compounds, or creating a salt of one of the listed compounds. A derivative of a material may include, but is not limited to, a compound composition based on a plurality of base materials, a composite material, or an aggregated material of various compositions.
  • As used herein, the terms “diageneous reactions,” “diageneous reactivity,” and “diagenesis” include chemical and physical processes that, in the presence of water, move a mineral and/or convert a mineral into some other form. Examples of such minerals include, but are not limited to, oxides or hydroxides of zirconium, magnesium, aluminum, titanium, calcium, strontium, barium, radium, zinc, cadmium, boron, gallium, iron, or any other element suitable for forming a diagenic product. Such minerals may be found in a particulate, in a formation, and/or introduced into a formation as “diagenesis source material.” A mineral that has been so moved or converted is herein referred to as a “diageneous product” or “diagenic product.”
  • As used herein, the term “aqueous fluid interaction” includes a variety of possible interactions between an aqueous fluid and a particulate. Such interactions may include infiltration of the aqueous fluid into the particulate, for example, by infiltrating pores, voids, crevices, cracks, and/or channels at or near the surface of the particulate. Such interactions may also include diagenesis.
  • As used herein, the term “diffusion barrier” includes any sort of material, including a coating, on or proximate to a particle that impedes and/or prevents aqueous fluid interaction with the particle. For example, some diffusion barriers fill or coat pores, voids, crevices, cracks, or channels at or near the particle's surface to impede and/or prevent infiltration by the aqueous fluid. As another example, some diffusion barriers impede and/or prevent diagensis.
  • As used herein, the term “diagenic protective materials” refers to one or more diagenic products that may be selectively promoted in order to form a diffusion barrier.
  • As used herein, the term “filler” or “filler material” means a particulate material that is capable of fitting within a pore, void, crevice, crack, or channel at or near the surface of a particulate or on surfaces within the porous matrix of the individual particulates.
  • As used herein, the term “relatively low molecular weight” refers to a molecular weight that would encompass monomers and short-chain polymers having physical dimensions from a few angstroms to several hundred nanometers.
  • As used herein, a “monolayer” refers to a coating of a material approximately one unit thick. For chemicals, this may mean a coating as thin as one molecule, and for particulate compositions, it may mean a coating one particulate grain deep.
  • As used herein, the terms “pores,” “voids,” “crevices,” “cracks,” and “channels” refer to features at or near the surface of a particulate. Any given particulate may have one or more pores, voids, crevices, cracks, or channels, or may be free of such features. One or more such features may be generally referred to as “surface features.” The use of the terms in conjunction is in no way intended to indicate that all three must be present simultaneously, or at all, in order for the teachings of the present disclosure to apply.
  • As used herein, the terms “particle,” “particulate,” “proppant particulate,” and “gravel” are all used to refer to either a single particle or a plurality of particles which may be used for supporting a fracture in an underground formation, for forming a proppant pack, or for use in forming a gravel pack. Such particles may be disposed in a subterranean formation, including in spaces in the rock itself, fractures within the rock, and/or a well bore penetrating the subterranean formation.
  • As used herein, the term “pack” or “particulate pack” refers to a collection of particulates within an enclosed volume, wherein the particulates may be juxtaposed and/or in contact with one another, and wherein pore spaces may be disposed between the particulates. Examples of “packs” may include “proppant packs,” which may refer to a collection of proppant particulates within a fracture, and/or “gravel packs,” which may refer to a grouping of particulates that are packed sufficiently close together so as to prevent the passage of certain materials through the pack.
  • The term “on-the-fly” is used herein to indicate that one flowing stream comprising particulates is introduced into another flowing stream comprising a hydrophobic coating agent so that the streams are combined and mixed to flow as a single stream. In some instances, the streams may be combined to flow as a single stream as part of an on-going treatment at the job site. Such mixing can also be described as “real-time” mixing.
  • If there is any conflict in the usages of a word or term in this specification and one or more patent or other documents that may be incorporated herein by reference, the definitions that are consistent with this specification should be adopted for the purposes of understanding this invention.
  • There are many advantages of the present invention, only some of which are mentioned here. One advantage of the present invention may be the reduction or prevention of mechanical strength degradation of particulates due to aqueous fluid interaction with a particulate, e.g. through infiltration of aqueous fluid into the particulate and/or diagenesis. In some embodiments, the methods disclosed herein pertain to providing a diffusion barrier on a particulate such that the surface features (i.e., pores, voids, crevices, cracks, or channels at or near the particulate's surface) may be filled or coated with a material that impedes and/or prevents aqueous fluid interaction with the particulate. By avoiding the aqueous fluid interaction, the mechanical strength degredation of the particulates may be reduced or prevented. Each particulate may contain a number of such surface features that may act as conduits for aqueous fluid intrusion into the particle itself. Such surface features may contribute to diagenesis reactions by providing a route for aqueous fluid intrusion into the interior of the particle resulting in particulate degradation. By limiting the particulate interactions with an aqueous fluid, the particulates may retain a greater percentage of strength relative to initial placement downhole. Treatments of subterranean formations, including of the rock itself, fractures within the rock, and/or a well bore penetrating the subterranean formation, with such particulates then may result in greater particulate pack permeability over time than with untreated particulate.
  • Another advantage of the present invention may be the ability to quickly and easily coat particulates using a pre-treated filler material that acts as a carrier for or initiates a diffusion barrier. Such filler material may be pre-coated with a material such as a hydrophobic coating or a reactant that may allow a diffusion barrier to grow on the particulate once the particulates are placed downhole. Alternatively, the filler material may include a coating material which is encased in a dissolvable or degradable outer shell. Once placed downhole, the outer shell may dissolve or degrade, allowing a diffusion barrier to grow on the particulate. These methods may prevent aqueous fluid infiltration and/or diagenesis of the particulate. These methods may also allow the particulates to be easily coated with a pretreated filler material at or near the point of placement in the formation.
  • A further advantage of the present invention may be the ability to at least partially coat the particulate with a very thin diffusion barrier that may impede aqueous fluid interactions. For example, in an embodiment in which a diffusion barrier is pre-coated onto a filler material, a monolayer of the filler material may be created when the particulate is exposed to the filler material. In another embodiment, a very thin layer of the filler material may be coated on the particulate through the use of relatively low molecular weight materials with one or more of the coating techniques disclosed herein.
  • Protecting particulates from damaging interactions with aqueous fluids may be achieved in several ways. In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, these generally may include treating a particulate with a diffusion barrier which acts to impede the particulate interaction with aqueous fluids during and/or after placement in the formation. The diffusion barrier may comprise one of several types of materials, including hydrophobic materials, diagenic protective materials, and various polymeric compositions. Some embodiments of the present invention may utilize filler material to fill the pores, voids, crevices, cracks, or channels that may be present in a particulate surface. Alternatively, a filler material may be used to generate and/or place the diffusion barrier. For example, a hydrophobic material may be used to coat a filler material, and the filler material may then generate a diffusion barrier (e.g., comprising a diageneous product) on the particulates. The filler material may fill the pores, voids, crevices, cracks, or channels on the particulate surface, resulting in a surface that may be more hydrophobic than the original particulate surface. Each of these materials and methods will be described in more detail below.
  • The particulates that may be used in embodiments of the present invention include any proppant or gravel particulates that may be used in a subterranean application. Suitable particulates may include sand, sintered bauxite, silica alumina, glass beads, etc. Other suitable particulates include, but are not limited to, sand, bauxite, garnets, fumed silica, ceramic materials, glass materials, polymer materials, polytetrafluoroethylene materials, nut shell pieces, seed shell pieces, fruit pit pieces, wood, composite particulates, proppant particulates, degradable particulates, coated particulates, gravel, and combinations thereof. Suitable composite materials may comprise a binder and a particulate material wherein suitable particulate materials may include silica, alumina, garnets, fumed carbon, carbon black, graphite, mica, titanium dioxide, meta-silicate, calcium silicate, kaolin, talc, zirconia, boron, fly ash, hollow glass microspheres, solid glass, and combinations thereof. In certain embodiments, the particles may comprise common sand. In some embodiments, a derivative of one or more of the particulate materials may also be used. Derivatives may include materials such as compounds, composite materials, and aggregated materials of various compositions. In some embodiments of the present invention, some or all of the particulates may be comprised of a diagenesis source material. In this embodiment, the particulates may comprise oxides or hydroxides of zirconium, magnesium, aluminum, titanium, calcium, strontium, barium, radium, zinc, cadmium, boron, gallium, iron, or any other element suitable for forming a diagenic product. Suitable particulates may take any shape including, but not limited to, the physical shape of platelets, shavings, flakes, ribbons, rods, strips, spheres, spheroids, ellipsoids, toroids, pellets, or tablets. Although a variety of particulate sizes may be useful in the present invention, in certain embodiments, particulate sizes may range from about 200 mesh to about 8 mesh.
  • Embodiments of particulates of the present invention may contain pores, voids, crevices, cracks, or channels at or near the surface. For example, SEM micrographs at high magnification may show that the surfaces of particles, such as particulates made from bauxite, may be laden with pores, voids, crevices, cracks, and channels. Without being limited by theory, it is believed that these pores, voids, crevices, cracks, or channels at or near the particulate surface may provide a direct path to allow a detrimental interaction between aqueous fluids and the particles that may lead to degradation of the particles under formation pressure and temperature.
  • In some embodiments, the particulates may be treated or coated with one or more suitable substances. Generally, the particulates may be treated or coated with any substance which is suitable for traditional particulate treatments. In certain embodiments, the particulates may be coated so as to impede the intrusion of water into the particulates. For example, the particulates may be coated and/or used as discussed in “Geochemical Control of Fracturing Fluids” by Reyes et al., U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______, “Additives to Suppress Silica Scale Build-up” by Reyes et al., U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______, and/or “Ceramic Coated Particulates” by Reyes et al., U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______, each filed on the same day herewith, and the entire disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. In an embodiment, a portion of the particulates may be coated so as to limit their diagenic reactivity while others may remain uncoated so as to provide a reaction site for the diagenesis source material.
  • The particle compositions used in some of the embodiments of the present invention may comprise at least one particulate and a diffusion barrier, which may comprise a hydrophobic, or water repellant, material. Diffusion barriers may be initiated by and/or formed from a variety of materials. For example, certain materials may initiate diffusion barriers in some embodiments of the present invention. Suitable materials may be any chemical agent capable of forming a hydrophobic coating on the surface of particulates. In certain embodiments, particles comprising a diffusion barrier may have a retained strength greater than or equal to about 30%, as discussed in more detail below. In some embodiments, such diffusion barriers may enhance the recovery of a reservoir, formation, and/or treatment fluid. In certain embodiments, a surfactant may be included in the coating material so as to improve the coating process. Suitable coating materials may include oligomeric materials, monomeric materials, oil-wetting compounds, and combinations thereof to provide at least a monomolecular film, which may make the mineral surfaces water-repellent or hydrophobic.
  • In one embodiment, a diffusion barrier may comprise the reaction products of a compound having a reactive silyl group. The diffusion barrier may be formed by forming a silicon oxide layer or hybrid organo-silicon oxide anchor layer from a humidified reaction product of silicon tetrachloride or trichloromethysilane, followed by the vapor-deposition of a chloroalkylsilane. In another embodiment, the diffusion barrier may comprise a trimethylsilyl functional group. For example, if a fumed silica filler particle is used, the surface hydroxyl groups may be replaced with trimethylsilyl functional groups to form a hydrophobic filler particle. The diffusion barrier may also comprise silicones or siloxanes. In an embodiment, the diffusion barrier may comprise an organosilicon compound, which may include, for example, an organosiloxane, an organosilane, a fluoro-organosiloxane, and a fluoro-organosilane. The diffusion barrier may also comprise a polysiloxane or an organo-modified polysiloxane, which may include a di-betaine polysiloxane or a di-quaternary polysiloxane.
  • In another embodiment, a diffusion barrier may comprise polymers of a fluoroalkyl-group containing silane compound, and the polymers may include at least dimers and trimers of the silane compound. This diffusion barrier may be made by preparing a solution, the solution being produced by subjecting a fluoroalkyl-group contained silane compound to a hydrolysis and a condensation polymerization to produce at least dimers and trimers of the silane compound, coating the solution onto the surface of the particulate or filler material, and heating the material to cause the fluoroalkyl group in the solution to be bonded to the surface of the particulate solids so as to form a hydrophobic film on the material. In another embodiment, the diffusion barrier may comprise a fluoro-organosiloxane or a fluoro-organosilane compound, which may include, for example, 2-(n-perfluoro-octyl)-ethyltriethoxysilane and perfluoro-octyldimethyl chlorosilane.
  • In yet another embodiment, a diffusion barrier may comprise a polyamide. In still another embodiment, the diffusion barrier may comprise a silyl-modified polyamide.
  • In an embodiment, a diffusion barrier may comprise polytetrafluoroethylene, plant oils, hydrocarbons, copolymerized polyvinylidene chloride, or any other substance capable of hindering or preventing aqueous fluid penetration, permeation, or wetting of a particulate.
  • The filler material may comprise materials with particles of micrometer-size, sub-micrometer-size, nano-size, or a combination thereof. The filler material may be reinforcing or non-reinforcing. Filler materials may include, for example, fumed silica, fused silica, garnet powder, clay, mica, alumina, finely divided quartz powder, amorphous silicas, meta-silicates, calcium silicates, calcine, kaoline, talc, zirconia, fly ash, boron, carbon black, fumed carbon, graphite, diamond, silicone carbide, aluminum hydrates, metal nitrides (such as boron nitride, and aluminum nitrides), metal oxides (such as aluminum oxide, zinc oxide, titanium dioxide or iron oxide), and any combination thereof. In another embodiment, the filler material may comprise metal particles, such as aluminum, zirconium, titanium, or derivatives thereof. In one embodiment, the average diameter of the filler material particles may be less than about 20 micrometers. In one embodiment, the average filler material particle diameter may range from about 0.05 micrometers to about 10 micrometers, or from about 0.1 micrometers to about 10 micrometers. In another embodiment, the particles of filler material may have a size range of from about 0.1 micrometer to about 0.5 micrometers, or from about 0.2 micrometers to about 0.5 micrometers.
  • In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, the filler material particle size may be chosen, among other purposes, to achieve a coating of a particulate including the pore spaces on the particulate surface. The choice of a filler material particle size may be based upon a consideration of the surface characteristics of the particulate, which may be based on the choice of particulate material, crystal structure, and/or other characteristics. In an embodiment, the filler material particle size may be such that the maximum filler material particle size may be at least equal to, and, in some embodiments, less than, the expected diameter of a pore, void, crevice, crack, or channel at or near the surface of the particulate. Consideration of any additional coating thickness that the coating material may add to the filler material also may be a consideration in choosing a filler material having certain particle sizes and shapes.
  • In some embodiments of the present invention, some or all of the filler material may be comprised of a material useful for promoting a diagenesis reaction, such as a diagenesis source material. For example, the filler material may comprise oxides or hydroxides of zirconium, magnesium, aluminum, titanium, calcium, strontium, barium, radium, zinc, cadmium, boron, gallium, iron, or any other element suitable for forming a diagenic product.
  • In an embodiment, the filler material may comprise certain metallic compositions that may have the ability to fill the pores, voids, crevices, cracks, or channels of the particulates, which, among other things, may limit the interaction between the particulates and aqueous fluids. The metallic compositions may have physiochemical properties that may render the dissolution in aqueous fluids negligible under certain conditions. The metallic compositions may be chemically resistant. For example, certain metallic compositions may be capable of forming diagenic protective materials when placed in contact with reservoir, formation, and/or treatment fluids downhole. In an embodiment, the metallic compositions may include, but are not limited to, metal alkoxides, organometallic compounds (such as metal esters) of aluminum, zirconium, titanium, antimony, silicon, tin, boron, chromium, iron, and rare earth element compounds. In another embodiment, the metallic compounds may include metal cationic cross linking agents selected from boron (such as boric acid, borax, metal borates including tetraborates, tetrafluoroborates, boron ore), aluminum, zirconium, titanium, and antimony. In some embodiments of the present invention, some or all of the metallic compositions may be comprised of a material useful for promoting a diagenesis reaction. In this embodiment, the proppant particulates may comprise oxides or hydroxides of zirconium, magnesium, aluminum, titanium, calcium, strontium, barium, radium, zinc, cadmium, boron, gallium, iron, or any other element suitable for forming a diagenic product.
  • In an alternative embodiment, polymeric materials that include the metallic elements also may be used to coat the particulates. For example, silicon polymers (such as polymethylsilsesquioxane, polydimethylsiloxanes, and polysiloxazane) or any other metallic polymer capable of being delivered in polymeric form may be used. In some embodiments, suitable monomeric compositions may be used to coat the particulates and then polymerized using an appropriate activator.
  • One of ordinary skill in the art, with the benefit of this disclosure, will be able to determine which metallic compound or polymeric composition should be included for a particular application based on, for example, formation chemistry, particulate composition, and the potential growth of diagenic protective materials. Without limiting the invention to a particular theory or mechanism of action, it is currently believed that the introduction of the metallic or polymeric compositions may be used to promote a protective layer of diagenic product around the particulate once the coated particulate is placed within the formation. In an embodiment, the coating may be a diagenesis source material and may be used to create a diagenic product in a subterranean formation. For example, a silicon-based compound may be used to promote the growth of silicates when placed in contact with an aqueous fluid at formation conditions. For a properly placed silicon compound within the pores, voids, crevices, cracksor channels of a particulate, the silicate growth may fill the pores, voids, crevices, cracks, or channels, thereby limiting the interaction between the aqueous fluid and the interior of the particulate. In an embodiment, the diagenic product may also grow between individual proppant particulates to act as a binder.
  • In an embodiment, the diffusion barrier may be applied to the particulates using any coating technique known in the art. In an embodiment, one or more of a variety of techniques may be used, including chemically coating the particulate by means of spraying, dipping or soaking the particulate in a liquid solution of the hydrophobic material; application of a sheet of film such as copolymerized polyvinylidene chloride to essentially “shrink-wrap” the particulate and encapsulate it in a chemically desirable coating; fusing material to the particulate by placing heated particulates into a fusible powder, such as a glass frit or enamel, which may bond to the particulate; electroplating using electrostatic techniques known to those of ordinary skill in the art to transfer a diffusion barrier, including a less chemically reactive metallic layer, to the particulate; plasma spraying; sputtering; fluidizing the particulate in a fluidized bed; and powder coating. The particulates also may be coated with a solid coating, such as glass frit, high alumina clays, or bauxites, metals, or other hydrophobic powders. Such diffusion barriers could be applied by spraying, tumbling, or other means known in the art for applying powder coatings.
  • In another embodiment of the present invention, a method of initiating a fluid barrier may comprise coating a filler particle with a protective coating, such as a hydrophobic material, and then mixing the coated filler particle with a particulate to form a diffusion barrier. For example, a fumed silica nano-particle may be treated such that surface hydroxyl groups are replaced with trimethylsilyl functional groups to form a protective coating on the filler material. In this example, the particulates may exhibit hydrophobic properties when mixed with the coated filler material. For another example, the filler material may be a metallic compound capable of promoting the formation of diagenic products when placed in the formation. In this example, the particulates may be coated with filler material, and a diffusion barrier may be formed upon placement in the formation. In an embodiment, the filler material may be a dry, free-flowing material suitable for mixing with a particulate. The treated filler material may be mixed with the particulates in an amount sufficient to impart a diffusion barrier to the particulates. This may be an amount sufficient to partially coat the particulates but not provide 100% coverage of each particle. In an embodiment, the treated filler material may be mixed with the particulates in an amount ranging from about 0.025% to 50% by weight of particulates, or from about 0.25% to 50% by weight of particulates. In an alternative embodiment, the treated filler material may be mixed with the particulates in an amount ranging from about 0.25% to 5% by weight of particulates.
  • In an embodiment in which the filler material is first treated with a protective coating, the treated filler material may be mixed with the particulates during the manufacturing and processing of the particulates, or it may be mixed on-the-fly at or near the time of being placed in a formation, as discussed in more detail below. One skilled in the art, with the benefit of this disclosure, may be able to determine when the particulates should be coated with a treated filler material.
  • In some embodiments, a diffusion barrier may also be placed on a particulate using a solvent to carry coating material into the pores, voids, crevices, cracks, or channels of the particles. In such embodiments, an appropriate solvent for a protective compound may be utilized to dissolve an amount of the coating material. The particulates may then be sprayed, dipped, or soaked in the resulting liquid solution of the solvent and coating material. One skilled in the art should be aware of appropriate solvents and solubilities of the various coatings materials described herein. A drying step then may be utilized to remove the solvent and leave a diffusion barrier behind. Such drying step may occur at a pressure sufficient to ensure that the drying temperature is below the decomposition temperature of the coating material. In some embodiments, the drying step may take place under vacuum pressure.
  • In yet another embodiment, a carrier fluid, a solvent, a sol (e.g., a colloidal suspension of solid particles in a liquid), a gel (e.g., a soft, resilient, solid or semisolid material which consists of at least two components, one of which is a liquid), a microemulsion, a slurry, or any combination thereof, may be used to deliver a filler material and a coating material to the particulates, thereby forming a diffusion barrier. In such embodiments, a filler material or a treated filler material may be mixed with a fluid capable of supporting the filler material. In such embodiments, the fluid may comprise a coating material that coats the particulates and filler material during mixing. The resulting mixture then may be mixed with particulates for a sufficient time to allow the filler materials and/or treated filler materials to coat the particulates, and/or enter the pores, voids, crevices, cracks, or channels of the particulates. The particulates then may be allowed to dry, undergo a rinse step to remove the carrier fluid, solvent, sol, gel, microemulsion, and/or slurry, or be placed directly into the formation, depending on the application.
  • In still other embodiments, any of the above methods may be utilized to coat a polymeric or monomeric composition on the particulates, either alone or in combination with a filler material, thereby forming a diffusion barrier. In these embodiments, an activator may be required in order to bond the composition to the particulate surface, in the pores, voids, crevices, cracks, or channels, or both. Any method of initiating polymerization known to one skilled in the art may be used to perform this function, and the selection of a suitable method may depend on, among other things, the type of polymeric or monomeric composition used. For example, exposure to an ultraviolet light source or chemical initiators prior to placement into the formation may be used to initiate a polymerization reaction capable of forming polymers within the particulates.
  • In practicing certain embodiments of the present invention, the process of coating the plurality of particulates may be performed at any stage of the particulate preparation and/or use. This coating may be accomplished in treatments performed prior to transporting the particulates to a job site, or in a treatment performed “on-the-fly.” One such on-the-fly mixing method may involve continuously conveying the particulates and the hydrophobic coating agent (e.g., a treated filler material) to a mixing vessel, for example, using a sand screw. Once inside the mixing vessel, the particulates may be contacted with the coating material and continuously removed from the mixing vessel. In that situation, the sand screw may be used both to aid in mixing the particulates with the hydrophobic coating agent and to remove the hydrophobic coating agent from the mixing tank. Batch or partial batch mixing may also be used to accomplish such coating at a well site prior to introducing the particulates into a subterranean formation, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
  • Certain methods of the present invention may result in a very thin diffusion barrier, comprising a protective material, a diagenic product, a treated filler material, or any combination thereof on a particulate. The use of relatively low molecular weight compounds in the coating methods may result in diffusion barriers as thin as a monolayer. In another embodiment, filler materials may act to produce a diffusion barrier on a particulate less than about 10 micrometers thick. In an alternative embodiment, the diffusion barrier may be less than about 1 micrometer thick, or alternatively less than about 0.5 micrometers thick. Such thin coatings may effectively allow the coating of the pores, voids, crevices, cracks, or channels of the particulates. This may help to limit the particulate degradation due to interactions with aqueous fluids while preventing any detrimental interactions between the particulates due to agglomeration of the particulate pack.
  • One embodiment of the present invention provides a method. The method comprises providing a plurality of particulates, wherein at least a first portion of the particulates comprise a diffusion barrier. The method further comprises introducing the plurality of particulates into a subterranean formation. The method further comprises allowing an aqueous fluid to flow through the plurality of particulates. The method further comprises allowing the diffusion barrier to impede aqueous fluid interactions between the aqueous fluid and the plurality of particulates. In some embodiments, this method may be useful in the recovery of fluids from the subterranean formation. The fluids being recovered may be a fluid previously introduced into the subterranean formation, an aqueous reservoir and/or formation fluid, a hydrocarbon fluid, or a combination thereof.
  • Another embodiment of the invention provides another method. The method comprises providing a plurality of particulates. The method further comprises providing a diffusion barrier initiator. The method further comprises introducing the plurality of particulates into a subterranean formation. The method further comprises introducing the diffusion barrier initiator into the subterranean formation. The method further comprises allowing an aqueous fluid to flow through the plurality of particulates. The method further comprises allowing the diffusion barrier initiator to form a diffusion barrier for at least a portion of the plurality of particulates. The method further comprises allowing the diffusion barrier to impede aqueous fluid interactions between the aqueous fluid and the plurality of particulates. In some embodiments, this method may be useful in the recovery of fluids from the subterranean formation. The fluids being recovered may be a fluid previously introduced into the subterranean formation, an aqueous reservoir and/or formation fluid, a hydrocarbon fluid, or a combination thereof.
  • Yet another embodiment of the invention provides yet another method. The method comprises providing a plurality of particulates. The method further comprises providing a coating material. The method further comprises allowing the coating material to form a diffusion barrier for at least a first portion of the plurality of particulates. In some embodiments, this method may be useful in preparation of particulates for subterranean treatments and/or usage of particulates in subterranean treatments.
  • In order to quantify the mechanical strength of the particulates and permeability of the particulate pack, both before and after exposure to formation conditions and fluids, several test procedures may be utilized to determine various particulate properties. The first test method studies temperature-promoted diagenesis of a particulate pack by exposing a particulate pack to a flowing solution of simulated formation fluid at an approximate formation temperature. The second procedure studies stress/temperature-promoted diagenic growth through exposure of a particulate pack to a static flow environment under simulated formation pressures and temperatures. The mechanical strength of individual particulates may be measured before and after the test procedures to determine the percentage of particulate strength lost due to exposure to formation temperature or pressure. Alternatively, the permeability of the particulate pack may be measured before and after the temperature-promoted diagenesis test in order to determine a retained permeability value for the particulate pack. As would be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art with the benefit of this disclosure, expected subterranean formation conditions (e.g., temperature, pressure, formation fluid composition) for a selected subterranean formation will determine the appropriate formation conditions for test procedures.
  • In the temperature-promoted diagenesis test procedure, deionized water may first be heated to a test temperature of between about 200 degrees Fahrenheit (° F.) and about 600° F. by passing it through a heat exchanger coil. Simulated formation fluid may be formed by passing the deionized water through multiple packs of crushed formation material arranged in series. The number of formation packs required for the test may vary such that the simulated formation fluid leaving the last pack may be in equilibrium with the crushed formation material. Through experimentation, the typical number of formation packs may generally be between about 1 and about 10. Crushed formation material may be screened to remove fines and an approximately 8/35 mesh fraction may be used in the formation packs.
  • In an embodiment, once a simulated formation fluid in equilibrium with the crushed formation material is obtained, the simulated formation fluid may be directed to a column containing a particulate pack. The temperature in the particulate pack may be maintained at an approximate formation temperature between about 200° F. and about 600° F., which approximately corresponds to the temperature of the deionized water first entering the system. A flow rate of simulated formation fluid may be maintained at approximately 1 milliliter per minute during the test.
  • The flow test may be maintained for between about 10 to about 200 days, and in an embodiment, for at least about 20 days. After this time, the particulate pack may be disassembled in order to test the mechanical properties of individual particles, as discussed in more detail below. For example, surface and compositional analysis may be made after disassembly to determine what types of materials are being formed under the simulated formation conditions. A permeability test may also be performed at this time. In this test, the permeability of the particulate packs may be measured at room temperature prior disassembly of the particulate pack. The measured permeability of the pack may then be compared with an initial permeability measurement made of the pack at room temperature before the pack is placed in the testing apparatus. Comparing the initial permeability measurement with the permeability measurement obtained after the pack is subjected to the test conditions may allow for a retained permeability to be calculated.
  • The stress/temperature-promoted diagenesis test method may involve the testing of the particulate pack under static flow conditions at approximate formation pressures and temperatures. In this method, a pack of particulates may be loaded in a test cell and filled with a salt solution. The test cell may be loaded from between about 0.5 pounds per square foot (lb/ft2) of particulates to about 3.0 lb/ft2 of particulates. In an embodiment, an approximately 2% KCl solution may be used as the fluid medium. Formation wafers, either manufactured from formation core material or from rock outcrop material, may be placed above and below the particulate pack in the test column. The system may then be shut in and placed under simulated formation pressure and heated to approximate formation temperatures. In an embodiment of this method, the temperature may be maintained at between about 100° F. and about 550° F. In another embodiment, the temperature may be maintained at between about 100° F. and about 350° F. The pressure may be maintained at between about 2,000 psi and about 10,000 psi. In another embodiment, the pressure may be maintained at between about 5,000 psi and about 8,000 psi. In an embodiment, the test may be conducted for between about 1 to about 50 weeks, and in another embodiment, the test may be conducted for at least about 4 weeks (about 28 days).
  • Upon completion of the stress/temperature-promoted diagenesis test, the test cell may be disassembled and the particulate pack removed for testing. As with the flow test method, additional tests may also be performed at this time. For example, surface and compositional analysis may be made after disassembly to determine what types of materials are being formed under the simulated formation conditions. Alternatively, the resulting interstitial fluid may be analyzed to determine the relative solubility of the particulates under formation conditions.
  • Changes in the mechanical properties of the particulates obtained from either the stress/temperature-promoted diagenesis test or the temperature-promoted diagenesis test may be determined using a single-grain crush-strength analysis. The analysis may utilize a Weibull statistical analysis procedure based on a plurality of particulate crush samples. The crush test may be based on a uni-axial compressive point loading of a particle. Under a compressive loading in the uni-axial direction, a spherical particle may be under tension in directions perpendicular to the loading with a tensile stress, σ, calculated by
  • σ = 2.8 F π d 2
  • where d is the diameter of each particle and F is the load at failure.
  • A Weibull analysis may include a statistically significant number of crush samples, which may range from about 10 to about 50 individual crush samples, or from about 20 to about 40 individual crush samples. In an embodiment, a sample size of between about 25 and about 30 individual crush samples of particulates may be used in the analysis. All of the strength data points may then be sorted from low to high as σ123< . . . <σN, where N represents the total number of samples. A probability of failure may be calculated from the equation:
  • P f = ( # - 0.5 N )
  • where, as before, N is the total number of samples, for example about 30 samples, and # is the index number for the sorted strength values (e.g., 1 through N). A linear plot may be obtained by plotting
  • ln ( ln ( 1 1 - P f ) ) vs ln ( σ )
  • A Weibull distribution may be found by linear fitting and generating an equation:
  • ln ( ln ( 1 1 - P f ) ) = m ln ( σ σ 0 )
  • where m is the Weibull modulus and σ0 is the characteristic strength. The strength will tend to increase along with the reliability of the strength calculation when the σ0 and m values increase. The characteristic strength changes in the particulates may then be determined. By comparing the characteristic strength of the particulates prior to exposure to the simulated formation fluid with the characteristic strength of the particulates after exposure to the simulated formation fluid, a retained strength value may be calculated from the equation:
  • Retained σ 0 = ( Exposed σ 0 Unexposed σ 0 )
  • where, Exposed σ0 is the characteristic strength of the particles after exposure to the simulated formation fluid, and Unexposed σ0 is the characteristic strength of the particles prior to exposure. Similarly, a retained permeability may be calculated by dividing the permeability measured at the end of the temperature-promoted diagenesis test with the permeability measured at the beginning.
  • In an embodiment, a single set of test conditions may be utilized for comparison of different sets of particles comprising diffusion barriers and/or filler materials. The retained strength value is defined to be measured by the stress/temperature-promoted diagenesis test. In this method, a pack of particulates is loaded in a test column and filled with a salt solution comprising an approximately 2% KCl solution. The test cell is loaded with about 2 lb/ft2 of particulates. Formation wafers are placed above and below the particulates in the test cell. The system is then shut in and placed under a pressure that is approximately equal to the pressure expected in the formation in which the particulates are expected to be placed. The temperature may be maintained at a temperature that is approximately equal to the formation temperature where the particulates are expected to be placed. For example, the system may be placed under simulated formation pressure of about 9000 psi and temperature of about 250° F. These conditions are then maintained for about 28 days.
  • Upon completion of the stress/temperature-promoted diagenesis test, the test cell is disassembled and the particulate matrix removed for testing. Changes in the mechanical properties of the particulates are obtained using particulates tested using the stress/temperature-promoted diagenesis test. The analysis utilizes a Weibull statistical analysis procedure based on a plurality of particulate crush samples, as discussed above. A single analysis includes a statistically significant number of samples, which may be between about 20 and about 40 samples, e.g., approximately 30 crushed samples of individual particles. However, in some instances, the sample size may vary such that the actual number of samples is smaller or larger in order to obtain a statistically significant number of samples. The characteristic strength changes in the particulates may then be determined. By comparing the characteristic strength of the particulates prior to exposure to the simulated formation fluid with the characteristic strength of the particulates after exposure to the simulated formation fluid, a retained strength value is calculated from the equation:
  • Retained σ 0 = ( Exposed σ 0 Unexposed σ 0 )
  • where, Exposed σ0 is the characteristic strength of the particles after exposure to the simulated formation fluid, and Unexposed σ0 is the characteristic strength of the particles prior to exposure.
  • Similarly, the retained permeability value of the particulate pack is defined to be measured by the temperature-promoted diagenesis test. In the temperature-promoted diagenesis test procedure, an initial permeability measurement is made of a particulate pack while the particulate pack is at room temperature. Deionized water is then heated to a test temperature of approximately 500° F. by passing it through a heat exchanger coil. Lower test temperatures may also be used depending on the specific particulate material and coating used. For example, one of ordinary skill in the art may determine that a lower test temperature is required in order to avoid thermal decomposition of the particulates, the diffusion barrier, or the filler material. Simulated formation fluid is formed by passing the deionized water through multiple packs of crushed formation material arranged in series. The number of formation packs required for the test may vary such that the simulated formation fluid leaving the last pack is in equilibrium with the crushed formation material at the flow rate used during the test of approximately 1 milliliter per minute. The typical number of formation packs is generally between about 2 and about 5. Crushed formation material is screened and an approximately 8/35 mesh fraction is used in the formation packs. The formation material is obtained by crushing a core withdrawn from a specific well during drilling or from dill cuttings obtained while a well is being drilled through a zone of interest.
  • The simulated formation fluid is then directed to a column containing a particulate pack. The temperature in the particulate pack is maintained at a temperature of about 500° F. A lower test temperature may be used depending on the specific particulate material and coating material used. For example, one of ordinary skill in the art may determine that a lower test temperature is required in order to avoid thermal decomposition of the particulates, the diffusion barrier, or the filler. A flow rate of simulated formation fluid is maintained at approximately 1 milliliter per minute during the test. The flow test is maintained for about 30 days. After this time, permeability of the particulate pack is measured prior to disassembly and after the particulate pack has been allowed to cool to room temperature, allowing for a retained permeability to be calculated from the equation:
  • Retained Permeability = ( Exposed Permeability Unexposed Permeability )
  • where, Exposed Permeability is the permeability of the particles after exposure to the simulated formation fluid, and Unexposed Permeability is the permeability of the particles prior to exposure.
  • Particulates prepared and tested according to the methods of the current invention using the characteristic conditions of the embodiment may exhibit a retained strength value of greater than about 20%. Alternatively, the particulates may exhibit a retained strength value of greater than about 60%. In still another embodiment, the particulates may exhibit a retained strength value of greater than about 80%. In yet another embodiment, the particulates may exhibit a retained strength value of greater than about 90%. In an embodiment, the particulates used to form a pack may be characterized by a retained permeability value of at least about 40%. In another embodiment, the particulates may be characterized by a retained permeability of at least about 60%. In still another embodiment, the particulates may be characterized by a retained permeability of at least about 80%. In some embodiments, the retained permeability may be at least about 99%.
  • Therefore, the present invention is well adapted to attain the ends and advantages mentioned as well as those that are inherent therein. The particular embodiments disclosed above are illustrative only, as the present invention may be modified and practiced in different but equivalent manners apparent to those skilled in the art having the benefit of the teachings herein. Furthermore, no limitations are intended to the details of construction or design herein shown, other than as described in the claims below. It is therefore evident that the particular illustrative embodiments disclosed above may be altered or modified and all such variations are considered within the scope and spirit of the present invention. While compositions and methods are described in terms of “comprising,” “containing,” or “including” various components or steps, the compositions and methods can also “consist essentially of” or “consist of” the various components and steps. All numbers and ranges disclosed above may vary by some amount. Whenever a numerical range with a lower limit and an upper limit is disclosed, any number and any included range falling within the range is specifically disclosed. In particular, every range of values (of the form, “from about a to about b,” or, equivalently, “from approximately a to b,” or, equivalently, “from approximately a-b”) disclosed herein is to be understood to set forth every number and range encompassed within the broader range of values. Also, the terms in the claims have their plain, ordinary meaning unless otherwise explicitly and clearly defined by the patentee. Moreover, the indefinite articles “a” or “an,” as used in the claims, are defined herein to mean one or more than one of the element that it introduces. If there is any conflict in the usages of a word or term in this specification and one or more patent or other documents that may be incorporated herein by reference, the definitions that are consistent with this specification should be adopted.

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1. A method comprising:
providing a plurality of particulates, wherein at least a first portion of the particulates comprise a diffusion barrier;
introducing the particulates into a subterranean formation;
allowing an aqueous fluid to flow through the particulates; and
allowing the diffusion barrier to impede aqueous fluid interactions between the aqueous fluid and at least the first portion of the particulates.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the diffusion barrier is hydrophobic.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the diffusion barrier comprises a filler material.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein at least one of the particulates comprises one or more surface features, and the filler material is disposed in at least one of the surface features of at least one of the particulates.
5. The method of claim 3, wherein:
the filler material comprises a hydrophobic material; and
the diffusion barrier impedes aqueous fluid interactions by providing a hydrophobic coating to at least a second portion of the plurality of particulates, wherein the hydrophobic coating comprises the hydrophobic material of the filler material.
6. The method of claim 3, wherein the filler material comprises at least one substance selected from the group consisting of: a fumed silica, a fused silica, a garnet powder, a clay, a mica, an alumina, a finely divided quartz powder, an amorphous silica, a meta-silicate, a calcium silicate, a calcine, a kaoline, a talc, a zirconia, a fly ash, a boron, a carbon black, a fumed carbon, a graphite, a diamond, a silicone carbide, an aluminum hydrate, a metal nitride, a metal particle, a metal oxide, a metal alkoxide, an aluminum organometallic, a zirconium organometallic, a titanium organometallic, an antimony organometallic, a silicon organometallic, a tin organometallic, a boron organometallic, a chromium organometallic, an iron organometallic, a boron cationic cross linking agent, an aluminum cationic cross linking agent, a zirconium cationic cross linking agent, a titanium cationic cross linking agent, an antimony cationic cross linking agent, any combination thereof, and any derivative thereof.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the diffusion barrier impedes aqueous fluid interactions with at least one particulate by generating a layer of diagenic product proximate the particulate.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein:
at least a portion of the plurality of particulates form a pack in a portion of the subterranean formation; and
the pack has a retained permeability of about 40% or more as determined using a temperature-promoted diagenesis test using formation conditions expected for the subterranean formation.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the particulates have a retained strength of about 30% or more as determined using a stress/temperature-promoted diagenesis test using formation conditions expected for the subterranean formation.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the diffusion barrier comprises at least one substance selected from the group consisting of: a silicon, a silane, a siloxane, a polyamide, a plant oil, an organosiloxane compound, an organosilane compound, an organosilicon compound, a polysiloxane, a polysilane, a silicon oxide, a chloroalkylsilane, a trimethylsilyl functional group, a silyl-modified polyamide, a polytetrafluoroethylene, a copolymerized polyvinylidene chloride, a fluoro-organosiloxane compound, a fluoro-organosilane compound, a di-betaine polysiloxane, a di-quaternary polysiloxane, a silicon polymer, a polymethylsilsesquioxane, a polydimethylsiloxanes, any combination thereof, and any derivative thereof.
11. A method comprising:
providing a plurality of particulates;
providing a diffusion barrier initiator;
introducing the plurality of particulates into a subterranean formation;
introducing the diffusion barrier initiator into the subterranean formation;
allowing the diffusion barrier initiator to form a diffusion barrier relative to at least a portion of the plurality of particulates; and
allowing the diffusion barrier to impede aqueous fluid interactions between an aqueous fluid flow and the plurality of particulates.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the diffusion barrier impedes aqueous fluid interactions by providing a hydrophobic coating to at least some of the plurality of particulates.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein the diffusion barrier impedes aqueous fluid interactions with at least one particulate by generating a layer of diagenic product proximate the particulate.
14. The method of claim 11, wherein:
at least a portion of the plurality of particulates form a pack in a portion of the subterranean formation; and
the pack has a retained permeability of about 40% or more as determined using a temperature-promoted diagenesis test using formation conditions expected for the subterranean formation.
15. The method of claim 11, wherein the particulates have a retained strength of about 30% or more as determined using a stress/temperature-promoted diagenesis test using formation conditions expected for the subterranean formation.
16. A method comprising:
providing a plurality of particulates;
providing a coating material; and
allowing the coating material to form a diffusion barrier for at least a first portion of the plurality of particulates.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein:
the particulates comprise one or more surface features;
the diffusion barrier comprises a filler material; and
the filler material is disposed in one or more surface features of at least some of the particulates.
18. The method of claim 16 wherein:
the diffusion barrier comprises a filler material;
the filler material comprises a hydrophobic material; and
the diffusion barrier impedes aqueous fluid interactions by providing a hydrophobic coating to at least a second portion of the plurality of particulates, wherein the hydrophobic coating comprises the hydrophobic material of the filler material.
19. The method of claim 16, further comprising:
identifying a subterranean formation associated with the plurality of particulates, wherein the particulates have a retained strength of about 30% or more as determined using a stress/temperature-promoted diagenesis test using formation conditions expected for the subterranean formation.
20. The method of claim 16, wherein the diffusion barrier comprises at least one substance selected from the group consisting of: a silicon, a silane, a siloxane, a polyamide, a plant oil, an organosiloxane compound, an organosilane compound, an organosilicon compound, a polysiloxane, a polysilane, a silicon oxide, a chloroalkylsilane, a trimethylsilyl functional group, a silyl-modified polyamide, a polytetrafluoroethylene, a copolymerized polyvinylidene chloride, a fluoro-organosiloxane compound, a fluoro-organosilane compound, a di-betaine polysiloxane, a di-quaternary polysiloxane, a silicon polymer, a polymethylsilsesquioxane, a polydimethylsiloxanes, any combination thereof, and any derivative thereof.
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