A Method for Predicting the Erosion Life of Oil Well Sand Control Screen

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for predicting the washout service life of an oil well sand control screen. The method comprises the following steps: performing sand control screen indoor washout experiment for a sand control screen used in a target oil well, and acquiring experimental data; drawing a variation curve of experimental pressure along with experimental time, finding the experimental time that the experimental pressure is reduced suddenly on the curve, testing the screen mass loss at the experimental time point, and confirming a critical point that the sand control screen is subjected to washout damage; fitting experimental data, and confirming a washout service life calculation equation of the sand control screen used in the target oil well; on the basis of the critical point that the sand control screen is subjected to washout damage, calculating the washout service life of the sand control screen under the conditions of different flow velocities of fluid and liquid sand-containing concentration, and drawing a sand control screen washout service life prediction chart; according to the oil deposit production allocation of the target oil well and the well completion sand control screen length, calculating the flow velocity on the surface of the sand control screen, confirming the concentration of a sand-carrying liquid through sand outlet simulation experiment, and checking the washout service life of the sand control screen used in the target oil well in the sand control screen washout service life prediction chart.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a method for predicting the service life of oil well equipment, in particular to a method for predicting the service life of an oil well sand control screen. Background technique [0002] Sand production in oil wells is an important problem that plagues oilfield development. Sand production will not only cause production reduction and shutdown of oil wells, but also wear downhole completion strings and surface production processes, causing oil wells to be scrapped. At present, oilfields mainly use mechanical sand control technology to solve the problem of sand production in sandstone, among which the screen is one of the most critical equipment for downhole sand control, which has a great impact on the reliability of well completion and oil well production. [0003] The sand control screen is in an extremely harsh environment in the downhole. Once the sand control screen fails, it will cause the sand production of the oil well ...

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Problems solved by technology

At present, there are few studies on screen erosion at home and abroad, and no prediction method for sand control screen erosion life has been proposed.

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