Drilling fluid applicable to seabed natural gas hydrate storage

Abstract

The invention provides drilling fluid applicable to seabed natural gas hydrate storage and relates to the field of exploitation of natural gas hydrate. The drilling fluid provided by the invention isprepared from the following components: polyethylene glycol, sodium chloride, ethylene glycol, potassium chloride, potassium humate, xanthan gum, polyvinylpyrrolidone K90, propylene glycol monomethylether, polyvinyl methyl ether and preparation water; the drilling fluid can be used for carrying out seabed natural gas hydrate storage drilling and has solid-phase-free and low-temperature-resistingeffects; a kinetic inhibitor and a synergist are added into the drilling fluid and are compounded so that the drilling fluid has a relatively strong hydrate generation inhibition effect; the components of the drilling fluid have small dangers to environment and the drilling fluid has the advantages of high efficiency, environmental protection, low price and easiness for obtaining the raw materialsand the like.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a drilling fluid used for seabed natural gas hydrate storage, in particular to the field of natural gas hydrate exploitation. Background technique [0002] Natural gas hydrates are mainly distributed in the deep-water areas of the continental margins and the permafrost areas on land, and the former accounts for the vast majority of the discovered quantities. Natural gas hydrate is one of the potential alternative energy sources, and the research on natural gas hydrate is a hot spot in contemporary earth science and energy industry development research. There are a large amount of natural gas hydrates in seabed sediments. Drilling is an essential means to explore and develop natural gas hydrates at a certain depth underground. The phase equilibrium property of gas hydrate determines that drilling in this type of formation is very different from drilling in general oil and gas formations, and it also leads to more complex in-hol...

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Problems solved by technology

[0003] (1) When drilling in natural gas hydrate formations, due to the release of formation stress near the well wall and bottom of the reservoir, the formation pressure will decrease; and the drill bit will cut rock, and the friction between the bottom drilling tool and the well wall and core will generate a large amount of Thermal energy destroys the temperature and pressure conditions for the stable existence of hydrates; thus triggering the decomposition of hydrates, resulting in instability of the well wall and adverse effects on drilling operations

[0004] (2) The invasion of drilling fluid and the decomposition of hydrates will lead to the increase of formation pore pressure in different degrees, and the increase of pore pressure will increase the density of drilling fluid required to maintain the stability of the wellbore wall, which not only seriously affects the penetration rate, but also increases the pressure of the wellbore wall. Seepage increases the pore pressure around the well, thereby further reducing the stability of the well wall and forming a vicious circle

Moreover, the decomposition of hydrates will also increase the permeability of the formation, and the drilling fluid will seep into the well wall to generate osmotic pressure, which will increase the collapse pressure of the formation and reduce the fracture pressure, making the well wall more likely to collapse and fracture, reducing the stability of the well wall

[0006] (4) For subsea natural gas hydrate storage, during the drilling process of natural gas hydrate storage, the decomposition of gas hydrate will rapidly increase the ultra-static pore pressure in the storage soil, which may cause submarine landslides or instability of the subsea foundation, which may lead to Cause damage to drilling holes, drilling platforms, submarine pipelines and other facilities

The above drilling fluids all have certain effects on the drilling of natural gas hydrate reservoirs, but none of them consider the use of compound hydrate inhibitors

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