2241 results about "Coalbed methane" patented technology

The invention relates to the field of oil and natural gas prospecting and exploitation, and provides a method of low-temperature gas-assisted coalbed methane fracturing technology. According to the method, by the aid of ultralow temperature characteristics of liquid nitrogen, cold shock transformation and ice formation are performed on a coalbed, ice blockage is caused to high-permeability channels (such as fractures), and effect of inorganic harmless dissoluble flowback fluid loss additives, even fracturing diverters and the like is achieved, so that the purpose of improving conventional coalbed methane fracturing technology is achieved. The method of the fracturing technology is suitable for primary fracturing of coalbed methane wells non-fractured or with natural fractures existing at the well bottoms, as well as refracturing of coalbed methane wells already fractured but low in productivity.

Provided is a method for heating coal seam and extracting coal seam gas. Firstly, a plurality of vertical wells are drilled from the ground to the coal seam, after the drilled well reached to the coal seam, the coal seam is inserted with a screen tube casing (4), the section above the coal seam is inserted with a heat insulation casing (31) and the well is correspondingly fixed. At least one well of the wells is selected to be a heat source injection well (1) and other wells are gas production wells (2), steam with high temperature and high pressure is injected into the heat source injection well (1) to perform fracturing to communicate all the wells in the network. Drainage and pressure reduction are performed to the gas production wells (2) to extract the mixed gas of the coal seam gas and steam. The mixed gas of the coal seam gas and steam is cooled by known cooling method so as to obtain gaseous coal seam gas and liquid distilled water to realize the separation of the mixed gas. According to the change of the coal seam temperature, the heat source injection well (1) and the gas production wells (2) are allocated to control the heated coal seam and extract coal seam gas. The method of he invention can effectively perform the extraction of the coal seam gas, accelerate the coal seam extraction speed, and improve the extraction rate.

The invention relates to a rock sample detection and data acquisition system. The system can realize elastic parameter test of a rock sample in the state of gas adsorption; in the system, a three-shaft pressure cabin is connected with a gas supply and metering control device for absorbing samples in the cabin and accurately metering absorption quantity, moreover, an ultrasonic transducer is installed on a cap of the (high) pressure cabin and integrated with an ultrasonic wave transmitting/receiving device so that the test of elastic parameters of methane absorption on coal can be realized truly. The system can automatically and continuously test in the processes of gas absorption and gas enrichment, thereby ensuring a consistent test environment, acquiring an absorption quantity and elastic parameter relation curve, improving test accuracy and efficiency and saving test time and cost. The rock sample detection and data acquisition system integrates methane enrichment mechanism simulation and rock physical property test, can be applied to seismic prospecting method research on coalbed methane and shale gas, mine advanced detection, coal mine safety research and the like.

The invention relates to a directional fracturing method in the coal mine and a fracturing permeability improvement outburst elimination device to ensure the coal-bed gas to release rapidly and continually in the coal mine. The method comprises the following steps: fracturing and drilling a bore on a preparing working face along the dip direction and strike direction of a coal bed, fixing a fracturing hole packer with an outer diameter matching with the pore diameter of a fracturing drilling bore into the fracturing drilling bore; connecting a fluid reservoir with a sand mixing machine, connecting the sand mixing machine with a fracturing pump package, and then connecting the fracturing pump package with the fracturing drilling bore; pumping formation fracturing fluid and proppant into the fracturing drilling bore to fracture the formation and sealing the fracturing drilling at above formation fracturing pressure, and completing directional fracturing permeability improvement outburst elimination in the coal mine, thus ensuring that the coal-bed gas discharges rapidly and continually relatively and solving the problems that drainage in low air permeability coal bed can only influence a limited range and the drainage attenuation period is short, improving the drainage rate by over 50% on primary base, decreasing the coal body dynamic phenomenon after fracturing and reginal stress influenced by fracturing, and having a significant effect for eliminating outburst.

The invention relates to a catalytic deoxidation process of oxygen-contained coal bed gas. The oxygen-contained coal bed gas and coal bed gas product gas returned with a certain recycle ratio are mixed to go to a fixed bed adiabatic catalytic reactor, methane in the coal bed gas is reacted with oxygen to generate carbon dioxide and water, thereby the concentration of the oxygen in the coal bed gas product gas is reduced to be lower than 0.2 percent. The invention can effectively remove the oxygen in the oxygen-contained coal bed gas with the concentration of the oxygen of 1-15 percent, the recovery ratio of the methane is similar to theoretical recovery ratio obtained by calculation according to complete conversion of the methane and the oxygen, and security risk which exists in subsequent coal bed gas separation (liquification, pressure varying adsorption, barrier separation, and the like) technical process can be completely eliminated due to the low-concentration oxygen in the product gas.

The invention relates to a coal bed gas deoxidation catalyst as well as a preparation method and the application thereof. The coal bed gas deoxidation catalyst takes one or the combination of severalplatinum group noble metals, i.e. Pd, Pt, Ru, Rh and Ir, as main catalyzing active components and takes one or the combination of several alkali metal/alkaline-earth metal oxides, i.e. Na2O, K2O, MgO,CaO, SrO and BaO, and multi-element compound oxides of CeO2, lanthanide series rare earth elements, i.e. Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, and the like, or/and transition elements, i.e. Y, Zr, La, and the like, or/and gamma-Al2O3 as auxiliary catalysts, and the catalyzing components are loaded on an inert carrier in a coating way so as to prepare an integral catalyst. The coal bed gas deoxidation catalyst hasthe advantages of low igniting temperature, stable combustion process, high activity, long service life, and the like, is suitable for the methane catalyzing and combustion process taking coal bed gasdeoxidation purification as a purpose and can also be extensively applied to the catalyzing and combustion process of CO and low-carbon hydrocarbon under fuel-rich and oxygen-poor reducing atmosphere.

The invention relates to a preparation method and use of a carbon molecular sieve. The preparation method comprises the following steps: preparing a conventional carbon molecular sieve; and expanding the pores in the conventional carbon molecular sieve by using a secondary activation technique and modifying the conventional carbon molecular sieve by adjusting the pores. The new carbon molecular sieve is prepared by using coal, coconut shell or phenolic resin, and the like as raw materials, by the conventional production steps of crushing, forming, carbonizing, steam activating, hydrocarbon settling and shrinking and the like and by secondary activation with KOH or CO2 as an activator. The activation temperature is between 550 and 850 DEG C; and the ignition loss rate of the product is kept be between 0.1 and 30 percent. In aspect of use, the carbon molecular sieve can be used for absorbing nitrogen molecules and can also be used for absorbing and separating methane and nitrogen in seam gas under a variable pressure while achieving an adsorption dynamic separation effect and allowing high-concentration methane gas to be collected at the exit of an adsorption tower directly; and thus, the methane in the seam gas can be used efficiently.

The invention belongs to the technical field of oil gas and coal-bed gas seismic exploration and development, and in particular relates to a reservoir sedimentary evolution analysis method in the exploration and development process. The method is used for providing reliable basic data for optimizing favorable target bed series and zone for oil gas and coal-bed gas exploration and development. In the method, sedimentary characteristics of reservoirs are analyzed by a three-dimensional seismic attribute data body, and high-resolution sequence stratigraphic principle and method, a seismic attribute analysis method and a pattern recognition method are applied; and a K-mean clustering algorithm is adopted, and the analysis process of sedimentary characteristics and sedimentary evolution of a sedimentary formation unit is performed under the control of a sedimentary isochronous interface. The method is used for assisting in reservoir sedimentary evolution research work in the exploration and development process of oil gas including unconventional oil gas, guiding the description of sedimentary characteristics of fine reservoirs of lithologic and stratigraphic trapped oil gas reservoirs, and providing the reliable basic data for optimizing the favorable target bed series and zone for the oil gas and coal-bed gas exploration and development.

The invention, which belongs to the oil gas and coalbed methane seismic exploration and development field, provides a stratification position flattening method-based ancient landform restoration method. The provided method comprises the following steps that: firstly, geologic stratification position defining is carried out; secondly, a geologic stratification position sequence is defined; thirdly, a small stratification is divided between two adjacent geologic stratification positions; fourthly, a maximum distance between two adjacent small stratifications between two adjacent geologic stratification positions at vertical direction is defined; fifthly, interpolation is carried out on channel data between the two adjacent small stratifications according to the maximum distance at the vertical direction and after the interpolation is completed, the distances at the vertical direction between the two small stratifications are equal, thereby completing stratification position flattening of the two small stratifications; sixthly, the step three and the step five are repeatedly carried out on all the two adjacent stratification positions so as to complete all the stratification position flattening; and seventhly, zero value filling is carried out on the truncation portion. The method can be implemented easily by a computer; and the actual effect required by the ancient landform restoration theory can be ensued.

The invention relates to a new coalbed gas thermal production process which is characterized in that full hot coke is arranged on the lower part of a coalbed gas production well or a gasification well, a gasification agent is pressed in so as to ignite a hole bottom coalbed; and the heat released from the combustion of part of the coalbed can heat up the adjacent coalbed, and improve the analysis capability, permeability coefficient and osmotic pressure of the coalbed, thereby improving the gas yield of the coalbed.

The invention relates to a construction method for enhancing the extraction effect of a ground coal bed gas, comprising the following steps of: (1) constructing a vertical cave well, forging caves on coal beds with coal bed gases needed to extract, and placing fiberglass casings into the caves; (2) constructing a vertical well section and a lower branched main horizontal well hole of a horizontal well, respectively forwards constructing the lower branched main horizontal well hole and a horizontal branched well hole positioned in front of a lower branched cave after butting with the vertical cave well, returning to a position nearby the rear end of the vertical cave well and then constructing a horizontal branched well hole positioned at the rear of the lower branched cave; (3) after a lower branched well hole is constructed, carrying out side drilling to construct an upper branched well hole; (4) after an uppermost branched well hole is constructed, plugging inclined well sections of main horizontal well holes inside the horizontal well from a side drilling windowing point to a coal seeing point by using cementing cement; (5) drilling and flushing the vertical cave well, installing discharge and extraction equipment, and extracting the coal bed gas by discharging water and reducing pressure on the ground. The invention can shorten the construction period, reduce the construction and production cost, decrease the lands used for construction and extraction and enhance the extraction effect of the ground coal bed gas.

The invention relates to a permeability improvement technology for a coal bed gas reservoir cap by using three-dimensional fracture network modification. The technology is as follows: building a bedding horizontal well from ground to top and bottom plates of the coal bed of an area not mined; building bedding, three-dimensional cross-type or multi-branch long boreholes on the top and bottom plates of the coal bed of the area not mined through perforation and segmented fracturing or existing sinking and driving engineering, and then carrying out hydraulic fracturing; modifying the coal bed gas reservoir cap into a crisscross fracture network system to form a modified volume; building various types of drainage boreholes in the modified volume; and carrying out negative pressure extraction together with a fractured well, so that coal bed gas can be continuously desorbed and dispersed and then extracted out in large scale through the modified volume. According to the invention, the crisscross fracture network system is formed in the coal bed gas reservoir cap, so that the coal bed gas can be continuously desorbed and dispersed at negative pressure and then extracted out in large scale through the modified volume, thus the content of coal bed gas in the modified bed can be quickly reduced to be below the safety standard in the outburst prevention formulation, and safe and high-efficiency production of mines can be realized on the basis of forming scale coal bed gas development.

The invention discloses a physical simulation method of coal-bed gas well hydraulic fractures. According to the method, a real three-shaft fracture simulating test frame is arranged, a fracture test piece with a wellbore hole simulator is placed in the real three-shaft fracture simulating test frame, and sound transmitting probes tightly adhere to the eight corners of the fracture test piece respectively through plastic cement and are connected with sound transmitting receivers through acoustic emission signal amplifiers; a hydraulic pressure stabilizer is connected to the exterior of the real three-shaft fracture simulating test frame; the top of the wellbore hole simulator is connected with an oil and water separator through a fracturing liquid pipeline, guar glue hydraulic fracturing liquid is added to the upper portion of the oil and water separator, and oil is added to the lower portion of the oil and water separator; a control panel is connected to the bottom of the oil and water separator. With the physical simulation method of coal-bed gas well hydraulic fractures, generation and development of fractures in the test piece can be detected in real time in the hydraulic fracturing physical simulation process in a laboratory, the three-dimensional characteristic analysis of the fractures is paid attention to, the method is not confined to observation on the extension of the fractures on the surface of the fracture test piece, and the extension process of the fractures can be better reflected.

Methods of stimulating production of coalbed methane from a coal-bearing formation are described, one method involving providing a perforation charge comprising a standard charge portion and a charge additive able to produce localized temporary oxidizing environments in perforations; perforating a coal-bearing formation with the perforation charge to form initial perforations defined by carbonaceous material, the initial perforations having localized temporary oxidizing environments in them, and initiating combustion of the carbonaceous material using the oxidizing environments, thus enlarging the initial perforations. Other methods involve perforating the coal-bearing formation with a standard perforation charge, thereby creating perforations; and treating the perforations with a composition creating temporary local oxidizing environments involving an oxidant in the perforations, and initiating combustion of carbonaceous material using the excess oxidant, thus enlarging the perforations.

The invention relates to a test device for evaluating a well completion manner of coal bed methane. The test device comprises a well completion manner simulation model system which is arranged in a constant-temperature box; the well completion manner simulation model system consists of a core holder and a well completion model which is arranged in the core holder; the core holder comprises a metal cylinder with both sealed ends; a gas-liquid inlet is arranged at one sealed end of the metal cylinder, and a gas-liquid outlet is arranged at the other sealed end of the metal cylinder; a cylindrical rubber sleeve with both opened ends is sleeved in the metal cylinder; the well completion model comprises a cylindrical raw coal core which is arranged in the cylindrical rubber sleeve; a well completion simulation sheet provided with a through cutting seam or a through hole is adhered to the end face opposite to the gas-liquid outlet of the raw coal core; a gas-liquid pressurized injection system and an inlet pressure sensor are connected with the gas-liquid inlet of the core holder; the gas-liquid outlet is connected with a coal powder collecting and metering system and an outlet pressuresensor; and the core holder is connected with a loading device which is used for loading a confining pressure to the well completion model inside the metal cylinder.

The present invention generally provides an inexpensive method for drilling a multilateral wellbore where the pressure exerted on a formation of interest by a column of drilling fluid may be controlled. In one aspect, a method for drilling a lateral wellbore from a main wellbore is provided, including running a string of casing with an injection line connected thereto into the main wellbore, wherein the injection line is disposed along an outer side of the casing and a portion of the casing corresponding to a starting depth of the lateral wellbore is made from a drillable material; running a drillstring through the casing to the starting depth of the lateral wellbore, wherein the drillstring comprises a drill bit; injecting drilling fluid through the drill sting; and injecting a second fluid, having a density less than that of the drilling fluid, through the injection line at a rate corresponding to an injection rate of the drilling fluid to control hydrostatic pressure exerted by a column of the drilling fluid and the second fluid returning through the casing.

The invention relates to a method for coagulating coal-bed gas produced water, which is realized in a way that: coal-bed gas produced water is coagulated by combining a chemical compounded from an inorganic coagulant and an organic flocculant with a coagulation assistant, or combining an inorganic coagulant, an organic flocculant and a coagulation assistant; a pretreatment pool is arranged at the outlet of the coal-bed gas produced water, a coagulation assistant dissolving box is arranged at the water inlet of the pretreatment pool, and the amount of the coagulation assistant is controlled by using a measuring pump or flowmeter; and the coal-bed gas produced water is firstly conditioned by the coagulation assistant, and then treated by the chemical compounded from the inorganic coagulant and the organic flocculant, or treated by combining the inorganic coagulant and organic flocculant. The amounts of the compounded or combined inorganic coagulant and organic flocculant are controlled by using the measuring pump or flowmeter, thereby effectively removing suspended matters in the coal-bed gas produced water, being beneficial to removing oil, multiple soluble ions, other organic substances and the like, reducing the consumption of chemicals and relieving the treatment load of the subsequent technique, so that the treated produced water can be discharged under the standard or can be conveniently recycled.

An improved pressure swing adsorption process is provided for removing or separating a gas from a mixture of gases. The PSA process comprises selectively adsorbing a gas from the mixture to form a product gas having a reduced concentration of the selectively adsorbed gas and a low pressure purge stream containing a higher level of the selectively adsorbed gas than contained in the mixture. During regeneration of the adsorbent a co-current recycle stream is provided which has a pressure less than the product stream, but greater than the purge stream for recycle to feed so as to minimize loss of the product gas to purge. The PSA process is particularly useful for removing carbon dioxide from coal bed methane.

The invention relates to coalbed gas mining technology, in particular to a method for extracting coalbed gases from coal mines by upper and lower combination. The method solves the problem of poor gas drainage effects through surface well drilling and hole drilling in the coalbed. The method comprises the following steps: constructing extraction drilled wells on the surface, constructing underground directional long drilled holes in the coalbed, crosslinking the fracture areas of the extraction drilled wells with the drainage areas of the underground directional long drilled holes, then effectively sealing the underground directional long drilled holes in the coalbed, then utilizing fracturing equipment on the surface to fracture the drainage areas drilled on the surface and the drainage areas of the long drilled holes in the coalbed via the extraction drilled wells and finally carrying out extraction. The method has the advantages of improving the extraction rate and efficiency of the coalbed gases and shortening the construction period of the coalbed gas extraction engineering.

A coal-bed gas well vertical three-dimensional united extraction method comprises the steps that a horizontal well and a vertical well are connected in a butt-joint mode in a transition area between a fractured zone and a curved sinking zone, and the horizontal section of the horizontal well is properly close to the return airway side of a stope working face; a large-diameter extraction pipe with the diameter larger than 200 mm is adopted, segmentation hydraulic fracturing, segmentation sealing and the gradient negative pressure extraction technology are used, and different extraction wells are selected to conduct coal-bed gas extraction in different coal mining stages. According to the method, after coal stoping, synchronous extraction in different zones can be achieved in time, three-dimensional type extraction in different zones can be achieved in space, the coal-bed gas extraction efficiency is improved, meanwhile, surrounding rock gas of top plates of a coal bed can be extracted, and the united extraction of different types of gases and multiple purposes of one well are achieved.