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Comparison of Nitrogen Gas and Thermal-Insulation Liquid to Control the Temperature–Pressure Effect in Deep Gas Well

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Thermal-insulated liquid and nitrogen gas are two common methods to control the trapped annular pressure caused by the temperature–pressure effect, but few researches analyzed the control performance of these two measures applied in the deep gas well. Therefore, this paper builds a model to compare the control performance and a safety factor is proposed to evaluate the control performance when the tubing is totally blocked. The results indicate that the tubing-casing annulus temperature difference creates the conditions for the trapped annular pressure. Only when the production rate exceeds a certain value, can the thermal-insulated liquid reduce the trapped annular pressure. The nitrogen gas can achieve good control performance after the nitrogen gas volume exceeds 0.03 regardless of the production time and the production rate. To avoid the tubing collapse risk, the annular pressure should be controlled under the critical value. However, the thermal-insulated liquid is not able to reduce the annular pressure to the critical value. The nitrogen gas can prevent tubing collapse under different liquid densities by suitable volume. Therefore, the nitrogen gas is recommend.

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This research is supported by CNPC Research Projects (2021DJ6504, 2021DJ6502 and 2021DJ6501).

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  1. Research Institute of Safety and Environment Technology, CNPC, Beijing, 102206, China

    Bo Zhang, Yushan Zheng & Jinrui Deng

  2. Research Institute of Oil and Gas Engineering, Tarim Oilfield Petrochina, Korla, Xinjiang, 841000, China

    Lihu Cao, Junfeng Xie & Wei Fan

  3. Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, PetroChina, Beijing, 100083, China

    Nu Lu

  4. Oil and Gas Field Productivity Construction Department of Tarim Oilfield Company, Petrochina, Korla, Xinjiang, 841000, China

    Bo Zou

  5. Drilling Technology Research Institute, SINOPEC Shengli Oilfield Service Corporation, Dongying, 257000, China

    Cheng Li

  6. International Engineering Company of CNPC Xibu Drilling Engineering Company Limited, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830000, China

    Wenming Wang

  7. Safety, Environment and Technology Supervision Research Institute of PetroChina Southwest Oil and Gas Field Company, Chengdu, 610041, China

    Hai Zhong

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Zhang, B., Cao, L., Lu, N. et al. Comparison of Nitrogen Gas and Thermal-Insulation Liquid to Control the Temperature–Pressure Effect in Deep Gas Well. Iran J Sci 47, 389–400 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40995-023-01443-5

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