Abstract
As a new unconventional clean energy, natural gas hydrate has attracted attention in recent years. In marine natural gas hydrate reservoir drilling, hydrate cuttings will return upward in annulus. In this process, hydrate cuttings will decompose under higher temperature and lower pressure in upper wellbore. Because of the decomposition gas, liquid–solid two-phase flow in annulus turns into gas–liquid–solid complex multiphase flow. This is different from that in conventional hydrocarbon reservoir drilling. Based on this, temperature and pressure models in wellbore are established. Hydrate decomposition process is divided into destruction of hydrate particles crystal surface structure and desorption of methane gas molecules at decomposition interface. And a hydrate kinetics decomposition model is derived considering fugacity of methane, decomposition rate constant, and superficial area. Then, complex multiphase flow coupling models are established considering the coupling relationships among varying temperatures, pressures, pipe flow, and hydrate decomposition in annulus. Finally, influences on temperature and pressure in annulus are analyzed through numerical simulation method. Moreover, multiphase flow coupled with hydrate decomposition in annulus has been calculated through finite-difference method under different operation parameters. The result shows that with higher delivery rate, temperature of cyclical drilling mud will be higher at bottom hole and lower at wellhead, leading to hydrate decomposition critical point moving down. And gas holdup and solid concentration will both decrease. Also, with increscent density of drilling mud, the critical point and end position of hydrate decomposition will both move up for higher pressure in annulus. And gas holdup and solid concentration will decrease. Besides, with increscent rate of penetration, hydrate decomposition critical point will move down to descendent pressure in annulus. And gas holdup and solid concentration will increase, and flow patterns will transform more acutely in annulus of upper wellbore. This research shows that rate of penetration should not be excessively high when drilling in marine natural gas reservoirs, and enhancing delivery rate and density of drilling mud can ensure safety control. This research provides important theories for wellbore flow rules in marine natural gas hydrate reservoir drilling. In addition, it can be used for analysis of wellbore flow safety.
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This study was carried out with the support of the National Key Research and Development Program (No. 2016YFC0304008), the Open Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploration, SWPU (No. PLN1309 and No. PLN1418), and the National Natural Science Funds of China (No. 51334003).
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Wei, N. et al. (2019). Wellbore Flow Rules in Marine Natural Gas Hydrate Reservoir Drilling. In: Qu, Z., Lin, J. (eds) Proceedings of the International Field Exploration and Development Conference 2017. Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7560-5_151
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