Simulation of gas kick with high H_2S content in deep well

• 作 者: 孙宝江 公培斌 王志远
• 机 构: School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China),
• 出 处: Journal of Hydrodynamics
• 发表日期: 2013年02期
• 关键词: drilling multiphase supercritical invasion solubility gases viscosity dissolved

The phase transition, from asubcriticalstate to a gaseousstate, of the natural gas with high H_2S content and thesolubility of the H_2S component in the drilling fluid will make the multiphase flow behavior very different from the pure natural gas-drilling fluid two-phase flow under the gas kick condition in a deep well. With consideration of the phase transition and thesolubility of the H_2S component in the natural gas, a multiphase flow model is established. Thesimulation analysis results indicate that, for a typical case of a well depth of 4 325 m, the density of the 100%-H_2S natural gas can be 4 times higher than that of the 0%-H_2S natural gas, and thesolubility of the 100%-H_2S natural gas is 130 times higher than that of the 0%-H_2S natural gas. These will make the detection of the gas invasion more difficult. While the invasion gas moves up along the wellbore to a certain position, the phase transition and the release of the dissolved gas may cause a rapid volume expansion, increasing the blowout risk. The calculation results alsoshow that the risks of a gas kick can be reduced by increasing the wellhead back pressure.

The phase transition, from asubcriticalstate to a gaseousstate, of the natural gas with high H_2S content and thesolubility of the H_2S component in the drilling fluid will make the multiphase flow behavior very different from the pure natural gas-drilling fluid two-phase flow under the With the consideration of the phase transition and the solidarity of the H 2 S component in the natural gas, a multiphase flow model is established. The simulating analysis results indicate that for a typical case of a well depth of 4 325 m , the density of the 100% -H 2 S natural gas can be 4 times higher than that of the 0% -H 2 S natural gas, and thesolubility of the 100% -H 2 S natural gas is 130 times higher than that of the 0% -H 2 S natural gas. These will make the detection of the gas invasion more difficult. While the invasion gas moves up along the wellbore to a certain position, the phase transition and the release of the dissolved gas may cause a rapid volume expansion, i ncreasing the blowout risk. The calculation results alsoshow that the risks of a gas kick can be reduced by increasing the wellhead back pressure.