Petroleum engineer's guide to oil field chemicals and fluids / Johannes Fink.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fink, Johannes Karl, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oil field chemicals.

Oil field brines.

Oil and Gas Industry.

Medical Subjects:

Oil and Gas Industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1,080 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; Oxford, England : Elsevier, [2021]

Summary:

Petroleum Engineer's Guide to Oil Field Chemicals and Fluids, Third Edition delivers all the necessary lists of chemicals by use, their basic components, benefits and environmental implications.

Contents:

Intro

Petroleum Engineer's Guide to Oil Field Chemicals and Fluids

Copyright page

Preface to Third Edition

Preface to Second Edition

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

Chapter 1: Drilling muds

1.1 Classification of muds

1.1.1 Dispersed noninhibited systems

API bentonite drilling fluid

1.1.2 Phosphate-treated muds

1.1.3 Lignite muds

1.1.4 Quebracho muds

1.1.5 Lignosulfonate muds

1.1.6 Lime muds

1.1.7 Sea water muds

1.1.8 Nondispersed noninhibited systems

1.1.9 Low-solids fresh water muds

1.1.10 Variable density fluids

Glass bubble additives

1.1.11 Gas-based muds

1.1.12 Drill-in fluids

Heavy brine completion fluids

1.2 Mud compositions

1.2.1 Inhibitive water-based muds

Amine terminated polyether

Acrylic resin/nano-SiO2 composite

1.2.2 Laponite: Shale inhibitor

Bituminous coal

1.2.3 Water-based muds

Compositions with improved thermal stability

Laponite

Shale encapsulator

Membrane formation

Inhibitive water-based drilling fluid

Inhibitory effect methane hydrate dissociation

Nanoparticles

Ultralow temperature wells

Wettability alteration

1.2.4 Oil-based drilling muds

Poly(ether)cyclicpolyols

Emulsifier for deep drilling

Biodegradable composition

-1Rheological properties biodegradable drilling fluid

Low toxicity and high biodegradability drilling fluid composition

Solid free-flowing additive compositions

Electric conductive nonaqueous mud

Water removal

Nanoemulsion for removal

1.2.5 Synthetic muds

1.2.6 Inverted emulsion drilling muds

Esters

Acetals

Antisettling properties

Glycosides

Biodiesel-based fluids

Miscellaneous

Reversible phase inversion

1.2.7 Drilling fluid system for coalbed methane well

1.2.8 Foam drilling

Aerodynamic foam breaker.

Mechanical foam breaker

Cuttings transport

Soft coal seams

Nanoparticle-stabilized foam

Amphiphilic janus particles

1.2.9 Chemically enhanced drilling

Temperature and salinity effects

1.2.10 Supercritical carbon dioxide drilling

Glycerin-based drilling fluid

Underbalanced drilling operation

Pressure controlling

Particle settling model

Wellbore collapse pressure analysis

1.3 Completion fluids

1.3.1 Corrosion kinetics of carbon steels

1.3.2 Electrochemical methods of removing dissolved oxygen

1.3.3 Potassium-based phosphate brines

1.3.4 Changing wettability by surfactant additives

1.3.5 Altering wettability in Bakken shale by surfactant additives

1.4 Measurement of properties

1.4.1 Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy

1.4.2 Particle size distribution in a drilling fluid

1.4.3 Artificial intelligence techniques

1.4.4 Density of a drilling fluid

1.4.5 Prediction of drilling fluid density

1.4.6 Real-time drilling fluid analysis

1.4.7 Size of water-in-oil emulsion droplets

1.4.8 Fractal models

Electrocrushing drilling

1.5 Additives

1.5.1 Thickeners

Polymers

pH responsive thickeners

Mixed metal hydroxides

1.5.2 Lubricants

Hagfish slime

1.5.3 Bacteria

1.5.4 High-temperature, high-pressure additives

1.5.5 Corrosion inhibitors

1.5.6 Viscosity control

Long horizontal drilling

Surfactant additives

Calcium carbonate water-based drilling fluid

1.5.7 Clay stabilization

1.5.8 Formation damage

1.5.9 Shale stabilizer

Poly(ethylene glycol) grafted nano-silica composite

Biodegradable food-grade shale stabilizer

Horsetail extract

Polymer microsphere emulsion

Amphoteric polymers

Cyclodextrins

1.5.10 Fluid loss additives

Water swellable polymers.

Shear degradation of lost circulation materials

Anionic association polymer

Fragile gels

Aphrons

Permanent grouting

1.5.11 Scavengers

Oxygen scavenger

Hydrogen sulfide removal

1.5.12 Surfactants

Surfactant in hydrocarbon solvent

Star-shaped surfactant

Biodegradable surfactants

Deflocculants and dispersants

Shale stabilizing surfactants

Toxicity

Defoamers

1.5.13 Hydrate inhibitors

1.5.14 Weighting materials

Barite

Sag stability

Ilmenite

Carbonate

Zinc oxide, zirconium oxide, and manganese tetroxide

Hollow glass microspheres

1.5.15 Organoclay compositions

Biodegradable organophilic clay

Poly(vinyl neodecanoate)

1.5.16 Miscellaneous

Additives for unconsolidated sandstone reservoirs

Reticulated bacterial cellulose

Scleroglucan

Uintaite

Sodium asphalt sulfonate

Formation damage by gilsonite and sulfonated asphalt

Illitic sandstone outcrop cores

1.5.17 Multicomponent additives

1.6 Cleaning operations

1.6.1 Cuttings removal

1.6.2 Junk removal

1.6.3 Filter cake removal

1.7 Drilling fluid disposal

1.7.1 Toxicity

Environmentally persistent pollutants

Health effects

Treatment of a waste oil-in-water drilling fluid

1.7.2 Conversion into cements

1.7.3 Environmental regulations

1.8 Characterization of drilling muds

1.8.1 Viscosity

Smart magnetic drilling fluid

Drilling fluid temperature and borehole shrinkage

1.8.2 API Filtration

Filtration properties

Sulfate-modified polysaccharide

Activated carbon

1.8.3 Alkalinity and pH

1.8.4 Total hardness

1.8.5 Roller oven

1.8.6 Shale wellbore stability

1.8.7 Effects on log data

References

Chapter 2: Fluid loss additives

2.1 Mechanism of action of fluid loss agents.

2.1.1 Pore size measurement by nanoparticles

2.1.2 Action of macroscopic particles

2.1.3 Action of cement fluid loss additives

2.1.4 Testing of fluid loss additives

2.1.5 Formation damage

2.1.6 Reversible gels

2.1.7 Bacteria

2.2 Inorganic additives

2.2.1 Bentonite

2.2.2 Sodium metasilicate

2.2.3 Ultra-fine filtrate-reducing agents

2.2.4 Bridging agents for fluid loss control

2.3 Organic additives

2.3.1 Tall oil pitch

2.3.2 Mercaptans for iron control

2.3.3 Biodegradable waste

2.3.4 Alkylpolyglucoside derivatives

2.3.5 Seeds

2.3.6 Swellable polymers

2.3.7 Hydrocarbon resins

2.3.8 Oligomerized fatty acid

2.3.9 Hydrophobic carboxymethyl starch

2.3.10 Effect of molecular flexibility

2.3.11 Multiwalled carbon nanotubes

2.3.12 Curauá fibers

2.3.13 Sodium metasilicate pentahydrate

2.3.14 Salt tolerant fluid-loss additives

2.3.15 Encapsulated fluid-loss additives for cement compositions

2.4 Poly(saccharide)s

2.4.1 Cellulose-based fluid loss additives

Polyanionic cellulose

Sulfonate

Carboxymethyl cellulose

Hydroxyethyl cellulose

2.4.2 Starch

Crosslinked starch

Pregelatinized starch

Granular starch and mica

Depolymerized starch

Controlled degradable fluid loss additives

Multimodal distributed polymers

2.4.3 Borate crosslinkers

2.4.4 Guar

Hydroxypropyl guar gum

2.4.5 Succinoglycan

2.4.6 Poly(ether)-modified poly(saccharide)s

2.4.7 Scleroglucan

2.4.8 Gellan

2.5 Humic acid derivates

Oil-based well working fluids

2.5.1 Lignosulfonates

Grafted lignin or lignite

Greek lignites

2.6 Synthetic polymers

2.6.1 Poly(orthoester)s

2.6.2 Poly(hydroxyacetic acid)

2.6.3 Hydrogels

2.6.4 Polydrill

Polymer of monoallylamine

Polyphenolics

2.6.5 Latex.

Colloidally stabilized latex

2.6.6 Poly(vinyl alcohol)

2.6.7 Poly(ethyleneimine)

2.6.8 Acrylics

Permeability control

Copolymers

Oil soluble styrene acrylate copolymers

AMPS terpolymer

Zwitterionic copolymers

Poly(AMPS/AM/SSS)

2.6.9 Silicones

2.6.10 Phthalimide as a diverting material

2.6.11 Control of degradation rates for polymericdiverting agents

2.6.12 Special applications

Coal-bed methane drilling

Sand control

Reduction of fines migration

Fracturing

Biomimetic adhesive compositions

Polymer-modified asphalt

Cement compositions

Viscoelasticity

Viscoelastic surfactants

Enhanced shear recovery agents

Enzyme-based gel breaking

Breaker enhancers for VES

Surfactant polymer compositions

Additives to reduce fluid loss

Chapter 3: Clay stabilization

3.1 Properties of clays

3.1.1 Swelling of clays

3.1.2 Montmorillonite

3.1.3 Guidelines

3.2 Mechanisms causing instability

3.2.1 Kinetics of swelling of clays

3.2.2 Hydrational stress

3.2.3 Borehole stability model

3.2.4 Shale inhibition with water-based muds

3.2.5 Inhibiting reactive argillaceous formations

3.2.6 Thermal treatment to increase the permeability

3.2.7 Formation damage by fluids

3.2.8 Formation damage in gas productionshut-in

3.3 Inhibitors of swelling

3.4 Inhibitors in detail

3.4.1 Salts

3.4.2 Quaternary ammonium salts

3.4.3 Potassium formate

3.4.4 Saccharide derivatives

3.4.5 Sulfonated asphalt

3.4.6 Grafted copolymers

3.4.7 Poly(oxyalkylene amine)s

3.4.8 Polymers

Styrene-acrylic-based liquid polymer

Poly(vinyl alcohol) and 1,2,3,4-butanetetracarboxylic acid

Short fibers and poly(vinyl alcohol) and 1,2,3,4 butanetetracarboxylic acid

Functionalized amine polysaccharides.

3.4.9 Cationic polymers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780323858137

0323858139

OCLC:

1243533799