Transforming the Mechanical Properties of Carbonate Reservoirs at the Astrakhan Gas Condensate Field During Acid Treatment

Author details
  • Oil and Gas Research Institute of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russian Federation
  • Perm National Research Polytechnic University, Perm, Russian Federation
  • Oil and Gas Research Institute of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russian Federation
  • China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, People’s Republic of China
  • Perm National Research Polytechnic University, Perm, Russian Federation
  • Perm National Research Polytechnic University, Perm, Russian Federation

Abstract

Acid treatments are quite often used as methods of intensifying the inflow of hydrocarbons into the well. So, for terrigenous reservoirs, usually used clay acid, which reacts with clay particles and, partly, with silica particles. For carbonate reservoirs, the most widely used reagents are based on hydrochloric acid, which chemically actively interacts with carbonate minerals – limestone and dolomite. As a result of this effect, voids are formed in the form of channels, which leads to a significant increase in the porosity and permeability of the reservoir in the near-wellbore zone. At the same time, along with the improvement of the reservoir’s filtration and capacity properties, the elastic and strength characteristics of the reservoir rocks are also transformed. These effects cause changes in the stress-strain state of the reservoir near the well, which can lead to the collapse of the wellbore walls, especially for horizontal wells. In connection with the above, it is necessary to develop scientific and methodological foundations for predicting changes in the natural physical and mechanical properties of the reservoir during acid treatments. In this article, the method of laboratory studies of the elastic and strength characteristics of reservoir rocks, determined by dynamic and static methods before and after exposure to hydrochloric acid, is examined using the example of core samples from the Astrakhan gas condensate field. The article identifies the relationships between the dynamic properties before and after exposure to acid. The graphs of the relationship between the Young’s modulus and the velocities of longitudinal and transverse waves are shown. It is noted that the Young’s modulus and strength properties correlate well with porosity, and that the values of these characteristics are close to a general pattern. The dependencies of the changes in the Young’s modulus and Poisson’s ratio on the amount of pore volume pumped through the acid composition have been identified. The patterns obtained in the course of the work can be used in the future for numerical modeling of the transformation of the stress state of the near-well zone during hydrochloric acid treatment of the reservoir and for predicting the stability of the well walls after this geological and technological procedure.

Keywords

reservoir rockacid treatmentnear-well zonestatic propertiesdynamic propertiesYoung’s modulusPoisson’s ratiocompressive strengthtensile strengthporositystress-strain state.

Bibliography

  1. 1.He S., Liang L., Zeng Y., Ding Y., Lin Y., Liu X. The influence of water-based drilling fluid on mechanical property of shale and the wellbore stability. Petroleum, 2016, no. 2, pp. 61-66. DOI: 10.1016/j.petl.2015.12.002 Scholar
  2. 2.Yadav P., Ali S.S., Tawat N., Dhamen A.A., Jin G. Effect of drilling fluid on rock mechanical properties at near-drilling condition: an implication of fluid design on wellbore stability. Offshore technology conference Asia, 2016, pp. 1-9. DOI: 10.4043/26460-MS Scholar
  3. 3.Sadovskii V.M., Sadovskia O.V. Analiz deformatsii porosti sreby s uchetom sklypovaniia por [Analyzing the deformation of a porous medium with account for the collapse of pores]. Prikladnaia mekhanika i tekhnicheskaia fizika, 2016, vol. 57, no. 5 (339), pp. 53-65. DOI: 10.15372/PMTF20160507. Scholar
  4. 4.Corapcioglu H., Miskimins J.L., Prasad M. Fracturing fluid effects on Young's modulus and embedment in the Niobrara formation. SPE annual technical conference and exhibition, 2014, pp. 1-17, SPE 170835-MS. DOI: 10.2118/170835-MS Scholar
  5. 5.Tananykhin D.S., Grigorev M.B., Korolev M.I., Stecyuk I., Farrakhov L. Effect of wire design (profile) on sand retention parameters of wire-wrapped screens for conventional production: pre-pack sand retention testing results. Energies, 2023, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 1-13. DOI: 10.3390/en16052438 Scholar
  6. 6.Kazantsev A.S., Ozhgibesov E.S., Galkin V.I., Kolychev I.Iu. Statisticheskoe obosnovanie formirovania znachenii skin-faktora pri provedenii kislotnykh obrabotok v sloisto-neodnorodnykh bashkirsikh otozheniiakh permyskogo kraia [Statistical Justification for the Formation of Skin Factor Values during Acid Treatment in Layered- Heterogeneous Bashkir Deposits of Perm Krai]. Nedropolzovanie, 2024, no. 24 (4), pp. 212-218. DOI: 10.15593/2712-8008/2024.4.5 Scholar
  7. 7.Cherepanov S.S., Baldina T.R., Raspopov A.V., Kazantsev A.S., Chalin S.A., Kondrat'ev S.A., Iakimova T.S., Zhigalov V.A., Glazyrin S.N., Kukushkina O.B., Kashin M.I., Mokrushin A.A., Shipilov A.I., Turbakov M.S. Rezultaty promyshlennogo tizrahivaniia tekhnologii kislotnykh obrabotok s primeneniem otkloniaishchikh sistem na mestorozhdeniiakh OOO "LUKOIL-PERM" [Results of industrial replication of acid treatment technologies by using flow diverting systems at the deposits of LLC "LUKOIL- PERM"]. Geologia, geofizika i razrabotka neftianykh i gazovykh mestorozhdenii, 2019, no. 6, pp. 19-28. DOI: 10.30713/2413-5011-2019-6(330)-19-28 Scholar
  8. 8.Martiushev D.A., Novikov V.A. Sovershenstvovanie kislotnykh obrabotok v kollektovakh, kharakterizuiushchikhsia razlichnoi karbonatnost'iu (na primere neftianykh mestorozhdenii permyskogo kraia) [Improving acidizing in the collectors characterized by different carbonate content (on the example of oil fields of Perm krai)]. Izvestiia Tomskogo politekhnicheskogo universiteta. Inzhiniring georesursov, 2020, vol. 331, no. 9, pp. 7-17. DOI: 10.18799/24131830/2020/9/2800 Scholar
  9. 9.Ohen H.A., Nnabuile L., Ososannov D. Laboratory evaluation of acid effectiveness for well stimulation in the Niger Delta, Nigeria. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 1997, vol. 17, iss. 1-2, pp. 157-180. DOI: 10.1016/S0920-4105(96)00063-0 Scholar
  10. 10.Maheshwari P., Balakotaiia V. 3D Simulation of Carbonate Acidization with HCl: Comparison with Experiments. SPE Production and Operations Symposium, 2013. DOI: 10.2118/164517-ms Scholar
Download PDF

Article information

Published
14 May 2026
Issue date
14 May 2026
Issue
Vol. 26, No. 2 (2026)
Share