Drillng and Completion Fluids for High Permeability Sandstone
Reservoir Protection in Horizontal Well

doi:10.11885/j.issn.1674-5086.2012.04.05.01

Abstract

Abstract:

The Triassic reservoir with medium porosity and medium-high permeability in the Tarim Basin，exhibits intensively
heterogeneous pore structure，and serious potential damage of solid invasion，particle migration，sanding，fluid sensitivity.
After completion，horizontal wells can not produce through natural power or gas-lift. The results of granularity analysis and
dynamic damage evaluation experiments present that the original drilling and completion fluids can not protect the reservoir
with permeability of more than 100 mD，while the percentage of regained permeability is less than 50%. According to the
mechanism of shielding temporary plugging technology，the original drilling and completion fluids are optimized，and the
granularity analysis and dynamic damage evaluation experiments of optimized fluids are carried out. The structure of filter
cakes，both the original and optimized drilling and completion fluids，are observed through the FEI Quanta 450 environment
scanning electron microscope，then the porosity，pore size and fractal dimension of the filter cakes are analyzed with fractal
geometry theory. All results indicated that the optimized drilling and completion fluids can form tight filter cakes，plug the
pore of reservoir effectively，and enhance the percentage of regained permeability of core samples up to 90%. After applying
optimized drilling and completion fluids，horizontal wells achieved production through natural power and got high production
after completion.

Key words: sandstone reservoir, drilling fluids, completion fluids, formation damage control, shielding temporary plugging,
filter cake microstructure

Kang Yili1, Liu Yanying1, You Lijun1, Niu Xiao2, Luo Faqiang2. Drillng and Completion Fluids for High Permeability Sandstone
Reservoir Protection in Horizontal Well[J]. 西南石油大学学报(自然科学版), DOI: 10.11885/j.issn.1674-5086.2012.04.05.01.

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