Title | A Field Demonstration of a New Chemical Stimulation Treatment for Fluid-Blocked Gas Wells |
Publication Type | Conference Paper |
Year of Publication | 2009 |
Authors | Butler, M., J. B. Trueblood, G. A. Pope, M. M. Sharma, JI. R. Baran, Jr., and D. Johnson |
Conference Name | SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition |
Date Published | 10/2009 |
Publisher | Society of Petroleum Engineers |
Conference Location | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A., October 4-7, 2009 |
ISBN Number | 978-1-55563-263-2 |
Other Numbers | SPE 125077-MS |
Keywords | Chemical Well Stimulation: Solvents and Surfactants, Condensate Banking / Productivity of Gas Condensate Wells, Water Blocking in Low Permeability Gas Sands |
Abstract | The loss of productivity due to liquid blockage in gas wells is a common problem. Dropout of condensate from gas and/or water accumulates in the pores of the rock near a producing well or within a hydraulic fracture, causing a significant reduction in gas relative permeability, curtailing production. As a solution to this problem, we have developed a chemical treatment designed to increase flow rates of blocked gas wells. The treatment alters the wettability of the solid surface, minimizing capillary pressure and increasing the relative permeabilities of gas and condensate. In laboratory core flood experiments, application of this chemical treatment increased flow rates by a factor of about 2 for two-phase flow of gas and condensate, gas and water, and gas and volatile oil. To bring this technology from the laboratory into the field, we stimulated |
DOI | 10.2118/125077-MS |