METHOD TO STIMULATE OIL PRODUCTION PROCESS Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC E21B43/22 E21B43/24 

FIELD: oil and gas industry.

SUBSTANCE: method envisages the usage of aqueous solutions of binary mixtures - inorganic or organic nitrate or hydrate of alkali metals, which are injected through individual channels. The method includes the mounting of equipment in wells at the selected area of a deposit. Each well is equipped with devices to control the temperature, pressure and composition of reaction products in a real time mode. Formation areas in vicinity to the well with a volume of at least 20 m³ are heated preliminarily up to a temperature of at least 100°C by injection of at least 2 t of binary mixture reagents. Cyclic heating of the formation area in vicinity to the well with a volume of at least 100 m³ and weight of 250 t is made up to a temperature of at least 140°C due to a reaction of at least 12 t of the binary mixture reagents. At that the first level of explosion safety is ensured by the alternation of injection of saltpetre solution portions, 1 t each, with portions of industrial water of at least 0.05 t each. The second level of explosive safety in the borehole is ensured by the continuous control and monitoring of the reaction process with the temperature limitation in the well bore below the pre-blasting temperature. This temperature is determined against signs of the reaction self-acceleration at recorded charts of time-temperature and time-pressure curves. In case of these signs the injection of a saltpetre decomposition initiator is stopped to the well. Further injection of the saltpetre solution with the weight of at least 10 t is made to the preheated formation. At that the third level of explosive safety is implemented in the reaction process in the formation, which is catalysed by the heat accumulated during the previous cycles. The third level of explosive safety is ensured by a ratio of the weight of the saltpetre injected to the pores and fractures of the formation to the weight of the rock. The ratio is equal mainly to 1 to 20. Low explosive probability, close to zero, is ensured by a mixture of 95 wt % of rock and 5 wt % of saltpetre. The injection of reagents at all cycles is made at continuous temperature control in the reaction zone and pressure and temperature control in the zone near the packer and in the process of the reagents injection for the purpose of timely cessation of the reaction when the parameters of the reaction exceed limits of permitted modes.

EFFECT: improved efficiency of oil production at worked-out deposits with an increased production safety.

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