Abstract:
At present, column sticking happens frequently during sand control process in horizontal wells and is very difficult to handle post processing. A new type drillable sand control implement has been developed by selecting materials and researching properties of drillable filter tube coats, pipes and cementing agents. All the materials used in implements including central tube, sand filter and sand control tube are designed to be drilling and milling and chemical degradation. Field application in 4 horizontal wells has launched, and the result indicates that obvious effects have been achieved with liquid increase of 33.8 t per day and oil production of 3.9 t every day. When the drillable filter sand tubes lose its effect, it can easily damage by bit and crash the fragments simply which followed by further treatments. Experimental results show that the sand blocking precision of this filter sand tube can up to 0.07~0.13 mm, and sand content of production liquid in wellhead is less than 0.05% with sand diameter smaller than 0.07 mm. The output rises slightly comparing before and after treatment, which can meet the requirements of sand control.