Plugging liquid for plugging a subterranean formation zone

C - Chemistry – Metallurgy – 09 – K

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C09K 8/36 (2006.01) C09K 8/512 (2006.01) C09K 8/575 (2006.01)

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CA 2163435

A plugging liquid for plugging of a zone of a subterranean formation around a drill hole, consisting of an emulsion comprising (a) a continuous phase containing a hydrophobic liquid, an emulsifier and a crosslinking agent for a polysaccharide, and (b) a discontinuous phase containing water and a polysaccharide. A variant of the plugging composition contains in addition a weighting material in the discontinuous phase. Also described is a method for preparing the plugging liquid and a method for plugging a zone of a subterranean formation penetrated by a drill hole in fluid communication with the zone, according to which method the new plugging liquid is injected into the zone via the drill hole and is subjected to high shear forces in the drill hole, whereby the polysaccharide and the crosslinking agent are brought into contact with one another with resulting initiation of a crosslinking of the polysaccharide and a setting of the plugging liquid. When the drilling liquid contains a weighting material it is primarily used to inhibit or prevent an undesired blow-out in or from a well.

Un liquide d'obturation, destiné à obturer une zone d'une formation souterraine entourant un puits de forage, consiste en une émulsion qui comprend: a) un agent de dispersion qui contient un liquide hydrophobe, un émulsifiant et un agent de réticulation pour un polysaccharide, et b) une phase dispersée qui contient de l'eau et un polysaccharide. Une variante de cette composition d'obturation contient aussi un matériau d'allourdissement présent dans la phase dispersée. On décrit aussi un procédé permettant de préparer ce liquide d'obturation et un procédé permettant d'obturer une zone d'une formation souterraine perforée par un puits de forage en communication fluide avec ladite zone. Ce dernier procédé consiste à injecter ce nouveau liquide d'obturation dans la zone par l'intermédiaire du puits de forage puis à la soumettre à des forces de cisaillement élevées dans ce puits de forage, ce qui met en contact le polysaccharide et l'agent de réticulation et entraîne le démarrage d'une réticulation du polysaccharide et la prise du liquide l'obturation. Quand le liquide de forage contient un matériau d'allourdissement, on l'utilise surtout pour inhiber ou prévenir une explosion intempestive survenant dans ou à partir d'un puits.

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