In recent years, rapid progress in the use of high pressure water jets (HPWJ) has been made in oil and gas well drilling, completion, and stimulation; and good results have been achieved in field applications. Advances in technologies and developments of well completion and stimulation with hydrajet are reviewed in this paper. Experiments were conducted to study the characteristics of abrasive water jetting and to optimize jet parameters, which can provide methods for the well completion and hydrajet fracturing. Deep-penetrating hydrajet perforating can create a 2-3 m clean hole with a diameter of 20-35 mm. Multilayer hydrajet fracturing is a process whereby multiple layers are stimulated in a single run without using mechanical packers, thereby reducing operation procedure and risk. Multilateral radial wells can be drilled using hydraulic jetting up to 100 m in length. The technique to remove sand particles and plugs with rotating self-resonating cavitating water jets in horizontal wellbores has been developed and oilfield-tested, which shows promising, cost effective prospects.
Li Gensheng Huang Zhongwei Tian Shouceng Shen Zhonghou
Oil and gas have long been regarded as key elements for any industrialized country.China's economy and social security are largely dependent on oil and gas exploration and development.Nowadays,a great deal of attention has been paid to various ways of efficiently developing oil and gas reserves.This paper presents an overview of research and applications of novel jet techniques in well-drilling,well-completion and fracturing.Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,through years of effort,significant achievements have been made in this area.Not only has the systematic theory of novel jetting been established,but also its application has been proved practical in petroleum engineering.This paper focuses on the topics of the self-resonating cavitating jet,the abrasive water jet,and the supercritical CO_2 jet,in respect of theories,applications and prospects.
LI GenShengSHEN ZhongHouHUANG ZhongWeiTIAN ShouCengSHI HuaiZhongSONG XianZhiWANG HaiZhu
