Systems, methods, and compositions for reservoir stimulation treatment diversion using thermochemicals
View Patent ↗Reservoir stimulation treatment diversion methods, systems, and compositions. One method includes identifying a reservoir requiring liquid stimulation treatment in a lesser-permeability portion of the reservoir. The method includes identifying a greater-permeability portion of the reservoir, the greater-permeability portion of the reservoir having a greater permeability than the lesser-permeability portion. The method also includes disposing a gas in the greater-permeability portion of the reservoir; injecting a liquid stimulation treatment into the reservoir, and allowing the gas in the greater-permeability portion of the reservoir to divert the liquid stimulation treatment into the lesser-permeability portion to stimulate fluid production from the lesser-permeability portion of the reservoir.
1. A reservoir stimulation treatment diversion method, the method comprising:
identifying a reservoir requiring liquid stimulation treatment in a lesser-permeability portion of the reservoir;
identifying a greater-permeability portion of the reservoir, the greater-permeability portion of the reservoir having a greater permeability than the lesser-permeability portion;
disposing a gas in the greater-permeability portion of the reservoir via in situ gas generation from an exothermic reaction of thermochemicals;
injecting a liquid stimulation treatment into the reservoir; and
allowing the gas in the greater-permeability portion of the reservoir to divert the liquid stimulation treatment into the lesser-permeability portion to stimulate fluid production from the lesser-permeability portion of the reservoir to control a temperature profile in the lesser-permeability portion of the reservoir.
2. The method according to claim 1 , where the permeability of the greater-permeability portion is greater than about 80 milliDarcy (mD) and where the permeability of the lesser-permeability portion is less than about 40 mD.
3. The method according to claim 1 , where disposing is carried out before injecting.
4. The method according to claim 1 , where disposing is carried out during injecting.
5. The method according to claim 1 , where disposing is carried out after injecting.
6. The method according to claim 1 , where disposing includes injecting a gas from the surface into the greater-permeability portion, the gas including at least one component selected from the group consisting of: carbon dioxide, methane, ethane, and nitrogen.
7. The method according to claim 1 , where the thermochemicals include ammonium ions and nitrite ions.
8. The method according to claim 1 , where injecting includes injecting an acid composition including at least one acid selected from the group consisting of: hydrochloric acid and hydrofluoric acid.
9. The method according to claim 1 , where injecting includes injecting a composition that reacts in situ to produce an acid and the gas, the acid selected from the group consisting of: hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, and combinations of the same.
10. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of verifying stimulated fluid production from the lesser-permeability portion of the reservoir by calculating decreased skin damage for the lesser-permeability portion.
11. The method according to claim 1 , where the permeability of the lesser-permeability portion is increased by at least 100%.
12. The method according to claim 1 , where the thermochemicals comprise a component selected from the group consisting of: ammonium chloride, ammonium bromide, ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulfate, ammonium carbonate, ammonium hydroxide, and combinations thereof.
13. The method according to claim 1 , where the thermochemicals comprise a component selected from the group consisting of: sodium nitrite, potassium nitrite, and combinations thereof.
14. The method according to claim 1 , where the thermochemicals comprise NH 4 C 1 and NaNO 2 .
15. The method according to claim 14 , where concentrations of the NH 4 C 1 and NaNO 2 are about 1 molar and where the NH 4 C 1 and NaNO 2 are injected separately during injecting and combined in situ to exothermically react.
16. The method according to claim 14 , where the thermochemicals are triggered at a temperature in situ between about 50° C. and about 300° C.
17. The method according to claim 14 , further comprising activating the thermochemicals with at least one of microwaves, an acid, or combinations of the same.
18. The method according to claim 1 , where the reservoir comprises at least one component selected from the group consisting of: limestone and dolomite.
19. The method according to claim 1 , where injecting is selected from an injection type of continuous injection, cyclic injection, huff-n-puff injection, and combinations of the same.
20. The method according to claim 1 , where disposing and injecting are carried out separately so as not to create foam or foamed acid.
21. The method according to claim 1 , where disposing a gas in the greater-permeability portion of the reservoir does not cause fracturing.
22. The method according to claim 1 , where injecting a liquid stimulation treatment in the reservoir does not cause fracturing.
23. The method according to claim 1 , where the steps of disposing a gas in the greater-permeability portion of the reservoir and injecting a liquid stimulation treatment in the reservoir do not cause fracturing.