Author(s)

Yanlin Zou, Chunzhi Luo^*, Baijing Wang, Huan Zhang, Chunjun Zhang

College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China.

In view of the fact that most of the filter media of existing plugging evaluation instruments use steel plates or steel balls, which cannot truly simulate the characteristics of the formation, a new type of TL-1 high temperature and high pressure plugging instrument has been developed. The filter medium of the instrument is the natural stone with different cracks and quartz sand beds with different particle sizes, which can better simulate the adsorption and hang-up effect of the formation on the plugging agent. It is possible to evaluate the plugging effect, pressure-bearing capacity and return pressure of the plugging slurry for different cracks and sand beds of different sizes under different temperatures and pressures. Using new and old instruments to evaluate the plugging effect of the same plugging slurry, it is found that the plugging effect is different from the distribution of the plugging material on the crack surface, the plugging effect and the pressure bearing capacity. The instrument is stable and reliable in operation and simple in operation. It is a new instrument for conducting research on anti-leakage plugging materials and anti-leakage plugging drilling fluid systems.

Plugging Device, Filter Medium, Plugging Experiment, Plugging Formula

Zou, Y. , Luo, C. , Wang, B. , Zhang, H. and Zhang, C. (2021) Development and Application of TL-1 New High Temperature and High Pressure Plugging Instrument. Open Journal of Yangtze Oil and Gas, 6, 107-115. doi: 10.4236/ojogas.2021.63010.