摘要:
A stock shape for a downhole tool component includes a magnesium alloy including a phase containing 70 to 95 wt. % of magnesium in which 0 wt. % or more and less than 0.3 wt. % of a rare earth metal, a metal material other than the magnesium and the rare earth metal, and 0.1 to 20 wt. % of a degradation accelerator are distributed, and the stock shape has an average particle size of the metal material of 1 to 300 μm, tensile strength of 200 to 500 MPa, and a degradation rate in a 2% potassium chloride aqueous solution at 93° C. of not less than 20 mg/cm2 and not greater than 20000 mg/cm2 per day. Accordingly, a downhole tool having high strength and being readily degradable is established.
摘要:
A rubber member for downhole tools, preferably a seal member, ball sealer, ball seat, or protecting member, of which a decrease rate of 50% strain compressive stress after immersion for 24 hours in 150° C. water relative to 50% strain compressive stress before immersion is not less than 5%, and preferably not less than 50%; a downhole tool comprising the rubber member; and a method for recovering a hydrocarbon resource using the downhole tool.
摘要:
A plug for well drilling comprising a mandrel and members attached on an outer circumferential surface orthogonal to an axial direction of the mandrel, wherein at least one of the members or the mandrel is formed from a degradable material; a ring-shaped ratchet structure formed from a plurality of interlocking parts that allows movement of the member in one direction along the axial direction of the mandrel and restricts movement in the opposite direction is provided on an inner circumferential surface of the member and the outer circumferential surface of the mandrel; preferably further comprising a pushing jig including a ratchet structure and a ring-shaped plate adjacent to the axial direction leading side of the pushing jig. Additionally, a well drilling method using the plug for well drilling, comprising degrading a part or all of the plug after blocking a borehole.
摘要:
A fiber formed from a resin that degrades in treatment fluid for hydrocarbon resource recovery, an oligomer component content of a resin forming an outer surface of the fiber being not greater than 1 mass %, and a birefringence of the fiber being not less than 0.02; a method for manufacturing a degradable fiber for use in well treatment fluid, the oligomer component content of a resin that forms an outer surface of an undrawn yarn obtained in a spinning step being not greater than 1 mass %, and a birefringence of a drawn yarn before heat treatment in a drawing step being not less than 0.02; and a well treatment method using the well treatment fluid containing the degradable fiber for use in well treatment fluid and a proppant.
摘要:
A well treatment method characterized by disintegrating an elastic material by contacting a seal member for downhole tools comprising the elastic material with a well treatment fluid (acids such as hydrochloric acid, formic acid, acetic acid, and hydrofluoric acid, alkalis, hot water, steam, organic solvents, and the like).
摘要:
A plug for well drilling comprising a mandrel and members attached on an outer circumferential surface orthogonal to an axial direction of the mandrel. In such a plug for well drilling, at least the mandrel or one of the members is formed from a degradable material and a curvature radius of a bent portion thereof is from 0.5 to 50 mm. Additionally, a well drilling method using the plug for well drilling, the method comprising degrading a part or all of the plug for well drilling after blocking a borehole.
摘要:
A degradable rubber member for a downhole tool formed from a rubber material containing from 0.1 to 20 parts by mass of a degradation accelerator relative to 100 parts by mass of a degradable rubber (optionally containing other rubber materials and/or reinforcing materials), of which, preferably, the decrease rate of the mass or the 50% strain compressive stress after immersion for 24 hours in 150° C. water is not less than 5%, and/or the mass loss rate after immersion for 72 hours in 150° C. water is from 5 to 100%, and further, as desired, the tensile fracture strain at 66° C. is not less than 50%, the 70% strain compressive stress is not less than 10 MPa, and the compressive fracture strain is not less than 50%; a degradable seal member or a protecting member for downhole tools comprising such a rubber member; and a downhole tool such as a plug for well drilling, and a method for well drilling.
摘要:
A downhole tool or a member thereof, preferably a ball sealer, a ball seat, a frac plug or a bridge plug, comprising a degradable resin composition containing a degradable resin and a toughness enhancing agent, in which the degradable resin composition has an izod impact strength (unnotched) of 1,000 J/m or more, a tensile elongation of 3% or more, and a tensile strength of 30 MPa or more; a degradable resin composition for a downhole tool (member) containing 60 to 99.9 mass % of the degradable resin and 0.1 to 40 mass % of the toughness enhancing agent; and a method for recovering a hydrocarbon resource using the downhole tool (member).
摘要:
A plug for well drilling process comprising: (a) a mandrel formed from a degradable material; (b) a pair of rings placed on an outer peripheral surface existing in the orthogonal to an axial direction of the mandrel, at least one of the rings being formed from a degradable material; and (c) at least one diameter-expandable circular rubber member placed at a position between the pair of rings on the outer peripheral surface existing in the orthogonal to the axial direction of the mandrel; the percentage of mass loss in the degradable material after immersion for 72 hours in water at a temperature of 150° C. preferably being from 5 to 100%; and a well drilling method comprising the step of plugging well hole using the plug for well drilling process, wherein part or all of the plug for well drilling process degrades after the plugging.
摘要:
A degradable seal member for downhole tools, the member being a diameter-expandable annular seal member, the diameter-expandable annular seal member comprising: two or more annular members distributed along an axial direction, the annular members being formed from a degradable polymer material having hardness in a range from A60 to D80; a plug for well drilling; and a method for well drilling using the degradable seal member for downhole tools.