Organization
College of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao 266580, China
Research Institute of Petroleum Engineering, SINOPEC, Beijing 100101, China
Downhole Operation Research Center, Chuanqing Drilling and Exploration Engineering Co. Ltd., CNPC, Chengdu 610051, China
Abstract
Gas channeling is a thorny problem in the cementing process of almost natural gas wells. In view of early annular gas channeling problem after cementing, this paper analyzed the causes of gas channeling and the limitations of evaluation methods of cement slurry. Based on early gas channeling theory, combined with laboratory cementing engineering experiments and beginning with three performances such as the transition time of static gel strength, volume shrinkage and API filtration, the mathematical evaluation model of anti-gas channeling ability of cement slurry was established and a new evaluation method was proposed by using the method of fuzzy mathematics. Finally, the anti-gas channeling ability of cement slurry for Well D2-5 with 177.8 mm tail pipe cementing was evaluated by the new method, which verified the accuracy of evaluation method.