Nanosilica dispersion for thermally insulating packer fluid
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsVikrant Wagle, Abdullah Al-Yami, Zainab Alsaihati, Abdulaziz Alhelal
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Abstract
A method to control a heat transfer profile in a defined space, the method comprising the steps of introducing a thermally insulating packer fluid into the defined space such that the thermally insulating packer fluid forms a gelled solid and reduces a rate of heat transfer through the defined space as compared to a prior rate of heat transfer through the defined space before introducing the thermally insulating packer fluid, where the thermally insulating packer fluid comprises an acidic nanosilica dispersion and a polyamine.
Claims8
A thermally insulating packer fluid useful for controlling the heat transfer profile through a defined space, where a solid gelled material forms by introducing the thermally insulating packer fluid to the defined space, the thermally insulating packer fluid including an acidic nanosilica dispersion comprising:
- amorphous silicon dioxide in the range of 5 weight percentage of the total weight (w/w %) of the acidic nanosilica dispersion to about 50 w/w % of the total weight of the acidic nanosilica dispersion;
- water in the range of 50 w/w % to 95 w/w % of the total weight of the acidic nanosilica dispersion;
- an acid comprising acetic acid;
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- a polyamine activator;
- where the acidic nanosilica dispersion forms the solid gelled material at an elevated temperature between about 100° F. and about 300° F. in the defined space and has a pH that is acidic, wherein the thermally insulating packer fluid further comprises an epoxy resin.
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