Acid injection and fracturing method for porous subterranean geological formation
AssigneeKing Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
InventorsIme Bassey Obot, Ahmad A. Sorour
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Abstract
A method of inhibiting corrosion of metal during acid stimulation of an oil and gas well that involves treating the oil and gas well with an acidic treatment fluid that includes 10 to 28 wt. % of an acid, based on a total weight of the acidic treatment fluid, and a corrosion inhibitor composition containing gelatin, wherein the gelatin is present in the acidic treatment fluid in a concentration of 0.1 to 10% by weight per total volume of the acidic treatment fluid.
Claims15
An acid injection and fracturing method with downhole corrosion inhibition of an oil and gas well in a porous subterranean geological formation, comprising:
- injecting an acidic treatment fluid into the oil and gas well at a first pressure through metal tubing into pores of the porous subterranean geological formation to react with and/or dissolve rock of the porous subterranean geological formation and thereby increase a permeability of the porous subterranean geological formation;
- then
- fracturing the rock at a second pressure that is greater than the first pressure;
- wherein the acidic treatment fluid is an aqueous solution comprising (i) a corrosion inhibitor composition comprising gelatin and an intensifier selected from the group consisting of CuI, KI, and formic acid, and (ii) 14 to 16 wt. % of HCl, based on a total weight of the acidic treatment fluid,
- wherein the gelatin is present in the acidic treatment fluid in a concentration of 0.5 to 2.5 wt. % per total volume of the acidic treatment fluid,
- wherein the intensifier is present in the acidic treatment fluid in a concentration in a range of from 0.01 to 0.05 wt. % per total volume of the acidic treatment fluid,
- wherein the gelatin has a Bloom number in a range of from 50 to less than 220, and
- wherein the gelatin has free carboxyl groups in a range of from 78 to 115 mmol per 100 g of protein.
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