UM ESTUDO EXPERIMENTAL UTILIZADO EM TOMOGRAFIA DE RAIO-X COM MECANISMOS ASSOCIADOS A PRODUÇÃO DE AREIA EM POÇOS DE PETRÓLEO / AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY USED IN X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY WITH MECHANISMS ASSOCIATED THE SAND PRODUCTION IN OIL WEELS

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

Frequently, during the production stages of an oil well, simultaneous production of solid particles originating from the surrounding rock mass occur, a process called sand production. Stress concentrations around of the well may cause loss of cohesion between grains, thus creating a region of loose granular matter susceptible for drag bye seepage forces. The present work reports on the study of the formation of breakouts/damage around of the well. This experimental program is carried out by simulating, inside an especially constructed cell, the stresses arising during these excavation stages on a sample of a rock, generally a poorly consolidated sandstone or an artificially assembled material simulating a sandstone. This process is carried out in real time inside an X ray computerized tomography. The tests investigated the initial and the evolution of failure at the cavity wall of samples. These are initial stages of the sand production process. The analysis of the CT-scans obtained during tests allowed the visualization of breakouts and collapses of the wells. From studies more details were possible estimate the sand production and produce 3-D images of the propagation of the failure.

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pocos de petroleo producao de areia oil wells sand production

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