Compósitos Portland-biopolímeros para cimentação de poços de petróleo

The oil production in mature areas can be improved by advanced recovery techniques. In special, steam injection reduces the viscosity of heavy oils, thus improving its flow to surrounding wells. On the other hand, the usually high temperatures and pressures involved in the process may lead to cement cracking, negatively affecting both the mechanical stability and zonal isolation provided by the cement sheath of the well. The addition of plastic materials to the cement is an alternative to prevent this scenario. Composite slurries consisting of Portland cement and a natural biopolymer were studied. Samples containing different contents of biopolymer dispersed in a Portland cement matrix were prepared and evaluated by mechanical and rheological tests in order to assess their behavior according to API (American Petroleum Institute) guidelines. FEM was also applied to map the stress distribution encountered by the cement at bottom bole. The slurries were prepared according to a factorial experiment plan by varying three parameters, i.e., cement age, contents of biopolymer and water-to-cement ratio. The results revealed that the addition of the biopolymer reduced the volume of free water and the setting time of the slurry. In addition, tensile strength, compressive strength and toughness improved by 30% comparing hardened composites to plain Portland slurries. FEM results suggested that the stresses developed at bottomhole may be 10 to 100 times higher than the strength of the cement as evaluated in the lab by unconfined mechanical testing. An alternative approach is proposed to adapt the testing methodology used to evaluate the mechanical behavior of oilwell cement slurries by simulating the confined conditions encountered at bottornhole

Avaliação do comportamento reológico de pastas de cimento para poços de petróleo com adição de plastificantes

The isolation of adjacent zones encountered during oilwell drilling is carried out by Portland-based cement slurries. The slurries are pumped into the annular positions between the well and the casing. Their rheological behavior is a very important component for the cementing process. Nowadays, several alternative materials are used in oilwell cementing, with goal the modification and the improvement of their properties, mainly the increase of the fluidity. And this can be reached by using plasticizers additives able to account for different oilwell conditions, yielding compatible cement slurries and allowing enough time for the complete cementing operation. If the rheological properties of the slurry are properly characterized, the load loss and flow regime can be correctly predicted. However, this experimental characterization is difficult. Rheological models capable of describing the cement slurry behavior must be capable of predicting the slurry cement deformation within reasonable accuracy. The aim of this study was to characterize rheologically the slurries prepared with a especial class of Portland cement, water and plasticizers based on lignosulfonate, melamine and polycarboxylate at temperatures varying from 27°C to 72°C. The tests were carried out according to the practical recommendations of the API RP 10B guidelines. The results revealed a great efficiency and the dispersive power of the polycarboxylate, for all temperatures tested. This additive promoted high fluidity of the slurries, with no sedimentation. High lignosulfonate and melamine concentrations did not reduce the rheological parameters (plastic viscosity and yield stress) of the slurries. It was verified that these additives were not compatible with the type of cement used. The evaluated rheological models were capable of describing the behavior of the slurries only within concentration and temperature ranges specific for each type of additive

Influência da vermiculita expandida na formulação de pastas leves para evitar a migração de gás em cimentação de poços petrolíferos

The gas migration during the cementing of wells is one of the main problems of oil wells engineering. Its occurrence can cause severe problems since shortly to loss of control of the well after cementation. Recently, 20/04/2010 In an accident of major proportions in the Gulf of Mexico, among other factors, faulty cementing operation provided the gas migration, causing the accident, in which 11 people died and 17 were injured occurred. Besides the serious consequences that can be caused by gas migration, remediation of the problem, which is made by injecting cement in damaged areas, usually involves additional costs and is not always effective. Therefore, preventing gas migration to be preferred. Some methods are used to prevent the migration of the pressurized gas as the annular space, application of pressure pulses, reducing the height of the cement column compressible cement pastes of low permeability, pastes and to control free filtered water, and binders of thixotropic cement expandable and flexible. Thus, the cement pastes used to prevent gas migration must meet the maximum these methods. Thus, this study aimed to formulate a cement paste to prevent gas migration, using the expanded vermiculite, and evaluate the behavior of the folder trials necessary for use in oil wells. Free water content, rheological properties, compressive strength, loss of liquid phase sedimentation of solids, specific weight, thickening time and gas migration: The following tests were performed. The results show that meets the specifications paste formulated for use in oil wells and the use of expanded vermiculite contribute to the absorption of free water, thixotropy and low density. The absorption of free water is proven to result in zero percentage test free water content, thixotropy is observed with the high value of the initial gel strength (Gi) in testing rheological properties and low density is proven in test weight specific

Betão betuminoso temperado com betume aditivado em refinaria

Ao longo dos tempos, tem-se vindo a verificar maior preocupação e consciência ambientais, pelo que os organismos e associações independentes têm procurado sensibilizar as empresas e os governos a nível mundial para um consumo mais racional da energia, tendo em vista uma menor emissão de dióxido de carbono para a atmosfera. Neste contexto, as tecnologias de pavimentação têm evoluído no sentido ecológico, isto é, de modo a terem menos impactes ambientais e a serem economicamente viáveis. As misturas betuminosas não são exceção desses avanços tecnológicos, tendo surgido as misturas betuminosas temperadas com o objetivo de contribuírem para a redução do consumo de energia e de emissões face às misturas convencionais. A sustentabilidade ambiental só pode consolidar-se através do desenvolvimento de tecnologias de produção ambientalmente mais adequadas, evitando desta forma comprometer o bem-estar das futuras gerações. Atualmente, as misturas betuminosas temperadas não conseguiram ainda uma posição de destaque face às misturas convencionais, dado que os agentes que as utilizam mantem ainda alguma desconfiança relativamente à performance desta tecnologia comparativamente às convencionais, pelo que é primordial demonstrar que o seu desempenho mecânico é adequado e semelhante ao das misturas produzidas a quente. Assim, o objetivo deste trabalho é realizar um estudo exploratório de algumas características de uma mistura betuminosa temperada produzida com um betume aditivado em refinaria e que, portanto, dispensa o uso de outros aditivos para baixar a temperatura de manipulação. Neste documento faz-se um breve enquadramento e uma abordagem histórica da evolução das misturas betuminosas temperadas e descrevem-se as diferentes tecnologias e técnicas de produção, abordando os seus benefícios e desvantagens, e indicando as propriedades típicas das mesmas. Em seguida apresentam-se os estudos laboratoriais para avaliação das diferentes propriedades volumétricas e o comportamento mecânico da mistura. Inclui-se também, sempre que possível, uma comparação das propriedades obtidas com resultados obtidos em misturas betuminosas a quente semelhantes, de forma a mostrar a aplicabilidade das MBT.

Adição de poliuretana em pastas de cimento para poços de petróleo como agente de correção do filtrado

Chemical admixtures, when properly selected and quantified, play an important role in obtaining adequate slurry systems for quality primary cementing operations. They assure the proper operation of a well and reduce costs attributed to corrective cementing jobs. Controlling the amount lost by filtering through the slurry to permeable areas is one of the most important requirements in an operation, commonly controlled by chemical admixtures, such as carboxymethylcellulose (CMC). However, problems related to temperature, salttolerance and the secundary retarding effect are commonly reported in the literature. According to the scenario described above, the use of an aqueous dispersion of non-ionic poliurethane was proposed to control the filter loss, given its low ionic interaction with the free ions present in the slurries in humid state. Therefore, this study aims at assessing the efficiency of poliurethane to reduce filter loss in different temperature and pressure conditions as well as the synergistic effect with other admixtures. The temperatures and pressures used in laboratory tests simulate the same conditions of oil wells with depths of 500 to 1200 m. The poliurethane showed resistance to thermal degradation and stability in the presence of salts. With the increase in the concentration of the polymer there was a considerable decrease in the volume lost by filtration, and this has been effective even with the increase in temperature

Levantamento do estado da rede, diagnóstico e propostas de ações de manutenção na rede rodoviária urbana de Miranda do Corvo

Este relatório compreende o levantamento das características de rede rodoviária do município de Miranda do Corvo com vista à implementação de procedimentos típicos dos Sistemas de Gestão da Conservação de Pavimentos. O sistema desenvolvido utiliza processos simples de observação dos pavimentos e de avaliação da sua qualidade. Além disso, permite a programação de ações de conservação com base em modelos determinísticos e probabilísticos de previsão da evolução do estado dos pavimentos. As potencialidades do modelo são evidenciadas através da sua aplicação no estabelecimento de cenários que permitem elaborar de programas de conservação da rede rodoviária de Miranda do Corvo. O ArcGIS foi o sistema de informação geográfica utilizado como ferramenta para o manuseamento da informação produzida. No caso de estudo aplicou-se a metodologia apresentada a um conjunto de vias com 55,7 km de extensão da rede rodoviária do Município de Miranda do Corvo, de modo a demonstrar a aplicabilidade prática da metodologia, mesmo quando se dispõe de poucos recursos. Para a previsão da evolução das patologias, utilizou-se o modelo determinístico da AASHTO, para o caso de trechos com tráfego de pesados significativo, e o método das cadeias de Markov, um modelo probabilístico, para os trechos sem tráfego de pesados com significado. O caso prático possibilitou a realização de algumas análises de cenários de intervenções futuras na rede, permitindo ao decisor análises de base territorial, para o município globalmente, à freguesia e à via. Os vários cenários que a metodologia permite simular envolvem a avaliação da qualidade dos pavimentos ao longo do tempo e uma estimativa de custos para os cenários estudados. Este trabalho termina com uma breve análise dos resultados obtidos e apresenta propostas sobre trabalhos futuros.

Cinemática de partículas em fluidos de viscosidade variável com o tempo e sua aplicação na construção de poços de petróleo: avaliação durante paradas operacionais

The new oil reservoirs discoveries in onshore and ultra deep water offshore fields and complex trajectories require the optimization of procedures to reduce the stops operation during the well drilling, especially because the platforms and equipment high cost, and risks which are inherent to the operation. Among the most important aspects stands out the drilling fluids project and their behavior against different situations that may occur during the process. By means of sedimentation experiments, a correlation has been validated to determe the sedimentation particles velocity in variable viscosity fluids over time, applying the correction due to effective viscosity that is a shear rate and time function. The viscosity evolution over time was obtained by carrying out rheologic tests using a fixed shear rate, small enough to not interfere in the fluid gelling process. With the sedimentation particles velocity and the fluid viscosity over time equations an iterative procedure was proposed to determine the particles displacement over time. These equations were implemented in a case study to simulate the cuttings sedimentation generated in the oil well drilling during stops operation, especially in the connections and tripping, allowing the drilling fluid project in order to maintain the cuttings in suspension, avoiding risks, such as stuck pipe and in more drastic conditions, the loss of the well

Caracterização da incidência e evolução de pragas e doenças em agroecossistemas cafeeiros sob diferentes manejos.

A presente pesquisa tem o objetivo de avaliar a incidência e evolução das principais pragas e doenças do cafeeiro em agroecossistemas sob manejo convencional, organo-mineral, orgânico e agroflorestal nos municípios sul mineiros de Machado e Poço-Fundo. Foram realizados monitoramentos mensais do bicho-mineiro (Leucoptera coffeella), broca-do-café (Hypothenemus hampei), ferrugem (Hemileia vastatrix) e da cercosporiose (Cercospora coffeicola) por um período de um ano (dez/2007 a nov/2008) em lavouras da variedade Mundo Novo sob diferentes manejos. O monitoramento do bichomineiro e das doenças do cafeeiro foi realizado através da coleta de dez folhas do terceiro ou quarto par em todos os lados do cafeeiro, sendo amostradas vinte plantas por agroecossistema, totalizando duzentas folhas coletadas para avaliação dessas moléstias em cada sistema. Para o monitoramento da brocado- café selecionou-se 32 plantas, seis pontos diferentes em cada planta (10 frutos agrupados por ponto estabelecido) e realizou-se avaliação nãodestrutiva. Em todos os agroecossistemas monitorados, ambos manejados pela agricultura familiar, a infestação da broca-do-café e do bicho-mineiro não atingiram nível de dano econômico em nenhuma avaliação. Com relação às doenças avaliadas, observou-se que tanto a ferrugem como a cercosporiose atingiram nível de dano econômico em todos os sistemas de manejo. No entanto, nos sistemas organo-mineral, orgânico (monocultivo) e agroflorestal (diversificado) a ocorrência da ferrugem foi crítica, atingindo índices elevados nos meses de abril a outubro de 2008, registrando-se valores acima de 60% de incidência em quatro meses de avaliação. A incidência da cercosporiose foi relativamente menor no sistema convencional e orgânico (monocultivo), cujos picos não ultrapassaram 41% e 55%, consecutivamente. Já no sistema organomineral e agroflorestal (orgânico) a ocorrência da cercosporiose atingiu níveis muito elevados, chegando a 76% e 67%, respectivamente, no mês de julho. Apesar dos elevados níveis de incidência da ferrugem e cercosporiose encontrados nos agroecossistemas cafeeiros organo-mineral e orgânico, a produtividade média alcançada por esses sistemas nos últimos três anos foi superior ao convencional, mesmo esse último sistema investindo pesado em agrotóxicos e fertilizantes químicos.

Variação genética para caracteres silviculturais em três espécies arbóreas da região do bolsão sul-mato-grossense.

O objetivo do presente estudo foi avaliar a variação genética e a seleção das melhores progênies de Myracrodruon urundeuva, Astronium fraxinifolium e Terminalia argentea, quanto aos caracteres de crescimento, em Selvíria, Mato Grosso do Sul. O teste de progênie foi instalado utilizando o delineamento de blocos ao acaso com 28 tratamentos, quatro repetições e dez plantas por parcela em linhas simples, no espaçamento 1,5 x 3,0 m. Aos 14 anos de idade, as progênies foram avaliadas quantos aos caracteres: altura (ALT); diâmetro a altura do peito (DAP); diâmetro médio da copa (DMC); forma do tronco (FT, escala de notas, variando de 1 a 5) e sobrevivência (SOB). Foram encontradas altas herdabilidades entre médias de progênies para os caracteres DAP (0,67), DMC (0,57) e forma do tronco (0,83), respectivamente. O ganho predito para DAP indica que a seleção baseada em informações, tanto de progênies, quanto de indivíduos dentro de progênies foram substanciais, o que denota uma boa perspectiva de exploração da variabilidade genética ao longo de um programa de melhoramento genético para as espécies estudadas, assim como o estabelecimento de estratégias para futura formação de um pomar de sementes.

Modelagem analítica e experimental da filtração em meios porosos

Deep bed filtration occurs in several industrial and environmental processes like water filtration and soil contamination. In petroleum industry, deep bed filtration occurs near to injection wells during water injection, causing injectivity reduction. It also takes place during well drilling, sand production control, produced water disposal in aquifers, etc. The particle capture in porous media can be caused by different physical mechanisms (size exclusion, electrical forces, bridging, gravity, etc). A statistical model for filtration in porous media is proposed and analytical solutions for suspended and retained particles are derived. The model, which incorporates particle retention probability, is compared with the classical deep bed filtration model allowing a physical interpretation of the filtration coefficients. Comparison of the obtained analytical solutions for the proposed model with the classical model solutions allows concluding that the larger the particle capture probability, the larger the discrepancy between the proposed and the classical models

Otimização de vazão de poços injetores em projeto de injeção de água utilizando simulação por linhas de fluxo

Until the early 90s, the simulation of fluid flow in oil reservoir basically used the numerical technique of finite differences. Since then, there was a big development in simulation technology based on streamlines, so that nowadays it is being used in several cases and it can represent the physical mechanisms that influence the fluid flow, such as compressibility, capillarity and gravitational segregation. Streamline-based flow simulation is a tool that can help enough in waterflood project management, because it provides important information not available through traditional simulation of finite differences and shows, in a direct way, the influence between injector well and producer well. This work presents the application of a methodology published in literature for optimizing water injection projects in modeling of a Brazilian Potiguar Basin reservoir that has a large number of wells. This methodology considers changes of injection well rates over time, based on information available through streamline simulation. This methodology reduces injection rates in wells of lower efficiency and increases injection rates in more efficient wells. In the proposed model, the methodology was effective. The optimized alternatives presented higher oil recovery associated with a lower water injection volume. This shows better efficiency and, consequently, reduction in costs. Considering the wide use of the water injection in oil fields, the positive outcome of the modeling is important, because it shows a case study of increasing of oil recovery achieved simply through better distribution of water injection rates

Análise de modelos geológicos utilizando percolação dinâmica

In the present study we elaborated algorithms by using concepts from percolation theory which analyze the connectivity conditions in geological models of petroleum reservoirs. From the petrophysical parameters such as permeability, porosity, transmittivity and others, which may be generated by any statistical process, it is possible to determine the portion of the model with more connected cells, what the interconnected wells are, and the critical path between injector and source wells. This allows to classify the reservoir according to the modeled petrophysical parameters. This also make it possible to determine the percentage of the reservoir to which each well is connected. Generally, the connected regions and the respective minima and/or maxima in the occurrence of the petrophysical parameters studied constitute a good manner to characterize a reservoir volumetrically. Therefore, the algorithms allow to optimize the positioning of wells, offering a preview of the general conditions of the given model s connectivity. The intent is not to evaluate geological models, but to show how to interpret the deposits, how their petrophysical characteristics are spatially distributed, and how the connections between the several parts of the system are resolved, showing their critical paths and backbones. The execution of these algorithms allows us to know the properties of the model s connectivity before the work on reservoir flux simulation is started

Desenvolvimento de um sistema Inteligente para a análise de cartas dinamométricas no método de elevação por bombeio mecânico

The artificial lifting of oil is needed when the pressure of the reservoir is not high enough so that the fluid contained in it can reach the surface spontaneously. Thus the increase in energy supplies artificial or additional fluid integral to the well to come to the surface. The rod pump is the artificial lift method most used in the world and the dynamometer card (surface and down-hole) is the best tool for the analysis of a well equipped with such method. A computational method using Artificial Neural Networks MLP was and developed using pre-established patterns, based on its geometry, the downhole card are used for training the network and then the network provides the knowledge for classification of new cards, allows the fails diagnose in the system and operation conditions of the lifting system. These routines could be integrated to a supervisory system that collects the cards to be analyzed

Influência da adição de gres porcelanato no comportamento mecânico e microestrutural em pastas de cimento portland para cimentação de poços de petróleo

Cementation operation consists in an extremely important work for the phases of perforation and completion of oil wells, causing a great impact on the well productivity. Several problems can occur with the cement during the primary cementation, as well as throughout the productive period. The corrective operations are frequent, but they are expensive and demands production time. Besides the direct cost, prejudices from the interruption of oil and gas production till the implementation of a corrective operation must be also taken into account. The purpose of this work is the development of an alternative cement paste constituted of Portland cement and porcelainized stoneware residue produced by ceramic industry in order to achieve characteristics as low permeability, high tenacity, and high mechanical resistance, capable of supporting various operations as production or oil wells recuperation. Four different concentration measures of hydrated paste were evaluated: a reference paste, and three additional ones with ceramic residue in concentrations of the order of 10%, 20% and 30% in relation to cement dough. High resistance and low permeability were found in high concentration of residues, as well as it was proved the pozolanic reactivity of the residue in relation to Portland cement, which was characterized through x-ray and thermogravimetry assays. It was evident the decrease of calcium hydroxide content, once it was substituted by formation of new hydrated products as it was added ceramic residue

Análise de DFA e de agrupamento do perfil de densidade de poços de petróleo

In recent years, the DFA introduced by Peng, was established as an important tool capable of detecting long-range autocorrelation in time series with non-stationary. This technique has been successfully applied to various areas such as: Econophysics, Biophysics, Medicine, Physics and Climatology. In this study, we used the DFA technique to obtain the Hurst exponent (H) of the profile of electric density profile (RHOB) of 53 wells resulting from the Field School of Namorados. In this work we want to know if we can or not use H to spatially characterize the spatial data field. Two cases arise: In the first a set of H reflects the local geology, with wells that are geographically closer showing similar H, and then one can use H in geostatistical procedures. In the second case each well has its proper H and the information of the well are uncorrelated, the profiles show only random fluctuations in H that do not show any spatial structure. Cluster analysis is a method widely used in carrying out statistical analysis. In this work we use the non-hierarchy method of k-means. In order to verify whether a set of data generated by the k-means method shows spatial patterns, we create the parameter Ω (index of neighborhood). High Ω shows more aggregated data, low Ω indicates dispersed or data without spatial correlation. With help of this index and the method of Monte Carlo. Using Ω index we verify that random cluster data shows a distribution of Ω that is lower than actual cluster Ω. Thus we conclude that the data of H obtained in 53 wells are grouped and can be used to characterize space patterns. The analysis of curves level confirmed the results of the k-means