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Acid Treatment as a Way to Reduce Shale Rock Mechanical Strength and to Create a Material Prone to the Formation of Permanent Well Barrier

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  • Kamila Gawel

    (SINTEF Industry, 7034 Trondheim, Norway)

  • Maksym Lozovyi

    (Department of Geoscience and Petroleum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7034 Trondheim, Norway)

  • Mohammad Hossain Bhuiyan

    (SINTEF Industry, 7034 Trondheim, Norway)

  • Ruben Bjørge

    (SINTEF Industry, 7034 Trondheim, Norway)

  • Erling Fjær

    (SINTEF Industry, 7034 Trondheim, Norway)

Abstract

Utilization of natural shale formations for the creation of annular barriers in oil and gas wells is currently discussed as a mean of simplifying cumbersome plugging and abandonment procedures. Shales that are likely to form annular barriers are shales with high content of swelling clays and relatively low content of cementation material (e.g., quartz, carbonates). Shales with large content of quartz and low content of swelling clays will be rather brittle and not easily deformable. In this paper we ask the question whether and to what extent it is possible to modify the mechanical properties of relatively brittle shales by chemically removing some cementation material. To answer this question, we have leached out carbonates from Pierre I shale matrix using hydrochloric acid and we have compared mechanical properties of shale before and after leaching. We have also followed leaching dynamics using X-ray tomography. The results show that removal of around 4–5 wt% of cementation material results in 43% reduction in Pierre I shale shear strength compared to the non-etched shale exposed to sodium chloride solution for the same time. The etching rate was shown to be strongly affected by the volume of fluid staying in direct contact with the shale sample.

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  • Kamila Gawel & Maksym Lozovyi & Mohammad Hossain Bhuiyan & Ruben Bjørge & Erling Fjær, 2021. "Acid Treatment as a Way to Reduce Shale Rock Mechanical Strength and to Create a Material Prone to the Formation of Permanent Well Barrier," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-14, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:14:y:2021:i:9:p:2342-:d:540104
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