LAPSE:2023.28740
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LAPSE:2023.28740
Use of Concentric Hele-Shaw Cell for the Study of Displacement Flow and Interface Tracking in Primary Cementing
Amir Taheri, Jan David Ytrehus, Bjørnar Lund, Malin Torsæter
April 12, 2023
We present our new designed concentric Hele-Shaw cell geometry with dynamic similarity to a real field wellbore annulus during primary cementing, and then, the results of displacement flow of Newtonian and yield-stress non-Newtonian fluids in it are described. The displacement stability and efficiency, the effect of back, front, and side boundaries on displacement, bypassing pockets of displaced yield-stress fluid in displacing fluid, and the behavior of pressure gradients in the cell are investigated. Applications of intermediate buoyant particles with different sizes and densities intermediate between those of successively pumped fluids for tracking the interface between the two displaced and displacing fluids are examined. The main idea is to upgrade this concentric Hele-Shaw cell geometry later to an eccentric one and check the possibility of tracking the interface between successive fluids pumped in the cell. Successful results help us track the interface between drilling fluid and spacer/cement during primary cementing in wells penetrating a CO2 storage reservoir and decreasing the risk of CO2 leakage from them.
Keywords
cementing, concentric, Hele-Shaw cell, interface tracking, stable displacement, viscous fingering
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Taheri A, Ytrehus JD, Lund B, Torsæter M. Use of Concentric Hele-Shaw Cell for the Study of Displacement Flow and Interface Tracking in Primary Cementing. (2023). LAPSE:2023.28740
Author Affiliations
Taheri A: Department of Geoscience and Petroleum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, S. P. Andersens vei 15A, 7031 Trondheim, Norway [ORCID]
Ytrehus JD: SINTEF Industry, S.P. Andersens vei 15B, 7031 Trondheim, Norway
Lund B: SINTEF Industry, S.P. Andersens vei 15B, 7031 Trondheim, Norway [ORCID]
Torsæter M: SINTEF Industry, S.P. Andersens vei 15B, 7031 Trondheim, Norway
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Energies
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14
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E51
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2020
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2020-12-24
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1996-1073
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