遇甲烷自愈合水泥界面微环隙愈合性能大尺寸物模评价方法

A Large-Scale Physical Model Evaluation Method for Interfacial Micro-Annuli Healing Performance of Methane-Activated Self-Healing Cement

  • 摘要: 井下复杂温压载荷作用在套管−水泥环界面上易诱发微环隙,进而引发环空带压,严重威胁井筒长期密封完整性。遇甲烷自愈合水泥为解决该问题提供了极具潜力的技术途径,但当前尚缺乏贴合井下实际工况的界面微环隙愈合性能标准化评价方法。现有评价方法普遍存在试样尺度小、井下温压环境模拟能力不足、缝隙尺寸难以标准化、预制缺陷与井下微环隙真实形成机理偏差较大等问题;同时造缝与愈合评价环节相互分离,难以在连续温压、缝隙空间稳定的条件下开展原位测试。为此,基于大尺寸水泥环完整性物模评价试验平台,提出了专用于套管−水泥环界面微环隙的物模评价新方法:借助围压环境下水泥石的塑性变形特性,通过交变载荷实现界面微环隙原位预制,以渗透率变化率作为定量评价指标,建立了“养护—原位造缝—原位愈合评价”全流程连续测试体系。室内试验表明:该方法可在不同自愈合剂加量下稳定预制界面微环隙,造缝临界压差重复性优异,波动不大于 2 MPa;通过调控交变载荷幅值、循环次数及管内压力,可将微环隙尺寸调控至 60 μm 以内,与川渝油气田现场反演得到的井下微环隙区间(10~46 μm)吻合度较高;恒定温压条件下预制缝隙形态保持稳定,渗透率变化仅反映材料自愈合效应;空白对照组与多组平行重复试验进一步证实了愈合效果评价结果的可靠性。该方法在大尺寸试样上实现了接近井下力学机制的界面微环隙原位造缝与连续愈合表征,可为遇甲烷自愈合水泥工程性能验证提供有效技术手段,也可为其他自愈合固井材料的大尺度物模评价提供方法借鉴。

     

    Abstract: Complex downhole temperature and pressure loads tend to induce micro-annuli at the casing–cement sheath interface, which can subsequently cause annular pressure and seriously threaten the long-term well bore sealing integrity. Methane-activated self-healing cement offers a highly promising technical solution to this problem. However, a standardized evaluation method for interfacial micro-annulus healing performance that closely matches actual downhole conditions is still lacking. Existing evaluation methods are subject to problems such as small specimen sizes, insufficient capability to simulate downhole temperature and pressure environments, difficulty in standardizing micro-annulus dimensions, and a significant discrepancy between the way defects are prefabricated and the actual micro-annulus generation mechanism. In addition, the processes of fracture creation and healing evaluation are separated from each other, which makes it difficult to conduct in-situ testing under continuous temperature and pressure conditions where the micro-annulus space remains stable. To overcome these limitations, a new physical simulation evaluation method specifically designed for casing–cement sheath interfacial micro-annuli was proposed based on a large-scale physical simulation evaluation platform for cement sheath integrity. The method leveraged the plastic deformation characteristics of cement stone under confining pressure to prefabricate interfacial micro-annuli in situ through cyclic loading, and used the permeability change rate as the quantitative evaluation index, thereby establishing a continuous full-process testing system of “curing—in-situ fracture creation—in-situ healing evaluation”. Laboratory tests showed that this method enabled stable prefabrication of interfacial micro-annuli under different self-healing agent dosages, with excellent repeatability of the critical differential pressure for frcture creation (fluctuation ≤ 2 MPa). The micro-annulus dimension could be controlled within 60 μm by regulating the cyclic loading amplitude, cycle number, and casing pressure, which matches the downhole micro-annulus dimensions (10–46 μm) obtained from field inversion in the Sichuan–Chongqing oil and gas fields. Under constant temperature and pressure conditions, the morphologies of the prefabricated micro-annuli remained stable, and the permeability change only reflected the self-healing effect of the material. The experiments on blank and control samples and multiple parallel repeated experiments further confirmed the reliability of the healing effect evaluation results. This method achieves in-situ interfacial micro-annulus fracture creation on large-scale specimens in the way close to downhole mechanical mechanisms and continuous healing characterization. It can provide an effective technical means for verifying the engineering performance of methane-activated self-healing cement, and also offer methodological reference for large-scale physical simulation evaluation of other self-healing cementing materials.

     

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