GB2569460B - Perforating systems with insensitive high explosive - Google Patents
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Description
PERFORATING SYSTEMS WITH INSENSITIVE HIGH EXPLOSIVE
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present disclosure relates to perforating systems, and more specifically to perforating systems with insensitive high explosives, and to methods of perforating a casing in a wellbore using such systems.
BACKGROUND
Once an oil and gas well has been drilled and casings or other support structures have been placed downhole, such structures are perforated to allow the oil or gas to leave the reservoir and enter the wellbore. Perforations are often formed using explosive charges. These perforations may be formed in various types of wellbores, including those formed off-shore and on-shore and in reworks of an existing wellbore.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS A more complete understanding of the present embodiments and advantages thereof may be acquired by referring to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, which show particular embodiments of the current disclosure, in which like numbers refer to similar components, and in which: FIGURE 1 is a cross-sectional drawing which illustrates a perforating system including an insensitive high explosive; FIGURE 2 is a cross-sectional drawing which illustrates a detonating cord initiator; FIGURE 3 is a cross-sectional drawing which illustrates the cross-section of a detonating cord with high impedance confinement; FIGURE 4 is a schematic drawing which illustrates a bi-directional booster; FIGURE 5 is a partial cross-sectional drawing which illustrates a shaped charge; FIGURE 6A is a schematic drawing which illustrates a bi-directional booster with thick, curved end geometry; FIGURE 6B is a schematic drawing which illustrates the booster of FIGURE 6A after detonation; FIGURE 7 is a schematic drawing which illustrates donor and acceptor bidirectional boosters with curved end geometry; FIGURE 8 is a schematic drawing which illustrates donor and acceptor bidirectional boosters using flat flyers and embedded anvils; FIGURE 9 is an end view which illustrates a booster as shown in FIGURE 8; FIGURE 10 is a drawing which illustrates detonation transfer from the detonating cord to the booster area of the shaped charge using an embedded anvil; FIGURE 11 is a drawing which illustrates detonation transfer from the detonating cord to the booster area of the shaped charge using a flyer plate and embedded anvil; and
FIGURE 12 illustrates detonation transfer from the detonating cord to the booster area of the shaped charge using a slapper or bubble plate and embedded anvil. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
The present disclosure relates to perforating systems for oil and gas wells in which insensitive high explosives are used. The disclosure also relates to methods of perforating casings in oil and gas wells using insensitive high explosives.
One aspect of the present invention provides a method of forming at least one perforation in the casing of a wellbore. The method comprises detonating a detonator, a booster, and at least one shaped charge in a perforation system in the wellbore to form at least one perforation in the casing of the wellbore, wherein the shaped charge includes an insensitive high explosive, the booster comprises an anvil and a flyer plate, and detonating causes movement of the anvil and flyer plate. FIGURE 1 illustrates a perforating system 10 containing an insensitive high explosive. The system 10 contains a detonator 15, detonating cord initiator 20, detonating cord 30, bi-directional boosters 40, and shaped charges 50. The detonator 15 may be initiated by percussion (as shown) or by electrical or optical means.
Detonating cord initiator 20 is further illustrated in FIGURE 2 and contains high impedance confinement 100a, insensitive high explosive 110a, and superfine insensitive high explosive 120a. High impedance confinement is enabled by the use of materials with high density and high sound speed, such as steel, copper, brass, tantalum, tungsten, and tungsten carbide. Superfine high explosives are defined as those with particle sizes less than 10 microns, such as 1 micron to 10 microns.
Detonating cord 30 may also be formed from insensitive high explosive 110b, and, in some embodiments, is encased by high impedance materials rather than a conventional plastic jacket (which is a low impedance material). Specifically, as illustrated in FIGURE 3, detonating cord 30 includes insensitive high explosive 110b, winding 140, and jacket 150. Winding 140 (which, in conventional systems, may normally include a cotton or polymer fiber) may be made from a metal (e.g., steel or copper). Jacket 150 (which, in conventional systems, may normally include plain plastic) may be doped with dense metal powders such as tungsten. Both a winding and a jacket as described above may be used. In another embodiment, the entire winding and plastic jacket may be replaced with a metal tube. The effect of employing a winding 140 and/or a jacket 150 made of high impedance material may provide higher mass confinement around the explosive core and more reliable detonation propagation.
Bi-directional booster 40 is further illustrated in FIGURE 4. Although FIGURE 1 illustrates two bi-directional boosters 40, perforating system 10 may contain one, two, or a plurality of bi-directional boosters. Bi-directional booster 40 may contain insensitive high explosive 110c between two regions of superfine insensitive high explosive 120 and 120c. Although FIGURE 1 and FIGURE 3 illustrate bi-directional boosters, a uni-directional booster may be used in some applications. Such a booster may contain only one region of superfine insensitive high explosive.
Shaped charge 50 is further illustrated in FIGURE 5 and includes high impedance confinement 100b, which contains booster charge 120d, formed from superfine insensitive high explosive, and explosive belt 130, which includes an insensitive high explosive 1 lOd as a main charge.
Insensitive high explosive llOd may be formed primarily from the pure explosive material, but in some embodiments, such as in explosive belt 130, it may further contain a binder to help give the explosive material a particular shape or to improve coherence of the material during fabrication operations. Insensitive high explosive 110 located in other portions of perforating system 10, such as in detonating cord 30, may also contain binder.
Perforating system 10 is shown in FIGURE 1 with multiple shaped charges 50, but it may contain one, two, or a plurality of shaped charges 50 depending on the desired perforation. Shaped charges 50 may also be located in perforation system 10 and contain amounts of high explosive llOd determined by the desired perforation.
The shaped charges 50 may be arranged in a helix, at discrete intervals along the length of the perforating gun, or in any other appropriate arrangement.
Explosive components, such as explosive belt 130, may have a thickness at least greater than the failure diameter for the insensitive high explosive they contain.
Enhanced detonation transfer techniques may be used due to the insensitivity of even superfine powders. For instance, bi-directional or uni-directional boosters may be configured using end geometry that is thick and curved (FIGURE 6 and FIGURE 7) Upon detonation, the curved flyer plate becomes flat and provides a flattopped shock wave of sustained duration when impacted against an acceptor explosive.
Specifically, FIGURE 6 illustrates an output end 200, which includes container 220a that contains insensitive high explosive llOe. Output end 200 also includes a thick output liner in the form of a flyer plate 210a, which is curved before detonation as illustrated in FIGURE 6A. Flyer plate 210 is flattened and in flight after detonation, as illustrated in FIGURE 6B. FIGURE 7 illustrates bi-directional booster 300 with donor container 220c and acceptor container 220d, both containing insensitive high explosive 11 Of. Donor container 220c contains flyer plate 210c, which is curved before detonation. Acceptor container 220d also contains flyer plate 210d, which is curved before detonation. After detonation, flyer plate 210d travels from donor container 220c to acceptor container 220d.
Moreover, detonation transfer in the acceptor booster is enhanced by inclusion of an embedded anvil or sometimes alternately called shock reflector (FIGURE 8 and FIGURE 9). FIGURE 8 illustrates bi-directional booster 400, which includes containers 410a with insensitive high explosive llOg and llOh and anvils 420a, which, upon detonation, contact flyer plates 430a. In this example, flyer plates 430a are flat. FIGURE 9 illustrates an end view of one container 410a such that radial placement of anvils 420a may be seen.
In addition, the booster 500a of the shaped charge 600a is configured singularly with an embedded anvil 420b and flyer plate 430b (FIGURE 10), or with the addition of an external flyer plate 510a and spacers 530a along with embedded anvil 420c and flyer plate 430c (FIGURE 11). In the embodiment shown in FIGURE 11, flyer plate 510a breaks off from spacers 530a and impact flyer plate 430c.
In an alternative embodiment 600c, shown in FIGURE 12, flyer plate 510b is a slapper or bubble plate and does not break off from spacers 530b before impact with flyer plate 43Od. (FIGURE 11).
In the embodiments , shaped charge 600a contains insensitive high explosive 1 lOi and 1 lOj, shaped charge 600b contains insensitive high explosive 110k and 1101, and shaped charge 600c contains insensitive high explosive 100m and 110η. The insensitive high explosive may be superfine high explosive.
Insensitive high explosive 110 may have higher test values for impact sensitivity, friction sensitivity, or spark sensitivity, than that of high explosives currently used in perforating systems, either as the charge explosive or as the explosive used in a detonator or booster. In particular, one of these properties may be higher (i.e., less sensitive) than the corresponding property of cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (also known as l,3,5-Trinitro-l,3,5-triazacyclohexane and 1,3,5-Trinitrohexahydro-s-triazine) (RDX), cyclotetramethylene-tetranitramine (also known as tetrahexamine tetranitramin and octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-l,3,5,7-tetrazocine) (HMX), hexanitrostilbene (also known as l,l'-(l,2-ethenediyl)bis[2,4,6-trinitrobenzene]; l,2-bis-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)-ethylene; and hexanitrodiphenylethylene) (HNS), 2,6-bis(picrylamino)-3,5-dinitropyridine (also known as 2,6-Pyridinediamine and 3,5-dinitro-N,N'-bis(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)) (PYX), 2,2',2",4,4',4",6,6',6"-Nonanitro-m-terphenyl (NONA), ,3,5-trinitro-2,4,6-tripicrylbenzene (BRX), lead azide, silver azide, or titanium subhydride potassium perchlorate (THKP).
The insensitive high explosive may be chosen to reliably initiate throughout an entire explosive train, which may consist of one or more perforation systems or components thereof, such as a booster and shaped charges. The insensitive high explosive may also be chosen to meet a selected performance criterion after thermal exposure to a prescribed time-temperature combination.
In example embodiments, the insensitive high explosive may include one or a combination of triaminotrinitrobenzene (also known as 2,4,6-triamino-l,3,5-trinitrobenzene) (TATB), diamino-trinitrobenzene (also known as 2,4,6 trinitro - 1,3 denzenediamine) (DATB), hexanitroazobenzene (also known as 2,2',4,4',6,6'-hexanitroazobenzene) (HNAB), or 3-nitro-l,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO).
Insensitive high explosive 110 found in different parts of perforating system 10, such as insensitive high explosive 110a, 100b, and 110c may be the same insensitive high explosive, or one or more different ones. Similarly, superfine insensitive high explosive 120 may be the same or different from any insensitive high explosive 110. Also, superfine insensitive high explosive 120 found in different parts of perforating system 10, such as insensitive high explosive 120a, 120b, 120c, and 120d may be the same superfine insensitive high explosive, or one or more different ones. The same or different high explosives may be selected based on the desired explosive properties of perforating system 10. Different shaped bi-directional boosters 40 and shaped charges 50 within the same perforating system 10 may also contain different insensitive high explosives.
The casing of a wellbore may be perforated using a perforation system as described above by detonating the insensitive high explosive. In particular, a signal, either percussion, electrical, or optical may be supplied to the detonator 15 which then initiates the detonating cord initiator 20, which then detonates superfine insensitive high explosive 120a, next detonating insensitive high explosive 110a. The explosion is contained by high impedance confinement 100a and travels to detonating cord 30, then to bi-directional boosters 40, where it first detonates superfine insensitive high explosive 120b and 120c, before detonating insensitive high explosive 110b. Finally the explosion travels to shaped charges 50, where it first detonates superfine insensitive high explosive 120d, then insensitive high explosive 110c. Detonation of shaped charges 50 perforates the well casing.
Insensitive high explosives may improve the safety of perforation methods as compared to methods using traditional high explosive because traditional high explosives may detonate inappropriately, particularly in accident scenarios, such as fires, or during retrieval of misfired perforating systems, while insensitive high explosives are less likely to do so. In addition, the relative insensitivity of insensitive high explosives may improve safety when perforation systems are loaded at the shop, during highway, air, or water transport, during wellsite handling, and when downloading into the well.
Although only examples of the invention are specifically described above, it will be appreciated that modifications and variations of these examples are possible without departing from the intended scope of the invention.
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1. A method of forming at least one perforation in the casing of a wellbore, comprising detonating a detonator, and at least one shaped charge comprising a booster in a perforation system in the wellbore to form at least one perforation in the casing of the wellbore, wherein the shaped charge includes an insensitive high explosive, wherein; the booster comprises an anvil and a flyer plate, and detonating causes movement of the anvil and flyer plate.
2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the detonator comprises an insensitive high explosive.
3. A method as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the perforation system comprises a detonating cord initiator; wherein the detonating cord initiator comprises an insensitive high explosive.
4. A method as claimed in claim 3, further comprising detonating the detonating cord initiator.
5. A method as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the booster comprises an insensitive high explosive.
6. A method as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the flyer plate is a curved flyer plate and detonating causes the flyer plate to flatten.
7. A method as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein detonating causes the anvil to strike the flyer plate.
8. A method as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the perforation system comprises an external flyer plate and spacers, and detonating causes the external flyer plate to move.
9. A method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the external flyer plate breaks free from the spacers when it moves.
10. A method as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the booster comprises a bi-directional booster and detonating causes movement of the booster in two directions.
11. A method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the bi-directional booster includes a donor container with an associated donor flyer plate and an acceptor container with an associated acceptor flyer plate, and detonating causes the donor flyer plate to strike the acceptor flyer plate.
12. A method as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the shaped charge includes a main charge comprising an insensitive high explosive, and the main charge perforates the wellbore.
13. A method as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the insensitive high explosive includes a material selected from the group consisting of triaminotrinitrobenzene (TATB), diamino-trinitrobenzene (DATB), hexanitroazobenzene (HNAB), 3-nitro-l,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO), and any combinations thereof, and detonating the perforation system includes detonating the insensitive high explosive.
14. A method as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the perforation system includes a superfine insensitive high explosive with an average particle size of between 1 micron and 50 microns, and detonating the perforation system includes detonating the superfine insensitive high explosive.
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