Water Shutoff and Profile Control with the Combination of Single Fluid and Double Fluids

Abstract

Both the single fluid and double-fluid method for water shutoff and profile control have their limitations. If the two kinds of working fluids are used in combination for water shutoff and profile control, each of them exhibits its own plugging capability while they can form plugging materials when they contact and react with each other. This method can be used as a plugging system in the formations, eliminating the low utilization ratio and huge waste of the single or double-fluid chemicals. It can enhance the plugging capability and improve the water shutoff and profile control results. The single and double fluid (SAD) system has been proved satisfactory in the field tests of conventional chemical water shutoff and profile control, high temperature chemical water shutoff and high temperature profile control and channeling-plugging in thermal recovery wells. The economic benefits are remarkable from the field tests of 14 wells.