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Development Of Fes Scale Control Technology Using Polymeric Dispersants In Sour Environment

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Mineral scales frequently occur in tanks, pipelines, cooling and heating system, production wells of
oil and gas, external and internal membrane, and other equipment during industrial processes,
causing the reduction of process efficacy and millions of dollars on dealing with the scale issues. As
oil and gas are produced increasingly in more unconventional reservoirs, such as deeper and tighter
zones, with new technologies, more challenges are encountered to mitigate scale problems.

Product Number: 51322-17630-SG
Author: Saebom Ko, Zhaoyi Dai, Xin Wang, Amy T. Kan, Wei Lee, Mason B. Tomson
Publication Date: 2022
Industries: Corrosion Monitoring and Control , Coatings and Linings , Coatings
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When hydrogen sulfide gas is evolved in the presence of iron from various corrosion processes in
downhole, iron sulfide can quickly precipitate. In the recent year, sulfide scale issues have been
drawing lots of attention. Firstly, iron sulfide is one of the most or significantly unsolved deposition problem in oil and gas production. Secondly, iron sulfide has oleophilic nature so that it can be difficult to separate iron sulfide from oil phase during production processes. Polymeric dispersants have exhibited their feasibility to prevent the deposition of iron sulfide scales, but dispersants have not been widely validated to control FeS scale problems and limited numbers of trials and reports have been available. The goals of this study were (1) to develop efficient and effective technology preventing iron sulfide particle deposition on the surface as well as maintaining iron sulfide in the water phase; and (2) to understand FeS scale controlling reaction mechanism. Our studies indicate that carboxymethycellulose (CMC) displays the excellent performance of iron sulfide dispersion in pH 4.3 – 6.7, temperature 70 – 90 °C, and FeS saturation index (SI) 0.13 – 1.27. At pH 5.2, the required minimum CMC concentration to disperse FeS particles (Ccrit) was 20 mg/L at 70 °C and SI(FeSm) = 0.54 and 40 mg/L at 90 °C and SI(FeSm) = 0.59. As pH increased to 6.7 at 70 °C, Ccrit was reduced to 5 mg/L at SI (FeSm) = 1.27. On the other hand, Ccrit significantly increased to 100 mg/L at SI (FeSm) = 0.13 and 400 mg/L at SI(FeSm) = 0.44 at pH 4.3 and 70 °C. Hydrodynamic particle sizes remained in nano size in different CMC concentrations in ranges of 300 to 530 nm at pH 4.3 and 170 to 335 nm at pH 5.0. The combination of DTPMP and CMC displayed synergistic effect. The greater portion of FeS particles were dispersed and kept their size smaller in the combination of DTPMP and CMC than CMC by itself. But it became less effective at 90 °C to inhibit or disperse iron sulfide solid formation than at 70 °C. FeS particles remained in water phase in the presence of CMC, while they stayed in oil phase in the absence of CMC.

When hydrogen sulfide gas is evolved in the presence of iron from various corrosion processes in
downhole, iron sulfide can quickly precipitate. In the recent year, sulfide scale issues have been
drawing lots of attention. Firstly, iron sulfide is one of the most or significantly unsolved deposition problem in oil and gas production. Secondly, iron sulfide has oleophilic nature so that it can be difficult to separate iron sulfide from oil phase during production processes. Polymeric dispersants have exhibited their feasibility to prevent the deposition of iron sulfide scales, but dispersants have not been widely validated to control FeS scale problems and limited numbers of trials and reports have been available. The goals of this study were (1) to develop efficient and effective technology preventing iron sulfide particle deposition on the surface as well as maintaining iron sulfide in the water phase; and (2) to understand FeS scale controlling reaction mechanism. Our studies indicate that carboxymethycellulose (CMC) displays the excellent performance of iron sulfide dispersion in pH 4.3 – 6.7, temperature 70 – 90 °C, and FeS saturation index (SI) 0.13 – 1.27. At pH 5.2, the required minimum CMC concentration to disperse FeS particles (Ccrit) was 20 mg/L at 70 °C and SI(FeSm) = 0.54 and 40 mg/L at 90 °C and SI(FeSm) = 0.59. As pH increased to 6.7 at 70 °C, Ccrit was reduced to 5 mg/L at SI (FeSm) = 1.27. On the other hand, Ccrit significantly increased to 100 mg/L at SI (FeSm) = 0.13 and 400 mg/L at SI(FeSm) = 0.44 at pH 4.3 and 70 °C. Hydrodynamic particle sizes remained in nano size in different CMC concentrations in ranges of 300 to 530 nm at pH 4.3 and 170 to 335 nm at pH 5.0. The combination of DTPMP and CMC displayed synergistic effect. The greater portion of FeS particles were dispersed and kept their size smaller in the combination of DTPMP and CMC than CMC by itself. But it became less effective at 90 °C to inhibit or disperse iron sulfide solid formation than at 70 °C. FeS particles remained in water phase in the presence of CMC, while they stayed in oil phase in the absence of CMC.

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During the last decades, low alloyed steels with improved resistance to Sulfide Stress Cracking (SSC) have been developed for covering specific applications as heavy wall casings1 or expandable tubings2 or for reaching higher mechanical properties, such as 125 ksi Specified Minimum Yield Strength (SMYS) materials.3-6 For the latter, relevant sour environments for developed grades are mild, meaning that all sour applications cannot be covered while a strong interest exists for O&G operators to use high strength materials when designing wells. Consequently, there is an incentive to push the limits of use of high strength sour service steels by enhancing their resistance to SSC. Several recommendations were already published when designing high strength sour service grades: hardness level shall be limited as much as possible and be preferentially below 22 HRC7, microstructure shall present a minimum required amount of martensite8 which is well known to be ideal for combining high mechanical properties and high resistance to hydrogen. Besides, many authors highlighted some other influencing parameters related to the material or the process.
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