WO2008017007A2 - Kinetic gas hydrate inhibitors in completion fluids - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to methods and compositions for inhibiting the formation of hydrocarbon hydrates, and most particularly relates, in one non- limiting embodiment, to methods and compositions for inhibiting the formation of hydrocarbon hydrates during the production of oil and gas, specifically in completion fluids in one non-limiting embodiment.
- a number of hydrocarbons, especially lower-boiling light hydrocarbons, in formation fluids or natural gas are known to form hydrates in conjunction with the water present in the system under a variety of conditions - particularly at a combination of lower temperature and higher pressure.
- the hydrates usually exist in solid forms that are essentially insoluble in the fluid itself. As a result, any solids in a formation or natural gas fluid are at least a nuisance for production, handling and transport of these fluids.
- Hydrocarbon hydrates are clathrates, and are also referred to as inclusion compounds. Clathrates are cage structures formed between a host molecule and a guest molecule. A hydrocarbon hydrate generally is composed of crystals formed by water host molecules surrounding the hydrocarbon guest molecules.
- the smaller or lower-boiling hydrocarbon molecules, particularly Ci (methane) to C 4 hydrocarbons and their mixtures, are more problematic because it is believed that their hydrate or clathrate crystals are easier to form.
- ethane it is possible for ethane to form hydrates at as high as 4°C at a pressure of about 1 MPa. If the pressure is about 3 MPa, ethane hydrates can form at as high a temperature as 14°C.
- Even certain non-hydrocarbons such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen and hydrogen sulfide are known to form hydrates under the proper conditions.
- thermodynamic approach there are a number of reported or attempted methods, including water removal, increasing temperature, decreasing pressure, addition of "antifreeze” to the fluid and/or a combination of these.
- the kinetic approach generally attempts (a) to prevent the smaller hydrocarbon hydrate crystals from agglomerating into larger ones (known in the industry as an anti-agglomerate and abbreviated AA) and/or (b) to inhibit, retard and/or prevent initial hydrocarbon hydrate crystal nucleation; and/or crystal growth (known in the industry as a kinetic hydrate inhibitor and abbreviated KHI).
- Thermodynamic and kinetic hydrate control methods may be used in conjunction.
- a method for inhibiting formation of hydrocarbon hydrates that involves contacting a completion fluid which includes a mixture of water and hydrate-forming guest molecules at gas hydrate forming conditions with an amount of kinetic gas hydrate inhibitor that is effective to inhibit formation of hydrocarbon hydrates at the conditions.
- the gas hydrate inhibitor may be a dendrimeric compound, for instance having three-dimensional, highly branched structure, or linear polymers and/or copolymers, as well as onium compounds.
- a hydrocarbon well that includes an annular space; and a completion fluid in the annular space.
- the completion fluid is inhibited against hydrocarbon hydrate formation in the presence of water at gas hydrate forming conditions.
- the completion fluid includes water, hydrate-forming guest molecules and a kinetic gas hydrate inhibitor in an amount effective to inhibit formation of hydrocarbon hydrates at the gas hydrate forming conditions.
- the gas hydrate inhibitor may be any of the dendrimeric compounds, linear polymers and/or copolymers, as well as onium compounds mentioned above.
- FIG. 1 is a plot of cell pressure as a function of run time for four formulations using the same test fluid with varying amounts of monoethylene glycol (MEG) and RE7453, a dendrimeric gas hydrate inhibitor herein where lower cell pressure is an indication of gas hydrate formation.
- MEG monoethylene glycol
- RE7453 a dendrimeric gas hydrate inhibitor herein where lower cell pressure is an indication of gas hydrate formation.
- inhibitor is used herein in a broad and general sense to mean any improvement in preventing, controlling, delaying, reducing or mitigating the formation, growth and/or agglomeration of hydrocarbon hydrates, particularly light hydrocarbon gas hydrates in any manner, including, but not limited to kinetically, thermodynamically, by dissolution, by breaking up, by anti-agglomeration other mechanisms, or any combination thereof.
- inhibiting is not intended to be restricted to the complete cessation of gas hydrate formation, it may include the possibility that formation of any gas hydrate is entirely prevented.
- the terms "formation” or “forming” relating to hydrates are used herein in a broad and general manner to include, but are not limited to, any formation of hydrate solids from water and hydrocarbon(s) or hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon gas(es), growth of hydrate solids, agglomeration of hydrates, accumulation of hydrates on surfaces, any deterioration of hydrate solids plugging or other problems in a system and combinations thereof.
- the term "low dosage” used with respect to low dosage hydrate inhibitors (LDHIs) as defined herein refers to volumes of less than 5 volume % (vol%) of the completion fluids.
- the vol% for thermodynamic hydrate inhibitors may be considerably higher, which depends on both the system sub-cooling and hold time.
- the present method is useful for inhibiting hydrate formation for many hydrocarbons particularly including hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon mixtures.
- the method is particularly useful for lighter or low-boiling, CrC 5 , hydrocarbon gases, non-hydrocarbon gases or gas mixtures at ambient conditions.
- gases include, but are not necessarily limited to, methane, ethane, ethylene, acetylene, propane, propylene, methylacetylene, n-butane, isobutane, 1-butene, trans-2-butene, cis-2- butene, isobutene, butene mixtures, isopentane, pentenes, natural gas, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, nitrogen, oxygen, argon, krypton, xenon, and mixtures thereof. These molecules are also termed hydrate-forming guest molecules herein.
- Other examples include various natural gas mixtures that are present in many gas and/or oil formations and natural gas liquids (NGL).
- the hydrates of all of these low-boiling hydrocarbons are also referred to as gas hydrates.
- the hydrocarbons may also comprise other compounds including, but not limited to CO, CO 2 , COS, hydrogen, hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S), and other compounds commonly found in gas/oil formations or processing plants, either naturally occurring or used in recovering/processing hydrocarbons from the formation or both, and mixtures thereof.
- “Completion fluids" as defined herein include solids-free liquids used to control a hydrocarbon well should downhole hardware fail. Completion fluids also help place certain completion-related equipment, such as gravel packs, without damaging the producing subterranean formation zones. Completion fluids are typically brines (e.g.
- Suitable salts for forming the brines include, but are not necessarily limited to, sodium chloride, calcium chloride, zinc chloride, potassium chloride, potassium bromide, sodium bromide, calcium bromide, zinc bromide, sodium formate, potassium formate, ammonium formate, cesium formate, and mixtures thereof.
- Completion fluids are placed in the annular space downhole to facilitate the final operation prior to the initiation of production of hydrocarbons from the well. Such final operations include, but are not necessarily limited to, setting screens, production lines, packers and/or downhole valves, and shooting perforations into the producing zones.
- completion fluids are specially designed to avoid damage to the reservoir formation and completion components.
- the completion fluid should be chemically compatible with the subterranean reservoir formation and its fluids, and should be carefully filtered to avoid introducing solids to the near-wellbore area of the formation.
- solids-free is meant that the completion fluid is sufficiently free of solids to avoid damage to the reservoir formation and completion components.
- Suitable gas hydrate inhibitors for use in the methods and completion fluid compositions herein may include, but are not necessarily limited to, known gas hydrate inhibitors, in particular LDHIs (in contrast to thermodynamic inhibitors such as salts or glycols), including, but not limited to cationic, anionic, amphoteric, and non-ionic LDHIs.
- the LDHI may be a kinetic hydrate inhibitor in one non-limiting embodiment, as opposed to anti-agglomerates.
- Dendrimeric compounds are in essence three-dimensional, highly branched oligomeric or polymeric molecules comprising a core, a number of branching generations and an external surface composed of end groups.
- a branching generation is composed of structural units which are bound radially to the core or to the structural units of a previous generation and which extend outward from the core.
- the structural units may have at least two reactive monofunctional groups and/or at least one monofunctional group and one multifunctional group.
- multifunctional is understood as having a functionality of about 2 or higher. To each functionality a new structural unit may be linked, a higher branching generation being produced as a result.
- the structural units can be the same for each successive generation but they can also be different.
- the degree of branching of a particular generation present in a dendrimeric compound is defined as the ratio between the number of branchings present and the maximum number of branchings possible in a completely branched dendrimer of the same generation.
- the term "functional end groups" of a dendrimeric compound refers to those reactive groups which form part of the external surface. Branchings may occur with greater or lesser regularity and the branchings at the surface may belong to different generations depending on the level of control exercised during synthesis.
- Dendrimeric compounds may have defects in the branching structure, may also be branched asymmetrically or have an incomplete degree of branching in which case the dendrimeric compound is said to contain both functional groups and functional end groups.
- the term “highly branched” may refer to three-dimensional structures that contain a combination of at least 5 functional groups and/or at least 5 functional end groups.
- "highly branched" dendrimeric compounds may have a number average molecular weight in the range of from about 1000 to about 5000, with a molecular weight distribution of as broad as about 2 to about 30.
- suitable gas hydrate inhibitors also include linear polymers and copolymers, such as polymers and copolymers of vinylcaprolactam and/or vinylpyrrolidone, or "onium” compounds such as tetrabutylammonium bromide. Acceptable onium compounds include those mentioned in U.S. Patent Application Publication 2005/0261529 A1.
- Dendrimeric compounds have also been referred to as "starburst conjugates". Such compounds are described as being polymers characterized by regular dendrimeric (tree-like) branching with radial symmetry.
- Functionalized dendrimeric compounds are characterized by one or more of the reactive functional groups present in the dendrimeric compounds having been allowed to react with active moieties different from those featured in the structural units of the starting dendrimeric compounds. These moieties can be selectively chosen such that, with regard to its ability to prevent the growth or agglomeration of hydrate crystals, the functionalized dendrimeric compound out performs the dendrimeric compound. All of these LDHIs are more fully described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,905,605.
- the contacting of the gas hydrate inhibitors herein with the mixture of hydrocarbon, water and hydrate-forming guest molecules may be achieved by a number of ways or techniques, including, but not necessarily limited to, mixing, blending with mechanical mixing equipment or devices, stationary mixing setup or equipment, magnetic mixing or other suitable methods, other equipment and means known to one skilled in the art and combinations thereof to provide adequate contact and/or dispersion of the composition in the mixture.
- the contacting can be made in-line or offline or both.
- the various components of the composition may be mixed prior to or during contact, or both. As discussed, if needed or desired, the composition or some of its components may be optionally removed or separated mechanically, chemically, or by other methods known to one skilled in the art, or by a combination of these methods after the hydrate formation conditions are no longer present.
- the pressure of the hydrate-forming condition is usually at or greater than atmospheric pressure (i.e. greater than or equal to about 101 kPa), preferably greater than about 1 MPa, and more preferably greater than about 5 MPa.
- the pressure in certain formations or processing plants or units could be much higher, say greater than about 20 MPa.
- the present method can be used at any pressure that allows formation of hydrocarbon gas hydrates.
- the temperature of the condition for contacting is usually below, the same as, or not much higher than the ambient or room temperature. Lower temperatures tend to favor hydrate formation, thus requiring the treatment with the compositions described herein. At much higher temperatures, however, hydrocarbon hydrates may not form, thus obviating the need of carrying out any treatments. [0024] It will be appreciated that it may be difficult to predict in advance the proportions of gas hydrate inhibitors herein effective in inhibiting hydrocarbon hydrate formations in completion fluids any given situation.
- the amount of the dendrimeric hydrate inhibitor is about 10 volume % or less, alternatively 8 volume % or less, and in another non-limiting embodiment is less than 6 vol%.
- the lower limit is independently about 0.01 volume %, and alternatively is about 0.1 vol% and possibly is about 0.5 vol%.
- the other hydrate inhibitor types may be added in similar doses.
- the hydrocarbon inhibitor composition and the completion fluid may further comprise other additional components, including, but not limited to, different controlling or inhibiting chemistries such as corrosion inhibitors, wax inhibitors, scale inhibitors, asphaltene inhibitors and other gas hydrate inhibitors and/or solvents.
- additional components including, but not limited to, different controlling or inhibiting chemistries such as corrosion inhibitors, wax inhibitors, scale inhibitors, asphaltene inhibitors and other gas hydrate inhibitors and/or solvents.
- Suitable solvents for the gas hydrate inhibitors herein may include, but are not limited to water; at least one oxygenated compound selected from C 1 -C 6 alcohols, C 2 -C 6 glycols, d-C 6 mono-aliphatic, preferably mono-alkyl, ethers of C 2 -C 6 glycol, glycerin, Ci-C 6 mono-aliphatic, particularly mono-alkyl, ethers of glycerin, Ci-C 6 di-aliphatic, particularly dialkyl, ethers of glycerin, glycerin esters of CrC 6 carboxylate; tetrahydrofuran; N-methylpyrrolidone; sulfolane; C 3 -C 1 0 ketones, and mixtures thereof.
- acceptable solvents in one non-limiting embodiment include water and liquid oxygenated materials such as methanol, ethanol, propanol, glycols like ethylene glycol, 1 ,2-propylene glycol, 1 ,3-propylene glycol, glycerin, esters and ethers of glycerin, CELLOSOLVE ® (2-ethoxyethanol), CELLOSOLVE derivatives, 2- propoxyethanol, 2-isopropoxyethanol, 2-butoxyethanol, 2-isobutoxyethanol, 2- methoxyethanol, ethoxylated propylene glycols, ketones such as cyclohexanone and diisobutylketone, and mixtures thereof.
- water and liquid oxygenated materials such as methanol, ethanol, propanol, glycols like ethylene glycol, 1 ,2-propylene glycol, 1 ,3-propylene glycol, glycerin, esters and ethers of glycerin, CELLOSOLVE ® (2-ethoxyethanol
- the solvent is present in the total hydrocarbon hydrate inhibiting composition in the range of from 0 wt% to about 85 wt%, preferably from about 0 wt% to about 65 wt%, of the total composition, based on volume.
- CELLOSOLVE is a registered trademark of Union Carbide Corporation.
- the present invention also may be used in combination with other methods or processes, which have been known to one skilled in the art as discussed in the background to help inhibit formation of hydrates.
- FIG. 1 presents the plots of cell pressure vs. time for four Examples. A lower pressure shows that gas is lost due to hydrate formation. The data show that, as expected, monoethylene glycol (MEG), inhibits hydrate formation. The data also show that RE7453, a dendrimeric compound as described herein, inhibits gas hydrate formation.
- MEG monoethylene glycol
- RE7453 is a low dose, dendrimeric hydrate inhibitor available from Baker Hughes. These tests were performed with a 10 wt% sodium bromide brine. The glycol was added as a thermodynamic gas hydrate inhibitor and the RE7453 was added as a LDHI.
Abstract
Gas hydrate formation in a well completion fluid in the annular space of a hydrocarbon producing well may be controlled by the incorporation of effective amounts of one or more low dose gas hydrate inhibitors, including but not limited to, low dosage hydrate inhibitors (LDHIs), kinetic hydrate inhibitors, dendrimeric or branched compounds, linear polymers and copolymers and onium compounds.
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KINETIC GAS HYDRATE INHIBITORS IN COMPLETION FLUIDS
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The invention relates to methods and compositions for inhibiting the formation of hydrocarbon hydrates, and most particularly relates, in one non- limiting embodiment, to methods and compositions for inhibiting the formation of hydrocarbon hydrates during the production of oil and gas, specifically in completion fluids in one non-limiting embodiment.
BACKGROUND
[0002] A number of hydrocarbons, especially lower-boiling light hydrocarbons, in formation fluids or natural gas are known to form hydrates in conjunction with the water present in the system under a variety of conditions - particularly at a combination of lower temperature and higher pressure. The hydrates usually exist in solid forms that are essentially insoluble in the fluid itself. As a result, any solids in a formation or natural gas fluid are at least a nuisance for production, handling and transport of these fluids. It is not uncommon for hydrate solids (or crystals) to cause plugging and/or blockage of pipelines or transfer lines or other conduits, valves and/or safety devices and/or other equipment, resulting in shutdown, loss of production and risk of explosion or unintended release of hydrocarbons into the environment either on-land or off-shore. Accordingly, hydrocarbon hydrates have been of substantial interest as well as concern to many industries, particularly the petroleum and natural gas industries. [0003] Hydrocarbon hydrates are clathrates, and are also referred to as inclusion compounds. Clathrates are cage structures formed between a host molecule and a guest molecule. A hydrocarbon hydrate generally is composed of crystals formed by water host molecules surrounding the hydrocarbon guest molecules. The smaller or lower-boiling hydrocarbon molecules, particularly Ci (methane) to C4 hydrocarbons and their mixtures, are more problematic because it is believed that their hydrate or clathrate crystals are easier to form. For instance, it is possible for ethane to form hydrates at as high as 4°C at a pressure of about 1 MPa. If the pressure is
about 3 MPa, ethane hydrates can form at as high a temperature as 14°C. Even certain non-hydrocarbons such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen and hydrogen sulfide are known to form hydrates under the proper conditions. [0004] There are two broad techniques to overcome or control the hydrocarbon hydrate problems, namely thermodynamic and kinetic. For the thermodynamic approach, there are a number of reported or attempted methods, including water removal, increasing temperature, decreasing pressure, addition of "antifreeze" to the fluid and/or a combination of these. The kinetic approach generally attempts (a) to prevent the smaller hydrocarbon hydrate crystals from agglomerating into larger ones (known in the industry as an anti-agglomerate and abbreviated AA) and/or (b) to inhibit, retard and/or prevent initial hydrocarbon hydrate crystal nucleation; and/or crystal growth (known in the industry as a kinetic hydrate inhibitor and abbreviated KHI). Thermodynamic and kinetic hydrate control methods may be used in conjunction.
[0005] Kinetic efforts to control hydrates have included the use of different materials as inhibitors. For instance, onium compounds with at least four carbon substituents are used to inhibit the plugging of conduits by gas hydrates. Additives such as polymers with lactam rings have also been employed to control clathrate hydrates in fluid systems. These kinetic inhibitors are commonly labeled Low Dosage Hydrate Inhibitors (LDHI) in the art. KHIs and even LDHIs are relatively expensive materials, and it is always advantageous to determine ways of lowering the usage levels of these hydrate inhibitors while maintaining effective hydrate inhibition. [0006] Thus, it is desirable if new gas hydrate inhibitors were discovered which would yield comparable or improved results over known gas hydrate inhibitors, and it is also desirable to find new, unexpected applications for gas hydrate inhibitors.
SUMMARY
[0007] There is provided, in one form, a method for inhibiting formation of hydrocarbon hydrates that involves contacting a completion fluid which
includes a mixture of water and hydrate-forming guest molecules at gas hydrate forming conditions with an amount of kinetic gas hydrate inhibitor that is effective to inhibit formation of hydrocarbon hydrates at the conditions. In one non-limiting embodiment, the gas hydrate inhibitor may be a dendrimeric compound, for instance having three-dimensional, highly branched structure, or linear polymers and/or copolymers, as well as onium compounds. [0008] In another non-limiting embodiment herein, there is provided a hydrocarbon well that includes an annular space; and a completion fluid in the annular space. The completion fluid is inhibited against hydrocarbon hydrate formation in the presence of water at gas hydrate forming conditions. The completion fluid includes water, hydrate-forming guest molecules and a kinetic gas hydrate inhibitor in an amount effective to inhibit formation of hydrocarbon hydrates at the gas hydrate forming conditions. Again, the gas hydrate inhibitor may be any of the dendrimeric compounds, linear polymers and/or copolymers, as well as onium compounds mentioned above.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0009] FIG. 1 is a plot of cell pressure as a function of run time for four formulations using the same test fluid with varying amounts of monoethylene glycol (MEG) and RE7453, a dendrimeric gas hydrate inhibitor herein where lower cell pressure is an indication of gas hydrate formation.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0010] Methods and compositions have been discovered for inhibiting, retarding, mitigating, reducing, controlling and/or delaying formation of hydrocarbon hydrates or agglomerates of hydrates in completion fluids used in hydrocarbon recovery operations. The method may be applied to prevent or reduce or mitigate plugging of annular spaces, pipes, transfer lines, valves, and other places or equipment downhole where hydrocarbon hydrate solids may form under conditions conducive to their formation or agglomeration. [0011] The term "inhibiting" is used herein in a broad and general sense to mean any improvement in preventing, controlling, delaying, reducing or
mitigating the formation, growth and/or agglomeration of hydrocarbon hydrates, particularly light hydrocarbon gas hydrates in any manner, including, but not limited to kinetically, thermodynamically, by dissolution, by breaking up, by anti-agglomeration other mechanisms, or any combination thereof. Although the term "inhibiting" is not intended to be restricted to the complete cessation of gas hydrate formation, it may include the possibility that formation of any gas hydrate is entirely prevented. [0012] The terms "formation" or "forming" relating to hydrates are used herein in a broad and general manner to include, but are not limited to, any formation of hydrate solids from water and hydrocarbon(s) or hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon gas(es), growth of hydrate solids, agglomeration of hydrates, accumulation of hydrates on surfaces, any deterioration of hydrate solids plugging or other problems in a system and combinations thereof. [0013] The term "low dosage" used with respect to low dosage hydrate inhibitors (LDHIs) as defined herein refers to volumes of less than 5 volume % (vol%) of the completion fluids. In some non-limiting embodiments, the vol% for thermodynamic hydrate inhibitors may be considerably higher, which depends on both the system sub-cooling and hold time. [0014] The present method is useful for inhibiting hydrate formation for many hydrocarbons particularly including hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon mixtures. The method is particularly useful for lighter or low-boiling, CrC5, hydrocarbon gases, non-hydrocarbon gases or gas mixtures at ambient conditions. Examples of such gases include, but are not necessarily limited to, methane, ethane, ethylene, acetylene, propane, propylene, methylacetylene, n-butane, isobutane, 1-butene, trans-2-butene, cis-2- butene, isobutene, butene mixtures, isopentane, pentenes, natural gas, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, nitrogen, oxygen, argon, krypton, xenon, and mixtures thereof. These molecules are also termed hydrate-forming guest molecules herein. Other examples include various natural gas mixtures that are present in many gas and/or oil formations and natural gas liquids (NGL). The hydrates of all of these low-boiling hydrocarbons are also referred to as gas hydrates. The hydrocarbons may also comprise other compounds
including, but not limited to CO, CO2, COS, hydrogen, hydrogen sulfide (H2S), and other compounds commonly found in gas/oil formations or processing plants, either naturally occurring or used in recovering/processing hydrocarbons from the formation or both, and mixtures thereof. [0015] "Completion fluids" as defined herein include solids-free liquids used to control a hydrocarbon well should downhole hardware fail. Completion fluids also help place certain completion-related equipment, such as gravel packs, without damaging the producing subterranean formation zones. Completion fluids are typically brines (e.g. chlorides, bromides, formates and the like), but could be any non-damaging fluid of the proper density and flow characteristics. Suitable salts for forming the brines include, but are not necessarily limited to, sodium chloride, calcium chloride, zinc chloride, potassium chloride, potassium bromide, sodium bromide, calcium bromide, zinc bromide, sodium formate, potassium formate, ammonium formate, cesium formate, and mixtures thereof. Completion fluids are placed in the annular space downhole to facilitate the final operation prior to the initiation of production of hydrocarbons from the well. Such final operations include, but are not necessarily limited to, setting screens, production lines, packers and/or downhole valves, and shooting perforations into the producing zones. Conventional drilling fluids are rarely suitable for completion operations due to their solids content, pH, and ionic composition. Drill-in fluids may occasionally be suitable for both purposes. Generally, completion fluids are specially designed to avoid damage to the reservoir formation and completion components. The completion fluid should be chemically compatible with the subterranean reservoir formation and its fluids, and should be carefully filtered to avoid introducing solids to the near-wellbore area of the formation. By "solids-free" is meant that the completion fluid is sufficiently free of solids to avoid damage to the reservoir formation and completion components. [0016] Suitable gas hydrate inhibitors for use in the methods and completion fluid compositions herein may include, but are not necessarily limited to, known gas hydrate inhibitors, in particular LDHIs (in contrast to thermodynamic inhibitors such as salts or glycols), including, but not limited to
cationic, anionic, amphoteric, and non-ionic LDHIs. Alternatively, the LDHI may be a kinetic hydrate inhibitor in one non-limiting embodiment, as opposed to anti-agglomerates.
[0017] Another particularly useful group of hydrate inhibitors include dendrimeric compounds and in particular hyperbranched polyester amides. Dendrimeric compounds are in essence three-dimensional, highly branched oligomeric or polymeric molecules comprising a core, a number of branching generations and an external surface composed of end groups. A branching generation is composed of structural units which are bound radially to the core or to the structural units of a previous generation and which extend outward from the core. The structural units may have at least two reactive monofunctional groups and/or at least one monofunctional group and one multifunctional group. The term "multifunctional" is understood as having a functionality of about 2 or higher. To each functionality a new structural unit may be linked, a higher branching generation being produced as a result. The structural units can be the same for each successive generation but they can also be different. The degree of branching of a particular generation present in a dendrimeric compound is defined as the ratio between the number of branchings present and the maximum number of branchings possible in a completely branched dendrimer of the same generation. The term "functional end groups" of a dendrimeric compound refers to those reactive groups which form part of the external surface. Branchings may occur with greater or lesser regularity and the branchings at the surface may belong to different generations depending on the level of control exercised during synthesis. Dendrimeric compounds may have defects in the branching structure, may also be branched asymmetrically or have an incomplete degree of branching in which case the dendrimeric compound is said to contain both functional groups and functional end groups. In one non-limiting embodiment herein, the term "highly branched" may refer to three-dimensional structures that contain a combination of at least 5 functional groups and/or at least 5 functional end groups. Alternatively or in addition to these parameters, "highly branched" dendrimeric compounds may have a number average molecular weight in the
range of from about 1000 to about 5000, with a molecular weight distribution of as broad as about 2 to about 30.
[0018] In addition to dendrimeric oligomers or polymers, suitable gas hydrate inhibitors also include linear polymers and copolymers, such as polymers and copolymers of vinylcaprolactam and/or vinylpyrrolidone, or "onium" compounds such as tetrabutylammonium bromide. Acceptable onium compounds include those mentioned in U.S. Patent Application Publication 2005/0261529 A1. [0019] Dendrimeric compounds have also been referred to as "starburst conjugates". Such compounds are described as being polymers characterized by regular dendrimeric (tree-like) branching with radial symmetry. [0020] Functionalized dendrimeric compounds are characterized by one or more of the reactive functional groups present in the dendrimeric compounds having been allowed to react with active moieties different from those featured in the structural units of the starting dendrimeric compounds. These moieties can be selectively chosen such that, with regard to its ability to prevent the growth or agglomeration of hydrate crystals, the functionalized dendrimeric compound out performs the dendrimeric compound. All of these LDHIs are more fully described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,905,605. [0021] The contacting of the gas hydrate inhibitors herein with the mixture of hydrocarbon, water and hydrate-forming guest molecules may be achieved by a number of ways or techniques, including, but not necessarily limited to, mixing, blending with mechanical mixing equipment or devices, stationary mixing setup or equipment, magnetic mixing or other suitable methods, other equipment and means known to one skilled in the art and combinations thereof to provide adequate contact and/or dispersion of the composition in the mixture. The contacting can be made in-line or offline or both. The various components of the composition may be mixed prior to or during contact, or both. As discussed, if needed or desired, the composition or some of its components may be optionally removed or separated mechanically, chemically, or by other methods known to one skilled in the art, or by a
combination of these methods after the hydrate formation conditions are no longer present.
[0022] Because the present compositions and methods are particularly suitable for lower boiling hydrocarbons or hydrocarbon and/or non- hydrocarbon gases at ambient conditions with no more than five carbon atoms, the pressure of the hydrate-forming condition is usually at or greater than atmospheric pressure (i.e. greater than or equal to about 101 kPa), preferably greater than about 1 MPa, and more preferably greater than about 5 MPa. The pressure in certain formations or processing plants or units could be much higher, say greater than about 20 MPa. There is no specific high pressure limit. The present method can be used at any pressure that allows formation of hydrocarbon gas hydrates.
[0023] The temperature of the condition for contacting is usually below, the same as, or not much higher than the ambient or room temperature. Lower temperatures tend to favor hydrate formation, thus requiring the treatment with the compositions described herein. At much higher temperatures, however, hydrocarbon hydrates may not form, thus obviating the need of carrying out any treatments. [0024] It will be appreciated that it may be difficult to predict in advance the proportions of gas hydrate inhibitors herein effective in inhibiting hydrocarbon hydrate formations in completion fluids any given situation. There are a number of complex, interrelated factors that must be taken into account in determining the effective dosage or proportion, including, but not necessarily limited to, the proportion of water in the completion fluid, the nature of the hydrocarbon, the nature of the hydrate-forming guest molecules, the temperature and pressure conditions that the mixture of hydrocarbon and water are subject to, the particular hydrocarbon hydrate inhibitor employed, etc. Experimentation with a particular set of conditions or in a specific system may be a suitable way to determine the optimum dosage range. Care should be taken to avoid the formation of problematic quantities of irreversible, harmful hydrate masses. Nevertheless, in the interest of attempting to provide some general guidance of effective proportions, relative to the water phase,
the amount of the dendrimeric hydrate inhibitor is about 10 volume % or less, alternatively 8 volume % or less, and in another non-limiting embodiment is less than 6 vol%. In one non-limiting embodiment the lower limit is independently about 0.01 volume %, and alternatively is about 0.1 vol% and possibly is about 0.5 vol%. The other hydrate inhibitor types may be added in similar doses.
[0025] In addition to the gas hydrate inhibitor herein, the hydrocarbon inhibitor composition and the completion fluid may further comprise other additional components, including, but not limited to, different controlling or inhibiting chemistries such as corrosion inhibitors, wax inhibitors, scale inhibitors, asphaltene inhibitors and other gas hydrate inhibitors and/or solvents. Suitable solvents for the gas hydrate inhibitors herein may include, but are not limited to water; at least one oxygenated compound selected from C1-C6 alcohols, C2-C6 glycols, d-C6 mono-aliphatic, preferably mono-alkyl, ethers of C2-C6 glycol, glycerin, Ci-C6 mono-aliphatic, particularly mono-alkyl, ethers of glycerin, Ci-C6 di-aliphatic, particularly dialkyl, ethers of glycerin, glycerin esters of CrC6 carboxylate; tetrahydrofuran; N-methylpyrrolidone; sulfolane; C3-C10 ketones, and mixtures thereof. Examples of acceptable solvents in one non-limiting embodiment include water and liquid oxygenated materials such as methanol, ethanol, propanol, glycols like ethylene glycol, 1 ,2-propylene glycol, 1 ,3-propylene glycol, glycerin, esters and ethers of glycerin, CELLOSOLVE® (2-ethoxyethanol), CELLOSOLVE derivatives, 2- propoxyethanol, 2-isopropoxyethanol, 2-butoxyethanol, 2-isobutoxyethanol, 2- methoxyethanol, ethoxylated propylene glycols, ketones such as cyclohexanone and diisobutylketone, and mixtures thereof. The solvent is present in the total hydrocarbon hydrate inhibiting composition in the range of from 0 wt% to about 85 wt%, preferably from about 0 wt% to about 65 wt%, of the total composition, based on volume. CELLOSOLVE is a registered trademark of Union Carbide Corporation. [0026] Because some of the gas hydrate inhibitor disclosed herein will be solids or gummy-like amorphous organic materials under ambient conditions, it is often helpful to use a suitable solvent as described above in the
composition. This allows the formation of a homogeneous or uniform solution, suspension, emulsion or a combination of these, of all the components for easier mixing or distributing or dispersing the composition in the hydrocarbon/water completion fluid or system to be treated. As a result, more efficient and/or favorable contacting of the composition with the mixture comprising water and the hydrate-forming guest molecules can be effected. [0027] The present invention also may be used in combination with other methods or processes, which have been known to one skilled in the art as discussed in the background to help inhibit formation of hydrates.
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[0028] In a 18 ml sapphire rocking cell was placed 12 ml of test fluid. The cell was pressurized to 1500 psig (10.3 MPa) at room temperature with a 85/15 molar ratio of methane and propane gas. The cell was quickly cooled to 380F (3.3°C) (shock cooled). FIG. 1 presents the plots of cell pressure vs. time for four Examples. A lower pressure shows that gas is lost due to hydrate formation. The data show that, as expected, monoethylene glycol (MEG), inhibits hydrate formation. The data also show that RE7453, a dendrimeric compound as described herein, inhibits gas hydrate formation. That is, higher pressure, meaning less gas hydrate formation, occurred in each instance where the proportion of RE7453 increased from 1 wt% to 2 wt% and the amount of MEG remained the same. RE7453 is a low dose, dendrimeric hydrate inhibitor available from Baker Hughes. These tests were performed with a 10 wt% sodium bromide brine. The glycol was added as a thermodynamic gas hydrate inhibitor and the RE7453 was added as a LDHI.
[0029] Many modifications may be made in the compositions and methods of this invention without departing from the scope thereof that are defined only in the appended claims. For example, the exact dendrimeric LDHIs may be different from those explicitly mentioned herein. Various combinations of gas hydrate inhibitors alone or together other than those described here are also expected to be useful. Further, dendrimeric LDHIs used alone or
together with mixtures of water, hydrocarbons and hydrate-forming guest molecules different from those exemplified herein would be expected to be successful within the context of this invention.
Claims
1. A method for inhibiting formation of hydrates comprising: contacting a completion fluid including: water; and hydrate-forming guest molecules that form hydrates at hydrate forming conditions, with an amount of kinetic hydrate inhibitor effective to inhibit formation of hydrates at the hydrate forming conditions, where the kinetic hydrate inhibitor is selected from the group consisting of dendrimeric compounds, linear polymers and copolymers, and onium compounds.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising placing the completion fluid in an annular space in a hydrocarbon well.
3. The method of claim 1 where the amount of the kinetic hydrate inhibitor in the completion fluid ranges from 0.01 to 10 volume % based on the water present.
4. The method of any one of claims 1-3 where the kinetic hydrate inhibitor is a dendrimeric compound which comprises a three-dimensional, highly branched structure.
5. The method of claim 4 where the water is brine.
6. The method of claim 5 where the brine is formed from a salt selected from the group consisting of sodium chloride, calcium chloride, zinc chloride, potassium chloride, potassium bromide, sodium bromide, calcium bromide, zinc bromide, sodium formate, potassium formate, ammonium formate, cesium formate, and mixtures thereof.
7. The method of claim 4 where the hydrate-forming guest molecule comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of methane, ethane, ethylene, acetylene, propane, propylene, methylacetylene, n-butane, isobutane, 1-butene, trans-2-butene, cis-2-butene, isobutene, butene mixtures, isopentane, pentenes, natural gas, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, nitrogen, oxygen, argon, krypton, and xenon.
8. A completion fluid comprising: brine, hydrate-forming guest molecules; and at least one kinetic hydrate inhibitor in an amount effective to inhibit formation of hydrates at hydrate forming conditions, where the kinetic hydrate inhibitor is selected from the group consisting of dendrimeric compounds, linear polymers and copolymers, and onium compounds; where the completion fluid is solids-free.
9. The completion fluid of claim 8 where the amount of the hydrate inhibitor ranges from 0.01 to 10 volume % based on the water present.
10. The completion fluid of claim 8 where the kinetic hydrate inhibitor is present in a solvent selected from the group consisting of an oxygenated compound selected from the group consisting of CrC6 alcohols, C2-C6 glycols, C1-C6 mono-aliphatic, glycerin, CrC6 mono-aliphatic ethers of glycerin, Ci-C6 di-aliphatic ethers of glycerin, glycerin esters of CrC6 carboxylate, tetrahydrofuran, N-methylpyrrolidone, sulfolane, C3-Ci0 ketones, and mixtures thereof.
11. The completion fluid of any one of claims 8-10 where the kinetic hydrate inhibitor is a dendrimeric compound which comprises a three- dimensional, highly branched structure.
12. The completion fluid of claim 11 where the brine is formed from a salt selected from the group consisting of sodium chloride, calcium chloride, zinc chloride, potassium chloride, potassium bromide, sodium bromide, calcium bromide, zinc bromide, sodium formate, potassium formate, ammonium formate, cesium formate, and mixtures thereof.
13. The completion fluid of claim 11 where the hydrate-forming guest molecule comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of methane, ethane, ethylene, acetylene, propane, propylene, methylacetylene, n-butane, isobutane, 1-butene, trans-2-butene, cis-2-butene, isobutene, butene mixtures, isopentane, pentenes, natural gas, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, nitrogen, oxygen, argon, krypton, and xenon.
14. A hydrocarbon well comprising: an annular space; and a solids-free completion fluid in the annular space, the solids-free completion fluid being inhibited against hydrate formation in the presence of water at hydrate forming conditions, and the solids- free completion fluid comprising water; hydrate-forming guest molecules; and at least one kinetic hydrate inhibitor in an amount effective to inhibit formation of hydrates at the hydrate forming conditions, where the kinetic hydrate inhibitor is selected from the group consisting of dendrimeric compounds, linear polymers and copolymers, and onium compounds.
15. The hydrocarbon well of claim 14 where the amount of the kinetic hydrate inhibitor in the solids-free completion fluid ranges from 0.01 to 10 volume % based on the water present.
16. The hydrocarbon well of claim 14 or 15 where the kinetic hydrate inhibitor is a dendrimeric compound which comprises a three-dimensional, highly branched structure.
17. The hydrocarbon well of claim 16 where the water is brine.
18. The hydrocarbon well of claim 17 where the brine is formed from a salt selected from the group consisting of sodium chloride, calcium chloride, zinc chloride, potassium chloride, potassium bromide, sodium bromide, calcium bromide, zinc bromide, sodium formate, potassium formate, ammonium formate, cesium formate, and mixtures thereof.
19. The hydrocarbon well of claim 17 where the hydrate-forming guest molecule comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of methane, ethane, ethylene, acetylene, propane, propylene, methylacetylene, n-butane, isobutane, 1-butene, trans-2-butene, cis-2-butene, isobutene, butene mixtures, isopentane, pentenes, natural gas, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, nitrogen, oxygen, argon, krypton, and xenon.
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