APPLICATIONS OF NITROGEN

IN WORKOVER OPERATIONS
APPLICABILITY OF NITROGEN GAS, FOAM, AND
ENERGIZED FRACKING FLUIDS
 APPLICABILITY OF NITROGEN GAS, FOAM, AND
ENERGIZED FRACKING FLUIDS

is also used for production stimulation

through hydraulic fracturing.

Can provide performance and cost

advantages over aqueous fluids in certain
formations.

Offer an excellent alternative to aqueous

fluids in water sensitive formations,
depleted reservoirs and shallow
formations.
Nitrogen gas fracking
Used for water-sensitive, coal bed methane, tight sands,
it prevents clay
shallow, and brittle shale and shale formations less than
swelling
formations 5,000 ft deep.

Nitrogen foam fracking

the benefit of reduced water consumption.

This means reduced chemical loading to the

fracturing treatment

Nitrogen energized fracking

energized fracking tends to be more amenable to

deeper formations (up to 8,000 ft) than foam or pure
nitrogen fluids.
Displacement
of fluids with
Nitrogen
Nitrogen can
replace the
swabbing
(swabbeo).
 DISPLACEMENT BY
CIRCULATION DISPLACEMENT BY
INJECTION
- Nitrogen is pumped
through the tubing and / or - The fluid is forced into the
coiled tubing formation instead of being
circulated outside the ring.
- Nitrogen can be purged
and the well evaluated,
punctured, or put into This technique is used to displace
production. stimulation fluids or chemicals
within the formation.
- It is necessary to pump
nitrogen through the
annulus and into the tubing
and / or coiled tubing
Stimulation
With Nitrogen
Inglés

- Allows greater uniform

penetration
- Improves and accelerates well Stimulation
cleaning
- Ensures the return of chemical
With Nitrogen
products.
 Stimulation in carbonate reservoirs

The proportion of the fluid was At the end of the process it is

30% nitrogen cleaned with nitrogen
Results with acidification and cleaning with nitrogen
 THE RESEARCH AND
APPLICATION OF NEW LOW
DENSITY NITROGEN MICRO
BUBBLE
WORKOVER FLUID
Formulation and
structure
•Densisty: 0.86 g/cm^3
•Temperature resistance: up to 120°C
•Compression resistance: up to 20 MPa
•Half-life period: up to 4.5 hours
•Interfacial tension reduction: up to 0.5075
mN/m
•Composition:
•Stabilizing foam agent H: 1% – 1.5%
•Stabilizing foam agent X: 0.6%
•Anionic foaming agent SAS: 0.2%
•Anionic foaming agent SABS: 0.2%
•Thiourea: 0.6%
•Water: 100 ml
•Small amounts of nitrogen
Assessment of FLUID PROPERTIES
Field application