Environmental and Technological Problems for Natural Gas Production in Permafrost Regions

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作者
Yakushev, Vladimir [1 ]
机构
[1] Gubkin Univ Oil & Gas, Dept Gas & Gas Condensate Field Dev & Operat, Moscow 119991, Russia
关键词
permafrost rocks; cryogenic processes; wellhead site thawing; gas blowouts; gas production well engineering protection;
D O I
10.3390/en16114522
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
Russia has unique technical and technological experience of gas field development in permafrost regions. According to this experience, different environmental and geocryological conditions require different technical solutions. Such problems as considerable subzero temperatures in geologic sections, great ice saturation of subsurface sediments, and gas and gas hydrate accumulations inside permafrost and immediately below it cause a series of dangerous consequences when gas production wells are in operation. These include back freezing, breaking well casings, well site subsidence when in production; movement and deformation of the wellhead caused by thawing of the rock massif around the well column when in operation; sudden and strong gas blowouts during well drilling, completion, and operation. To prevent possible accidents, different technical and technological solutions are applied: zoning of the field area according to the degree of complexity of geocryological conditions and the correction of future gas well cluster locations to avoid zones with extremely complex conditions; preliminary degassing of permafrost zones by shallow slim wells in places of future production well clusters; mechanical support of unstable production wells; installation of passive and active heat-isolation systems to the well construction and inside ground around wellheads. Key messages received during the development of gas fields at complex geocryological conditions are (consistently): preliminary careful geological engineering surveys and zoning of the field area, well clusters placed in areas with relatively soft geocryological conditions, preliminary degassing of permafrost depth intervals, passive and active heat isolation installation to the sub-wellhead part of the production well and around wellhead, and mechanical strengthening of unstable wells. Current plans are underway to utilize this experience for new gas discoveries in the Russian Arctic.
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