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Self-sealing control principle and technology of in-situ temperature pressure preserved coring for deep oil and gas
Petroleum Science 2025, 22(11): 4584-4602
Published: 08 August 2025
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Accurately evaluating the quality and scale of deep oil and gas reservoirs is the key to effectively exploring and developing deep oil and gas resources. Changes in temperature and pressure can cause significant variations in key reservoir quality parameters, such as porosity, permeability, and saturation, leading to distortions in oil and gas reserve assessments. To addresses the technical bottleneck of the existing pressure-preserved coring systems, which has a pressure-preserved capacity not exceed 70 MPa due to the limitations of small coring space, a complex coring environment, significant disturbance during the coring process, and the difficulty in controlling coring operations, a self-sealing control principle and method for pressure-preserved coring was proposed. The sealing structural parameters of the pressure-preserved controller (PPC) under high temperature (150 ℃) were optimized through experiments and numerical simulations, the sealing failure mechanism was thoroughly revealed, and the pressure-preserved capacity of the PPC under high temperature was enhanced from 100 to 140 MPa. In addition, to achieve the temperature preservation of the core in the deep oil and gas environment, a temperature preservation system combining active and passive temperature preservation was designed and integrated into the deep oil and gas in-situ temperature pressure preserved (ITPP) coring system. Finally, the coring function and temperature pressure preserved capacity of the ITPP coring system were verified through field and laboratory tests. The results show that the developed ITPP coring system can successfully achieve the temperature pressure preserved function, and can sample oil and gas-bearing core samples with a diameter of 50 mm and a maximum length of 1000 mm from wells up to 5000 m. This study addresses the urgent need for reliable and effective pressure-preservation in deep oil and gas exploration.

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Design of passive insulation system and optimization of thermal insulation material for deep in-situ condition-preserved coring
Advances in Geo-Energy Research 2025, 15(2): 99-111
Published: 29 December 2024
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In order to help establish a new theory of deep rock mechanics and better guide the development of deep engineering, it is crucial to develop a deep in-situ condition-preserved coring device capable of obtaining cores while maintaining their original in-situ temperature and pressure conditions. To achieve insulation functionality within a compact design, a passive insulation system must be developed for such coring devices. Considering the size constraints and thermal insulation requirements, a passive thermal insulation system combining a vacuum layer and an insulating material layer has been designed in this work. Epoxy resin was selected as the insulation material due to its high compressive strength and low thermal conductivity. The type and dosage of curing agents, as well as the curing process with epoxy resin, were optimized. The ideal resin achieved a compressive strength of 241.03 MPa and a thermal conductivity as low as 0.25 W/m·K. Additionally, it exhibited excellent thermal stability and a high decomposition temperature. Under high-temperature and high-pressure water conditions simulating deep-earth environments, the epoxy resin’s maximum water absorption was below 0.7%. The insulation layer could effectively minimize heat exchange between the core and the external environment by up to 19.01%. These findings provide a significant contribution to the advancement of passive insulation systems for deep in-situ core drilling operations.

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