Application of plastic pipe explosion in the treatment of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill

作者：Wang Xuezhong^*; Gu Jianwei

来源：Journal of Basic Science and Engineering, 2010, 18(SUPPL. 1): 101-110.

DOI：10.3969/j.issn.1005-0930.2010.s1.013

• Abnormal high pressure
• Blow-out preventer system
• Empirical equations
• Geological characteristics
• Gulf of Mexico
• Overpressure
• Relief well
• Reverse thinking

The reason of oil spill is found to be the abnormal high pressure in reservoir by analyzing the geological characteristics of the Gulf of Mexico basin. The amount of the oil spill was estimated by common empirical equations used in China. Application of plastic pipe explosion in the treatment of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill was proposed by reverse thinking and multidisciplinary thoughts, on the base of production increasing and casing damage treatment technical principles and the review of oil spill treatments abroad and home. The details are: (1) determine the depth range of exploded casing pipe;(2) use jet perforating explosion to blow up the object segment, to cut the casing pipe or seriously deform it, in order to seal up the oil flow channel;(3) set fire to the oil in well, to make the wellhole collapse and borehole covered, so that the oil flow channel will be better sealed;(4) use special jel technology or blast the freezing pipe and grout to stop the leak and seal the well;(5) install blowout preventer system;(6) drill the relief well to treat oil spill event that caused by high pressure in reservoir thoroughly.

• 出版日期2010
• 单位中国石油大学（华东）