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Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
  • Date submitted
    2024-01-31
  • Date accepted
    2024-05-02
  • Date published
    2024-12-25

Evaluation of the effectiveness of water dust-suppressing emulsions based on acrylic and alkyd polymers

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Currently, the use of special dust-suppressing reagents is promising to reduce the level of dust in the vicinity and on the territories of pits, mining and processing plants and other facilities with a high content of fine dust. The analysis of ways to reduce the dust-forming ability of inorganic dispersions with a high degree of dusting is carried out. Due to the lack of regulatory and technical documentation devoted to the standardization of quality control methods for dust-suppressing compounds, it becomes necessary to analyze existing parameters and methods for their determination in order to develop mandatory methods for controlling the properties of dust-suppressing compounds, films formed by them and consolidated systems. The study is devoted to substantiating the necessary methods for assessing the dust-forming ability of inorganic dispersions after treatment with various dust suppressants and evaluating their effectiveness. The parameters are considered and methods for quantifying the determination of the quality of the consolidated layer of dust samples using different dust-suppressing compositions are described. As a result of the analysis of the set of parameter values, it was found that the most resistant to the effects of negative factors due to the formation of a denser and more durable polymer matrix mesh are dusting surface samples treated with an emulsion of alkyd glypthalic resin on a water basis with a high agglomerating effect on particles of inorganic dispersion and the formation of a consolidated layer with a wetting angle of 92.5° and a compressive strength 0.56 MPa.

How to cite: Strokova V.V., Ryazanova A.Y., Markova I.Y., Stepanenko M.A., Ishmukhametov E.M. Evaluation of the effectiveness of water dust-suppressing emulsions based on acrylic and alkyd polymers // Journal of Mining Institute. 2024. Vol. 270. p. 941-949. EDN EHHKHL
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
  • Date submitted
    2021-03-18
  • Date accepted
    2021-09-10
  • Date published
    2021-12-16

Development of blocking compositions with a bridging agent for oil well killing in conditions of abnormally low formation pressure and carbonate reservoir rocks

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Production well killing before workover operations in late-stage oil and gas-condensate fields can be complicated by abnormally low formation pressure, carbonate type of reservoir rocks, and high gas-oil ratio. These complications lead to the intensive absorption of technological fluids by the formation and gas ingresses, which, in its turn, increases the time of killing wells and putting them on production, reduction of productivity, and additional costs. Therefore, it is crucial to develop a high-performance well-killing composition that would allow improving the efficiency of killing wells in complicated geological, physical, and technological conditions at the expense of reliable overlapping of the perforation interval (or open wellbore) to prevent gas intakes and gas outflow from the formation. To develop blocking compounds, a set of laboratory tests has been carried out, including physical and chemical (determination of density, viscosity, thermal stability, sedimentation stability, etc.) and research of blocking and filtration properties of compositions during simulation of a fractured reservoir. In the course of laboratory tests, the choice of fractional composition and polymer filler concentration was substantiated in the blocking emulsion and polymer compositions to increase the efficiency of their application under the complicated conditions of killing oil wells. As a result of laboratory research and field tests, the emulsion and polymer blocking compositions containing bridging agent (microcalcite) were developed, which increase the oil well killing efficiency by preventing the absorption of technological fluids in the formations and, as a result, preserving its productivity.

How to cite: Mardashov D.V. Development of blocking compositions with a bridging agent for oil well killing in conditions of abnormally low formation pressure and carbonate reservoir rocks // Journal of Mining Institute. 2021. Vol. 251. p. 617-626. DOI: 10.31897/PMI.2021.5.6
Oil and gas
  • Date submitted
    2020-06-19
  • Date accepted
    2020-10-06
  • Date published
    2020-11-24

Practice of using the magnetic treatment devices to intensify the processes of primary oil treating

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During the primary treatment of oil, gas and water, complications arise associated with the presence of hard water-oil emulsions, which cause an increase in fluid pressure in the gathering systems, pipeline damage, as well as difficulties in gas separation and preliminary water discharge at the preliminary discharge unit (PRU). Additional problems arise during transportation of highly paraffinic oils associated with the crystallization of paraffin in the flow path of the oilfield equipment and on the inner surface of pipes, leading to a drop in the productivity of pipelines. Article discusses the technology of magnetic-reagent treatment of water-oil media, which allows intensifying the processes of primary oil treatment at the facilities of its production. Bench and pilot tests have shown the ability of the magnetic field to accelerate oil demulsification processes, increasing the percentage of separated water during subsequent settling, and to reduce asphalt-resin-paraffin deposits (ARPD) on the inner surface of oil and gas field equipment. Mechanism of the magnetic field effect on water-oil media is described. Effect of treatment on the integrity of the armour shells of oil-water emulsions was studied. Various modes of magnetic treatment have been investigated with evaluation of its effectiveness. It is shown that the best effect is achieved with the combined use of reagents and a magnetic field. Synergistic effect is observed, which consists in increasing their effectiveness. This made it possible to conclude that this method can be applied to reduce the consumption of reagents used in oil production while maintaining the treatment efficiency.

How to cite: Golubev I.A., Golubev A.V., Laptev А.B. Practice of using the magnetic treatment devices to intensify the processes of primary oil treating // Journal of Mining Institute. 2020. Vol. 245. p. 554-560. DOI: 10.31897/PMI.2020.5.7
Oil and gas
  • Date submitted
    2019-03-25
  • Date accepted
    2019-05-14
  • Date published
    2019-08-23

Increase in Intake Capacity by Dynamic Operation of Injection Wells

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The method of pumping water to compensate for fluid withdrawals from an oil formation in order to maintain formation pressure has long established itself as an effective technology and is widely used at oil and gas fields. At the same time, field operator is often faced with the problem of reduction in the intake capacity of injection wells, which may be caused by various complications arising in the near-wellbore area due to a violation of water treatment technology or other factors. This problem is typical for reservoirs with low permeability values, which leads to a decrease in the performance indicators of the formation pressure maintenance system. In order to counter contamination of the bottomhole zone of the well, as a rule, injection of specialized acid compositions for the purpose of cleaning is used. To increase the effectiveness of this procedure, the authors of the article propose to discharge the injection well at the maximum permissible speeds. This event will allow primary cleaning of the bottomhole zone of the formation from moving particles clogging the pore space, and reduce formation pressure in the vicinity of the injection well, which will subsequently improve the intake capacity of the well during treatment with acid compositions. The decrease in formation pressure in the bottomhole zone of the well also has a positive effect on the radius of acid penetration into the formation. The proposed approach has been successfully tested on a number of injection wells at one of «Gazprom Neft» enterprises. The results of pilot operations showed an increase in the quality of cleaning the bottomhole zone of the formation and an increase in the intake capacity of injection wells with subsequent preservation of intake dynamics.

How to cite: Belonogov E.V., Korovin A.Y., Yakovlev A.A. Increase in Intake Capacity by Dynamic Operation of Injection Wells // Journal of Mining Institute. 2019. Vol. 238. p. 405-409. DOI: 10.31897/PMI.2019.4.405
Metallurgy and concentration
  • Date submitted
    2015-07-07
  • Date accepted
    2015-09-16
  • Date published
    2016-02-24

Activation of heap leaching of low-sulfide ores the invisible gold

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This article deals with a physical-chemical model of heap leaching processes justifying new technological approaches to recovering dispersed forms of gold from ores, placer sands and deute-rogene mineral raw materials. The key process of this model includes lattice diffusion of high-energy hydrion minerals and hydroxyl-radicals formed as a result of photochemical and electro-chemical processing of initial reagent aqueous solutions. Active components of gas-water emulsions obtained while processing initial reagent solutions provide a structural and material trans-formation of a mineral lattice which concentrates clusters of dispersed gold creating conditions for its interacting with complexing compounds of process solutions. The article also considers the technological processes of activation heap leaching of dispersed gold from the Pogromnoe ore field and the results of the experiments conducted in percolators with their charge ranged from 3 to 100 kg. The results have proved the efficiency of using gas-water suspensions prepared in the pho-toelectrochemical reactor with active ion-radical oxidizing agents.

How to cite: Sekisov A.G., Rubtsov Y.I., Lavrov A.Y. Activation of heap leaching of low-sulfide ores the invisible gold // Journal of Mining Institute. 2016. Vol. 217. p. 96-101.
Development of oil and gas deposits
  • Date submitted
    2010-07-16
  • Date accepted
    2010-09-11
  • Date published
    2011-03-21

Parameters of high viscosity oils transportation in the form of emulsion research in order to its optimization

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The article deals with the physical model of high viscosity oil-in-water emulsion flow, which concern both structural and plastic properties of viscoplastic liquids. On the basis of theoretical study, which was proved with experimental data, computation algorithm of high viscosity oil in emulsion state pipeline transportation was developed.

How to cite: Aleksandrov V.I., Khrabrov A.P. Parameters of high viscosity oils transportation in the form of emulsion research in order to its optimization // Journal of Mining Institute. 2011. Vol. 189. p. 175-178.
Development of oil and gas deposits
  • Date submitted
    2010-07-14
  • Date accepted
    2010-09-07
  • Date published
    2011-03-21

Substantiation of pumped volumes of flow angularity compositions in injection wells

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The method of calculation pumped volumes of flow angularity compositions in injection wells, which based on combination of the seepage theory, laboratory investigation and field experience is developed.

How to cite: Mavliev A.R., Rogachev M.K., Mardashov D.V. Substantiation of pumped volumes of flow angularity compositions in injection wells // Journal of Mining Institute. 2011. Vol. 189. p. 182-186.