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Lin Chen¹, Ran Wei¹, Songbo Wei¹

¹PetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, Beijing 100083, China.

Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland)

|December 11, 2019

Summary

Researchers improved dissolvable bridge plugs for oil and gas hydraulic fracturing by adding bionic surface dimples. These dimples control the plug

Keywords:

dissolution rate dissolvable bridge plug fracturing surface dimple

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Area of Science:

Materials Science
Petroleum Engineering

Background:

Dissolvable bridge plugs are crucial for multi-stage hydraulic fracturing in oil and gas.
These plugs enable zonal isolation for staged stimulation and fully dissolve post-fracturing.

Purpose of the Study:

To enhance the performance of dissolvable bridge plugs.
To investigate the effect of bionic surface modifications on plug dissolution properties.

Main Methods:

Preparation of micron-scale surface dimples on dissolvable plug materials.
Experimental analysis of the impact of dimples on material properties and dissolution rates.

Main Results:

Bionic surface dimples altered the hydrophilic and hydrophobic characteristics of the dissolvable materials.
The dissolution rate of the plugs was found to be significantly related to the dimple parameters.

Conclusions:

Surface dimples offer a controllable method to adjust the dissolution rate of bridge plugs.
This bionic approach presents a promising strategy for optimizing hydraulic fracturing operations.