Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide an underwater ocean hydrate mining system and method, which are used for solving the problem that the function burden of the existing offshore central processing platform is too heavy.
The invention provides an underwater ocean hydrate production system which comprises a central processing platform, at least one production well, an underwater separator, at least one reinjection well and at least one liquefied natural gas carrier, wherein the production well is arranged in a seabed and can be used for producing mixed fluid containing reservoir hydrates to a wellhead and converting the mixed fluid into gaseous natural gas and formation water; the underwater separator comprises a separation cavity, a mixed fluid input pipe, a gaseous natural gas output pipe and a formation water output pipe, wherein the separation cavity is provided with a separation cavity inlet and at least two separation cavity outlets, the at least two separation cavity outlets are respectively communicated with at least two cavities of the separation cavity, the mixed fluid input pipe is communicated with the inlet of the separation cavity, and the gaseous natural gas output pipe and the formation water output pipe are respectively communicated with two separation cavity outlets of the separation cavity; the reinjection well is arranged in a seabed, a liquid inlet of the reinjection well is in butt joint with an output port of the formation water output pipe, and the reinjection well can re-convey formation water conveyed to a wellhead by the formation water output pipe to a seabed stratum; the central processing platform comprises a natural gas liquefaction device and a liquefied natural gas temporary storage tank, a gaseous natural gas inlet and a liquid natural gas outlet are formed in the natural gas liquefaction device, the gaseous natural gas inlet is in butt joint with a gas outlet of a gaseous natural gas output pipe, the liquid natural gas outlet of the natural gas liquefaction device is connected with the liquefied natural gas temporary storage tank through a pipeline, the liquefied natural gas temporary storage tank is connected with the liquefied natural gas carrier through a liquid conveying pipeline, and the liquefied natural gas carrier finishes the storage and transportation of the liquefied natural gas.
Preferably, the device also comprises an environment-friendly discharge device, wherein the environment-friendly discharge device comprises an environment-friendly treatment cavity, a sewage treatment output pipe and a solid particle treatment output pipe, the environment-friendly treatment cavity is connected with an environment-friendly treatment cavity inlet, a sewage treatment outlet and a solid particle treatment outlet, a separation cavity is additionally arranged on the separation cavity to form a three-phase separation cavity, a separation cavity outlet and a solid particle fluid output pipe are arranged on the additionally arranged separation cavity, the three separation cavity outlets are respectively communicated with the three chambers of the three-phase separation cavity, and the gaseous natural gas output pipe, the formation water output pipe and the solid particle fluid output pipe are respectively communicated with the three separation cavity outlets of the separation cavity; the inlet of the environment-friendly treatment cavity is communicated with the outlet of the solid particle fluid output pipe, and the sewage treatment outlet is in butt joint with the liquid inlet of the reinjection well through the sewage treatment output pipe; the solid particle treatment outlet is communicated to the seabed through the solid particle treatment output pipe.
Preferably, the mixed fluid input pipe, the gaseous natural gas output pipe and the formation water output pipe are all provided with valves.
Preferably, the solid particle fluid output pipe, the sewage treatment output pipe and the solid particle treatment output pipe are all provided with valves.
Preferably, the central processing platform comprises a generator set, and the underwater separator, the production well, the reinjection well and the environment-friendly discharge device are all connected with the generator set of the central processing platform through cables.
The invention also relates to an underwater ocean hydrate mining method, which adopts the underwater ocean hydrate mining system and comprises the following steps:
step S1: the production well is used for producing reservoir hydrates, the reservoir hydrates are decomposed to form mixed fluid containing gaseous natural gas, formation water and solid particles, and the mixed fluid is conveyed to a well head;
step S2: the mixed fluid flows into the underwater separator from a wellhead of the production well through the mixed fluid input pipe, the underwater separator separates the mixed fluid into gaseous natural gas, formation water and solid particle fluid, and the gaseous natural gas, the formation water and the solid particle fluid are discharged through a gaseous natural gas output pipe, a formation water output pipe and a solid particle fluid output pipe respectively;
step S3: conveying the gaseous natural gas to a natural gas liquefying device of the central processing platform through a gaseous natural gas output pipe, and liquefying the gaseous natural gas into liquid natural gas by the natural gas liquefying device; the liquefied natural gas is conveyed from the natural gas liquefaction device to a liquefied natural gas temporary storage tank; the liquefied natural gas temporary storage tank conveys the stored liquefied natural gas to an liquefied natural gas transport ship, and the liquefied natural gas transport ship periodically conveys the liquefied natural gas to a shore-based liquefied natural gas receiving station;
the formation water is conveyed to a wellhead of the reinjection well through a formation water output pipe, and the reinjection well conveys the formation water of the wellhead to the seabed formation again;
the solid particle fluid is conveyed to the environment-friendly treatment cavity of the environment-friendly discharge device through a solid particle fluid output pipe, the solid particle fluid is subjected to environment-friendly treatment in the environment-friendly treatment cavity of the environment-friendly discharge device and then separated to form a formation water fluid meeting the formation protection water quality and a solid particle fluid meeting the safety and environment protection requirements, the formation water fluid meeting the formation protection water quality flows back to the reinjection well through a sewage treatment output pipe, and the solid particle fluid meeting the safety and environment protection requirements is discharged to the seabed through a solid particle fluid output pipe;
step S4: the groundwater that returns to the reinjection well is re-transported to the subsea formation.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
the invention discloses an underwater exploitation system and method of marine hydrates.A mixed fluid comprising gaseous natural gas, formation water and solid particles is extracted from an exploitation well, and the mixed fluid is separated into the gaseous natural gas, the formation water and the solid particle fluid by an underwater three-phase separator, wherein the gaseous natural gas is conveyed to a central processing platform developed in a sea surface area, and the liquefied natural gas is periodically conveyed to a shore-based liquefied natural gas receiving station by a liquefied natural gas carrier; and the formation water is re-conveyed to the seabed formation through the reinjection well to supplement formation pressure energy deficit. The invention discloses an underwater exploitation system and method of marine hydrates, which mainly aim at the massive distribution hydrate reservoirs of ocean reserves, optimize the hydrate exploitation process, reduce the function burden of a sea platform and reduce the single-well exploitation cost.
Detailed Description
Example 1
Embodiment 1 provides a marine hydrate underwater mining system, the structure of which will be described in detail below.
Referring to fig. 1, the marine hydrate subsea production system includes a central processing platform 1, a production well 2, a subsea separator 3, a reinjection well 4, and a liquefied natural gas carrier 5.
The production well 2 is arranged in the seabed, and comprises a well completion shaft, a production pipe column, an underwater wellhead Christmas tree and the like, and adopts the production methods of depressurization, heat shock and the like to produce reservoir hydrates through the production pipe column and the underwater wellhead Christmas tree, decompose the reservoir hydrates to form mixed fluid containing gaseous natural gas, formation water and solid particles, and convey the mixed fluid to a wellhead.
The subsea separator 3 comprises a separation chamber, a mixed fluid inlet pipe 60, a gaseous natural gas outlet pipe 61 and a formation water outlet pipe 62.
The separation chamber is provided with a separation chamber inlet and two separation chamber outlets, the two separation chamber outlets are respectively communicated with two of the separation chambers, and the mixed fluid input pipe 60 is communicated with the inlet of the separation chamber.
The gaseous natural gas output pipe 61 and the formation water output pipe 62 are respectively communicated with the outlets of the two separation chambers of the separation chamber.
The mixed fluid flows from the wellhead of the production well 2 through the mixed fluid input pipe 60 to the subsea separator 3, and the subsea separator 3 separates the mixed fluid into gaseous natural gas and formation water.
Valves are provided on the mixed fluid inlet pipe 60, the gaseous natural gas outlet pipe 61 and the formation water outlet pipe 62 in order to control the start and stop of the fluid in the pipes and the flow rate thereof.
The reinjection well 4, like the recovery well 2, includes a well completion wellbore, a production string, an underwater wellhead christmas tree, etc., also disposed in the seabed. The inlet of the reinjection well 4 is in butt joint with the outlet of the formation water outlet pipe 62. The reinjection well 4 adopts the extraction methods of depressurization, heat shock and the like, and the formation water which is conveyed to the wellhead by the formation water output pipe 62 is conveyed to the seabed formation again through the production pipe column and the subsea wellhead Christmas tree.
The central processing platform 1 is the prior art and comprises a generator set, a natural gas liquefaction device and a liquefied natural gas temporary storage tank.
Wherein, the natural gas liquefaction device is provided with a gaseous natural gas inlet and a liquefied natural gas outlet, the gaseous natural gas inlet is butted with the gas outlet of the gaseous natural gas output pipe 61, receives the gaseous natural gas input from the gaseous natural gas output pipe 61, and liquefies the gaseous natural gas into liquid; the liquefied natural gas temporary storage tank is connected with a liquid natural gas outlet of the natural gas liquefying device through a pipeline, and liquefied natural gas is conveyed to the liquefied natural gas temporary storage tank from the natural gas liquefying device. The liquefied natural gas temporary storage tank of the central processing platform 1 is connected with the liquefied natural gas carrier 5 through a liquid conveying pipeline 71, the liquefied natural gas temporary storage tank conveys the stored liquefied natural gas to the liquefied natural gas carrier 5, and the liquefied natural gas is periodically conveyed to a shore-based liquefied natural gas receiving station by the liquefied natural gas carrier 5.
The underwater separator 3, the production well 2, the reinjection well 4 and other underwater equipment are all connected with a generator set of the central processing platform 1 through cables, and the generator set supplies power to the underwater separator 3, the production well 2, the reinjection well 4 and other underwater equipment.
Example 2
Embodiment 2 provides a marine hydrate underwater mining system, the structure of which will be described in detail below.
Referring to fig. 2, in order to treat solid particulate fluid produced from a production well 2, embodiment 2 is supplemented with an environmentally friendly discharge device 8, based on the marine hydrate subsea production system provided in embodiment 1.
The environmental-friendly discharge device 8 comprises an environmental-friendly treatment cavity, a sewage treatment output pipe 64 and a solid particle treatment output pipe 65, wherein the environmental-friendly treatment cavity is connected with an environmental-friendly treatment cavity inlet, a sewage treatment outlet and a solid particle treatment outlet.
The separation chamber of the underwater separator 3 in embodiment 1 is additionally provided with a separation chamber to form a three-phase separation chamber, and the additionally provided separation chamber is provided with a separation chamber outlet and a solid particle fluid outlet pipe 63, the three separation chamber outlets are respectively communicated with three chambers of the three-phase separation chamber, and the gaseous natural gas outlet pipe 61, the formation water outlet pipe 62 and the solid particle fluid outlet pipe 63 are respectively communicated with three separation chamber outlets of the separation chamber.
The inlet of the environment-friendly treatment cavity is communicated with the outlet of a solid particle fluid output pipe 63, and the sewage treatment outlet is in butt joint with the liquid inlet of the reinjection well 4 through a sewage treatment output pipe 64; the solids processing outlet is connected to the seafloor through a solids processing outlet pipe 65.
The main function of the environment-friendly discharge device 8 is to perform environment-friendly purification on the sand produced by the hydrate production well which may produce sand or seriously produce sand, and prevent the seawater pollution caused by the direct discharge of the produced sand and the abrasion of the sand producing particles to subsequent pipeline equipment. The environmental protection discharging device 8 is mainly added with reagent liquid such as surfactant, alkaline agent and the like, residual oil, gas and heavy metal which possibly affect the seawater ecological environment and the like attached to the surface of the sand particles are stripped off by stirring and water flow washing, the generated dirt-containing substances enter the reinjection well through the sewage treatment output pipe 64, and the sand particles which are detected to meet the environmental protection requirement are directly discharged into the seawater through the solid particle treatment output pipe 65.
The functions to be performed by the subsea separator 3 are: the mixed fluid flowing into the underwater separator 3 through the mixed fluid input pipe 60 is separated into gaseous natural gas, formation water and solid particulate fluid, and then is separately delivered through the gaseous natural gas output pipe 61, the formation water output pipe 62 and the solid particulate fluid output pipe 63.
The solid particle fluid output by the underwater separator 3 through the solid particle fluid output pipe 63 contains sewage and solid particles, the sewage and the solid particles flow through the environment-friendly treatment cavity of the environment-friendly discharge device 8, the sewage and the solid particles are separated after being treated by environment-friendly measures such as dosing, filtering, monitoring and the like in the environment-friendly treatment cavity of the environment-friendly discharge device 8 to form underground water and solid particles, the underground water and the solid particles respectively flow into the sewage treatment output pipe 64 and the solid particle treatment output pipe 65, wherein the sewage after the well environment-friendly treatment becomes the formation water fluid which meets the formation protection water quality, the formation water fluid flows back to the reinjection well 4 through the sewage treatment output pipe 64, and the solid particles after the environment-friendly treatment become the solid particle fluid which meets the safety and environment-friendly requirements, and are discharged to the seabed through the solid particle fluid output pipe 63.
In order to control the start and stop of the fluid in the pipeline and the flow rate thereof, valves are provided on the solid particle fluid output pipe 63, the sewage treatment output pipe 64 and the solid particle treatment output pipe 65.
The environment-friendly discharging device 8 is connected with a generator set of the central processing platform 1 through a cable, and the generator set supplies power for the environment-friendly discharging device 8.
Further, the central processing platform 1 has a power generation module capable of using natural gas and solar energy to supply power for the generator set, and the central processing platform 1 transmits power and control signals to underwater equipment such as the underwater separator 3, the production well 2, the reinjection well 4 and the environment-friendly discharge device 8 through an underwater cable as shown by dotted lines in fig. 1 and 2, so as to provide power supply and safety monitoring control for the underwater equipment.
Example 3
Embodiment 3 provides a method for underwater marine hydrate mining, which employs the underwater marine hydrate mining system provided in embodiment 2, and includes the steps of:
step S1: the production well 2 is used for producing reservoir hydrates, decomposing the reservoir hydrates to form mixed fluid containing gaseous natural gas, formation water and solid particles, and conveying the mixed fluid to a well head;
step S2: the mixed fluid flows into the underwater separator 3 from the wellhead of the production well 2 through the mixed fluid input pipe 60, the underwater separator 3 separates the mixed fluid into gaseous natural gas, formation water and solid particle fluid, and the gaseous natural gas, the formation water and the solid particle fluid are respectively discharged through a gaseous natural gas output pipe 61, a formation water output pipe 62 and a solid particle fluid output pipe 63;
step S3: the gaseous natural gas is conveyed to the natural gas liquefaction device of the central processing platform 1 through the gaseous natural gas output pipe 61, and the natural gas liquefaction device liquefies the gaseous natural gas into liquid natural gas; the liquefied natural gas is conveyed from the natural gas liquefaction device to a liquefied natural gas temporary storage tank; the temporary liquefied natural gas storage tank conveys the stored liquefied natural gas to an liquefied natural gas transport ship 5, and the liquefied natural gas transport ship 5 periodically conveys the liquefied natural gas to a shore-based liquefied natural gas receiving station;
the formation water is conveyed to the wellhead of the reinjection well 4 through a formation water output pipe 62, and the reinjection well 4 conveys the formation water at the wellhead to the seabed formation again so as to supplement the shortage of formation pressure energy;
the solid particle fluid is conveyed to the environment-friendly treatment cavity of the environment-friendly discharge device 8 through a solid particle fluid output pipe 63, the solid particle fluid is subjected to environment-friendly treatment in the environment-friendly treatment cavity of the environment-friendly discharge device 8 and then separated to form a formation water fluid meeting the formation protection water quality and a solid particle fluid meeting the safety and environment protection requirements, the formation water fluid meeting the formation protection water quality flows back to the reinjection well 4 through a sewage treatment output pipe 64, and the solid particle fluid meeting the safety and environment protection requirements is discharged to the seabed through a solid particle fluid output pipe 63;
step S4: the groundwater that is returned to the reinjection well 4 is re-conveyed to the subsea formation.
The technical effects are as follows: the underwater three-phase separation 3 optimizes the hydrate exploitation process, reduces the function burden of a sea platform and reduces the exploitation cost of a single well; the central processing platform 1 can control a plurality of production wells 2 and reinjection wells 4, thereby being beneficial to the integral development of large-block hydrate reservoirs, improving the utilization efficiency of the platform and increasing the integral benefit; the produced formation water is directly reinjected into the formation, so that the production treatment process is optimized, the formation pressure and energy depletion are timely supplemented, and the single-well production efficiency is improved.
Although the invention has been described in detail above with reference to a general description and specific examples, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that modifications or improvements may be made thereto based on the invention. Accordingly, such modifications and improvements are intended to be within the scope of the invention as claimed.