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Simulation of fracture propagation law in fractured shale gas reservoirs under temporary plugging and diversion fracturing
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10.1063/5.0151148Affiliation of Author(s):
长江大学非常规油气省部共建协同创新中心Journal:
Physics of FluidsAbstract:
Natural fractures (NFs) are developed in shale gas reservoirs, which can easily cause frac hits during hydraulic fracturing and reduce the productivity of infill wells and parent wells. Temporary plugging diverting fracturing (TPDF) can hinder the single forward extension of fracture transition and avoid the communication of hydraulic fractures (HFs) or NFs adjacent to wells. In order to explore the fracture propagation law of TPDF in fractured shale gas reservoirs, this study systematically evaluates the main factors such as stress difference, displacement, and fracturing fluid viscosity on the fracture temporary plugging diversion (TPD) law by means of true triaxial hydraulic fracturing simulation device and cohesive element model in ABAQUS. The findings reveal that (1) the law of fracture initiation and propagation at the engineering scale is similar to that in indoor experiments. Upon the primary fracturing (PF), the smaller the horizontal stress difference, the larger the pumping displacement, and the smaller the viscosity of the fracturing fluid is, the greater the corresponding fracture breakdown pressure and the stronger the rock compression resistance. (2) After TPD secondary fracturing, a small horizontal stress difference and a large pumping displacement facilitate the formation of a vertical complex fracture network structure on the primary fracture. Because of the small size of the indoor rock, viscosity has little effect on the fracture propagation of the TPDF, but the numerical simulation results reveal that the higher the viscosity, the greater the width of the new fracture. In addition, (3) the smaller the angle between the new fracture opened after PF and TPDF, the better the propagation effect of the new fracture. Meanwhile, the farther the temporary plugging zone is from the fracture front end, the wider the new fracture opened after TPDF. The field construction results reveal that the TPDF technology can avoid the effect of HFs, thus preventing frac hits during shale gas reservoir reconstruction. This study not only posits a physical and numerical simulation method for simulating the fracture propagation law of TPDF in fractured shale gas reservoirs but also provides theoretical guidance for applying TPDF to field construction.Co-author:
王挺,张良君First Author:
续化蕾Indexed by:
Journal paperCorrespondence Author:
江厚顺,汪杰Discipline:
EngineeringDocument Type:
JVolume:
35Issue:
6ISSN No.:
1070-6631Date of Publication:
2023-06-01Included Journals:
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https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0151148
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