西南石油大学学报(自然科学版) ›› 2018, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (5): 122-130.DOI: 10.11885/j.issn.1674-5086.2017.10.27.02

• 石油与天然气工程 • 上一篇    下一篇

径向井排引导水力压裂裂缝扩展机理研究

龚迪光1, 陈军斌1, 曲占庆2, 郭天魁2   

  1. 1. 西安石油大学陕西省油气井及储层渗流与岩石力学重点实验室, 陕西 西安 710065;
    2. 中国石油大学(华东)石油工程学院, 山东 青岛 266580
  • 收稿日期:2017-10-27 出版日期:2018-10-01 发布日期:2018-10-01
  • 通讯作者: 龚迪光,E-mail:380752913@qq.com
  • 作者简介:龚迪光,1983年生,男,汉族,陕西西安人,讲师,博士,主要从事水力压裂数值模拟研究,E-mail:380752913@qq.com;陈军斌,1963年生,男,汉族,陕西宝鸡人,教授,博士后,主要从事油气藏渗流理论与数值模拟技术、水力压裂数值模拟研究,E-mail:chenjbxu@126.com;曲占庆,1963年生,男,汉族,山东莱州人,教授,博士,主要从事油气井增产增注技术、水力压裂数值模拟研究,E-mail:quzhq@hdpu.edu.cn;郭天魁,1984年生,男,汉族,山东潍坊人,副教授,博士,主要从事水力压裂数值模拟研究,E-mail:guotiankui@126.com
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(51674197);国家自然科学基金青年科学基金(51804254);陕西省教育厅专项科研计划项目(565052520)

Effect of Radial Well Guidance on Hydraulic Fracturing Crack Propagation Mechanism

GONG Diguang1, CHEN Junbin1, QU Zhanqing2, GUO Tiankui2   

  1. 1. Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Well Stability and Fluid & Rock Mechanics in Oil and Gas Reservoirs, Xi'an Shiyou University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710065, China;
    2. School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong 266580, China
  • Received:2017-10-27 Online:2018-10-01 Published:2018-10-01

摘要: 为探究径向井排系统对裂缝的影响,明确水力裂缝的扩展规律,利用扩展有限元理论建立了流固耦合三维裂缝扩展模型,模拟了受径向井排引导的水力裂缝扩展过程。重点分析了3种影响因素(径向井排方位角、水平地应力差、径向井孔径)对水力裂缝的引导机理。首次提出了"引导因子"的概念,并将其作为有效评价径向井排引导效果的量化参数。研究发现,径向井方位角、水平地应力差、径向井井径会对水力裂缝的引导效果产生影响:较小的径向井方位角、水平地应力差以及较大的井径都使径向井排具有较强的引导能力和较好的引导效果,反之亦然。同时,较大井径对增加水力裂缝宽度有明显作用。最后,利用大尺寸真三轴水力压裂模拟试验证实了数值模拟结果具有一定的准确性。

关键词: 裂缝扩展, 径向井排, 扩展有限元, 水力压裂, 数值模拟

Abstract: To study the effect of radial well guidance on cracks and understand the pattern of hydraulic fracturing crack propagation, a fluid-solid coupled three-dimensional crack propagation model is constructed based on the extended finite element theory and further used to simulate the hydraulic crack propagation process induced by radial well guidance. In particular, the effect of three factors (radial well azimuthal angle, horizontal stress difference, and radial well radius) on the guidance of hydraulic crack propagation are discussed. The concept of a "guidance factor" is first proposed in this study and used as a quantitative parameter for evaluating the guiding performance of the radial well. The results revealed that the guiding performance in hydraulic crack propagation can be affected by all three factors, including radial well azimuthal angle, horizontal stress difference, and radial well radius. Specifically, a smaller radial well azimuthal angle, a larger horizontal stress difference, and a larger radius for the radial well can enable a strong guiding ability for the radial well and therefore realize a decent guiding performance, and vice versa. Finally, the accuracy of the numerical simulation results is validated by large-scale true triaxial hydraulic fracturing simulation tests.

Key words: crack propagation, radial well, extended finite element, hydraulic fracturing, numerical simulation

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