Journal of Southwest Petroleum University(Science & Technology Edition) ›› 2022, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (5): 125-134.DOI: 10.11885/j.issn.1674-5086.2020.06.04.01

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A Study on the Law of Microstructure Changing and Mechanical Properties of Shale

ZUO Luo1,2, ZHONG Guanyu1,2, JIANG Tingxue1,2, WANG Haitao1,2   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Shale Oil and Gas Enrichment Mechanisms and Effective Development, Changping, Beijing 102206, China;
    2. Research Institute of Petroleum Engineering, SINOPEC, Changping, Beijing 102206, China
  • Received:2020-06-04 Published:2022-10-28

Abstract: Currently, there is less knowledge about the effect of carbon dioxide on the microstructure and mechanical properties of shale; this study aims to obtain some parameters through designing the special experiments for researching the effect of carbon dioxide on shale. Results show that mineral composition cannot be changed after shale soaked by slick water, supercritical carbon dioxide and liquid carbon dioxide, but porosity of shale could be scaled up; as bathing time goes up, Poisson's ratio increases and elastic modulus decreases under uniaxial compression condition, which expresses plasticity characteristics of shale is more obvious; under triaxial compression test, Poisson's ratio goes down and elastic modulus is affected scarcely by those working fluid, which tells brittleness of shale is stronger than before, and carbon dioxide has best performance; tensile strength declines with soaking time goes away, and slick water performs better than carbon dioxide; compressive strength hardly weakened by three types of liquids.

Key words: shale, carbon dioxide, rock mechanics, microstructure, fracturing

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