油气藏评价与开发 ›› 2019, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (6): 42-46.

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储层溶洞对水力裂缝扩展路径影响的实验研究

翁振1,张耀峰1,伍轶鸣2,范坤2,汪芳3   

  1. 1. 武汉大学土木建筑工程学院,湖北武汉 430072
    2. 中国石油塔里木油田分公司,新疆库尔勒 841000
    3. 中国石油勘探开发研究院,北京 100083
  • 收稿日期:2018-11-05 发布日期:2019-12-30 出版日期:2019-12-26
  • 作者简介:翁振(1993 —),男,在读硕士研究生,从事缝洞型油气藏中的水力裂缝扩展机理研究。通讯地址:福建省福州市鼓楼区三港路1号2座603,邮政编码:350001。E-mail: csuwz@sina.com
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金“页岩气开采水力压裂过程中裂缝网络形成机理及模拟分析方法”(41602296)

Experimental study on effects of caves in reservoirs on hydraulic fractures propagation

WENG Zhen1,ZHANG Yaofeng1,WU Yiming2,FAN Kun2,WANG Fang3   

  1. 1. School of civil and architectural engineering, wuhan university, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
    2. Tarim oilfield Company, PetroChina, Korla, Xinjiang 841000, China
    3. Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, PetroChina, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2018-11-05 Online:2019-12-30 Published:2019-12-26

摘要:

为了研究溶洞和泵注排量对水力裂缝扩展路径及起裂压力的影响,以水泥、细沙和水为原材料制作了A、B 两组200 mm×200 mm×200 mm的立方体水力压裂试件,每组为相同2个。其中,A组为完整试件,B组为带溶洞试件(浇筑过程中预埋PVC管,养护好后凿除以模拟天然溶洞),对每组两个试件分别在排量为7.5 mL/min和10.0 mL/min时进行了压裂实验。研究表明:对于完整岩样,泵注排量越大,起裂压力越大,产生的水力裂缝越平直;对于带溶洞的岩样,溶洞会影响水力裂缝的扩展路径,对水力裂缝产生吸引作用,导致水力裂缝偏向溶洞,随着泵注排量的增加,该吸引作用逐渐减小;相同条件下,完整岩样的起裂压力高于带溶洞岩样。缝洞型储层中溶洞为油气资源的主要储集区,合理设置压裂作业参数,产生沟通溶洞和井眼的水力裂缝是提高缝洞型油气藏中油气资源采收率的关键。该项研究对于优化压裂作业参数具有一定的指导意义。

关键词: 水力压裂, 缝洞型油藏, 裂纹扩展, 溶洞, 泵注排量

Abstract:

In order to study the effects of caves and flow rates on hydraulic fractures propagation and initiation pressure, two sets of cube hydraulic fracturing specimens—A and B(the size is 200 mm×200 mm×200 mm)—with two same specimens in each group are made by the mixture of cement, fine sand and water. The specimens in group A are intact, while that in group B is with Karst cave(the PVC pipe is pre-buried during pouring, and then, when the cube is formed, the pipe is removed to simulate natural caverns). Fracturing experiments are carried out for two specimens in each group when the displacement was 7.5 and 10.0 mL/min respectively. The results indicate that for intact rock mass, the initial pressure will rise up with the increase of flow rate, and the induced hydraulically fractures will be more straightness; for the rock mass with caves, the caves will affect the extended path of hydraulic fractures and exert a kind of “attraction” on hydraulic fractures, which will make the hydraulic fractures extend towards caves, and the effect of “attraction” will decrease with the increase of the displacement. The initial pressure of fracturing in intact rock mass is higher than that in rock mass with caves under the same conditions. Caves are the main storage area for petroleum resources. The key to enhance oil and gas recovery in fractured-vuggy reservoirs is to set up fracturing operation parameters reasonably and produce hydraulic fractures that communicate caverns and boreholes. This study has certain guiding significance for optimizing the fracturing operation parameters.

Key words: hydraulic fracturing, fractured-vuggy reservoir, fracture propagation, caves, pump injection displacement

中图分类号: 

  • TE357