Reservoir Evaluation and Development ›› 2019, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (2): 25-32.

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Simulation study on conductivity of closed acid cracks

Zhao Liqiang1,Miao Weijie1,Luo Zhifeng1,Gong Yunlei2,Wang Peng3,Li Qiyang4   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, China
    2. Zhanjiang Branch of CNOOC(China), Zhanjiang, Guangdong 524057, China
    3. No. 1 Production Plant, Xinjiang Oilfield Company, CNPC, Karamay, Xinjiang 834000, China
    4. Heavy Oil Development Company, Xinjiang Oilfield Company, CNPC, Karamay, Xinjiang 834000, China
  • Received:2017-11-17 Online:2019-05-07 Published:2019-04-26

Abstract:

The conductivity of acid cracks was the key to the transformation effects of acid fracturing. Due to the influences of rock properties, etching morphology and closing pressure, it was difficult to accurately predict the conductivity of acid fractures. Currently, there were many computational models for acid fractures geometry and acid penetration distance, but there were few researches on the computational model of flow capacity. For this reason, we built the acid fracturing model of cracks based on the improved self-affine fractal theory and applied it to the fractal fractures. And then, by the local cubic law(LCL), we built the acid fracture conductivity calculation model and applied the quadrature analysis to the main factors which affected the conductivity of the acid fracture after closure. The results showed that the influencing degree of those factors which affected the acid fracture conductivity were as follows: closure stress>fractal dimension>injection time>matrix permeability>injection rate>standard deviation>matrix porosity.

Key words: fractal theory, acid cracks, acid fracturing simulation, conductivity

CLC Number: 

  • TE357.2