تاثیر نرخ تزریق سیال در شکست هیدرولیکی سنگ‌های آهکی: مطالعه آزمایشگاهی

نوع مقاله : علمی - پژوهشی

نویسندگان

1 دانشگاه صنعتی شاهرود

2 پژوهشگاه صنعت نفت

چکیده

شکست هیدرولیکی مبتنی بر استفاده از سیال پایه آبی گوارگام با ویسکوزیته مناسب، به دلیل مزایای منحصر به فرد آن مانند هزینه‌های ارزان و ظرفیت حمل پروپانت، به عنوان یک راه‌حل مناسب برای استخراج نفت و گاز طبیعی از مخازن شناخته شده است. با این وجود، عدم آگاهی از شکستگی‌های این مخازن، استفاده از آن را در شرایط عملیاتی به چالش کشیده است. بنابراین، هدف از این مطالعه بررسی تأثیر نرخ تزریق سیال در فشار شکست و هندسه شکستگی‌های ایجاد شده است. برای دست‌یابی به این اهداف، یک سری آزمایش شکست هیدرولیکی بر روی نمونه سنگ‌های آهکی، با استفاده از سیال پایه آبی گوارگام انجام شد. به منظور بررسی تأثیر نرخ تزرق سیال، فناوری سی‌تی اسکن نیز برای توصیف پارامترهای هندسی شکستگی به کار گرفته شد. نتایج آزمایش‌ها نشان می‌دهد که با افزایش نرخ جریان سیال تزریق شده از 1 به 6 میلی‌لیتر در دقیقه، فشار شکست و بازشدگی شکستگی افزایش می‌یابد. با افزایش حجم سیال مصرفی، زمان شکست کاهش پیدا می‌کند. یافته‌های این مطالعه نشان می‌دهد که نرخ جریان پایین گوارگام می‌تواند یک شبکه شکستگی به هم پیوسته بهتری نسبت به نرخ جریان بالاتر ایجاد کند.

کلیدواژه‌ها


عنوان مقاله [English]

The effect of fluid injection rate on hydraulic fracturing of limestone rocks: an experimental study

نویسندگان [English]

  • Abolfazl Haftabadi 1
  • Sh Zare 1
  • Hamid Soltanian 2
  • Yaser Pourmazaheri 2
1 Shahrood University of Technology
2 Research Institute of Petroleum Industry
چکیده [English]

Hydraulic fracturing based on the use of guar gum water-base fluid with appropriate viscosity has been recognized as a viable solution for extracting oil and natural gas from the reservoir due to its unique benefits such as low cost and proppant carrying capacity. However, the lack of knowledge of reservoirs fractures has challenged field applications. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of fluid injection rate on fracture pressure and geometry of fractures. To achieve this goal, a series of hydraulic fracturing experiments were performed on limestone rock samples using a guar gum water- base fluid. To investigate the effect of fluid injection rate, CT scan technology was also used to describe the geometric parameters of the fracture. The results of experiments show that with increasing fluid flow rate injected from 1 to 6 ml/min, breakdown pressure and fracture opening increase. As the volume of consumed fluid increases the breakdown time decreases. The findings of this study reveal that low guar gum-flow rates can create a better inter- connected fracture network than higher flow rates.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • Hydraulic fracturing
  • guar gum fluid
  • breakdown pressure
  • injection rate
  • CT scaning
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