کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
8127917 1522987 2018 56 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Quantitative phase field modeling of hydraulic fracture branching in heterogeneous formation under anisotropic in-situ stress
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
مدلسازی فاز کم فیزیکی شکست هیدرولیکی در تشکیل ناهمگن تحت تنش بیرونی در ناحیه است
کلمات کلیدی
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه علوم زمین و سیارات علوم زمین و سیاره ای (عمومی)
چکیده انگلیسی
Unconventional reservoir hydraulic fracturing is often characterized with diverting and branching. A fundamental understanding of the fracture branching mechanism remains elusive due to the complicated fusion of geo stress, formation heterogeneity and pre-existed complex natural fracture topologies. Existing sharp fracture models such as, finite-element method (FEM) and its modified versions, often suffer in complex fracture topologies owing to the computationally expensive remeshing when fracture diverts and/or branches. In this paper, phase-field modeling (PFM) is proposed to quantitatively investigate the hydraulic fracture branching condition in heterogeneous formation under anisotropic in-situ stress. The PFM is featured with the diffusive interface, enabling it to automatically capture the fracture branching and diverting without the need of tracking the fracture interface. The model is first verified in predicting the fracture width, stress distribution and fracture propagation via benchmark examples, followed by the comprehensive investigation on hydraulic fracture branching in a heterogeneous formation where a rock strip is laid across the shale main formation with anisotropic in-situ stress. Parametric study shows no branching occurs when the hydraulic fracture propagates towards soft strip (e.g. soft shale), while fracture branches when it propagates towards stiff strip (e.g. hard shale or sandstone) as long as the Young's modulus ratio (ER = Estrip/Emain) exceeds a critical value. Such a critical value increases as the principal in-situ stress difference (Sd) goes up. Finally, the hydraulic fracture branching is quantified in terms of the deviation distance and reentry angle, both of which are found to rise as the ER increases, and as Sd decreases, which indicates relatively low Sd and high ER are in favor of increasing the fracture complexity and drainage area. These results could provide valuable insights in predicating and creating complex reservoir hydraulic fracturing patterns.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering - Volume 56, August 2018, Pages 455-471
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