Transient Pressure and Rate Behavior of a Vertically Refractured Well in a Shale Gas Reservoir

Xiangji Dou, Sujin Hong, Zhen Tao, Jiahao Lu and Guoqiang Xing
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Xiangji Dou: School of Petroleum Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
Sujin Hong: School of Petroleum Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
Zhen Tao: Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development of CNPC, Beijing 100089, China
Jiahao Lu: School of Petroleum Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
Guoqiang Xing: School of Petroleum Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 12, 1-20

Abstract: Refracturing treatment is widely used to enhance the well productivity in shale gas reservoirs, particularly for initially fractured wells with low productivity. The principal of this work is based on the transient behavior of pressure and rate for a vertically refractured well in a shale gas reservoir, considering the fracture reorientation and adsorption and desorption property. Based on the point-source theory and Laplace transform, a semi-analytical solution for a refractured well is obtained by coupling the point-source solution of a shale gas reservoir and the solution of artificial fractures. The validation of this new solution is carried out smoothly by comparison with the results from the commercial software COMSOL . Five typical flow regimes are identified on the transient pressure curve, namely bi-linear flow regime, formation linear flow regime, mid-radial flow regime, inter-porosity flow regime, and pseudo-radial flow regime. A groove segment occurs on the transient-pressure derivative curve, and its width and depth largely depend on the adsorption and desorption constant and storativity ratio. Due to fracture reorientation, bi-linear flow regime, formation linear flow regime, and mid-radial flow regime may be significantly impacted. In addition, the transient rate of the refractured well in a shale gas reservoir is positively proportional to the storativity ratio, inter-porosity coefficient, and adsorption and desorption constant, while it is inversely proportional to fracture reorientation. These results provide important references for parameter design, property inversion, and productivity prediction of refracturing treatment in shale gas reservoirs.

Keywords: refracturing treatment; transient pressure and rate behavior; fracture reorientation; shale gas reservoir; adsorption and desorption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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