Synchronous Fracture Expansion Pattern of Hydraulic Fracturing with Different Perforation Spacing

Yulong Jiang, Kai Wang, Xiaoqiang Zhang and Tingting Cai ()
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Yulong Jiang: College of Mining Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
Kai Wang: College of Mining Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
Xiaoqiang Zhang: College of Mining Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
Tingting Cai: College of Safety and Emergency Management Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China

Energies, 2024, vol. 17, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: Using the self-developed “TCHFSM-I” large-size true triaxial fracturing seepage simulation device and fluid injection flow dynamic monitoring device, we studied the crack initiation and expansion law of multi-fractures under different perforation spacing conditions and revealed the mechanism of multi-fractures expanding from non-equilibrium to equilibrium on the basis of the evolution law of the injection pressure and characteristics of the distribution of the injection flow. The results show that when the perforation spacing is small (<60 mm), the central injection fracturing cracks are affected by the extension of the upper and lower injection cracks, and their extension lengths are shorter; on the contrary, the extension lengths of the upper, central and lower injection cracks are basically the same, and the three hydraulically fractured cracks shift from non-equilibrium to equilibrium extension. When the perforation spacing is small, the fracture initiation pressure of the middle perforation is much larger than that of the upper and lower perforations. However, as the perforation spacing increases, the fracture initiation pressure of the middle perforation gradually decreases. Its fracture initiation pressure is basically the same as that of the upper and lower perforations. The expansion of the three hydraulically fractured cracks is independent of each other. In addition, the evolution law of the injection flow rate can better reflect the multi-fracture fracture initiation and expansion pattern, and the evolution pattern of the injection flow rate can better reflect the synchronous fracture initiation and expansion mechanism of multi-fracture fracture. The results of the study can provide technical guidance for efficient coalbed methane extraction.

Keywords: multi-fracture initiation and expansion; evolutionary characteristics of fluid injection flow; initiation pressure; hydraulic fracturing (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: 2024
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