Fracture propagation law of temporary plugging and diversion fracturing in shale reservoirs under completion experiments of horizontal well with multi-cluster sand jetting perforation

This study conducted temporary plugging and diversion fracturing(TPDF)experiments using a true triaxial fracturing simulation system within a laboratory setting that replicated a lab-based horizontal well completion with multi-cluster sand jetting perforation.The effects of temporary plugging agent(TPA)particle size,TPA concentration,single-cluster perforation number and cluster number on plugging pressure,multi-fracture diversion pattern and distribution of TPAs were investigated.A combination of TPAs with small particle sizes within the fracture and large particle sizes within the segment is conducive to increasing the plugging pressure and promoting the diversion of multi-fractures.The addition of fibers can quickly achieve ultra-high pressure,but it may lead to longitudinal fractures extending along the wellbore.The temporary plugging peak pressure increases with an increase in the concentration of the TPA,reaching a peak at a certain concentration,and further increases do not significantly improve the temporary plugging peak pressure.The breaking pressure and temporary plugging peak pressure show a decreasing trend with an increase in single-cluster perforation number.A lower number of single-cluster perforations is beneficial for increasing the breaking pressure and temporary plugging peak pressure,and it has a more significant control on the propagation of multi-cluster fractures.A lower number of clusters is not conducive to increasing the total number and complexity of artificial fractures,while a higher number of clusters makes it difficult to achieve effective plugging.The TPAs within the fracture is mainly concentrated in the complex fracture areas,especially at the intersections of fractures.Meanwhile,the TPAs within the segment are primarily distributed near the perforation cluster apertures which initiated complex fractures.

Propagation law of shock waves and gas flow in cross roadway caused by coal and gas outburst

In order to study the propagation law of shock waves and gas flow during coal and gas outburst,we analyzed the formation process of outburst shock waves and gas flow and established the numerical simulation models of the roadways with 45°intersection and 135°intersection to simulate the propagation of outburst gas flow and the process of gas transport.Based on the analysis of the simulation results,we obtained the qualitative and quantitative conclusions on the characteristics and patterns of propagation and attenuation of outburst shock waves and gas flow.With the experimental models,we investigated the outburst shock waves and gas flow in the roadways with the similar structures to the simulated ones.According to the simulation results,when the angle between the driving roadway and the adjacent roadway increased,the sudden pressure variation range in adjacent roadway and the influencing scope of gas flow increased and the sudden pressure variation duration decreased.The intersection between the driving roadway and the adjacent roadway has no effect on airflow reversal induced by the shock waves and gas flow.

Study on the Propagation Law of Shock Wave Pressure in Tunnels with Different Materials

The propagation of shock wave pressure in the tunnel is greatly affected by the tunnel structure,shape,material and other factors,and there are great differences in the propagation law of shock wave pressure in different kinds of tunnels.In order to study the propagation law of shock wave pressure in tunnels with different materials,taking the long straight tunnel with the square section as an example,the AUTODYN software is used to simulate the explosion of TNT in the concrete,steel and granite tunnel,and study on the variation law of shock wave pressure in tunnels with different materials.By using dimensional analysis and combined with the results of numerical simulation,a mathematical model of the propagation law of shock wave pressure in the tunnel is established,and the effectiveness of the mathematical model is verified by making the explosion test of the warhead in the reinforce concrete tunnel.The results show that the same mass of TNT explodes in the tunnel with different materials,and the shock wave overpressure peak at the same measuring point is approximate in the near field.However,there is a significant difference in the middle-far fields from the explosion center,the shock wave overpressure peak in the steel tunnel is 20.76%and 34.82%higher than that of the concrete and the granite tunnel respectively,and the shock wave overpressure peak in the concrete tunnel is 24.91%higher than that in the granite tunnel.Through the experimental verification,getting the result that the maximum relative deviation between the measured value and the calculated value of the shock wave overpressure peak is 11.85%.Therefore,it is proved that the mathematical model can be used to predict the shock wave overpressure peak in the tunnel with different materials,and it can provide some reference for the power evaluation of warhead explosion in the tunnel.

Numerical simulation of hydraulic fracture propagation in laminated shale reservoirs

The main area of the Jiaoshiba anticline of the Fuling shale gas field was taken as the research object,laboratory rock mechanical experiments and direct shear experiments were conducted to clarify the mechanical anisotropy characteristics and parameters of rock samples with rich beddings.Based on the experimental results,a 3D fracture propagation model of the target reservoir taking mechanical anisotropy,weak bedding plane and vertical stress difference into account was established by the discrete element method to analyze distribution patterns of hydraulic fractures under different bedding densities,mechanical properties,and fracturing engineering parameters(including perforation clusters,injection rates and fracturing fluid viscosity).The research results show that considering the influence of the weak bedding plane and longitudinal stress difference,the interlayer stress difference 3–4 MPa in the study area can control the fracture height within the zone of stress barrier,and the fracture height is less than 40 m.If the influence of the weak bedding plane is not considered,the simulation result of fracture height is obviously higher.Although the opening of high-density bedding fractures increases the complexity of hydraulic fractures,it significantly limited the propagation of fracture height.By reducing the number of clusters,increasing the injection rate,and increasing the volume and proportion of high-viscosity fracturing fluid in the pad stage,the restriction on fracture height due to the bedding plane and vertical stress difference can be reduced,and the longitudinal propagation of fractures can be promoted.The fracture propagation model was used to simulate one stage of Well A in Fuling shale gas field,and the simulation results were consistent with the micro-seismic monitoring results.

The study of acoustic emission (AE) forecasting coal and rock disaster technique

Introduced the coal and rock AE propagation rule,wave guide fixing technics onAE sensors,and AE forecasting coal and rock disaster on the scene and so on,The coaland rock AE propagation rule that follows the exponent attenuation function on different AEfrequencies,different quality factors and different propagation distances were analyzedand deduced by theory,numerical simulation,and by actual experiment.Consequently,itwas deduced that the coal and rock AE propagation rule follows the exponent attenuationfunction.Based on the correlative theory of wave dynamics and AE sensor,the AE waveguide propagation mechanical model on the sensor fixing manner is found,and the relationsof displacement and speed and acceleration between the AE signal source and theAE signal receiving terminal are presented.The effect of the AE sensor fixing manners oncoal and rock surfaces,coal and rock bottoms and wave guides were studied by actualexperiment.For the results,the effect of the AE sensor fixing manner on wave guides isbetter than on coal and rock surfaces,and was equivalent to the fixing manner on coal androck bottoms.Based on the above study results,actual coal and rock dynamistic disasterswere successfully forecasted.

Deep learning for pore-scale two-phase flow:Modelling drainage in realistic porous media

This paper introduces a deep learning workflow to predict phase distributions within complex geometries during two-phase capillary-dominated drainage.We utilize subsamples from Computerized Tomography(CT)images of rocks and incorporate pixel size,interfacial tension,contact angle,and pressure as inputs.First,an efficient morphology-based simulator creates a diverse dataset of phase distributions.Then,two commonly used convolutional and recurrent neural networks are explored and their deficiencies are highlighted,particularly in capturing phase connectivity.Subsequently,we develop a Higher-Dimensional Vision Transformer(HD-ViT)that drains pores solely based on their size,with phase connectivity enforced as a post-processing step.This enables inference for images of varying sizes,resolutions,and inlet-outlet setup.After training on a massive dataset of over 9.5 million instances,HD-ViT achieves excellent performance.We demonstrate the accuracy and speed advantage of the model on new and larger sandstone and carbonate images.We further evaluate HD-ViT against experimental fluid distribution images and the corresponding Lattice-Boltzmann simulations,producing similar outcomes in a matter of seconds.In the end,we train and validate a 3D version of the model.