不同类型液体水化作用下海相页岩巴西劈裂破坏特征

为了研究不同类型液体水化作用对页岩内部裂缝形态、岩石抗拉强度和巴西劈裂张性破坏模式的影响,选取昭通国家级页岩气示范区下志留统龙马溪组页岩气储层岩心,采用清水及滑溜水分别进行了水化预处理,通过CT扫描对比了页岩中裂缝结构的变化;然后开展巴西劈裂试验,研究了水化预处理后页岩试件抗拉强度及张性破坏模式;在此基础上,选取研究区内的两口水平井,在其压裂施工现场开展了水化预处理先导性试验。研究结果表明:①相同时间内,自发渗吸过程清水水化作用对海相页岩裂缝复杂程度的提升效果优于滑溜水;②清水表面张力更大且黏度更低,清水水化作用不仅能够促使原始裂缝延伸,还能诱发新的微细裂缝或分支缝,而滑溜水水化则以促使原始裂缝扩展为主;③水化作用使海相页岩发生损伤,其抗拉强度降低,经过清水、滑溜水水化预处理后的页岩试件抗拉强度相对未水化试件分别降低了35.6%和18.1%;④根据主裂缝延伸形态将页岩水化后巴西劈裂张性破坏模式分为阶梯形、折线形、分支形和弧形4种或是其相互组合,而未水化页岩张性破坏模式仅为直线形;⑤水化作用能有效提升海相页岩压裂裂缝复杂程度,建议在施工条件允许的情况下,射孔后在限压范围内高排量注入一定量...

Brazilian tensile failure characteristics of marine shale under the hydration effect of different fluids

In this paper, shale gas cores from the Lower Silurian Longmaxi Formation in the Zhaotong National Shale Gas Demonstration Area were selected to study the hydration effect of different fluids on the fracture morphology inside the shale, the rock tensile strength and the Brazilian tensile failure mode. Fresh water and slick water were adopted for hydration pretreatments and the CT technique was used to compare the changes of the fabric in the shale. Then, Brazilian tensile tests were carried out to study the tensile strength and tensile failure modes of the shale specimen after hydration pretreatment. Finally, two horizontal wells in the study area were selected to perform pilot tests of hydration pretreatment in their fracturing operation sites. And the following research results were obtained. First, in the process of spontaneous imbibition, the hydration effect of fresh water is superior to that of slick water in promoting the fracture complexity of marine shale in the same hydration duration. Second, fresh water has greater surface tension and lower viscosity and its hydration effect can not only promote the propagation of original fractures but induce new micro-fractures or branches, while the hydration effect of slickwater mainly promotes the propagation of original fractures. Third, due to hydration effect, marine shale is damaged and its tensile strength is reduced. After the hydration pretreatment by fresh water and slick water, the tensile strength of the shale specimen is reduced by 35.6% and 18.1%, respectively. Fourth, according to the propagation paths of main fractures, the Brazilian tensile failure modes of hydrated shale can be divided into four types (i.e., step shaped, dog-leg shaped, branching shaped and arc shaped) or their combinations, while the tensile failure mode of unhydrated shale is only a straight line. Fifth, hydration effect can effectively increase the complexity of the hydraulic fractures in marine shale, so if the conditions permit, it is recommended to inject a certain amount of fresh water at a high pumping rate within the limited pressure after perforation and to shut in the well until the hydraulic fracturing operation. And in order to reduce the difficulties of pumping the proppant during the hydraulic fracturing operation, a pumping strategy of "low proppant concentration, large volume of slurries" can be adopted to reach the expected proppant volume.