水平井多簇支撑剂分布数值模拟

1.中石化胜利油田分公司石油工程技术研究院,山东东营257100;2.中国石油大学(华东)石油工程学院,山东青岛266580

油田开发;水平井;水力压裂;水平井筒;多簇射孔;支撑剂;计算流体力学模型;欧拉模型

Numerical simulation of multi-cluster proppant distribution in horizontal wells
ZHONG Anhai1,GUO Tiankui2

1.Research Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Sinopec Shengli Oilfield Company, Dongying 257100, Shandong Province, P. R. China;2.School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, Shandong Province, P. R. China

oilfield development; horizontal well; hydraulic fracturing; horizontal wellbore; multi-cluster perforation;proppant; computational fluid dynamic (CFD) model; Euler model

DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1249.2022.05576

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在水平井分段多簇压裂中,支撑剂在不同射孔中的分布直接影响到裂缝中的支撑剂铺置,进而影响压裂效果.为研究不同影响因素对支撑剂在水平井筒不同射孔簇间分布规律,基于欧拉-欧拉方法的计算流体力学模型,对水力压裂过程中不同射孔簇内支撑剂的分布状态进行模拟,得到不同条件下不同射孔簇间支撑剂的分布规律.模拟结果表明,由于重力影响,底部射孔中支撑剂浓度高于顶部射孔;当压裂液黏度由5mPa·s增加到100mPa·s时,不同射孔簇中支撑剂浓度差降低,促进支撑剂在簇间均匀分布;当压裂液流速由4.3m/s提高到10.6m/s时,不同射孔中支撑剂浓度差增大,但利于相同射孔簇中支撑剂均匀分布;当支撑剂密度由1.50×103kg/m3增加到3.00×103kg/m3,且支撑剂粒径由150μm增加到600μm时,支撑剂沉降速度加快,使不同射孔簇中支撑剂浓度差增大,影响支撑剂在簇间均匀分布.研究结果可用于指导水力压裂加砂设计.
For the staged multi-cluster fracturing of horizontal wells, the distribution of fracturing proppant inside different perforations directly affects the placement of proppant in the fracture, which in turn affects the fracturing performance. In order to study the distribution law of fracturing proppant among different perforation clusters along the horizontal wellbore with different influencing factors, we simulate the distribution state of fracturing proppant inside the different perforation clusters over the hydraulic fracturing process by using the Euler-Eulerian method-based computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model. We obtain the distribution law of the proppant among the perforation clusters under different conditions. The simulation results show that the proppant concentration in the bottom perforation is higher than that in the top perforation due to the influence of gravity; while the viscosity of fracturing fluid increases from 5 mPa·s to 100 mPa·s, the concentration difference of proppant in different perforation clusters decreases, which promotes the uniform distribution of proppant among clusters; while the flow rate of fracturing fluid increases from 4. 3 m/s to 10. 6 m/s, the difference of proppant concentration in different perforations increases, but it is beneficial to the uniformity of proppant distribution in the same perforation cluster;when the proppant density is increased from 1. 50×103 kg/m3 to 3. 00×103 kg/m3 and the proppant particle size is increased from 150 μm to 600 μm, the settling rate of proppant is accelarated, the concentration difference of proppant in different perforation clusters is increased, which affects the uniform distribution of proppant among clusters. The findings of this work can be used to guide the design of hydraulic fracturing proppant addition.
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