Fracturing Characteristics of Horizontal Wells and Adjustment Measures in High Curvature Area of Fuling Shale Gas Field
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Sinopec Chongqing Fuling Shale Gas Exploration and Development Co., Ltd.

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TE357.1;TE243;P634.7

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    The southwest of Jiaoshiba block in Fuling shale gas field is superimposed by multiple tectonic movements with strong deformation and complex fracture. The seismic curvature attribute indicates that the curvature of the main gas stratum is densely distributed. Although the curvature only indicates the extent of the strata bending deformation, the high curvature of the shale reservoir often predicts more micro-fractures development, which is favorable for shale reservoir forming a complex fracture network. However, if the natural micro-fractures were opened too much and too early, a large amount of fracturing fluid loss would be caused to result in limited fracture propagation and difficult sand pumping during the fracturing process. Compared with the main block, the fracturing curves show huge differences and the treatment difficulty greatly increased, too. Starting from the plane distribution of curvature, curvature density, directivity and the extension length, this paper tries to quantify the relationship between curvature and the effect of fracturing testing gas. Meanwhile, considering the influence of regional structure and fault impact, fracturing construction characteristics of different high curvature areas are analyzed and the corresponding adjustment measures are put forward, which provides the experience reference for the later-stage fracturing effect improvement and efficient gas field development.

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  • Received:June 28,2016
  • Revised:June 28,2016
  • Adopted:December 30,2016
  • Online: February 21,2017
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