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注水诱导裂缝的流—固—损耦合模型及动态调控方法

A Hydraulic-mechanical-damage Coupling Model of Dynamic Waterflood-induced Fractures and Dynamic Control Method

  • 摘要: 裂缝性致密油藏高压注水易引发裂缝动态扩展,严重时可导致油井水淹停产。研究注水诱导裂缝的扩展机理与调控方法,精准控制裂缝扩展及流场分布,可延缓油井见水、提高水驱开发效果。通过引入应变相关的损伤变量,建立了裂缝性致密储层的注水诱导裂缝流-固-损耦合模型,并采用考虑厚度变化的节点单元表征天然裂缝的张开、闭合特征。以损伤变量为关键物理参数的桥梁,体现新裂缝与天然裂缝互相作用效果。论证了诱导裂缝适度扩展对提高基质波及体积的有利作用,数值模拟计算表明裂缝性致密油藏早期实施异步注采能抑制油井水淹,大幅度增加采出程度。研究结果表明:(1)注采方位夹角和天然裂缝的发育程度共同控制诱导裂缝的动态扩展。(2)注停周期越长,主裂缝和次生裂缝之间的竞争扩展现象越明显,且容易激活近井地带天然裂缝。(3)考虑裂缝闭合条件下在关井阶段压力降落较缓慢,幅度较小,重新注水后压力回升速度快,幅度大。(4)周期注水后张开—闭合的诱导裂缝改善了井周基质储层渗流能力,周期注水是一种有效的动态裂缝调控方法。研究成果发展了裂缝性储层流—固—损耦合非线性渗流模型,对裂缝性致密油藏动态裂缝调控及提高水驱采收率具有重要理论意义和现实意义。

     

    Abstract: High-pressure water injection in fractured tight reservoirs readily induces dynamic fracture propagation, which in severe cases may trigger water flooding and forced shutdown in production wells. Research on the expansion mechanism and control methods of waterflood induced fractures, and precise control of fracture behavior and flow field distribution can delay well waterflooding and enhance waterflood development efficiency. A coupled water injection-induced fracture hydraulic-mechanical-damage model for fractured tight reservoirs is developed by introducing strain-related damage variables, and a nodal unit that takes thickness variation into account is used to characterize the opening and closing of natural fractures. The bridge with damage variable as the key physical parameter is used to represent the interaction effect between the new and natural fractures. The favorable effect of inducing moderate fracture expansion to increase matrix sweep volume is demonstrated, and numerical simulations show that early implementation of asynchronous injection in fractured tight reservoirs can inhibit well flooding and significantly increase recovery rate. The results show that (1) The dynamic propagation of induced fractures is jointly controlled by the angle between injection-production orientations and the development degree of natural fractures. (2) The longer the injection shut-in period, the more obvious the competition extension phenomenon between the primary and secondary fractures, and easy to activate the natural fractures in the near-well zone. (3) The simulation considering fracture closure has a slower and smaller pressure landing in the well shut-in phase, and a faster and larger pressure recovery after reinjection. (4) Cyclic water injection improves near-well matrix permeability through repeated fracture opening-closure cycles, proving an effective dynamic fracture control method. The research results have developed a nonlinear seepage model of hydraulic-mechanical-damage coupling in fractured reservoirs, providing both theoretical significance and practical value for dynamic fracture management and enhanced waterflood recovery in fractured tight oil reservoirs.

     

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