Transient Temperature Impact on Deep Reservoir Fracturing
Hydraulic fracturing enables the commercial development of unconventional resources in shales and tight formations. The conductivity and complexity of created fractures are critically dependent on the rheology of fracking fluid and the mechanics properties of rocks. Literatures show that both the rh...
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| description | Hydraulic fracturing enables the commercial development of unconventional resources in shales and tight formations. The conductivity and complexity of created fractures are critically dependent on the rheology of fracking fluid and the mechanics properties of rocks. Literatures show that both the rheology of fracturing fluid and fracture propagation dynamics are affected by the temperature of fracturing fluid. Neglecting the temperature transient behaviour may defeat the purpose of fracturing optimization during fracture initiation, propagation, and sand packing. The objective of this paper is to investigate the impact of temperature on fracturing design by studying the transient temperature behaviour across a complex wellbore using numerical modelling by coupling a finite difference heat transfer model with a dynamic fracture propagation model. The study results show that with the injection of cold fracturing fluid, hydraulic fracture propagation is decelerated, and production prediction is thus lessened compared with the case ignoring temperature effect. For multistage fractured wells, fracture geometry enlarges along the fluid flow direction in a horizontal segment. This potentially lowers the cost of hydraulic fracturing designs. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-51e5585125944461aa01ddc1f836cb122025-02-03T06:11:19ZengWileyGeofluids1468-81232021-01-01202110.1155/2021/66534426653442Transient Temperature Impact on Deep Reservoir FracturingYu Jiang0John E. Killough1Xingru Wu2Yongzheng Cui3Harold Vance Department of Petroleum EngineeringHarold Vance Department of Petroleum EngineeringDepartment of Petroleum EngineeringDepartment of Petroleum EngineeringHydraulic fracturing enables the commercial development of unconventional resources in shales and tight formations. The conductivity and complexity of created fractures are critically dependent on the rheology of fracking fluid and the mechanics properties of rocks. Literatures show that both the rheology of fracturing fluid and fracture propagation dynamics are affected by the temperature of fracturing fluid. Neglecting the temperature transient behaviour may defeat the purpose of fracturing optimization during fracture initiation, propagation, and sand packing. The objective of this paper is to investigate the impact of temperature on fracturing design by studying the transient temperature behaviour across a complex wellbore using numerical modelling by coupling a finite difference heat transfer model with a dynamic fracture propagation model. The study results show that with the injection of cold fracturing fluid, hydraulic fracture propagation is decelerated, and production prediction is thus lessened compared with the case ignoring temperature effect. For multistage fractured wells, fracture geometry enlarges along the fluid flow direction in a horizontal segment. This potentially lowers the cost of hydraulic fracturing designs.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6653442 |
| spellingShingle | Yu Jiang John E. Killough Xingru Wu Yongzheng Cui Transient Temperature Impact on Deep Reservoir Fracturing Geofluids |
| title | Transient Temperature Impact on Deep Reservoir Fracturing |
| title_full | Transient Temperature Impact on Deep Reservoir Fracturing |
| title_fullStr | Transient Temperature Impact on Deep Reservoir Fracturing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transient Temperature Impact on Deep Reservoir Fracturing |
| title_short | Transient Temperature Impact on Deep Reservoir Fracturing |
| title_sort | transient temperature impact on deep reservoir fracturing |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6653442 |
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