石善志,鲜成钢,郭晓东,等. 不同砾石粒径及含量下裂缝扩展规律大尺度物模实验[J]. 石油钻采工艺,2025,47(5):600-609. DOI: 10.13639/j.odpt.202506021
引用本文: 石善志,鲜成钢,郭晓东,等. 不同砾石粒径及含量下裂缝扩展规律大尺度物模实验[J]. 石油钻采工艺,2025,47(5):600-609. DOI: 10.13639/j.odpt.202506021
SHI Shanzhi, XIAN Chenggang, GUO Xiaodong, et al. Experimental study on large-scale physical modeling of crack extension patterns under different gravel size and content[J]. Oil Drilling & Production Technology, 2025, 47(5): 600-609. DOI: 10.13639/j.odpt.202506021
Citation: SHI Shanzhi, XIAN Chenggang, GUO Xiaodong, et al. Experimental study on large-scale physical modeling of crack extension patterns under different gravel size and content[J]. Oil Drilling & Production Technology, 2025, 47(5): 600-609. DOI: 10.13639/j.odpt.202506021

不同砾石粒径及含量下裂缝扩展规律大尺度物模实验

Experimental study on large-scale physical modeling of crack extension patterns under different gravel size and content

  • 摘要: 玛湖凹陷致密砾岩储层具有砾石含量高、粒径分布不均及强非均质性特征,压裂裂缝扩展机理极为复杂,常规物模受限于尺度与边界效应,难以真实还原深层砾岩储层压裂施工条件。针对这一难题,利用超大型真三轴水力压裂物理模拟实验系统,选取尺寸为2.0 m×2.0 m×1.0 m的大型砾岩试样,并采用与实际施工一致的泵注排量和压裂材料,系统考察了不同砾石含量与粒径对裂缝扩展规律的影响,实现工业尺度的压裂物理模拟。实验结果表明,砾石含量与粒径对裂缝形态具有耦合控制效应:砾石含量由40%增加至60%时,裂缝网络复杂度呈现“先降后增”的趋势,主缝偏转与分支发育主要受砾石空间非均质性主导;粒径增大则使裂缝迂曲度表现为“先增后降”,其中中等粒径因屏蔽作用最强,迫使裂缝绕砾扩展并形成复杂分支网络。压裂压力曲线进一步揭示,低含量/小粒径条件下扩展阻力大,曲线呈阶梯振荡型;而高含量/大粒径条件下主缝路径相对规则,压力曲线趋于单峰特征。研究结果揭示了砾石–基质多尺度力学作用下的动态成网机制,为玛湖致密砾岩油藏压裂参数优化提供数据支撑。

     

    Abstract: The dense conglomerate reservoir in the Mahu Depression is characterized by high conglomerate content, uneven particle size distribution and strong non-homogeneity, and the fracturing fracture extension mechanism is extremely complex, so the conventional physical model is limited by scale and boundary effects, which makes it difficult to realistically restore the fracturing construction conditions of deep conglomerate reservoirs. To address this problem, this paper relies on a super-large true triaxial hydraulic fracturing physical simulation system, selects a large conglomerate specimen with a size of 2.0 m×2.0 m×1.0 m, and adopts a real fracturing pumping capacity, and the simulated wellbore and fracturing materials are consistent with the on-site construction, so as to systematically investigate the effects of different conglomerate contents and particle sizes on the fracture extension law, and to realize the physical simulation of fracturing on an industrial scale. The experimental results show that gravel content and grain size have a coupling control effect on fracture morphology: When the content increases from 40% to 60%, the complexity of fracture network shows a trend of "decreasing and then increasing", and the main fracture deflection and branching development are mainly dominated by the spatial non-homogeneity of gravels; and the increase in the grain size makes the tortuosity of fracture show a trend of "decreasing and then decreasing". The increase of grain size makes the fracture tortuosity show the trend of "increasing and then decreasing", in which the medium grain size has the strongest shielding effect, forcing the fracture to expand around the gravel and form a complex branch network. The fracturing pressure curves further reveal that the expansion resistance is high under low content/small grain size conditions, and the curves are of step-shock type; whereas the main fracture paths are relatively regular under high content/large grain size conditions, and the pressure curves tend to be single-peak characteristics. The results reveal the dynamic network formation mechanism under the multi-scale mechanical action of gravel-matrix, and provide data support for the optimization of fracturing parameters in Makuhu tight conglomerate reservoir.

     

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