TY - JOUR
T1 - A new analytical model for abnormal diffusion in stress-sensitive shale gas reservoirs
AU - Tao, Honghua
AU - Zhang, Liehui
AU - Wang, John Yilin
AU - Zhao, Yulong
N1 - Funding Information:
Thanks to the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Key Program) (Grant No. 51534006) and the Science and Technology Project of Chongqing Administration of Land, Resources and Housing (No. KJ-2015040). And sincere thanks should also go to the reviewers and editors for processing this work. Appendix A.
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Analytical models have been developed to analyze transient pressure behaviors of multiple hydraulically fractured horizontal wells in a shale gas reservoir. In this work, an improved analytical model was developed to consider transport mechanisms more comprehensively, including adsorption, Knudson diffusion and surface diffusion in shale matrix, as well as pressure-dependent permeability, dual-porosity media, abnormal diffusion in the Stimulated Reservoir Volume (SRV) region, and non-Darcy flow in each hydraulic fracture. Subsequently, we used the new model to carry out parametric studies to investigate transient pressure behaviors on main flow features such as the shale gas reservoirs’ various diffusion, stress sensitive, abnormal diffusion and non-Darcy flow. The composite diffusion changes the inter-porosity flow to an earlier time. Stress-sensitive shale results in a faster decline of pressure and pressure derivatives. The abnormal diffusion, in the form of a time-fractional flux law to describe the sub-diffusion mechanism, delays early linear flow stage and then causes a larger pressure drop.
AB - Analytical models have been developed to analyze transient pressure behaviors of multiple hydraulically fractured horizontal wells in a shale gas reservoir. In this work, an improved analytical model was developed to consider transport mechanisms more comprehensively, including adsorption, Knudson diffusion and surface diffusion in shale matrix, as well as pressure-dependent permeability, dual-porosity media, abnormal diffusion in the Stimulated Reservoir Volume (SRV) region, and non-Darcy flow in each hydraulic fracture. Subsequently, we used the new model to carry out parametric studies to investigate transient pressure behaviors on main flow features such as the shale gas reservoirs’ various diffusion, stress sensitive, abnormal diffusion and non-Darcy flow. The composite diffusion changes the inter-porosity flow to an earlier time. Stress-sensitive shale results in a faster decline of pressure and pressure derivatives. The abnormal diffusion, in the form of a time-fractional flux law to describe the sub-diffusion mechanism, delays early linear flow stage and then causes a larger pressure drop.
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U2 - 10.1080/15567036.2019.1704310
DO - 10.1080/15567036.2019.1704310
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85077396606
JO - Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects
JF - Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects
SN - 1556-7036
ER -