2021 EJRNL PP YUNHU LU 1.pdf]
Terbatas Suharsiyah
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Terbatas Suharsiyah
» ITB
The Efficient development of shale reservoirs becomes increasingly dependent upon infill wells in China to
stabilize the gas production. The accurate calculation of dynamic evolution of stress field is important for the
design of fracturing and infill wells. The extraction of gas flow results in stress-sensitive and significantly alters
the original in-situ stress field, which brings difficulties on geomechanical design for fracturing treatment.
Hitherto, the main factors that affect the principal stress alteration is unclear, especially when considering the
interference between fractures and wells. Besides, the transport mechanisms of shale gas flow are complex, which
bring difficulties in the modeling of deformable multi-continuum. In this paper, an adaptive model that couples
multi-continuum matrix and discrete fractures is developed. According to the effective stress coefficients of
matrix pores and natural fractures, the total deformation is decomposed into two parts: matrix pore pressure
depletion induced deformation and natural fracture pressure depletion induced deformation. The model is then
validated to simulate hydromechanical coupling processes in fractured-shale reservoirs during the production
period. Sensitivity analysis of stress alteration is also performed to study the alteration angle of the minimum
horizontal principal stress during production. The modeling results show that the pressure depletion in natural
fractures is the fastest, which dominates the shale deformation. Besides, the gas desorption in organic matters
enlarges the alteration angle of the minimum horizontal principal stress during production. Finally, we find the
difference between adsorption rate and desorption rate, instead of the total adsorbed gas amount, determines the
adsorbed gas production.