Sains Malaysiana 44(10)(2015): 1377–1388
A
Finite Element Model to Predict Wellbore Fracture Pressure with
Acid Damage
(Model
Unsur Terhingga untuk Meramalkan Retak Tekanan Telaga Gerudi dengan
Kerosakan Asid)
FANHUI-ZENG*, JIANCHUN-GUO
& YUXUAN-LIU
State Key Laboratory of
Oil and Gas Geology and Exploration, Southwest Petroleum University, 610500
Chengdu, P.R. China
Diserahkan: 13 Jun 2013/Diterima:
4 Ogos 2015
ABSTRACT
Hydraulic fracturing becomes more difficult
when confronted with a formation of high fracturing pressure. In
such formations, acidizing before the main fracturing treatment
provide a method to reduce fracture pressure. The aim of this paper
was to investigate the evolution of fracture pressure in a wellbore
with acidizing. Five experiments were conducted to study the mechanisms
of acid damage on reservoir minerals and cementing materials properties.
Consequently, a mathematical model to predict fracture pressure
with acidizing has been established and verified by field data.
The analysis results showed that it is possible to reduce fracture
pressure with decreased rock strength and fracture critical stress
intensity factor by means of acid damage. Acid damage destroys the
crystal structure of mineral particles, breaks the crystalline layers
in cementing materials, increases rock porosity and reduces the
rock strength. In addition, as the acid concentration, formation
temperature and acid treatment time increased, it was useful to
reduce fracture pressure in the wellbore. Using the proposed model,
we were able to select the optimal acid damage construction parameters
to reduce fracture pressure.
Keywords: Acid damage; fracture
pressure; hydraulic fracture; mechanisms of acid damage; prediction model
ABSTRAK
Keretakan hidraulik
menjadi sukar apabila berhadapan dengan pembentukan tekanan keretakan
tinggi. Dalam pembentukan itu, pengasidan sebelum rawatan
keretakan utama merupakan suatu kaedah bagi mengurangkan tekanan
retak. Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk
mengkaji evolusi tekanan retak dalam telaga gerudi dengan pengasidan.
Lima kajian telah dijalankan untuk mengkaji
mekanisme kerosakan asid dalam tangki mineral dan sifat bahan penyimenan.
Oleh yang demikian, model matematik untuk meramalkan
tekanan retak dengan pengasidan telah dibangun dan dibuktikan melalui
data lapangan. Keputusan analisis menunjukkan
bahawa tekanan retak dapat dikurangkan dengan mengurangkan kekuatan
batu dan faktor keamatan tekanan kritikal retak melalui kerosakan
asid. Kerosakan asid memusnahkan struktur kristal
zarah mineral, memecahkan lapisan kristal dalam bahan penyimenan,
meningkatkan keliangan batu dan mengurangkan kekuatan batu. Sebagai
tambahan, semasa kepekatan asid, suhu pembentukan dan tempoh rawatan
asid meningkat, adalah disarankan tekanan retak dikurangkan dalam
telaga gerudi. Berdasarkan model yang dicadangkan, kami dapat memilih parameter
penghasilan kerosakan asid yang optimum untuk mengurangkan tekanan
retak.
Kata kunci: Kerosakan asid; mekanisme kerosakan asid; model
ramalan; retak hidraulik; tekanan retak
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