Tight oil resources are abundant in the world.It is very important to strengthen the research on the development theory and technology of tight oil reservoirs for ensuring national energy security.Natural gas huff-n-p...Tight oil resources are abundant in the world.It is very important to strengthen the research on the development theory and technology of tight oil reservoirs for ensuring national energy security.Natural gas huff-n-puff can effectively improve the oil recovery of tight oil reservoirs.However,the pore-scale oil production characteristics and the mechanisms of natural gas huff-n-puff in matrix-fracture cores are poorly understood.The influence degree of important factors on oil recovery is not clear and the interactions between factors are rarely considered.In this paper,the oil production characteristics and mechanisms of natural gas huff-n-puff in tight cores with different fracture lengths were quantitatively analyzed by combining nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR)with numerical simulation technology.The influencing factors and their interactions were evaluated by the response surface method(RSM).The results show that tight cores mainly consist of medium pores(0.1–1μm)and small pores(0.01–0.1μm).The fracture mainly increases the proportion of macro-pores(1–10μm)and medium pores.In the natural gas huff-n-puff process,crude oil from macro-pores(1–10μm)and medium pores is mainly developed,and the contribution percentage of crude oil in medium pores to oil recovery is the largest,up to 98.28%.The position of gas–oil contact(GOC)moves deeper as the number of huff-n-puff cycles increases.The contents of CH_(4) and CO_(2) in the oil phase remain at a high level within the GOC,while between the GOC and the component sweep front,the contents of CH_(4) and CO_(2) in the oil phase decrease with the increase in dimensionless distance.The gas component sweep volume is increasing with the increase in fracture length.Moreover,the injected natural gas mainly extracts C_(3)–C_(10) components from crude oil.The reduction law of crude oil viscosity is consistent with the migration laws of CH_(4) components along the path.Compared with soaking time and gas diffusion coefficient,the injection pressure is the most signi展开更多
Gas transport in coal induces effective stress variation,matrix swelling/shrinkage,and significantly affects matrix and fracture deformation,resulting in porosity and permeability evolution.However,the heterogeneity a...Gas transport in coal induces effective stress variation,matrix swelling/shrinkage,and significantly affects matrix and fracture deformation,resulting in porosity and permeability evolution.However,the heterogeneity and anisotropy of coal are neglected in dual porosity models,which can lead to the deviation from the real physical mechanisms.To uncover the permeability evolution,especially the influence of dynamic matrix-fracture interaction for real fracture distribution,advanced virtual simulation is proposed.In this study,real fracture geometry is taken into account in the physical model based on the CT-scan image,while the mathematical models for coal deformation and gas flow are established.Our calculations are verified against a long-term experimental data under the same boundary condition.Accordingly,the real matrix-fracture interaction caused by adsorption-induced matrix deformation has been visually exhibited,and some new insight into the behavior of fracture permeability in real materials is offered.The results indicate the non-uniform distribution of fracture geometry is responsible for the nonmonotonic change of permeability.It also found that injection pressure,Langmuir strain constant and initial matrix permeability have important influences on the fracture permeability evolution.This research provides valuable insight into the understanding of the permeability change for the real fracture spatial distribution in coal.展开更多
Describing matrix–fracture interaction is one of the most important factors for modeling natural fractured reservoirs.A common approach for simulation of naturally fractured reservoirs is dual-porosity modeling where...Describing matrix–fracture interaction is one of the most important factors for modeling natural fractured reservoirs.A common approach for simulation of naturally fractured reservoirs is dual-porosity modeling where the degree of communication between the low-permeability medium(matrix)and high-permeability medium(fracture)is usually determined by a transfer function.Most of the proposed matrix–fracture functions depend on the geometry of the matrix and fractures that are lumped to a factor called shape factor.Unfortunately,there is no unique solution for calculating the shape factor even for symmetric cases.Conducting fine-scale modeling is a tool for calculating the shape factor and validating the current solutions in the literature.In this study,the shape factor is calculated based on the numerical simulation of fine-grid simulations for single-phase flow using finite element method.To the best of the author’s knowledge,this is the first study to calculate the shape factors for multidimensional irregular bodies in a systematic approach.Several models were used,and shape factors were calculated for both transient and pseudo-steady-state(PSS)cases,although in some cases they were not clarified and assumptions were not clear.The boundary condition dependency of the shape factor was also investigated,and the obtained results were compared with the results of other studies.Results show that some of the most popular formulas cannot capture the exact physics of matrix–fracture interaction.The obtained results also show that both PSS and transient approaches for describing matrix–fracture transfer lead to constant shape factors that are not unique and depend on the fracture pressure(boundary condition)and how it changes with time.展开更多
煤层气开采时,基质-裂隙内气体压力相互作用引起煤体出现损伤效应,致使煤的强度降低。为得到损伤效应对煤强度的影响规律,通过提出基质与裂隙几何变形的概念模型进而推导出耦合损伤本构参数的渗透率模型,并通过COMSOL live link with MA...煤层气开采时,基质-裂隙内气体压力相互作用引起煤体出现损伤效应,致使煤的强度降低。为得到损伤效应对煤强度的影响规律,通过提出基质与裂隙几何变形的概念模型进而推导出耦合损伤本构参数的渗透率模型,并通过COMSOL live link with MATLAB程序对考虑气体作用的渗透率模型进行强度后处理计算。结果表明:通过孔隙基本原理得到的渗透率模型适用于不同边界条件,在单轴应变和常应力条件下新模型与试验数据匹配良好,而Palmer-Mansoori(P-M)模型只适用于单轴应变边界条件;与对照煤样相比,在气体作用后杨氏模量比为1/3,1/5,1/7和1/10的煤样强度分别降低了46.6%,32.0%,27.9%和26.4%;气体运移降低煤样强度的机制为损伤效应以损伤-诱导应变贡献于煤的孔隙度,孔隙发育程度改变了单轴加载后主裂隙的扩展轨迹。该研究通过编程对渗透率模型进行后处理计算,实现了煤层气运移出现的损伤效应对煤强度影响的耦合计算。展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.U22B6004,51974341,51904324)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.20CX06070A)the Science and Technology Support Plan for Youth Innovation of University in Shandong Province(Grant No.2019KJH002).
文摘Tight oil resources are abundant in the world.It is very important to strengthen the research on the development theory and technology of tight oil reservoirs for ensuring national energy security.Natural gas huff-n-puff can effectively improve the oil recovery of tight oil reservoirs.However,the pore-scale oil production characteristics and the mechanisms of natural gas huff-n-puff in matrix-fracture cores are poorly understood.The influence degree of important factors on oil recovery is not clear and the interactions between factors are rarely considered.In this paper,the oil production characteristics and mechanisms of natural gas huff-n-puff in tight cores with different fracture lengths were quantitatively analyzed by combining nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR)with numerical simulation technology.The influencing factors and their interactions were evaluated by the response surface method(RSM).The results show that tight cores mainly consist of medium pores(0.1–1μm)and small pores(0.01–0.1μm).The fracture mainly increases the proportion of macro-pores(1–10μm)and medium pores.In the natural gas huff-n-puff process,crude oil from macro-pores(1–10μm)and medium pores is mainly developed,and the contribution percentage of crude oil in medium pores to oil recovery is the largest,up to 98.28%.The position of gas–oil contact(GOC)moves deeper as the number of huff-n-puff cycles increases.The contents of CH_(4) and CO_(2) in the oil phase remain at a high level within the GOC,while between the GOC and the component sweep front,the contents of CH_(4) and CO_(2) in the oil phase decrease with the increase in dimensionless distance.The gas component sweep volume is increasing with the increase in fracture length.Moreover,the injected natural gas mainly extracts C_(3)–C_(10) components from crude oil.The reduction law of crude oil viscosity is consistent with the migration laws of CH_(4) components along the path.Compared with soaking time and gas diffusion coefficient,the injection pressure is the most signi
基金supported by National Key Research and Development Program of China(2020YFA0711802)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2019M661997)+3 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51774277)the Australian Research Council under Grant(DP200101293)the Science and Technology Major Project of Shanxi Province,China(20201102001)the Open Fund of State Key Laboratory of Coal and CBM Co-Mining(2018KF09)。
文摘Gas transport in coal induces effective stress variation,matrix swelling/shrinkage,and significantly affects matrix and fracture deformation,resulting in porosity and permeability evolution.However,the heterogeneity and anisotropy of coal are neglected in dual porosity models,which can lead to the deviation from the real physical mechanisms.To uncover the permeability evolution,especially the influence of dynamic matrix-fracture interaction for real fracture distribution,advanced virtual simulation is proposed.In this study,real fracture geometry is taken into account in the physical model based on the CT-scan image,while the mathematical models for coal deformation and gas flow are established.Our calculations are verified against a long-term experimental data under the same boundary condition.Accordingly,the real matrix-fracture interaction caused by adsorption-induced matrix deformation has been visually exhibited,and some new insight into the behavior of fracture permeability in real materials is offered.The results indicate the non-uniform distribution of fracture geometry is responsible for the nonmonotonic change of permeability.It also found that injection pressure,Langmuir strain constant and initial matrix permeability have important influences on the fracture permeability evolution.This research provides valuable insight into the understanding of the permeability change for the real fracture spatial distribution in coal.
文摘Describing matrix–fracture interaction is one of the most important factors for modeling natural fractured reservoirs.A common approach for simulation of naturally fractured reservoirs is dual-porosity modeling where the degree of communication between the low-permeability medium(matrix)and high-permeability medium(fracture)is usually determined by a transfer function.Most of the proposed matrix–fracture functions depend on the geometry of the matrix and fractures that are lumped to a factor called shape factor.Unfortunately,there is no unique solution for calculating the shape factor even for symmetric cases.Conducting fine-scale modeling is a tool for calculating the shape factor and validating the current solutions in the literature.In this study,the shape factor is calculated based on the numerical simulation of fine-grid simulations for single-phase flow using finite element method.To the best of the author’s knowledge,this is the first study to calculate the shape factors for multidimensional irregular bodies in a systematic approach.Several models were used,and shape factors were calculated for both transient and pseudo-steady-state(PSS)cases,although in some cases they were not clarified and assumptions were not clear.The boundary condition dependency of the shape factor was also investigated,and the obtained results were compared with the results of other studies.Results show that some of the most popular formulas cannot capture the exact physics of matrix–fracture interaction.The obtained results also show that both PSS and transient approaches for describing matrix–fracture transfer lead to constant shape factors that are not unique and depend on the fracture pressure(boundary condition)and how it changes with time.
文摘煤层气开采时,基质-裂隙内气体压力相互作用引起煤体出现损伤效应,致使煤的强度降低。为得到损伤效应对煤强度的影响规律,通过提出基质与裂隙几何变形的概念模型进而推导出耦合损伤本构参数的渗透率模型,并通过COMSOL live link with MATLAB程序对考虑气体作用的渗透率模型进行强度后处理计算。结果表明:通过孔隙基本原理得到的渗透率模型适用于不同边界条件,在单轴应变和常应力条件下新模型与试验数据匹配良好,而Palmer-Mansoori(P-M)模型只适用于单轴应变边界条件;与对照煤样相比,在气体作用后杨氏模量比为1/3,1/5,1/7和1/10的煤样强度分别降低了46.6%,32.0%,27.9%和26.4%;气体运移降低煤样强度的机制为损伤效应以损伤-诱导应变贡献于煤的孔隙度,孔隙发育程度改变了单轴加载后主裂隙的扩展轨迹。该研究通过编程对渗透率模型进行后处理计算,实现了煤层气运移出现的损伤效应对煤强度影响的耦合计算。
