Huiyan Zhao¹, Xuezhong Chen¹, Zhijian Hu^2,*, Man Chen¹, Bo Xiong³, Jianying Yang¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.20, No.6, pp. 1313-1330, 2024, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2024.048840 - 27 June 2024

Abstract Using the typical characteristics of multi-layered marine and continental transitional gas reservoirs as a basis, a model is developed to predict the related well production rate. This model relies on the fractal theory of tortuous capillary bundles and can take into account multiple gas flow mechanisms at the micrometer and nanometer scales, as well as the flow characteristics in different types of thin layers (tight sandstone gas, shale gas, and coalbed gas). Moreover, a source-sink function concept and a pressure drop superposition principle are utilized to introduce a coupled flow model in the reservoir. A… More > Graphic Abstract

Haoyu Fu^1,2,3, Hua Liu^1,2, Xiaohu Hu^1,2, Lei Wang^1,2,3,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.137, No.3, pp. 2285-2309, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.027996 - 03 August 2023

Abstract Well interference has become a common phenomenon with the increasing scale of horizontal well fracturing. Recent studies on well interference in horizontal wells do not properly reflect the physical model of the postfracturing well groups and the realistic fracturing process of infill wells. Establishing the correspondence between well interference causative factors and manifestations is of great significance for infill well deployment and secondary oil recovery. In this work, we develop a numerical model that considers low velocity non-Darcy seepage in shale reservoirs to study the inter-well interference phenomenon that occurs in the Santanghu field, and… More >

Hongsha Xiao¹, Ruihan Zhang^2,*, Man Chen¹, Cui Jing¹, Shangjun Gao¹, Chao Chen¹, Huiyan Zhao¹, Xin Huang^2,*, Bo Kang³

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.19, No.7, pp. 1803-1815, 2023, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2023.026143 - 08 March 2023

Abstract The production performances of a well with a shale gas reservoir displaying a complex fracture network are simulated. In particular, a micro-seismic cloud diagram is used to describe the fracture network, and accordingly, a production model is introduced based on a multi-scale flow mechanism. A finite volume method is then exploited for the integration of the model equations. The effects of apparent permeability, conductivity, Langmuir volume, and bottom hole pressure on gas well production are studied accordingly. The simulation results show that ignoring the micro-scale flow mechanism of the shale gas leads to underestimating the More > Graphic Abstract