CHINESE JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS ›› 2015, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (5): 595-602.

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Linear Element Method for Multi-angle Fractured Horizontal Well in Anisotropic Reservoir

FANG Sidong1, CHENG Linsong1, XIN Yinan1, HE Congge2   

  1. 1. College of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum(Beijing), Beijing 102249, China;
    2. Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, PetroChina, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2014-09-13 Revised:2014-12-11 Online:2015-09-25 Published:2015-09-25

Abstract: With Green function and Laplace transformation, one-dimensional element is established considering effect of permeability tensor of anisotropic reservoir. Inflow of fracture is obtained by linear interpolation of endpoints and flow in fracture is treated with linear integral of flow rate. Coupling flow in formation and fractures, calculating method for bottom-hole pressure is formed semi-analytically. It shows that there are three flow regimes including fracturing linear flow, formation linear flow and system radial flow. The more the fractures, the less the dimensionless pressure and number of factures has significant impact on flow rate. With increase of fractures increasing rate is dropping in the same time. Fracture length and conductivity have similar characteristics. Flow rate is improving as angle between fracture and wellbore is increasing. Flow rate reaches maximum as fracture is perpendicular to wellbore, and vice versa. Angle between maximum permeability and fracture has similar impact on production. In summary, production rate reach maximum as fracture is perpendicular to wellbore and direction of maximum permeability.

Key words: anisotropic reservoir, fractured horizontal well, well test, source function, multi-angle fractures

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