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

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 construct an explicit hydraulic fracture… More >

Daobing Wang¹, Fang Shi^2,*, Hao Qin^1,*, Dongliang Sun¹, Bo Yu¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.126, No.3, pp. 891-914, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2021.014206

Abstract In this study, we use the extended finite element method (XFEM) with a consideration of junction enrichment functions to investigate the mechanics of hydraulic fractures related to naturally cemented fractures. In the proposed numerical model, the lubrication equation is adopted to describe the fluid flow within fractures. The fluid-solid coupling systems of the hydraulic fracturing problem are solved using the Newton-Raphson method. The energy release rate criterion is used to determine the cross/arrest behavior between a hydraulic fracture (HF) and a cemented natural fracture (NF). The failure patterns and mechanisms of crack propagation at the intersection of natural fractures are… More >

Yi Luo^1,*, Erxiu Shi², Yin Feng², Boyun Guo², Liehui Zhang¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.121, No.1, pp. 105-122, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2019.06500

Abstract Development of unconventional tight oil and gas reservoirs such as shale pays presents a huge challenge to the petroleum industry due to the naturally low permeability of shale formations and thus low productivity of oil and gas wells. Shale formations are also vulnerable to the contamination of the water in the drilling and completion fluids, which further reduces reservoir permeability. Although gas-drilling (drilling with gas) has been used to address the issue, several problems such as formation water influx, wellbore collapse, excessive gas volume requirement and hole cleaning in horizontal drilling, still hinder its application. A new technique called gas-lift… More >