Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition) ›› 2001, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (4): 385-393.

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3-D FRACTURE PROPAGATION SIMULATION AND PRODUCTION PREDICTION IN COALBED

GUO Da-li1, JI Lu-jun2, ZHAO Jin-zhou3, LIU Ci-qun4   

  1. 1. Department of Computer Science, Southwest Petroleum Institute, Nanchong 637001, P R China;
    2. Department of Petroleum Engineering, Southwest Petroleum Institute, Nanchong 637001, P R China;
    3. Department of Post Graduate, Southwest Petroleum Institute, Nanchong 637001, P R China;
    4. Institute of Porous Flow and Fluid Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Science, Langfang 065007, P R China
  • Received:1999-07-09 Revised:2000-11-12 Online:2001-04-18 Published:2001-04-18

Abstract: In accordance with the fracturing and producing mechanism in coalbed methane well, and combining the knowledge of fluid mechanics, linear elastic fracture mechanics, thermal transfer, computing mathematics and software engineering, the three-dimensional hydraulic fracture propagating and dynamical production predicting models for coalbed methane well is put forward. The fracture propagation model takes the variation of rock mechanical properties and in-situ stress distribution into consideration. The dynamic performance prediction model takes the gas production mechanism into consideration. With these models, a three-dimensional hydraulic fracturing optimum design software for coalbed methane well is developed, and its practicality and reliability have been proved by example computation.

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